Matthias Schaller

1965, Dillingen/Donau (D)
Lives in Venezia (I) and Venetian Way (USA)

M.A. in Cultural Anthropology, University of Göttingen, Hamburg, Siena


fellowship
1994 DAAD Fellowship, Roma (I)
2008 Tokyo Wonder Site Fellowship, Tokyo (J)

awards
2004 Ci Art Award, München (D)
2009 German Photobook Prize, "The Mill", Steidl Publisher, Göttingen (D)
2010 German Photobook Prize, "Purple Desk", Steidl Publisher, Göttingen (D)


solo exhibitions (selection)
2011 "Disportraits", Museum of Contemporary Art, Rio de Janeiro-Niteroi (BRA)
2010 "Disportraits", Art Basel Miami, Miami (USA)
2010 "Das Meisterstück", Picasso Museum, Münster (D)*
2010 "Matthias Schaller", Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong (PRC)*
2009 "Purple Desk", Church of Saint Roch, Paris (F)*
2009 "Purple Desk", Foundation Giorgio Cini, Biennal of Arts, Venezia (I)
2009 "Fratelli d'Italia", Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
2008 "Fratelli d'Italia", Foundation Giorgio Cini, Biennal of Architecture, Venezia (I)
2008 "Purple Desk", TWS, Tokyo (J)*
2008 "Controfacciata", Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (GB)*
2005 "Matthias Schaller 2000-2005", Art Basel Miami, Miami (USA)
2002 "Werkbildnis", Biennal of Architecture, Venezia (I)*
2001 "Studio Gursky", Goethe Institut, New York City (USA)*
2000 "Kult im Bild", Museum of the Diocese, Rottenburg (D)*
1999 "Stilo", German Bread Museum, Ulm (D)
1997 "L'altra metà", French Cultural Institute, Napoli (I)
1996 "L'altra metà" Fotoforum West, Innsbruck (A)
1996 "L'altra metà" Gallery Grauwert, Hamburg (D)
1995 "Ricordi", Gallery FOE 156, Muenchen (D)

collections (selection)
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (USA)


*catalogue

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