Marc Erwin Babej CV_EN - Galerie Julian Sander

MARC ERWIN BABEJ Born 1970 in Frankfurt, Germany EDUCATION 1978 Receives first camera as a gift – a Konica rangefinder with a fixed 38mm lens 1986 Moves to the United States. Studies at Choate Rosemary Hall (’88) 1988-­‐1992 A.B., Brown University. Concentrations: History (comparative study of empires), Judaic Studies (secular Jewish Intellectuals in the first half of the 20th century) 1992-­‐1993 M.S., Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Thesis: European Foreign Correspondents in New York: Representatives of One Press Tradition Working in The Center of Another 1993-­‐1995 Reporter, Forbes Magazine – focus on political economy, marketing. Contributor, The Guardian (U.K.) – reviews of books with historical and political themes 1995-­‐2000 Marketing strategist at advertising agencies Deutsch, Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners and J. Walter Thompson. 2001-­‐present Founding Partner, strategy and innovation consultancy Reason inc. 2004-­‐present Columnist, Forbes (Strategic Marketing column) 2006-­‐present Photographer, Marc Erwin Babej Photography Galerie Julian Sander / Prinz-­‐Albert-­‐Str. 12 / 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0) 228 286 344 11 / [email protected] / www.galeriejuliansander.de
2012-­‐present Contributor, The Leica Camera 2013-­‐present Columnist, Arts; DER SPIEGEL (Germany) 2014-­‐present Columnist, American Photo SOLO EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION) 2018 Dokumentation Obersalzberg (Berchtesgaden, Germany): Mischlinge 2017 Museum für Völkerkunde/National Anthropology Museum (Hamburg): Unser Afrika 2016 Vogelsang Akademie (Schleiden, Germany): Mischlinge Kreismuseum Wewelsburg (Büren, Germany): Mischlinge Deutsches Historisches Museum/German Historical Museum (Berlin): Unser Afrika 2015 Musée National du Bardo/Bardo National Museum (Tunis), under the auspices of the United States Department of State/Embassy of the United States Tunis: Africanae Paris Photo (Paris), (Nov. 12-­‐15, 2015), via Galerie Julian Sander Galerie Julian Sander (Bonn, Germany): Mask of Perfection, (Oct 23-­‐Dec. 18, 2015) Historical-­‐Technical Museum Germany): Mischlinge (May 19-­‐Jul. 31, 2015) Peenemünde (Peenemünde, m2a Galerie (Dresden, Germany): Mischlinge (Jan.24-­‐Feb.28, 2015) Galerie Julian Sander / Prinz-­‐Albert-­‐Str. 12 / 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0) 228 286 344 11 / [email protected] / www.galeriejuliansander.de
2014 Paris Photo (Paris): Mask of Perfection and Mischlinge sneak preview via Feroz Galerie (Nov. 13-­‐16, 2014) Clarinda Carnegie Art Museum (Clarinda, Iowa): Mask of Perfection (Nov. 9-­‐Jan.9, 2014) Musée National du Bardo (Tunis): Africanae (Sep. 13 – Nov. 13, 2014) Leica SoHo (New York): Africanae and Chernogirls (Sep.2 – Nov.2, 2014) Leica SoHo (New York): Documentary works from Burma and Southern Africa (Jul.30 – Sep.2, 2014) Scope Basel 2014: Chernogirls Ep. II: NYC, via AB Gallery (Jun. 17 – 22, 2014) Aperture Foundation Summer Open: Mask of Perfection (Jul. 17-­‐Aug. 14) Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, London: Mask of Perfection (May 1 – 18, 2014) AB Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland): Chernogirls Acts I & II (Apr. 27 – May 31) Lebensspuren Museum (Wels, Austria): Mask of Perfection (Apr. 24 – Dec. 3) SCOPE (New York, NY): Chernogirls, via Pashmin Art Gallery (Mar. 7 – 9) Adamson Gallery (Washington, DC): Mask of Perfection (Jan. 18-­‐Mar. 29) 2013 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair: Mask of Perfection, via Adamson Gallery (e)merge art fair, (Washington, DC): Mask of Perfection Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3); Mask of Perfection Second Prize, “Fine Art-­‐
Professional” category Galerie Julian Sander / Prinz-­‐Albert-­‐Str. 12 / 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0) 228 286 344 11 / [email protected] / www.galeriejuliansander.de
Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3); Mask of Perfection Honorable Mention, “Fine Art-­‐Professional” category Amstel Gallery, Amsterdam: Documentary works 2012 Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series, New York City: Postcards from [Hurricane] Sandy ARTICLES 2015 ARD TV (Germany) – Artour (aired 29.1.15), Mischlinge CNN – Amanpour (aired 1.29.14): Mischlinge (w. Rainer Höß) PhotoNews (Germany), Riefenstahl Revisited: Anmerkungen zum “Faszinierenden Faschismus” im Werk von Marc Erwin Babej und Andreas Mühe DIE ZEIT (Germany), Fotograf Marc Erwin Babej – “Wir setzen Pegida etwas entgegen” Ha’aretz – Hebrew edition (Israel), Germans of Today in the Context of the Nazi Past Ha’aretz – English edition (Israel), Using Nazi Settings and DNA Tests, Jewish Photographer Quashes “the Fiction of German Blood” ZDF TV (Germany) – Aspekte (aired 21.11.14): “Wir sind alle Mischlinge”: Die provokanten Fotos von Marc Erwin Babej 3Sat TV (Germany-­‐Austria-­‐Switzerland) – Kulturzeit (aired 28.11.14): Marc Erwin Babej’s “Mischlinge” Galerie Julian Sander / Prinz-­‐Albert-­‐Str. 12 / 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0) 228 286 344 11 / [email protected] / www.galeriejuliansander.de
NDR TV (Germany) – Wer ist Deutscher und wer nicht? (Mischlinge) NDR Radio (Germany) – Ausstellung “Mischlinge” in Peenemünde (interview) Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten (Germany) – “Wer ist Deutscher?”: Eine Fotoschau rund um unsere Identität Thüringische Landeszeitung (Germany) – “Wir müssen dem braunen Mob etwas entgegensetzen” JSpace, Exhibit Undermines the Nazi Ideal of Racial Purity Vice, How do you Make Amends when your Grandfather was one of the Greatest Murderers in History (about cast member Rainer Höß, feat. Mischlinge) Tachles (Switzerland): Wir sind alle Mischlinge The Jewish Daily Forward, Undermining the Nazi Ideal of Racial Purity – in Black and White DER SPIEGEL (Germany): International Premiere Dossier Marc Erwin Babej: Wir sind Mischlinge Prof. Thomas Kühne: Der gärende Mischmasch 2014 American Photo, Marc Erwin Babej’s Cinematic Exploration of Tunisian Society Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3): Africanae (Portraiture – Professional) Prix de la Photographie Paris (Px3): Chernogirls Ep. I: Minsk-­‐Chernobyl (Portraiture – Professional) World Photography Awards: Mask of Perfection (Official Selection, Portraiture) L’Oeil de la Photographie(France): Chernogirls The Leica Camera, Marc Erwin Babej: Africanae Galerie Julian Sander / Prinz-­‐Albert-­‐Str. 12 / 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0) 228 286 344 11 / [email protected] / www.galeriejuliansander.de
Luzerner Rundschau (Switzerland), Graffiti is ART? (Chernogirls Ep. II: NYC) The Washington Post: Mask of Perfectionat Adamson Gallery tn (Tunisia): Le grand photographe américain Marc Erwin Babej en Tunisie pour un reportage The Leica Camera: Marc Erwin Babej – Creating Images with Layers of Meaning L’Oeil de la Photographie (France): Mask of Perfection Washington City Paper: Recent Editions At Adamson Gallery Reviewed (Mask of Perfection) The Leica Camera: Africanae 2013 DER SPIEGEL (Germany): Die Schönen und das Biest (Chernogirls Ep. I: Minsk-­‐
Chernobyl) Harper’s Bazaar (US): Bazaar Goes to Art Basel (Mask of Perfection) La Repubblica:Le “modelle di Chernobyl” traslocano a New York (Chernogirls NYC) The Leica Camera:Bringing Chernogirls to New York City L’Oeil de la Photographie (France):Marc Erwin Babej – Chernogirls Divany(Hungary): Ilyen az, amikor Csernobilba viszik a modelleket (Chernogirls) The Leica Camera:Chernogirls: Minsk-­‐Chernobyl La Repubblica (Italy): ”Chernogirls”: l’Unione sovietica e le nuove generazioni The Washington Post: Art Fair Emerges With a Long History(Mask of Perfection) Lenswork: Mask of Perfection Galerie Julian Sander / Prinz-­‐Albert-­‐Str. 12 / 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0) 228 286 344 11 / [email protected] / www.galeriejuliansander.de
doc! photo magazine: Mask of Perfection (cover) Divany(Hungary): Így változtatna egy sebész a tökéletes modellek arcán (Mask of Perfection) Der Spiegel(Germany): Schönheitschirurg Dr. Frankenstein (Mask of Perfection) La Repubblica (Italy): La “maschera della perfezione”: i diktat della chirurgia plastica negli scatti di Marc Erwin Babej Huffington Post: Marc Erwin Babej’s ‘Mask of Perfection’ Series Explores a Scary Side of Beauty Culture Rear Curtain(Canada): Mask of Perfection (cover story) Yahoo!: Photographer Shows Standards Of Plastic Surgery(Mask of Perfection) RTL News (Germany): Mask of Perfection (26:30) Die Presse (Austria): Mask of Perfection: Schönheit vom Band Lenswork: Garden of Life(Aerials from Southern Africa) LFI (Leica Fotografie International) German ed.: Maske der Perfektion LFI (Leica Fotografie International) English ed.: Mask of Perfection Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3); Mask of PerfectionSecond Prize, “Fine Art-­‐
Professional” category Prix de la Photographie Paris (PX3); Mask of Perfection Honorable Mention, “Press-­‐
Professional” category Scope Basel 2013, Switzerland The Leica Camera: Mask of Perfection ABC News(USA): First Branch Down (image, from Hurricane Sandy) Galerie Julian Sander / Prinz-­‐Albert-­‐Str. 12 / 53113 Bonn, Germany +49 (0) 228 286 344 11 / [email protected] / www.galeriejuliansander.de