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„Wir sehen nicht die Dinge an sich, sondern das von ihnen reflektierte Licht.“

Die Aussage einer Fotografie wird daher - insbesondere in der Architekturfotografie - durch die Wahl des Lichts bestimmt.
▸ Interview auf Spiegel Online vom 11.03.2014

In meinen künstlerischen Arbeiten beschäftige ich mich seit Jahren mit dem Thema des Lichts in der Fotografie.
Durch mein Architekturstudium und die Berufserfahrung als Architekt kann ich das Entwurfskonzept eines Gebäudes
schnell erfassen und im Bild kommunizieren.

Biographie

1964 born in Munich, Germany
1986 - 1994 studies of Architecture at Technical University of Munich, (1994 diploma)
1989/90 studies of Architecture at Facoltá di Architettura della Università di Roma, Rome, Italy
1995 - 2001 freelance architect
2007 guest lecturer at College of Fine Arts of the University New South Wales, Sidney, Australia
lives and works in Berlin

Einzelausstellungen

2013
Gallery Robert Drees, Hannover
"The Collection Nr 1. Thomas Weinberger & David Stjernholm", The Egg, Brussels
"schön." 99 sunsets, Kunsthalle Göppingen

2012
"schön." 99 sunsets, Gallery Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
Bernhard Knaus Fine Art, Frankfurt

2011
"von licht und zeit", Martin Mertens Gallery, Berlin

2008
"Nuits Claires. Photographies de Thomas Weinberger", Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris (cat.)
"Operational Reality", Gallery Nusser & Baumgart, Munich (cat.)
"This isn’t Sydney", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2007
"lux loci", ACP - Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
"images beyond presence", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2005
"Synthesen", Orangerie, Munich

Gruppenausstellungen

2015
5th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art
"les miniatures", CODEX-BERLIN
"ein Moment – ewig", Kunstwerk - Sammlung Alison und Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen-Nussdorf

2014
"Elsewhere" - Sehnsuchtsbilder in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning
"Human Landscape", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2012
"The Uncanny", Gallery Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
"Sense of Place“, BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
"De Kleur Van Water", Works from the ING Art Collection,
Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen, Netherlands
"Jahresausstellung", Kunstverein Rosenheim
"Jahresgaben", Kunstraum München

2011
"Lichtgefüge", Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel, curated by Philipp Weiss
"PUBLIK WORKS" MoCP Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
"Petersburg", Gallery Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
"HYPER REALISTIC", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney

2010
"Dreamlands", Centre Pompidou, Paris (cat.)
"Constructed Spaces", Gist Gallery, Amsterdam
"Oh crisis", Huize Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam

2009
"Strange Places", Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston University, London (cat.)
"Lord Wink Award", Istanbul
"Lo Sguardo di Giano", American Academy, Rome (cat.)
"Continuous Perspectives #1", Gallery Nusser & Baumgart, München

2008
"REAL Photography Award", Art Exhibition Centre, Rotterdam (cat.)
"Arquitectura fantasma", Galeria espaivisor, Valencia

2007/08
"Erste Hängung", KUNSTWERK, Collection Alison & Peter W. Klein, Nussdorf, Germany

2007
"INGenuity Photography and Engineering", Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon (cat.)
"INGenium", BOZAR, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels (cat.)
"URBAN CONDITIONS - Reflexionen über den Raum", Rathausgalerie, Munich (cat.)

2006/07
“Die Liebe zum Licht”, Robert Simon Kunststiftung / Kunstmuseum Celle / Stadtmuseum
Delmenhorst / Museum Bochum, Germany (cat.)

2005/06
"Photographie sehen", Gallery Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
"Bilder ohne Gegenwart" Nusser & Baumgart Contemporary
curated by Erno Vroonen

Collections

Pinakothek der Moderne, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Germany
Collection of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal
Collection Munich Re, Munich, Germany
Collection ING Real Estate, The Hague, Netherlands
Collection Banco Espirito Santo, Lisbon, Portugal
Collection M. & R. Goedl, Assenhausen, Germany
Hexal Corporate Collection, Holzkirchen, Germany
European Patent Office Collection, Munich, Germany
Collection Hestler, Zurich, Germany
Collection Alison und Peter W. Klein, Nußdorf, Germany

Bibliography

2014
Elias Redstone, "shooting space", Phaidon Press, ISBN 9780714867427
shooting space architekturfotografie
Christoph Twickel, "Fotokünstler Thomas Weinberger, Unsere Städte, dem Untergang geweiht",
▸ Interview Spiegel Online Kultur, March 11, 2014

2013
Alexandra Stara, "Making Strange. The Photography of Steffi Klenz and Thomas Weinberger",
in: History of Photography, Vol. 37:3, 2013, p. 353-359

2012
"Sense of Place. European Landscape Photography", exh. Cat., BOZAR, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, 2012
"Thomas Weinberger, Paradise I", in: Hawaii. Inszenierte Wirklichkeiten. Das Magazin aus dem Schauspielhaus
Hamburg, # 4, May 2012, p. 19

2011
"Lichtgefüge. Das Licht im Zeitalter von Rembrandt und Vermeer", Ausstellungskatalog,
Museum Schloss Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel
Rosa Olivares: "De Noche / By Night", in: EXIT, Sept./Oct. 2011
"Abandon or Gesture?", Surface. # 31, July 2011, p. 14ff.
Evelyn Pschak, "Thomas Weinberger", Annual Art Magazine 2010-2011 p. 206-207

2010
"Dreamlands. Des parcs d‘attractions aux cités du futur", exh. cat. Centre Pompidou, Paris

2009
Mark Gisbourne: Temporal Extractions, Diurnal Summations, Hotshoe, # 158, February/March 2009
"Lo Sguardo di Giano" exh. Cat. American Academy, Rome, Italy
Sophie Tomte: "Et la lumière fut!", Azart Photo, # 2, Feb 2009, p. 72-82
Steve Jacobs, Geert Goiris "The Picturesque: Landscape and Modernity", Cahier #02,
Photography Department at Sint Lukas Brussels University College of Fine Arts

2008
Olivier Namias: "Thomas Weinberger, la lumiere de Synthese", "D'Architectures" # 178, p.16/17
Jorge Calado "The Transgressions of Thomas Weinberger", exh. Cat. "Nuits Claires - The Photography
of Thomas Weinberger", Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris 2008 (ISBN 978-972-8462-48-2)
Mark Gisbourne "Time and the spacial scene", Thomas Weinberger. Synthesen,
published by Gallery Nusser & Baugart, Munich 2008
"REAL Photography Award", exh. cat. Las Palmas II Art Exhibition Centre, Rotterdam, 2008
Zheng Nong, "Nature, Development, Architecture - The First REAL Photography Award",
Chinese Photography Magazine, # 5, 2008, p. 82-91
Harry Kampianne, "Thomas Weinberger. Fée Electra.", Arts Actualites Magazine, Sept. 2008, p. 54
Hervé le Goff "Le champ irradié", Le Photographe, #1666, Oct. 2008
"Les choix de l'Obs - exposition: Thomas Weinberger", Le Nouvel Observateur, Dec. 4th 2008
Daphne Thierry, "Thomas Weinberger", Figaro Magazine, Dec. 13th 2008
Delfim Sardo: "Dubai Marina", Unica, # 1855, May 2008, p. 22-23

2007
"Ingenium", exh. cat. BOZAR, Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels 2007 (ISBN 978-972-31-1175-0)
"the limits of reality", "attitude", # 18
"Photography and Engineering", exh. cat. Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Lisbon, 2007
Rudolf Scheutle, "Urban Conditions", exh. cat. Rathausgalerie Munich, 2007
Cornelia Gockel, "Ornament der Stadt.", Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 16th 2007
Tracey Clement, "Thomas Weinberger", Metropics, Sydney, March 30th 2007

2006
"Die Liebe zum Licht", exh. Cat. Robert Simon Kunststiftung, Stadtmuseum Delmenhorst/
Kunstmuseum Celle/ Museum Bochum,2006/07, Cologne 2006
Martina Fuchs, "Thomas Weinberger. Ein visueller Jetlag", Frame, "Wonderland", 2006, p. 140
KULTUR, Magazine of the Goethe-Institut in Australia, Edition Oct 13th 2006




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