Jörn Vanhöfen
1961
Born in Dinslaken / Lower Rhine
1981
School-leaving certificate followed by civilian service
1985
Studied Communication Design at the University of Essen
(formerly the Folkwang College)
1989
Studied Photography at the College of Graphics and Book Art in Leipzig
Graduated with a degree from Leipzig
1993
Studied for a Masters degree at the college in Leipzig
1994
Founded the mambo group of authors in Berlin
1995
Member of the Ostkreuz Photographic Agency
1999
Co-founder of the Fotografie am Schiffbauerdamm photography forum in Berlin.
Started work as curator
2000
Founded the Fotografie am Schiffbauerdamm School with Arno Fischer
2002
Finished working as a photographic journalist
2003
Worked exclusively as a freelance photographer
Untill 2007
Director and lecturer of the FAS School, Berlin
lives and works in Berlin
Solo show
2016
11. Juni 2016, Galerie Kuckei+Kuckei, Berlin
2015
10.01.15 - 26.04.15 Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin
2014
Galerie Römerapotheke, Zürich
Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck
2013
Galerie Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin
2012
Robert Mann Gallery, New York
2011
Galerie Kuckei + Kuckei
K. Galerie, Lissabon
2010
Landesmuseum Oldenburg
2009
Kuckei + Kuckei, Berlin
2008
Galerie Römerapotheke Zürich
2007
Kuckei & Kuckei, Berlin
2004
Galerie Römerapotheke, Zürich
2001
Kunstverein Glückstadt
Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
1998
Altonaer Museum, Hamburg
Die Elbe, Hitzacker
Kulturhaus, Aalen
1997
Instituto Cervantes, Rom
1996
Instituto Cervantes, Bremen
Museum Velbert
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Habana Vieja, Göttingen
1994
Centro Cultural Jose Marti, Mexico City
Goethe Institut, Mexico City
Universität Monterey, Monterey
1993
Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst, Leipzig
Fototeca de Cuba, Havanna
Group show
Public collections
The Art Gallery of Ontario, CanadaThe Progressive Art Collection, Ohio, USA
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
HessKiss, Zürich, Switzerland
Collection Gerlt, Köln, Germany
Collection Matheis, Königswinter, Germany
Collection Straus, London, UK
Collection Huri, Geneva, Switzerland
Collection Yahr, Miami, USA
Collection Binkert, Zürich, Switzerland
Collection Jantzen, Zürich, Switzerland
publications
New monographie: Jörn Vanhöfen, Aftermath, Hatje Cantz Verlag, coming in 2011catalogue NATIONNATURE, Museum On The Seam, Jerusalem, Israel, 2009
Südafrikas Küste, marebuchverlag, 2008
weather report, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas, Canary Islands, 2007
Die Elbe, Verlag Gustav Kiepenheuer, 2000
Östlich von Eden, Brandstätter 1999
DU - die Elbe, Nr. 683, 1998
Junge Kunst aus Lateinamerika, Havanna/Sao Paolo, Eigenverlag, 1995
Leipziger Schule, Absolventen 1980- 1993, 1993