Martin Schoeller

♂ *1968 / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

Drag Queens and other Stories

Kunsthaus Göttingen, Göttingen (DE)
11 Sep 2026 – 11 Oct 2026
Martin Schoeller

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
26 Aug 2023 – 7 Oct 2023
Survivors: Faces of Life after the Holocaust

Fotomuseum aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht (NL)
5 Sep 2021 – 13 Mar 2022
Death Row Exonerees

Fotografiska - Museum, New York (US)
29 Aug 2020 – 25 Apr 2021
MARTIN SCHOELLER

NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (DE)
28 Feb 2020 – 13 Sep 2020
Close

Shanghai Centre Photo, Shanghai (CN)
15 Sep 2019 – 20 Nov 2019
CLOSE UP

OstLicht, Wien (AT)
31 Oct 2018 – 12 Jan 2019
Martin Schoeller

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
22 Sep 2018 – 17 Nov 2018
Big Heads

Netherlands Photo Museum, Rotterdam (NL)
19 May 2018 – 2 Sep 2018
Faces Of Change

UNIX Gallery New York, New York (US)
1 Mar 2018 – 20 Apr 2018
Faces

A.Galerie, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 13 Jan 2018
Inspiring Action

Pernod Ricard

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017
Up Close

Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm (SE)
2 Oct 2015 – 7 Feb 2016
Portraits

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
21 Nov 2014 – 28 Feb 2015
PORTRAITS

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
13 Nov 2014 – 3 Jan 2015
Closeup

Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton (US)
18 Jan 2012 – 18 Mar 2012
BEHIND THE MASK – Porträts

Museum THE KENNEDYS, Berlin (DE)
6 Jul 2011 – 28 Aug 2011
Female Bodybuilders

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
1 Jul 2010 – 27 Aug 2010
Portaits

A.Galerie, Paris (FR)
1 Sep 2009 – 31 Oct 2009
Female Bodybuilders

ACE Gallery Beverly Hills, Los Angeles (US)
5 Mar 2008 – 1 May 2008
New work

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
8 Jan 2008 – 23 Feb 2008
Close Up

Griffin Museum Photography, Boston (US)
15 Feb 2007 – 15 Apr 2007
Close up

Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston (US)
4 Jan 2007 – 17 Feb 2007
Close up

Hasted Kraeutler, New York (US)
24 May 2006 – 1 Sep 2006
Legenden des Fußballs

Aplanat, Hamburg (DE)
9 Jun 2006 – 9 Jul 2006
Soccer Legends

Aplanat, Hamburg (DE)
9 Jun 2006 – 14 Jun 2006
Close up

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
21 Jan 2006 – 11 Mar 2006
Close Up

La mostra è realizzata in collaborazione con Camera Work, Berlino

FORMA per la Fotografia, Milano (IT)
23 Nov 2005 – 8 Jan 2006
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CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
2 Jul 2005 – 13 Aug 2005

Group

Photography in Power

Making Worlds Visible - 127 artists

Fotografiska Museum, Tallinn (EE)
6 May 2026 – 13 Sep 2026

with Bryan Adams, Refik Anadol, Richard Avedon, Omar Victor Diop, REN Hang, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Aapo Huhta, Alison Jackson, David LaChapelle, Robert Mapplethorpe, Arno Rafael Minkkinen, Sarah Moon …
FLOWERS – FLORA IN CONTEMPORARY ART & CULTURE

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
12 Feb 2025 – 14 Sep 2025

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Jessica Backhaus, Mandy Barker, John Blakemore, Olga Cafiero, Sharon Core, Lia Darjes, Richard de Tscharner, Elspeth Diederix, Jim Dine, Adam Fuss, Matthieu Gafsou …
Portraits of Power: U.S. Presidents in Photography

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
24 Sep 2024 – 5 Oct 2024

with Cornell Capa, Michel Comte, Patrick Demarchelier, Elliott Erwitt, Nadav Kander, Yousuf Karsh, Jacques Lowe, Steve Schapiro, Mark Shaw, Pete Souza
Portraits of Power: U.S.

Presidents in Photography

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
24 Sep 2024 – 5 Oct 2024

with Cornell Capa, Michel Comte, Bob Davidoff, Patrick Demarchelier, Elliott Erwitt, Yousuf Karsh, Jacques Lowe, Will McBride, Steve Schapiro, Joseph Scherschel, Marc Shaw, Pete Souza …
ALLEEN, BLUMEN, FRAUEN UND SCHNEE

eine fotografische Hommage

Forum für Fotografie, Köln (DE)
19 Nov 2022 – 29 Apr 2023

with Ragnar Axelsson, Mary Frey, Lee Friedlander, Bedrich Grünzweig, Horst P. Horst, Frank Horvat, Graciela Iturbide, Clemens Kalischer, Man Ray , Tracey Moffatt, Achim Mohne, Sarah Moon …
WALK OF FAME

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
11 Feb 2023 – 22 Apr 2023

with Henri Cartier-Bresson, David Drebin, Olaf Heine, Annie Leibovitz, Helmut Newton, Terry O'Neill, Herb Ritts, Edward Steichen, Ellen von Unwerth, Albert Watson
25 Jahre CAMERA WORK

25 YEARS CAMERA WORK

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
13 Aug 2022 – 24 Sep 2022

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Thomas Billhardt, Nick Brandt, Michel Comte, Patrick Demarchelier, David Drebin, William Eggleston, Hans Feurer, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Peter Lindbergh …
COLLECT / SAMMELN

CAPITIS, Berlin (DE)
9 Dec 2021 – 2 Mar 2022

with Kate Bellm, Karl Blossfeldt, Chargesheimer, F. C. Gundlach, Peter Hoennemann, Marc Hom, Horst P. Horst, Peter Lindbergh, Andreas Muehe, Helmut Newton, Norman Parkinson, Irving Penn …
POLITICS ON STAGE

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
21 Aug 2021 – 25 Sep 2021

with Bryan Adams, Thomas Billhardt, Daniel Biskup, Edward Clark, Elliott Erwitt, Thomas Hoepker, Alison Jackson, Nadav Kander, Yousuf Karsh, Robert Lebeck, Will McBride, Jim Rakete …
No Girls!?

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
25 Apr 2020 – 13 Jun 2020

with Elliott Erwitt, Thomas Hoepker, Herb Ritts, Steve Schapiro, Edward Steichen, Christian Tagliavini
Permanent Group Show

WERKHALLEN, Kampen (DE)
17 Feb 2019 – 31 Dec 2019

with Bryan Adams, Jimmy Nelson, Bert Stern, Tina Trumpp
Sguardi (Dinamiche del volto)

FORMA per la Fotografia, Milano (IT)
19 Sep 2019 – 23 Dec 2019

with Bill Armstrong, Richard Avedon, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Piergiorgio Branzi, Elliott Erwitt, Federico Garolla, Marco Gualazzini, Sebastiao Salgado, Janet Sternburg
PRIDE

#Stonewall50 anniversary

Postmasters, New York (US)
6 Jun 2019 – 20 Jul 2019

with Tom Bianchi, Nayland Blake, Anthony Goicolea, Barbara Hammer, Karine Laval, Marilyn Minter, Catherine Opie, Zachary Tye Richardson, Lissa Rivera, Mickalene Thomas, John Waters
Leading Ladies

Museum THE KENNEDYS, Berlin (DE)
12 Oct 2018 – 24 Feb 2019

with Elliott Erwitt, Steve Schapiro, Mark Shaw, Pete Souza
Made in Berlin

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
26 May 2018 – 25 Aug 2018

with Joachim Baldauf, Thomas Billhardt, Andreas H. Bitesnich, Anton Corbijn, Elliott Erwitt, F. C. Gundlach, Olaf Heine, Thomas Hoepker, David LaChapelle, Karlheinz Lubojanski, Andreas Muehe, Oliver Mark …
20 JAHRE CAMERA WORK

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
15 Jul 2017 – 14 Oct 2017

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Peter Beard, Nick Brandt, Patrick Demarchelier, David Drebin, Horst P. Horst, Peter Lindbergh, Man Ray , Bettina Rheims, Herb Ritts, Christian Tagliavini
Refugee

The Annenberg Space for Photography

FotoFest, Houston (US)
11 May 2017 – 15 Jul 2017

with Linsey Addario, Omar Victor Diop, Graciela Iturbide, John Stoddart
FOTO.KUNST.BOULEVARD

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
5 May 2017 – 9 Jul 2017

with Daniel Biskup, Michel Comte, Esther Haase, Meiko Herrmann, Kiki Kausch, Tom Lemke, Kevin Lynch, Andreas Muehe, Konrad Rufus Mueller, Nigel Parry, Thomas Rabsch, Oliver Rath …
BLING BLING BABY!

GLITZER, GLAMOUR UND EIN FLIRT MIT DEM POP

NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (DE)
19 Nov 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Miles Aldridge, Maxime Ballesteros, Olivo Barbieri, Stefano Cerio, Christto and Andrew, David Drebin, Esther Haase, Hassan Hajjaj, Matt Henry, Markus Henttonen, Inka & Niclas , Izima Kaoru …
Contemporary Photography

GALERIE FRANK FLUEGEL, Nürnberg (DE)
14 Oct 2016 – 29 Nov 2016

with Frank De Mulder, Andreas Gefeller, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Jana Ilková, Alfredo Jaar, Christopher Makos, Brian McKee, Vincent Peters, Jack Pierson, Richard Prince, Thomas Ruff …
Latest Finds

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
3 Sep 2016 – 12 Nov 2016

with Anton Corbijn, Victor Demarchelier, Tom Jacobi, Russell James, Albert Watson
The west is the best

A.Galerie, Paris (FR)
12 Sep 2016 – 29 Oct 2016

with Elliott Erwitt, Francois Fontaine, Ron Galella, Claude Gassian, Greg Gorman, Nadav Kander, Steven Klein, Lyle Owerko, Steve Schapiro, Mark Seliger, Albert Watson
REFUGEE

Annenberg Space Photo, Los Angeles (US)
23 Apr 2016 – 21 Aug 2016

with Linsey Addario, Omar Victor Diop, Graciela Iturbide, Tom Stoddart
Breaking the Boundaries

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
27 Jun 2015 – 5 Sep 2015

with Gilbert & George, Robert Longo, Blaise Reutersward, Herb Ritts, Lukas Roth, Steve Schapiro, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Christian Tagliavini
ÜBER | MEISTER

<a href="http://www.mdf-berlin.de" target="_blank">6. Monat der Fotografie Berlin</a>

pavlov's dog, Berlin (DE)
18 Oct 2014 – 29 Nov 2014

with Tina Bara, Anton Corbijn, Stephan Erfurt, Arno Fischer, Marcus Gaab, Nan Goldin, Anja Grabert, F. C. Gundlach, Evelyn Hofer, Marcus Jans, Andreas Muehe, Bernhard Prinz …
Una passione fotografica

Immagini da 8 anni di mostre

FORMA per la Fotografia, Milano (IT)
18 Oct 2013 – 12 Jan 2014

with Richard Avedon, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Piergiorgio Branzi, Robert Capa, Stefano Cerio, Lorenzo Cicconi Massi, Elliott Erwitt, Maurizio Galimberti, Mario Giacomelli, Mimmo Jodice, William Klein, Wendy Sue Lamm …
Traumfrauen – Traummänner

Starfotografen zeigen ihr Ideal

Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock (DE)
14 Jul 2013 – 1 Sep 2013

with Camilla Akrans, Bryan Adams, Miles Aldridge, Margarita Broich, Liz Collins, Michelangelo Di Battista, Horst Diekgerdes, Aram Dikiciyan, Tony Duran, Henrik Halvarsson, Pamela Hanson, Frederike Helwig …
CAMERA WORK rocks

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
8 Jun 2013 – 17 Aug 2013

with Richard Avedon, Harry Benson, Michel Comte, Anton Corbijn, Sante D'Orazio, Michelangelo Di Battista, David Drebin, Brian Duffy, Bob Gruen, Olaf Heine, Dominique Issermann, Russell James …
DREAM WOMEN + DREAM MEN

Central Exhibition Hall "MANEGE", Saint-Petersburg (RU)
15 Mar 2013 – 14 Apr 2013

with Miles Aldridge, Jake Chessum, Tony Duran, Daniel Riera, Peggy Sirota, Max Vadukul, Jan Welters
15 Jahre CAMERA WORK

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)
15 Dec 2012 – 2 Mar 2013

with Richard Avedon, Thomas Hoepker, Horst P. Horst, Russell James, Man Ray , Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Jeanloup Sieff
Color

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
15 Sep 2012 – 1 Dec 2012

with Anderson & Low, Tina Berning, Thomas Billhardt, Luciano Castelli, Michel Comte, Michelangelo Di Battista, David Drebin, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Burkhard von Harder, Thomas Hoepker, Jean-Baptiste Huynh …
Beyond Words: Photography in the New Yorker

Curators : Elisabeth Biondi, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz

Ullens Center Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN)
15 Apr 2012 – 10 Jun 2012

with Kahn & Selesnick, Man Ray , Mary Ellen Mark, Irving Penn, Gilles Peress, Robert Polidori, Juergen Teller, Max Vadukul
Hollywood in Style - Eine Hommage an die Ikonen des Films

Museum THE KENNEDYS, Berlin (DE)
6 Feb 2012 – 18 Mar 2012

with Michel Comte, Horst P. Horst, Russell James, Nadav Kander, Edward Steichen
BEAUTY <font color=#cc0000>CULT</font>URE

Annenberg Space Photo, Los Angeles (US)
21 May 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Miles Aldridge, Susan Anderson, Aziz + Cucher, Lillian Bassman, Erwin Blumenfeld, Guy Bourdin, Daniele Buetti, William Claxton, Chuck Close, Jodi Cobb, Michel Comte, Prabuddha Das Gupta …
BEYOND WORDS: PHOTOGRAPHY IN THE NEW YORKER

Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York (US)
14 Sep 2011 – 22 Oct 2011

with Ruven Afanador, Richard Avedon, Harry Benson, William Klein, Mary Ellen Mark, Irving Penn, Robert Polidori, Max Vadukul
Traummänner

Starfotografen zeigen ihre Vision vom Ideal

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
11 Mar 2011 – 22 May 2011

with Bryan Adams, Jake Chessum, Michelangelo Di Battista, Horst Diekgerdes, Tony Duran, Nathaniel Goldberg, Matthias Vriens-Mc Grath, Henrik Halvarsson, Pamela Hanson, Marc Hom, Nadav Kander, Ali Kepenek …
Was ist schön?

Hygiene-Museum, Dresden (DE)
27 Mar 2010 – 2 Jan 2011

with Ari Versluis & Ellie Uyttenbroek, Matthew Barney, Patriycia German, Isabell Heimerdinger, Herlinde Koelbl, Stephanie Kramer, Mariko Mori, Catherine Opie, Orlan, Blaise Reutersward, Ulrike Rosenbach, Cindy Sherman …
Les Indomptes

BIP2010 - 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts

MAMAC Musée d'Art, Liège (BE)
27 Feb 2010 – 28 Apr 2010

with Roger Ballen, Laure Bertin, Lisa Brice, Clement Cogitore, Collectif Smoke, Thibault Cordonnier, Olivier Cullman, Flavio Cury, Francois De Coninck, Melissa Desmet, Michel Francois, Aurélie Garon …
personal

Randall Scott Projects, Brooklyn (US)
7 May 2009 – 6 Jun 2009

with Brad Harris, Timothy Hogan, Henry Leutwyler, Giles Revell, Mark Zibert
Hände

Galerie Biedermann, München (DE)
14 Oct 2006 – 8 Feb 2007

with Jean Cocteau, Touhami Ennadre, Andreas Horlitz, Man Ray , Isabel Munoz, Matt Mullican, Regina Schmeken, Henning Stegmüller, Richard Wentworth

Events

Photo London 2026

CAMERA WORK, London (GB)
14 May 2026 – 17 May 2026

with Richard Avedon, Michel Comte, Patrick Demarchelier, David Drebin, Walter Iooss Jr., Chris Levine, Peter Lindbergh, Robert Polidori, Christian Tagliavini, Ruud van Empel, Dean West, David Yarrow
Art Miami 2025

The Art Miami Pavilion, Miami (US)
2 Dec 2025 – 7 Dec 2025

with Slim Aarons, Oded Balilty, Cara Barer, Federica Belli, Harry Benson, Horace Bristol, Christopher Bucklow, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paul Cupido, Lottie Davies, Saidou Dicko, John Dominis …
Photography Online Only

Grisebach, Berlin (DE)
10 Oct 2025 – 19 Oct 2025

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Ragnar Axelsson, Lewis Baltz, Peter Beard, Nick Brandt, Joachim Brohm, Robert Capa, Anton Corbijn, Bruce Davidson, Ruth Hallensleben, Jitka Hanzlova, Harald Hauswald …
Photo London 2024

Photo London, London (GB)
16 May 2024 – 19 May 2024

with Albarran Cabrera, Takashi Arai, Chantal Elisabeth Ariëns, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, David Bailey, Susannah Baker-Smith, Peter Beard, Valerie Belin, Tonje Boe Birkeland, Erwin Blumenfeld, Celine Bodin, Jo Bradford …
Prints & Photographs

Bonhams Skinner, Boston (US)
21 Jan 2024 – 31 Jan 2024

with Berenice Abbott, Harold E. Edgerton, Ernst Haas, Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene, Gerhard Richter, Jerry N. Uelsmann, Carleton E. Watkins, Edward Weston, Garry Winogrand
düsseldorf photo+

Biennial with over 60 exhibitions and events

Düsseldorf Photo+, Düsseldorf (DE)
13 Mar 2020 – 8 May 2020

with Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Julius Brauckmann, Peggy Buth, Julian Charriere, Louisa Clement, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jonas Gerhard, Alex Grein, Sven Johne, Annette Kelm, Julia Kernbach …
photo london 2019

Photo London, London (GB)
16 May 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Ansel Adams, Claire Aho, Albarran Cabrera, Miles Aldridge, Alia Ali, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Liza Ambrossio, Takashi Arai, Matan Ashkenazy, Jessica Backhaus, Roger Ballen, Gian Paolo Barbieri …
Paris Photo 2018

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Jun Abe, Adou, Nobuyoshi Araki, Mustapha Azeroual, Ilit Azoulay, Jared Bark, Mary Ellen Bartley, Peter Beard, Renate Bertlmann, Viktoria Binschtok, LIU Bolin, Anais Boudot …
Photoville 2018

Photoville, Brooklyn (US)
13 Sep 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Inbal Abergil, Linsey Addario, Taslima Akhter, Deborah Bay, Daniel Berehulak, Sarah Blesener, Linda Bournane Engelberth, Andrea Bruce, Jessica Dimmock, Omar Victor Diop, Alan Eglinton, Brian L. Frank …
Art Paris Art Fair 2018

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
5 Apr 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Gabor Oesz, Ignasi Aballi, Peter Aerschmann, Dieter Appelt, Edgar Arceneaux, Eric Aupol, Jessica Backhaus, Jose Manuel Ballester, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Guido Baselgia, Vanessa Beecroft …
photo la 2016

25th Anniversary

photo l.a., Los Angeles (US)
22 Jan 2016 – 24 Jan 2016

with Tetsu Okuhara, Arthur Rothstein, Marjorie Salvaterra, Quentin Shih, James Welling, Stephen Wilkes
Metropolis: 20 Jahre nach Tschernobyl

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
22 Apr 2006

with Igor Kostin
Metropolis: u.a. Der deutsche Star-Fotograf Martin Schoeller

arte TV, Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
An Eye for Icons

Online Only

artnet Auctions, New York (US)

with Lillian Bassman, Peter Beard, Chuck Close, Michel Comte, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Elliott Erwitt, Ron Galella, Burt Glinn, Douglas Kirkland, Tseng Kwong Chi, Annie Leibovitz, Chris Levine …
We all bleed red

mit Anke Degenhard

Kunsthaus Göttingen, Göttingen (DE)
Die Magie der Gesichter - der Porträtfotograf Martin Schoeller

HR , Funk & Fernsehen (DE)
Paris Photo 2012

CAMERA WORK, Berlin (DE)

with Peter Beard, Harry Callahan, Anton Corbijn, Baron Adolphe De Meyer, David Drebin, Jean-Baptiste Huynh, Nadav Kander, Barbara Morgan, Helmut Newton, Robert Polidori, Bettina Rheims, Herb Ritts …