Olaf Otto Becker

♂ *1959 / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

Olaf Otto Becker

Galerie Jordanow, München (DE)
4 Apr 2025 – 17 May 2025
Signs of Change

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
15 Mar 2025 – 10 May 2025
SIGNS OF CHANGE

LANDSCHAFTEN IM KLIMAWANDEL

Deutsches Technikmuseum, Berlin (DE)
22 Mar 2023 – 3 Mar 2024
Olaf Otto Becker

Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg (AT)
17 Nov 2023 – 12 Jan 2024
Landscapes. Signs of Change

Technische Sammlungen, Dresden (DE)
17 Oct 2021 – 20 Mar 2022
Change

Hartmann projects, Stuttgart (DE)
20 Mar 2020 – 18 Jul 2020
Olaf Otto Becker

Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
31 Oct 2019 – 31 Dec 2019
Reading the Landscape

Cité de l’image, Clervaux (LU)
29 Sep 2017 – 28 Sep 2018
Ice and Land

Photographs from Iceland and Greenland 1999 - 2017

Museum of Photography, Reykjavik (IS)
12 May 2018 – 16 Sep 2018
Olaf Otto Becker

Huxley-Parlour, London (GB)
13 Jun 2018 – 7 Jul 2018
Ilulissat

CLAMP, New York (US)
17 May 2018 – 7 Jul 2018
Olaf Otto Becker

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
7 Apr 2018 – 19 May 2018
Skulpturen der Veränderung

(sculptures of change)

Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
18 Nov 2016 – 4 Feb 2017
Ilulissat

curated by Camilla Boemio

Anteprima D' Arte, Roma (IT)
10 Dec 2015 – 5 Mar 2016
WERKSCHAU

Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg (DE)
28 Mar 2015 – 22 May 2015
Reading the Landscape

Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
1 Nov 2014 – 17 Jan 2015
Reading the Landscape

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
27 Nov 2014 – 10 Jan 2015
Under the Nordic Light - A Journey through Time 1999 - 2011

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
25 Feb 2012 – 31 Mar 2012
Northern Traces

Aus den Serien "Broken Line " - "Above Zero" - "Under the Nordic Light"

Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm (DE)
11 Dec 2011 – 18 Mar 2012
Under the Nordic Light - a Journey through Time

Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
27 Oct 2011 – 21 Jan 2012
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Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg (AT)
1 Sep 2010 – 30 Oct 2010
Above Zero

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
4 Sep 2010 – 9 Oct 2010
Above Zero

Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
5 Mar 2010 – 15 May 2010
Broken Line

Blue Sky Gallery, Portland (US)
4 Jan 2010 – 1 Feb 2010
Above Zero

Amador Gallery, New York (US)
10 Oct 2009 – 9 Jan 2010
northbound - Greenland 2003-2006

Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Köln (DE)
11 Jan 2009 – 15 Mar 2009
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Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
4 Apr 2008 – 28 Jun 2008
Broken Line

Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
20 Mar 2008 – 19 Apr 2008
Broken Line

Amador Gallery, New York (US)
4 Jan 2008 – 14 Mar 2008
Under the Nordic Light

Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
26 Apr 2007 – 9 Jun 2007
Landschaften 1999-2007

Galerie Münsterland e.V., Emsdetten (DE)
11 Mar 2007 – 8 Apr 2007
Under the Nordic Light

Amador Gallery, New York (US)
18 Oct 2006 – 19 Dec 2006
Küstenbilder

Galerie Hartmann, Neue Fotografie, München (DE)
9 Feb 2006 – 8 Apr 2006
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Rotonda Galerie, Köln (DE)
8 Nov 2005 – 27 Jan 2006
Unter dem Licht des Nordens

Galerie Hartmann, Neue Fotografie, München (DE)
19 Sep 2003 – 22 Nov 2003

Group

Earth Matters

Bergson Gallery, München (DE)
25 Jan 2026 – 2 Aug 2026

with Kathrin Linkersdorff, Maximilian Pruefer, Tamiko Thiel
Civilization - Our Life in Focus

Unser Leben im Fokus

Museum für Gestaltung, Zürich (CH)
13 Mar 2026 – 19 Jul 2026

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Valerie Belin, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Priscilla Briggs, Edward Burtynsky, Alejandro Cartagena, Philippe Chancel, Jo Choon-man …
SALON AMSTERDAM

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jan 2026 – 14 Feb 2026

with Jessica Backhaus, Andrew Bush, Willem Diepraam, Toshio Enomoto, Steve Fitch, Charles Freger, Jeroen Hofman, Rogier Houwen, Marie José Jongerius, Jim Mangan, Thomas Manneke, Asako Narahashi …
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

Civilization: Wie wir heute leben

Kunsthalle München, München (DE)
11 Apr 2025 – 24 Aug 2025

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs, Paul Bulteel …
CIVILIZATION

The Way We Live Now

Saatchi Gallery, London (GB)
2 Jun 2023 – 17 Sep 2023

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Lisa Barnard, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Peter Bialobrzeski …
Civilization

The Way We Live Now / Vivere Sopravvivere Buon Vivere

Musei San Domenico, Forlì (IT)
17 Sep 2022 – 8 Jan 2023

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Andreia Alves de Oliveira, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Ludovica Bastianini, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Nicola Bertasi, Peter Bialobrzeski …
In the Shadow of Trees

PhotoBrussels Festival 06

Hangar H18, Brussels (BE)
21 Jan 2022 – 26 Mar 2022

with Terje Abusdal, Pablo Albarenga, Mustapha Azeroual, Edward Burtynsky, Benjamin Deroche, Mitch Epstein, Yann Gross, Eric Guglielmi, Nicolai Howalt, Kim Jung Man, Jaakko Kahilaniemi, Kíra Krász …
Civilization

Quelle époque !

MuCEM, Marseille (FR)
24 Feb 2021 – 28 Jun 2021

with Valerie Belin, Raphael Dallaporta, Lauren Greenfield, Candida Hoefer, Pieter Hugo, Michael Najjar, Wang Qingsong, Dona Schwartz, Thomas Struth, Massimo Vitali, Paolo Woods
Der blaue Planet

Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg (DE)
19 Jun 2021 – 27 Jun 2021

with Anja Güthoff, Magdalena Jetelova, Andrea Motta, Elham Rokni, Saba Sitton, Charles Xelot
Civilisation, Photography, Now

Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland (NZ)
16 Jun 2020 – 18 Oct 2020

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs, Paul Bulteel …
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

NGV National Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
13 Sep 2019 – 2 Feb 2020

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs, Paul Bulteel …
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo

Hymn to the Earth / Hymne an die Erde

Festival La Gacilly-Baden, Baden (AT)
1 Jun 2019 – 30 Sep 2019

with Edouard Elias, William Albert Allard, Claudia Andujar, Philippe Bourseiller, Josephine Brueder, Charlie Cole, Collectif Image Sans Frontiere, Cooper & Gorfer, Stéphane Couturier, Frederic Delangle, Miquel Dewever Plana, Emil Gataullin …
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

Ullens Center Contemporary Art, Beijing (CN)
9 Mar 2019 – 19 May 2019

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs, Paul Bulteel …
Civilization: The Way We Live Now

National Museum of Art, Gwacheon (KR)
18 Oct 2018 – 17 Feb 2019

with Max Aguilera Hellwig, Florian Boehm, Evan Baden, Murray Ballard, Olivo Barbieri, Mandy Barker, Valerie Belin, Daniel Berehulak, Peter Bialobrzeski, Michele Borzoni, Priscilla Briggs, Paul Bulteel …
WONDERS OF THE WORLD

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
17 Jun 2016 – 11 Sep 2016

with Alejandro Durán, Matthias Jung, Kate & Geir Jordahl, Janelle Lynch, Jamey Stillings, Han Sungpil, Brad Temkin, Federico Winer
Noorderlicht Photofestival 2016 - ARENA

Noorderlicht, Groningen (NL)
22 May 2016 – 3 Jul 2016

with Ignacio Acosta, Mandy Barker, Nomi Baumgartl, Theo Bos, Carole Conde & Karl Beveridge, Antoinette de Jong, Gerco de Ruijter, Matthieu Gafsou, Hiroshi Imai, Robert Knoth, Katrin Koenning, David Maisel …
UNCOMMON PLACES

an accelerationist aesthetics

Palazzo da Schio, Vicenza (IT)
15 Apr 2016 – 15 May 2016

with Davide Bramante, Luca Campigotto, Juliane Eirich, Andrea Galvani, Hiroyuki Masuyama, Regine Petersen, Alvaro Sanchez-Montanez
Coping with Distance

Culture Scapes Island 2015

Photoforum Pasquart, Biel Bienne (CH)
27 Sep 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Claudia Hausfeld, Einar Falur Ingólfsson, Mathilda Olmi, Ingvar Högni Ragnarsson, Petur Thomsen
Summer in the City '15

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
4 Jul 2015 – 25 Jul 2015

with Willem Diepraam, Gerry Johansson, Raymond Meeks, Asako Narahashi, Pentti Sammallahti, Han Singels
LANDSCAPE IN MY MIND

Landschaftsfotografie heute

Bank Austria Kunstforum, Wien (AT)
11 Feb 2015 – 26 Apr 2015

with Sonja Braas, Balthasar Burkhard, Jordi Colomer, Ulrike Crespo, Elger Esser, Bernhard Fuchs, Hamish Fulton, Andreas Gursky, Axel Huette, Julie Monaco, Walter Niedermayr, Thomas Ruff …
KONSTELLATIONEN

Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
13 Sep 2014 – 25 Oct 2014

with Florian Boehm, Roman Bezjak, Richard Caldicott, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Jean-Paul Deridder, Juliane Eirich, John Goto, Anja Jensen, Gerry Johansson, Werner Mahler, Ute Mahler, Max Regenberg …
Eine Winter-Reise

Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin (DE)
8 Feb 2013 – 12 Mar 2013

with Susanna Majuri, Laura J. Padgett
Wald

Galerie f 5,6, München (DE)
4 May 2012 – 8 Jul 2012

with Michael Lange, Richard Rothman
Das Narrative in der Fotografie

kunsthaus kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren (DE)
31 Mar 2012 – 1 Jul 2012

with Nomi Baumgartl, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Margaret Bourke-White, Paul Graham, Philippe Halsman, Haubitz + Zoche, Karl-Josef Hildenbrand, Thomas Hoepker, Christoph Jorda, Herlinde Koelbl, Brigitte Lustenberger …
State of the Art Photography

NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf (DE)
4 Feb 2012 – 6 May 2012

with Peter Ainsworth, Jacob Aue Sobol, Miriam Boehm, Laura Bielau, Elina Brotherus, Bianca Brunner, Stefan Burger, Asger Carlsen, Katalin Deér, Martin Denker, Jan Paul Evers, Daniel Gordon …
Summer in the city 2011

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
2 Jul 2011 – 23 Jul 2011

with Jacqueline Hassink, Asako Narahashi, Michael Wolf
Bredaphoto 2010

Breda Photo, Breda (NL)
16 Sep 2010 – 24 Oct 2010

with Peter Bialobrzeski, Denis Darzacq, Carl de Keyzer, Peter Granser, Ilkka Halso, Chris Jordan, Jimmy Kets, Jean Bernard Koeman, Abbas Kowsari, David Maisel, Simon Norfolk, Robert Polidori …
Songs from the cold seas

National Collection Photo, København (DK)
28 Nov 2009 – 6 Mar 2010

with Tiina Itkonen
Arcadia

CLAMP, New York (US)
11 Jun 2009 – 14 Aug 2009

with Aziz + Cucher, James Bidgood, Stan Gaz, Lori Nix, Stephen Wilkes, Frank Yamrus, Marc Yankus
AQUEOUS

Carroll Square Gallery, Washington (US)
13 Jun 2008 – 22 Aug 2008

with Luciana Abait, Janet Biggs
BEST OF LUMAS

Highlights und Neuheiten

LUMAS Berlin, Berlin (DE)
9 Dec 2006 – 31 Jan 2007

with Billy & Hells, David James Burden, Peter Funch, Gero Gries
Rückblende 05

Galerie Hartmann, Neue Fotografie, München (DE)
25 Nov 2005 – 28 Jan 2006

with Guenter Derleth, Joachim Froese, Paolo Giudici, Andrej Glusgold, Veronika Gmeinwieser
Fotosommer Stuttgart 2005

Gebäude Möbel Mammut, Stuttgart (DE)
1 Jul 2005 – 7 Aug 2005

with Andreas Boehmig, Sylvia Ballhause, Theodor Barth, Frank Bayh, Florian Beckers, Eva Bertram, Erika Bialowons, Anja Bohnhof, Jürgen Bubeck, Christoph Burtscher, Andreas Burz, Julia Christe …

Events

HIGHLIGHTS International Art Fair Munich 2026

Highlights – Internationale Kunstmesse München 2026

HIGHLIGHTS, München (DE)
15 Oct 2026 – 18 Oct 2026

with Albarran Cabrera, Neeltje de Vries, Steffen Diemer, Corina Gertz, Miho Kajioka, Carina Linge, Vera Mercer, Sarah Moon, Isolde Ohlbaum, Marcus Schaefer, Luzia Simons, Gregor Toerzs …
SALON AMSTERDAM

Galerie Caroline O'Breen, Amsterdam (NL)
17 Jan 2026 – 7 Feb 2026

with Slim Aarons, Jessica Backhaus, Maura Biava, Edward Burtynsky, Andrew Bush, Tom Callemin, Sander Coers, Popel Coumou, Misha de Ridder, Willem Diepraam, Toshio Enomoto, Steve Fitch …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025

AIPAD, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Slim Aarons, Stanko Abadzic, Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Mariette Pathy Allen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Maria Antelman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus …
EMOP BERLIN — EUROPEAN MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY 2023

EMOP Berlin, Berlin (DE)
2 Mar 2023 – 31 Mar 2023

with Eve Arnold, Ilit Azoulay, Julia Baier, Sibylle Bergemann, Eva Bertram, Thomas Billhardt, Yvon Chabrowski, Salomé Chatriot, Antoine d'Agata, Moyra Davey, Thomas Demand, Patrick Demarchelier …
Paris Photo 2022 - Booksignings

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with Laia Abril, Albarran Cabrera, Miles Aldridge, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Roger Ballen, Peter Bialobrzeski, Martin Bogren, Anais Boudot, Nick Brandt, Sophie Calle, Chien Chi Chang, Katrien De Blauwer …
PhotoBrussels Festival 06

Hangar H18, Brussels (BE)
21 Jan 2022 – 26 Mar 2022

with Terje Abusdal, Antoine Agoudjian, Pablo Albarenga, Cyril Albrecht, Mustapha Azeroual, Alfredo Bosco, Edward Burtynsky, Collectif De Anima, Abdulmonam Eassa, Mitch Epstein, Elger Esser, Maria Friberg …
Kritische Landschaftsfotografie

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
4 Jul 2020 – 1 Nov 2020
London Art Fair 2020

Photo50

London Art Fair, London (GB)
22 Jan 2020 – 26 Jan 2020

with Takashi Arai, Tami Bahat, Tom Blachford, Celine Bodin, Julie Cockburn, Ellie Davies, Susan Derges, Elaine Duigenan, Formento & Formento, Elisabeth Heyert, Scarlett Hooft Graafland, Tif Hunter …
Photaumnales 2019

Terra Nostra - The Age of the Anthropocenee

Les Photaumnales, Paris (FR)
21 Sep 2019 – 5 Jan 2020

with Jocelyne Alloucherie, Maria Thereza Alves, Thierry Ardouin, Israel Arino, Mathieu Asselin, Anna Atkins, Ursula Böhmer, Karl Blossfeldt, Morgane Britscher, Alexa Brunet, Raphael Chipault, Isabeau de Rouffignac …
1000 Wirklichkeiten

100 Jahre GDL/DFA - Deutsche Fotografische Akademie

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
9 Oct 2019 – 13 Oct 2019

with J. Jackie Baier, Peter Bialobrzeski, Kurt Buchwald, Simone Demandt, Thekla Ehling, Doerte Eissfeldt, Boris Eldagsen, Klaus Elle, Hendrik Faure, Beate Guetschow, Andreas Gefeller, Alex Grein …
Festival photo La Gacilly 2018

open air festival

Festival photo , La Gacilly (FR)
2 Jun 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Claudia Andujar, Stéphane Couturier, Jean Gaumy, Chris Jordan, Karen Knorr, Andrea Mantovani, Robert & Shana ParkeHarrison, Jan C. Schlegel, Patrick Tourneboeuf
AIPAD Photography Show New York 2018

AIPAD, New York (US)
5 Apr 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Diane Arbus, Tom Arndt, Richard Avedon, Tami Bahat, Clara Bahlsen, Lillian Bassman, Daniel Beltra, Clarissa Bonet, Kate Breakey, Richard Caldicott, Sian Davey, Eamonn Doyle …
AIPAD Photography Show New York 2018

Galerie f 5,6, New York (US)
5 Apr 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Clara Bahlsen, Anne Schwalbe, Carl Struewe
AIPAD Photography Show New York 2017

Galerie f 5,6, New York (US)
30 Mar 2017 – 2 Apr 2017

with Adolphe Braun, Juliane Eirich, Ulrich Schmitt, Anne Schwalbe, Judith Stenneken
AIPAD Photography Show New York 2017

AIPAD, New York (US)
30 Mar 2017 – 2 Apr 2017

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Lillian Bassman, Valerie Belin, Adolphe Braun, Eamonn Doyle, Filip Dujardin, Juliane Eirich, Maia Flore, Manuel Franquelo, Masahisa Fukase, Gaspar Gasparian, Burt Glinn …
Das abgegrenzte Areal

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
18 Jun 2016 – 19 Jun 2016
AIPAD Photography Show New York 2016

Galerie f 5,6, New York (US)
14 Apr 2016 – 17 Apr 2016

with Charles Hippolyte Aubry, Ulrich Schmitt, Anne Schwalbe, Judith Stenneken
Unseen Photo Fair 2015

Robert Morat Galerie, Amsterdam (NL)
18 Sep 2015 – 20 Sep 2015

with Andrea Gruetzner, Robin Maddock, Peter Puklus, Robert Voit
Book Signings at Paris Photo 2014

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2014 – 16 Nov 2014

with Peter Bialobrzeski, Lard Buurman, Johanna Diehl, Sze Tsung LEONG, Igor Ponti, Julian Roeder, Tor Seidel
Zwischen Theorie und Praxis: Ver-Ortungen

IAPh e.V., Berlin (DE)
23 Oct 2011

with Axel Beyer, Oliver Boberg, Hans-Christian Schink, Henrik Spohler
northbound - Greenland 2003-2006

Moderation: Dr. Christoph Schaden

Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Köln (DE)
11 Jan 2009
Spuren in der Landschaft

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
Change

Hartmann projects, Stuttgart (DE)
Reading the Landscape

Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern (DE)