Hans-Peter Feldmann

1941

Born on January 17 in Hilden near Düsseldorf

1960

Studied painting at the art school in Linz (Austria)

1968

Began working with conceptual photography – using everyday images, series, and notebooks

1970

First artist's books and picture series, renouncing signatures and limiting his works Use of found material: passport photos, magazine clippings, vacation pictures

1974

Founded the publishing house Drei Möwen – began his own publishing activities

1980

Runs his own shop in Düsseldorf with a collection of art, kitsch, and everyday objects

1990

Returns to the art world with the same conceptual strategies Co-founds the magazines Ohio, Photographie wie noch nie, and cahiers d’images

1998

Founded Feldmann Verlag publishing house

2010

Awarded the Hugo Boss Prize by the Guggenheim Museum, New York

2011

Solo exhibition at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

2010

International exhibitions, including at the Museo Reina Sofía (Madrid), Serpentine Gallery (London), MOCAD (Detroit), MoMA (New York, 2017)

2023

Dies on May 26 in Düsseldorf at the age of 82

A selection

2025

Hans-Peter Feldmann, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf

2024

Hans-Peter Feldmann: 100 Years, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art, Denmark

2019

Focus: Feldmann. Works from the Louisiana Collection, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark

2017

Space & Photography, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria Hans-Peter Feldmann's 100 Years, MoMA, New York, USA

2016

Philara Collection, Düsseldorf Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA

2014

(Mis)-Understanding Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany

2013

Deichtorhallen – International Art and Photography, Hamburg, Germany

2012

Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom Bass Museum of Art, Miami, FL, USA

2011

Hugo Boss Prize 2010: Hans-Peter Feldmann, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA Hans-Peter Feldmann: Theo Lingen, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany

2010

Una Exposición de Arte, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden Edition 46, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

2009

Inside/Outside, MKM – Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany

2007

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Tourcoing, France

2006

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin Globus Dei. Der Ball und die Kunst, Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop, Germany

2003

Art Exhibition / Retrospective, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona / Centre national de la photographie, Paris / Fotomuseum Winterthur / Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2002

100 Years, Photographic Cabinet, Museum Folkwang, Germany

1993

Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York, USA

1992

Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, France

1990

Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf Kunstverein München, Germany

1979

Ink, Halle für Internationale Kunst, Zurich, Switzerland

1977

Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany