Barbara Probst
born 1964 in München, Barbara Probst lives and works in New York and
München. She studied at the Akademie der Bildende Kunste in München and
at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. Her solo exhibitions include
Akademiegalerie, München (1990); My Museum, Galerie Philomene Magers
Gallery, Köln (1994); Der Gaplante Augenblick, Galerie Otto Shweins,
Köln (1995); Was Wirklich Geschah, ESCALE, Düsseldorf (2001);
Exposures, Murray Guy, New York (2004); Jessica Bradley Art and
Projects, Toronto (2005). Selected group exhibitions include Der
Widerstand der Fotografie, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria (2004), Double
Exposure, Edition Schellmann, Munich, Germany, then touring at
North-American venues; Between Spaces, Centro Cultural Andratx,
Mallorca, Spain (2004); Hollywood revisited, Kunstmuseum Aarhus,
Denmark (2002); Moving Pictures, Triennale der Photographie, Galerien
der Stadt Esslingen, Germany (2001); Fotografia Situacionista, Galeria
OMR, Mexico City, Mexico (1999); Fotografia Nell´Arte Tedesca
contemporanea, Galleria Gian Ferrari, Milano, Italy (1996); photography
after photography: Praterinsel, Munich, Germany (1995); then touring at
European and North-American venues; Trick or Treat, Galerie Wiensowski
& Harbord, Berlin, Germany (1996); Scharf im Schauen, Haus der
Kunst, Munich, Germany (1995). She has received awards such as Sanha
Kaimer Fellowship: (1990), Photography Award, Arts Council,
Munich (1994), Fellowship of Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany (2002) and the
Philip Morris Award, Dresden (2002).
