Peter Bialobrzeski studied Politics and Sociology before he became a photographer for a local paper in his native Wolfsburg/Germany. He travelled extensively in Asia before he went back to the Folkwang School, Essen and London to study Photography. After having worked as a photojournalist for almost 15 years and published world wide, Peter in 2004 started to focus more on personal projects. In the last ten years he has published 16 books, which he sees as an important part of his work:
XXXholy | neontigers | Heimat | Lost in Transition | Paradise Now | Case Study Homes | Informal Arrangements | The Raw and the Cooked | Nail Houses | Cairo Diary | Wolfsburg Diary | Athens Diary | Taipei Diary | Kochi Diary | Die zweite Heimat | Beirut Diary
His work has been exhibited in Europe, USA, Asia, Afrika and Australia. He won several awards including the prestigious World Press Photo Award 2003 and 2010. Peter Bialobrzeski has been a visiting professor for photojournalism at the University of Essen in 1998/99. Since 2002 Peter is a regular Professor for photography at the University of the Arts in Bremen/Germany. Furthermore he runs workshops around the world. In 2012 he was honored with the Erich Salomon Award by the German Society of Photographers (DGPh).
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Institutional exhibitions
Selected solo exhibitions
2019
"Die zweite Heimat", Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
2017
"Die zweite Heimat", Deichtorhallen, Haus der Photographie, Hamburg
2016
"The City", Photobastei, Zürich, Switzerland
2012
"The Raw and the Cooked“, Festival Reggio Emilia, Italy
„Megatropolis“, ENSA, Paris, France
2010
"Paradise Now", Alfred Ehrhard Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
"Case Study Homes", FotoGrafia Festival Internazionale di Roma IX Edizione, Italy
2008
"TIGRI DI LUCE", Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2006
“Neon Tigers”, Goethe Institute Hongkong, China
“Neon Tigers”, Deutsche Börse Group, Frankfurt, Germany
2005
NEONTIGERS/HEIMAT, Seagull Arts Centre, Kolkata, India
2004/5
“Neon Tigers”, Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany
Selected group exhibitions
2016
"Wolfsburg Unlimited", Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
2015
„Zoom“, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2014
„Heimat“, NRW Forum, Dusseldorf, Germany
2013
„If walls could speak“, Frankendael Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2012
Made in China, MAK, Cologne, Germany
„New Works“, Deutsche Börse Group, Frankfurt/M., Germany
2010
"The hidden City", Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, USA
"True Emotion", Daegu Biennal, South Korea
"Breda Photo", Open Air Installation, Breda Netherlands
2008
„Die Liebe zum Licht“, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
2006
NEONTIGERS, Architekturbiennale, Venedig, Italien
2005
"Jakarta Biennale", Jakarta, Indonesia
NEONTIGERS, Pingyao Photofestival, China
Peter Bialobrzeski is represented by:
Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, USA
LA Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Robert Morat, Hamburg, Germany
m97 Gallery, Shanghai, China