Ausbildung / education

2000 - 2007 MFA Documentary photography (Prof. Jörg Sasse), Folkwang University, Essen, Germany;
2004 Ecole Superieure d´Arts Graphiques et d´Architecture Intérieure, Paris, France;
2010 - 2012 MFA Photography, University of Hartford, CT;

Teaching

2008 - 2010 University of Dortmund, Department of Arts;

Lectures

2011 University of the Arts, Bremen;

Awards and distinctions

2011
European Architecture Photography Price, Honorable Mention;
Director's Award, Hartford Art School;

2009
Grant for Emerging Photographers, Humble Arts Foundation, NYC, USA;
Otto Steinert Prize, DGPh,Germany, 2009 - Honorable Mention;
F/Stop, 3rd International Photography Festival, Leipzig, Germany - finalist;
Descubrimientos, Photo Espana PHE, Madrid, Spain - finalist;

2008
West Prize, The West Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania, USA - aquisition price winner;
Photolucida critical mass - finalist;
Festival Voies Off des Rencontres d’Arles - selection 2008;

2007
Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman, NYC, USA, 07 Fall Edition - winner;
Festival Voies Off des Rencontres d’Arles - selection 2007;

2006
Epson Art Photo Award, Art Cologne, Germany - Best class;

Exhibitions (selected 2006-2011)

2011
Dove is a color in my place - Martin Meyenburg, Georg Parthen, Andreas Helfer , Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin ; (c)
Fazebuk Network, Weltraum 26, Munich; (c)
sculptural divide, Altes Finanzamt, Berlin; (s)
New Yours New Yours, JB JURVE, Los Angeles; (s)
Leistungsschau, Kunsthalle am Hamburger Platz, Berlin, Germany; (c)
in between, Deutsches Architektur Museum, Frankfurt/Main, Germany; (c)
points of departure, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany; (c)
The great Kreuzberg Pavillion Show I, Kreuzberg Pavillion, Berlin, Germany; (c)
The Collector's Guide Exhibition, curated by Vanessa Kramer, Chelsea Art Museum, New York City, USA; (c)
Große Kunstausstellung NRW, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany; (c)

2010
5 tricks to keep the house cool, curated by Thomas W. Kuhn, Kennedy 9, Düsseldorf, Germany; (s)
Ganze / Teile, curated by Heiko Rintelen and Heiko Pfreundt, Schuckert-Höfe, Berlin, Germany; (c)
Potemkin Village, curated by Ben van den Berghe, Noylon, Antwerp, Belgium; (c)
Große Kunstausstellung NRW, museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany; (c)
Equinox, curated by Silja Leifsdottir, Grimmuseum, Berlin, Germany; (c)

2009
Descubrimientos, Photo Espana, Madrid, Spain; (c)
F/Stop, 3rd International Photo Festival, Leipzig, Germany; (c)
immodest proposals, Chicago, Illinois, USA;
West Price, NEXT , Chicago , Illinois, USA; (c)
West Price, The West Collection , Oaks, Pennsylvania, USA; (c)

2008
Vorstellung, Ziegler temporary, Stuttgart, Germany; (c)
Festival Voies Off 2008 des Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France;
Bergische Kunstausstellung, Museum Baden, Solingen, Germany; (c)
Bergische Kunstausstellung, gallery of the town, Remscheid, Germany; (c)
Vattenfall Lounge, Berlin, Germany; (solo)
First Environment Photography Festival, Paris, France;
Epson Art Photo Award, Goethe Institut / Singapore; (c)

2007
Carports, Galerie Mikro, Düsseldorf / Germany; (solo)
Hey Hot Shot, Jen Bekman Gallery, NYC, USA;
graduation degree show, Forum for Art & Architecture, Essen, Germany;
Poetry of the functional, Industral Museum of Saxonia, Chemnitz, Germany; (c)
Festival Voies Off 2007 des Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France;
Epson Art Photo Award, Galleria Grazia Neri, Milano, Italy; (c)

2006
Georg Parthen - Fotografien, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen,Germany; (c) (s)
Sehwege, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg / Germany; (c)
Epson Art Photo Award, Art Cologne / Germany; (c)
Public Folder, Cuisine Digitale, Vienna / Austria; (c)

(c) - catalogue, (s) - solo or two person show

Curatorial Projects

2010 - present
MINKEN & PALME, Berlin, Germany;
project space by Nicolas Wollnik and Georg Parthen

2006 - 2009
Galerie Mikro, Düsseldorf, Germany;
project space for photography. Since 2010 curated by Moritz Wegwerth & Philipp Ullrich

Publications

2011
Karen & Uwe Hollweg Sammlung, Dumont Verlag, Köln;
"dazwischen | in between", German Architecture Museum, published by avedition and architekturbild, catalogue;
Kunst am Bau, Ankäufe junger Kunst, BBR, Berlin, 2011, catalogue;
The Collector’s Guide to New Art Photography Vol. 2, The Humble Arts Foundation, New York City;
Große Kunstausstellung NRW, museum kunst palast, catalogue;
Kunstsalon, München, catalogue;

2010
Augenweiden - Positionen zeitgenössischer Kunst, Edition Braus, Heidelberg;
sugary photographs with tricks, poses and effects - a festival on photography, catalogue, VZW Time to meet, Antwerp, Belgium, catalogue;
Große Kunstausstellung NRW, museum kunst palast, catalogue;
Equinox - 2 curators - 2 shows - the same artists, catalogue;

2009
Grosse Kunstausstellung, Villa Kobe, Halle, catalogue;
Von hier aus, wohin?, F/Stop 3rd International Photography Festival, catalogue, Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin, München;
Descubrimientos, Photo Espana PHE, catalogue;
Ten, West Price, The West Collection, catalogue;

2008
Multiplex, artist book, self-published;
Vorstellung, Stuttgart, catalogue;
Bergische Kunstausstellung, Museum Baden, Solingen and Städtische Galerie Remscheid, catalogue;

2007
Sichtwerk, University of Essen, catalogue;
poetry of the functional, Marianne-Brandt-Award 2007, catalogue

2006
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach. Regie der Relation, catalogue / Monography by Dr. Andreas Kreul,Pustet Verlag, Salzburg, Austria;
Public Folder #2, edited by John Harthen, photography magazine, Cologne;
Epson Art Photo Award, catalogue;
Carports, artist book, self published;
Sehwege, catalogue, Oldenburger Kunstverein;

Collections

stiftung museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, Germany;
State Bank of Bremen, Germany;
The West Collection, Oaks, Pennsylvania, USA;
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany;
Ministry of the Environment, Bonn & Berlin, Germany;
Karen & Uwe Hollweg Collection, Bremen, Germany;
private collections;

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