About

Grew up in Leverkusen (Germany). PhD Art History, Philosophy and Theology at Bonn University; DAAD-Fellowship at Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institute; curatorial positions in Cologne, Chemnitz, Augsburg; has been curating international exhibitions since the 1990ies.

Statement

Photographic images affect our way of seeing and our perception of the world stronger than the world's reality itself. I am interested in the status of photographic images mostly in their continuous development as an Art form. I don't consider photography as an isolated medium, rather as the omnipresent form of artistic perception of the world across artistic boundaries.

Education

  • 1989 - 1990 | “Kunstgeschichte”, KHI Florenz (IT)
  • 1988 - 1993 | “Kunstgeschichte, Philosophie, prakt. Theologie”, Universität Bonn (DE)

Institution (Work Experience)

  • 2006 - heute | Leiter, H2-Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst und Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg (DE)
  • 2007 - 2010 | Lehrauftrag Kunstgeschichte, Universität Augsburg (DE)
  • 1995 - heute | Kurator, Kunstsammlungen Augsburg (DE)
  • 1993 - 1994 | Kurator, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz (DE)

Selected Exhibitions/Publications

  • 2019 | Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrad (RS)
  • 2012 | EMOP, Berlin (DE)
  • 2006 - heute | H2-Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg (DE)
  • 1999 - heute | Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg (DE)

Personal Website

http://www.h2-glaspalast.de

Ausstellungskatalog | Where Do We Go, and How Long Will It Take? (2019)

Ausstellungskatalog | Where Do We Go, and How Long Will It Take? (2019)

Exhibition Catalogue Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade (RS) 2019 Artists: Andy Heller | Ferit Kuyas | Leta Peer | Natalija Ribovic | Elham Rokni Curator: Thomas Elsen

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Ausstellungskatalog | NOT HERE YET (2016)

Ausstellungskatalog | NOT HERE YET (2016)

Exhibition Catalogue H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg (DE) 2016 - 2017 Artists: Maurizio Cattelan with host Edith Wolf Hunkeler | Johanna Diehl | Hamish Fulton | Alberto García Alix | Andy Heller | Omar Imam | Ferit Kuyas | Charlotte Moth | Vitus Saloshanka | Burkhard Schittny | Susanne Wellm Curators: Celina Lunsford & Thomas Elsen

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Ausstellungskatalog | behind landscape (2012)

Ausstellungskatalog | behind landscape (2012)

Exhibition Catalogue H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg (DE) 2012 Artists: Tamara Grcic | Jaakko Heikkilä | Karen Irmer | Anastasia Khoroshilova | Shai Kremer | Oh Seok Kwon | Volker Lang | Trevor Paglen | Reynold Reynolds | Elham Rokni Curator: Thomas Elsen (in englischer Sprache)

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Ausstellungskatalog | bilder fragen (2012)

Ausstellungskatalog | bilder fragen (2012)

Exhibition Catalogue H2-Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg (DE) 2018 Artists: Reza Aramesh | Viktoria Bintschok | Burkard Blümlein | Raya Bruckenthal | Krass Clement | Tacita Dean | Nir Evron | Aslan Gaisumov | Emmet Gowin | Taiyo Onorato/ Nico Krebs | Verena Kyselka | Maximilian Prüfer | Hans-Christian Schink | Egor Tsvetkov Curator: Thomas Elsen (German)

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