Andreas Magdanz

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BIOGRAPHY

  • Since 2008 – Associate Professor for Photography at the RWTH Aachen University, Chair of visual design
  • 1994 -1997 – Lectureship for Photography at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen, Specialist field 4, Photography
  • since1991 – active as free lance artist
  • 1991 – Degree

  • 1988 -1991 – Continuation of studies in Aachen, Germany, majoring in Photography under Professor Wilhelm Schürmann
  • 1987-1988 – Visual communication course of studies in Mainz, Germany
  • 1984 – High-school diploma in Rheydt, Germany
  • 09.08.1963 – born in Mönchengladbach, Germany

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EXHIBITIONS

  • 2010 – Biennale Internationale de la Photographie, Liège
  • 2010 – Royal Museum of the Armed Forces, Brussels
  • 2008 – Vogelsang, van Dooren, Vogelsang
  • 2008 – Ludwig Forum für Int. Kunst, Aachen
  • 2008 – Einstein Forum, Potsdam
  • 2007 – Ludwig Forum für Int. Kunst, Aachen
  • 2007 – Gallery Janet Borden, Inc., New York
  • 2007 – Arlington Arts Center, Virginia
  • 2006 – Museum of Photography Antwerp, Belgium, Group Exhibition
  • 2004 – Apex Art Gallery, Building the Unthinkable, NY, Group Exhibition
  • 2004 – Friedenskirche, Eschweiler, Group Exhibition, Germany
  • 2004 – Gallery Janet Borden, Inc., 560 Broadway, New York
  • 2002 – Paris Photo, Carrousel du Louvre, Galerie Janet Borden Inc., France
  • 2002 – Rencontres Internationale de la Photographie, Arles, France
  • 2002 – Einstein Forum, Potsdam, Germany, lecture
  • 2001 – Paris Photo, Carrousel du Louvre, France
  • 2001 – Art and exhibition centre of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, »Kongress Erde« (Earth Congress)
  • 2001 – Foreign Office, Centre for Training and Further Education, Bonn, Germany, lecture
  • 2001 – Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
  • 2000 – Frankfurt Book Fair
  • 2000 – Ludwig Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
  • 1998 – »Versandhalle« (Dispatch Centre), Grevenbroich, Germany
  • 1998 – Raum für Kunst, Aachen, Germany
  • 1997 – Musée d’Art Moderne, Liège, Belgium, Biennial
  • 1996 – Haarener Mühle, Haaren, Germany, Group exhibition
  • 1994 – Suermondt Ludwig Museum, New Building, Aachen, Germany
  • 1994 – Stadtsparkasse, Mönchengladbach (Savings Bank), Germany
  • 1993 – The Cloisters of the Aachen Cathedral
  • 1992 – Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
  • 1991 – Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany, group exhibition
  • 1990 – Aachener Kunstverein, »Die Anderen Zehn« (The Other Ten), group exhibition
  • 1990 – Scientific Centre, Bonn, Germany, group exhibition
  • 1984-1987 – Group and individual exhibitions with glass objects and photography

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PROJECTS AND WORKS

  • 2009 – »Stammheim«, documentation of the prison, book and exhibition
  • 2007-2008 – »Vogelsang«, Continuation of the documentation of the National Park
  • 2006 – BND-Standort Pullach, published in April by DuMont, Köln
  • 2005 – BND, Standort Pullach, Documentation of the headquarters of the German Federal Intelligence Service, Book and Internetauftritt
  • 2004 – »Vogelsang«, the documentation of a future national park
  • 2002-2003 – »Auschwitz-Birkenau« – photography for the production of the feature »Birkenau und Rosenfeld« (La petite prairie aus bouleaux, Birch Meadow) by Marceline Loridan-Ivens. Excerpts from this work will be published in book form at the beginning of 2003
  • 1998-
  • 1997 – Realisation of the »Artistic Development Plan« sponsored by the Ministry for Science and Research, Düsseldorf »Photography as a means of communication between a visually retractable representational sphere and an intellectual reality« based on the photographic documentation of the Garzweiler open-pit mine
  • 1994 – Photography and catalogue design for Suermondt Ludwig building in Aachen, Germany
  • 1993 – Relocation to the Shetland Islands, Great Britain, for professional purposes
  • 1991-
  • 1992 – Photography and book design for the Lindt Sprüngli chocolate factory in Aachen, Germany
  • 1991 – Photographic documentary of the Eifel area of Germany, dissertation under tutor Professor Wilhelm Schürmann
  • 1987-1990 – Glass furniture and objects for VEGLA glass works in Aachen and Gelsenkirchen, Germany

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PUBLICATIONS

  • 2009 – Vogelsang (book)
  • 2006 – BND-Standort Pullach, DuMont Verlag (book)
  • 2003 – Auschwitz-Birkenau, Homage to Marceline Loridan-Ivens (book)
  • 2000 – Marienthal Office – A Structural Monograph, (book)
  • 1997 – Garzweiler (newspaper)
  • 1994 – Andreas Magdanz – Photograph (Katalog)
  • 1992 – Lindt & Sprüngli Chocoladefabriken (Lindt & Sprüngli Chocolate Factories), (book)
  • 1991 – Eifel, (book/unique specimen)

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CATALOGUES

  • 2007 – Arlington Arts Center/Ludwig Forum, “Imaging the Distance”
  • 2007 – Bundesamt für Bauwesen und Raumordnung, „Der Regierungsbunker“
  • 2004 – SK-Stiftung, Sammlung Schürmann, Köln
  • 2003 – “Bauhaus and Brasilia, Auschwitz and Hiroshima”, Edition Bauhaus No. 12
  • 2002 – Art and exhibition halls of the Federal Republic of Germany, Forum series/volume 11
  • 2002 – Federal Ministry for Construction and Regional Policy
  • 2002 – Rencontres Internationale de la Photographie, Arles, France
  • 2001 – Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
  • 1998 – Raum für Kunst (Realm for Art), Stadtsparkasse Aachen, Germany
  • 1997 – Musée d‘Art Moderne, Liège, Belgium
  • 1996 – Haarener Mühle, Haaren, Germany
  • 1994 – Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
  • 1991 – Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany

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REVIEWS

  • 2008 – TAZ, Sep. 15
  • 2008 – Welt am Sonntag, Aug. 10
  • 2008 – Rheinische Post, July 31
  • 2008 – Movie, Aachen
  • 2008 – Märkische Allgemeine, May 27
  • 2007 – Washington Post, “The Shot – The Secret Sharer”, Sept. 9
  • 2006 – Literaturnaja gazeta, Moskau, August 9
  • 2006 – Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ), BND im Bild, May 19
  • 2006 – Die Welt, “Keine Menschenseele in Pullach”, May 16
  • 2006 – Telepolis, April 19
  • 2006 – Aachener Nachrichten, April 10
  • 2006 – Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, dpa, April 10
  • 2004 – Zeit Wissen, December 2nd
  • 2004 – Kölner Stadtanzeiger, June 3rd
  • 2004 – TAZ, Berlin, April 15
  • 2004 – Junge Welt, Berlin, April 14
  • 2004 – Kulturpolitische Mitteilungen, Bonn, April
  • 2004 – Photonews, Hamburg, March/April
  • 2004 – Movie, April issue, Aachen
  • 2004 – One Magazine, Bulgaria
  • 2004 – Wallpaper Magazine, London, February
  • 2004 – New York Times, Arts, »Pictures at the Hotel Armageddon«, January 11
  • 2003 – Freitag 8, »Nachrüstung für die Unsterblichkeit«, February 14
  • 2002 – Potsdamer Neue Nachrichten, March 1th
  • 2001 – Kulturpolitische Mitteilungen, November
  • 2001 – Humboldt magazine, September issue
  • 2001 – Junge Welt, August 28
  • 2001 – International Herald Tribune, August 27
  • 2001 – Frankfurter Allgemeine (FAZ), August 18, Images and Ages, »Die Kathedrale des Kalten Krieges« (The Cathedrals of the Cold War)
  • 2001 – De Telegraaf, August 16
  • 2001 – Damals, August
  • 2001 – Jungle World, April
  • 2001 – Neues Rheinland, April
  • 2001 – Ärzte Zeitung (medical publication), April
  • 2001 – Baumeister, April
  • 2001 – TAZ, 30 March, éAndreas Magdanz – Dienststelle Marienthalé (article enclosed)
  • 2001 – Berliner Illustrierte, March 25
  • 2001 – BerlinOnline.de, March 29
  • 2001 – Telepolis.de, March 30
  • 2001 – Bonner Generalanzeiger, Saarbrücker Zeitung, Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Rheinischer Merkur, Nürnberger Zeitung, Esslinger, Zeitung, March
  • 2001 – Kölner Stadtanzeiger, Moderne Zeiten (Modern Times) supplement, February 3-4
  • 2001 – Magazin für Zivil- und Katastrophenschutz (Magazine for Civil and Catastrophic Defence), February
  • 2001 – Aachener Nachrichten, magazine issue 23, January 27
  • 2000 – Frankfurter Rundschau, Feuilleton, December 22
  • 2000 – Süddeutsche Zeitung, no. 296, Feuilleton, Christmas Edition
  • 2000 – Photonews 11/2000
  • 2000 – Rheinische Post, Im Blickpunkt (In Focus), October 28
  • 2000 – Photopresse, 42-2000, Culture / Documentation, October 19
  • 1998 – Art magazine »Vernissage«, no. 12
  • 1997 – Rheinische Post, Zeitfragen (Current Issues), 7 June, »Bilder von Kälte, Einsamkeit und Verlassensein« (Images of Coldness, Loneliness and Abandonment)
  • 1997 – Rheinische Post, April 10
  • 1997 – Aachener Nachrichten, Leib & Leben (Life and Soul), March 8
  • 1994 – Phototechnik International, issue 1/94, Munich
  • 1994 – Westdeutsche Zeitung, Kultur (Culture), August 25
  • 1994 – Aachener Volkszeitung, Kultur (Culture), December 12
  • 1993 – Aachener Nachrichten, Kultur und Gesellschaft (Culture and Society), June 30
  • 1993 – Rheinische Post, Lokales Mönchengladbach, Saturday, January 2nd, “Photographie als Kunst, das Motiv überleben zu lassen” (Photography as the art of survival of the motif)

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TELEVISION AND RADIO

  • 2008 – WDR 3, Mosaik, July 18
  • 2008 – ZDF, Infokanal, April
  • 2008 – ARD, ttt (titel thesen temperamente), March
  • 2008 – ZDF, Heute Journal, March
  • 2008 – SWR, Landesart, March
  • 2008 – WDR, Hier und Heute, March
  • 2008 – Deutschlandfunk, Corso, März
  • 2006 – WDR 3, Resonanzen, May 23
  • 2006 – DeutschlandRadio, Kulturzeit (Culture Time), May 16
  • 2006 – WDR 5, Scala, May 3
  • 2004 – WDR 5, Scala, April
  • 2004 – WDR 3, Resonanzen, Discussion about the new book, February
  • 2002 – WDR 3, Hier und Heute (Here and Now), Codename »Rosengarten« (Codename Rose Garden), October 26
  • 2002 – ARTE, La Revue, February 1th
  • 2002 – Arte, Moteur de Recherche (The Research Engine), January
  • 2001 – Deutschlandfunk, »Freistil« (Freestyle), September 30
  • 2001 – WDR 5, Zeitfragen/Streitfragen (Current Issues/Current Controversies), 22 July
  • 2001 – WDR 5, frequency 88.0, May 10
  • 2001 – Radio 100.1, March 19
  • 2001 – ARD Kulturreport (Culture Report), March 18
  • 2000 – SW 3 NachtKultur (Night Culture), November 10
  • 2000 – 3 SAT Kulturzeit (Culture Time), November 3rd

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AWARDS

  • 2008 – Staatskanzlei NRW for the »Vogelsang« project
  • 2007 – Kunststiftung NRW for the »Vogelsang« project
  • 1996 – Scientific sponsorship by the Ministry for Science and Research in Düsseldorf, Germany, within the framework of the Benningsen-Foerder Prize
  • 1993 – Award from the City of Aachen, Germany, Municipal acquisition for the new Suermondt Ludwig Museum

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PICTURES IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

  • 2008 – Sammlung Ludwig
  • 2008 – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • 2007 – The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • 2004 – Microsoft, NY
  • 2004 – Yale University Art Gallery
  • 2004 – Princeton Museum
  • 2004 – San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • 2004 – Metropolitan Museum, NY
  • 2001 – Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn
  • 1995 – Suermondt Ludwig Museum, Aachen

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