biography of Boris BECKER (1961)
Personal data
Birth : 1961 - Cologne, Germany
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany
Address
Cologne, GermanyEducation
Pupil of / student of Bernd & Hilla BECHER [ 1959 ]
1982 – 1984 : Universistät der Künste Berlin / Berlin University of Arts – Berlin, Germany
1984 – 1990 : Kunstakademie Düsseldorf – Eiskellerstrasse 1 – Düsseldorf, Germany
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : C print Subject
architecturehuman being
landscape
urbanism
Works
| Piranha, Kokainpaste, Kulumbien | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : C print Size : 163 x 244 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Luke Skywalker, Fälschung | |
| Date of creation : 2001 Medium : C print Size : 244 x 190 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Halskette Marihuanakugeln Marokko | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Tampon Kokain | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 50 x 60 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Markenpiraterie Mercedez Benz SL | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 185 x 244 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Protein Aminotabletten Bulgarien | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Spielkarte Kokain | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 130 x 160 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Haselnuss Heroin Türkei | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 50 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Messer Verbotener Gegenstand Liberia | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Viagra Fishermens Friends USA | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 50 x 60 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Birne Heroin Niederlande | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Tanzender Elefant Kokain Brasilien | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Kugelschreiber Marihuanasamen Niederlande | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| Rasierapparat Marihuanapfeife | |
| Date of creation : 2000 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 8 | |
| CD Kokain Südamerika | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : C print Size : 50 x 60 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Eulenuhr Kokain | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Papagei kokainpaste Südamerika | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Schuh Kokain Kolumbien | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : C print Size : 60 x 50 cm Number of elements : 5 | |
| Fakes | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : C print | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2002
Constructions / Konstructionen
Goethe Institut Centre Culturel Allemand – Lyon, France
03/06/2002 – 04/27/2002
2001
Galerie Métropolis – Lyon, France
03/06/2001 – 03/27/2001
2000
Kunsthalle Vierseithof – Luckenwalde, Germany
2000
1998
Kunstmuseum – Bonn, Germany
1998
Aschenbach Galerie – Amsterdam, Netherlands
1998
1997
Villa Massimo – Rome, Italy
1997
1996
Galerie Conrads – Düsseldorf, Germany
1996
1994
Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Cologne, Germany
1994
1991
Artothek – Cologne, Germany
1991
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2005
Paris Photo n°9
Paris, France
11/17/2005 – 11/20/2005
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
2003
Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n°15
Frankfurt, Germany
04/27/2003 – 05/01/2003
Represented by : Artist Kunstmagazin – Ausser der Schleifmühle 51 – Bremen, Germany
The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
2002
Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002
Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Conrads – Kronprinzenstrasse 9 – Düsseldorf, Germany
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
ArtBrussels – 19th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2001 – 04/24/2001
Represented by : Galerie Conrads – Kronprinzenstrasse 9 – Düsseldorf, Germany
The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Galerie Ulrich Fiedler – Lindenstrasse 19 – Cologne, Germany
Art Frankfurt – Die europäische Messe für junge Kunst, n° 12
Frankfurt, Germany
03/24/2000 – 03/27/2000
Represented by : Galerie Lindig in Paludetto – Milchhof Bräuhausstr.9 – Nuremberg, Germany
1999
Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Conrads – Kronprinzenstrasse 9 – Düsseldorf, Germany
1995
KUNSTKÖLN – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Messegelände Köln-Deutz – Cologne, Germany
1995
Group exhibitions
2004
Climats, cyclothymie des paysages
Centre national d’art et de paysage – Vassivière, France
07/10/2004 – 10/10/2004
1999
Insight Out : Landscape and Interior in Contemporary Photography
Kunstraum – Innsbruck, Austria
02/20/1999 – 05/08/1999
1997
Sous le signe de Renger-Patzsch
Musée de L’Elysée – Lausanne VD, Switzerland
1997
Invisible Light
MOMA Museum of Modern Art – Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
1997
1993
German Art with Photography
Bonn, Germany
1993
1991
Six Young German Photographers
Sonnabend Gallery – New York NY, United States
1991
1990
Local Detail
Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1990
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