Candida Höfer
OVERVIEW
Born in 1944, Eberswalde, Germany.
Candida Höfer is known for her large format color photographs of meticulously composed architectural interiors. Höfer composes her shots in great detail, emphasizing symmetry by photographing the center of a room, or along angles that best communicate the interior structure of the space. Focusing her lens on cultural and institutional structures such as libraries, museums, and hotels, she captures the psychological remains left behind in empty public spaces. Höfer has exhibited at leading museums around the world, including the Kunsthalle in Basel and Bern and the Louvre in Paris, and has received international acclaim, having been selected to represent Germany at the Documenta 11 in 2002 and the Venice Biennale in 2003.
HISTORY
2025
‘Fotografien’, Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany
‘OPERA! OPERA!‘, Konrad Fischer Gallery, Düsseldorf, Germany
2024
‘Candida Höfer: Kontexte. Eine Dresdner Reflexion’, Residenzschloss, Dresden, Germany
‘Dresden and elsewhere’, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
‘The Order of Beauty’, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London, UK
‘Europa / America’, Sean Kelly, Los Angeles, USA
‘Candida Höfer, Käthe Kollwitz Prize 2024’, Akademixder Künste, Berlin, Germany
‘Memorias en tiempos veloces’, Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain.
‘RENASCENCE’, Kukje Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2023
‘Reflections of Spaces – Spaces of Reflection’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
‘Five Works’, Böhm Chapel, Hürth, Germany
2022
‘Candida Höfer. Liechtenstein’, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein und Hilti Art Foundation, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
‘Candida Höfer. Kunsthistorisches Institut Bonn’, Kunsthistorisches Institut der Universität Bonn, Bonn, Germany
‘Bild und Raum. Candida Höfer im Dialog mit der Sammlung Fotografie der Kunstbibliothek’, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
2021
‘Räume des Wissens’, Graphische Sammlung der ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2020
‘Candida Höfer. Libraries: The Return’, Neue Galerie Gladbeck, Gladbeck, Germany
2025
‘Becher School’, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway
2024
‘La Tiranía de Cronos’, Banco de España, Madrid, Spain
‘Contemporary Song : Works from the Mário Teixeira da Silva Collection’, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
‘Another Avant – Garde. Photography 1970-2000’, West Bund Museum Shanghai, China
‘Biennale IMAGES Vevey’, Vevey, Switzerland
‘DIS-PLACED’, Konschthal Esch, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
‘Das ist Gesellschaft. Soziale Fotografie in Düsseldorf’, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
‘Made in Germany? Art and Identity in a Global Nation’, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, USA
‘Square And Space: From Malevich To GES-2’, V-A-C Foundation, Moscow, Russia
‘Retrospektiv! Eine fotografische Geschichte von Schloss Benrath 1870 bis heute’, Schloß Benrath, Dusseldorf, Germany
‘Civilization: The Way We Live Now’, Jut Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
‘EXPOSURE. Arte, culture, moda dentro e fuori la vetrina’, Museo delle Culture di Milano, Milano, Italy
‘Architecture. A Scenario Written by Space and Time’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
‘Matsumoto Architecture Art Festival’, Matsumoto City Museum, Nagano, Japan
2023
‘Die Young, Stay Pretty’, KOTARO NUKAGA, Tokyo, Japan
2022
‘Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum’, The Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA
‘Photographische Konzepte und Kostbarkeiten, Sammlungspräsentation, Teil 1 Porträt, Landschaft, Botanik’, Kultur, Koln, Germany
WORKS
NEWS
KOTARO NUKAGA to participate in 'Tokyo Gendai 2025'
KOTARO NUKAGA is pleased to announce our participation in ‘Tokyo Gendai 2025’, an international art fair held in PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan from September 12 to 14. KOTARO NUKAGA will showcase works by twelve internationally diverse artists, including Tomokazu Matsuyama and Rember Yahuarcani. Featuring a dynamic range of practices across painting and glass art. And also
Candida Höfer's artworks were exhibited in an event for A. LANGE & SÖHNE
Candida Höfer’s artworks were exhibited in an event for the prestigious German watchmaker A. LANGE & SÖHNE. Three photographic works, including “BNF Paris 1998”, were shown at the event.
Candida Höfer to participate in "Matsumoto Architectural Art Festival 2024 ANNEX"
Candida Höfer is participating in the “Matsumoto Architectural Art Festival 2024 ANNEX”, which is held from February 23 to March 24. Candida Höfer’s photographs vividly capture the profound “character” inherent in the interior space of cultural architecture and the dynamics that create it, just as portrait photography captures the inner world of the person confronted
Group exhibition curated by Carlos Rolón and Tomokazu Matsuyama 'Die Young, Stay Pretty'
From March 10 (Fri), 2023, KOTARO NUKAGA, Roppongi is pleased to present ‘Die Young, Stay Pretty.’ The exhibition is co-curated by Chicago-based Puerto Rican American artist Carlos Rolón, whose practice explores themes of belonging and cultural identity, and artist Tomokazu Matsuyama, whose contemporary visual language functions as a representation of the reality of our times. Rolón