Juergen Teller (born 28 January 1964) is a German fine-art and

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. He was awarded the Citibank Prize for Photography in 2003 and received the Special Presentation

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Infinity Award in 2018. Major solo exhibitions of his work have been organised at Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris (2006); Le Consortium, Dijon, France (2010); Dallas Contemporary, TX (2011); Daelim Museum, Seoul (2011); Institute of Contemporary Art, London (2013); Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin (2015); Kunsthalle Bonn, Germany (2016), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow (2018). Self-portraiture has been a prominent feature of his practice and was the main focus of his 'Macho' exhibition at DESTE Foundation, Athens, Greece (2014).

Education

Teller studied at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie in Munich, Germany (1984–1986). In order to avoid military national service he learned English and moved to London in 1986, aged 22.Juergen Teller - Biography
European Graduate School, Leuk-Stadt.

Career

Since the beginning his career in the late 1980s, Teller has blurred the boundaries between his commissioned and personal work in his numerous campaigns, editorials, publications and exhibitions. Teller treats all of his subjects — family members, celebrities, and himself with a uniform style of grit, raw emotion and humour that has become his iconic and recognizable aesthetic. His photographs have appeared in ''

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) and '' Zeit magazin'' among others. He photographed Kylie Minogue for the artwork of her 1991 album

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. Teller first gained wider recognition in 1996 with his front cover of '' Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazine'' featuring a nude

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with the word ‘Versace’ drawn in a heart across her chest. In 1997, Marc Jacobs worked with Teller's then-partner, Venetia Scott to style his collections and Teller shot

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from Sonic Youth for the Spring Summer 1998 campaign. Juergen Teller photographer, Haarlem 2003 - 17

For the brand's 2005 campaign, he photographed himself with

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and also collaborated with

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and

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amongst others until the SS2014 campaign. Teller has also collaborated with a range of other designers and fashion houses during his career, including Helmut Lang, Yves Saint Laurent,

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, Missoni, Moschino,

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, Adidas, Palace and Valentino. Teller has photographed many celebrities, musicians, artists and photographers, including Arnold Schwarzenegger, O. J. Simpson, Kurt Cobain, Bjork, Kate Moss, Elton John, Pelé,

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for '' T: The New York Times Style Magazine'' and shot the 'Kanye, Juergen and Kim' supplement for System featuring Kanye West and

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as well as himself in 2015. The actress Charlotte Rampling has been a long term collaborator, appearing in Teller's ''Louis XV'' series which was exhibited at Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin and published by Steidl as a book in 2005, and the ''Paradis'' photographs shot at Musée du Louvre in 2009. Teller has directed several fashion films, short films and artist videos including ''Can I Own Myself'' (1998), ''Go-Sees'' (2001), ''World Cup Final, Germany 0 Brazil 2 London'' (2002), ''Schmetterling (2005) and ''Dieter'' (2017).

Teaching

Teller was Professor of Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 2014 to 2019.

Curating

In 2016, Teller curated an exhibition of Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs at Alison Jacques Gallery in London where he selected 58 images from the Mapplethorpe Foundation collection.

Personal life

Teller was married to UK contemporary art dealer Sadie Coles from 2003 to 2018. Teller married Dovile Drizyte in 2021.

Publications

*''Juergen Teller.'' Cologne: Taschen, 1996 *''Der verborgene Brecht.'' Ein Berliner Stadtrundgang. Zurich: Scalo, 1998 *''Go-Sees: Girls Knocking on My Door.'' Zurich: Scalo, 1999. . *''Remake Berlin.'' Steidl Verlag, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Bank Hofmann AG, 1999 *''Tracht.''Göttingen:

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/Lehmann Maupin Gallery, 2001 *''More.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2001 *''Märchenstüberl.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2002 *''Zwei Schäuferle mit Kloß und eine Kinderportion Schnitzel mit Pommes Frites.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2003 *''Nackig auf dem Fußballplatz.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2003 *''Louis XV.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2004 *''Ich bin Vierzig.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2004 *''The Master.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2004 *''Ohne Titel.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2005 *''Nürnberg.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2006 *''Ed in Japan.'' Paris: Purple publications, 2006 *''Jürgen Teller, Do You Know What I Mean.'' Exhibition catalogue. Paris: Foundation Cartier pour l'art contemporain/London-New York: Thames & Hudson, 2006 *''Juergen Teller Vivienne Westwood, Spring Summer 2008.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2008 *''Election Day, Vivienne Westwood, Spring Summer 2009.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2009 *''Juergen Teller: Marc Jacobs Advertising 1997-2008.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2008 *''The Master II.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2010 *''Zimmermann.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2010 *''The Deste Foundation Collection.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2010 *''Get a Life, Vivienne Westwood Spring Summer 2010.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2010 *''Calves and Thighs.'' TF Editore, 2010 *''Touch Me.'' Reel, 2011 *''Hotel Il Pellicano.'' Italy: Slim Arons, John Swope, Juergen Teller, Rizzoli 2011 *''Common Ground. Marsilio Editoria, 2012 *''The Keys to the House.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2012 *''Pictures and Text'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2012 *''The Master III'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2012 *''Woo! Juergen Teller'' Steidl and ICA, 2013 *''Eating at Hotel Il Pellicano.'' Violette Editions, 2013 *''Kolkata.'' The Juergen Teller Purple Book, Purple Institute, 2014 *''I'm Fifty.'' Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, 2014 *''Araki Teller, Teller Araki.'', Eyesencia, 2014. With

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*''I Just Arrived in Paris.'' (Louis Vuitton AW2014), Göttingen: Steidl, 2014 *''Siegerflieger'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2015 *''The Flow.'' (Louis Vuitton SS2015), Göttingen: Steidl, 2015 *''Season Three.'' (Louis Vuitton AW2015), Göttingen: Steidl, 2015 *''The Clinic.'' Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, 2015 *''Mit dem Teller nach Bonn.'' Steidl/Bundeskunsthalle, 2016 *''Boris Mikhailov, Parliament.'' Rodovid, Kyiv, Ukraine, 2017 *''Vivienne Westwood, Andreas Kronthaler, Juergen Teller. In Other Words, 2017 *''Leg, Snails and Peaches. Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, 2018 *''The Master IV.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2019 *''Handbags.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2019 *''Mmm!.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2019 *''TELLER ABLOH.'' Fine Print/Prestel, 2019 *''50 Times Bonami and Obrist.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2019 *''Plumtree Court.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2020 *''Leben und Tod: Nobuyoshi Araki and Juergen Teller.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2020 *''The Nipple, Annual Series No.7.'' Oakland California: TBW, 2020 *''William Eggleston 414.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2020. With

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. . *''Donkey Man and Other Stories.'' New York: Rizzoli, 2021. . *''Auguri.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2022. With Dovile Drizyte. . *''Notes About My Work.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2022. . *''The Master V.'' Göttingen: Steidl, 2022. .

Awards

*2003: Citibank Prize for Photography *2018: Special Presentation,

Infinity Award

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

*1998 ''Juergen Teller,''

The Photographers' Gallery The Photographers' Gallery was founded in London by Sue Davies opening on 14 January 1971, as the first public gallery in the United Kingdom devoted solely to photography. It is also home to the Deutsche Börse Photography Prize, established i ...

, London *2002 ''Märchenstüberl,'' Münchner Stadtmuseum, Germany *2002 ''Märchenstüberl,''

Museum Folkwang Museum Folkwang is a major collection of 19th- and 20th-century art in Essen, Germany. The museum was established in 1922 by merging the Essener Kunstmuseum, which was founded in 1906, and the private Folkwang Museum of the collector and patr ...

, Essen, Germany *2003 ''Märchenstüberl,'' Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy *2003 ''Märchenstüberl,''

Frans Hals Museum The Frans Hals Museum is a museum located in Haarlem, the Netherlands. The museum was established in 1862. In 1950, the museum was split in two locations when the collection of modern art was moved to the '' Museum De Hallen'' (since 2018 called ...

, Haarlem, Netherlands *2003 ''Tracht,''

Kunsthalle Mannheim The Kunsthalle Mannheim is a museum of modern and contemporary art, built in 1907, established in 1909 and located in Mannheim, Germany. Since then it has housed the city's art collections as well as temporary exhibitions – and up to 1927 those ...

, Mannheim, Germany *2004 ''Go-sees and World cup Final,'' Germany v Brazil 0-2 Temple Bar Visual Arts, Dublin, Ireland *2004 ''Ich bin Vierzig,''

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, Vienna, Austria *2006 ''Do You Know What I Mean,''

Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain The Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain, known simply as the Fondation Cartier, is a contemporary art museum located at 261 boulevard Raspail in the 14th arrondissement of the French capital, Paris. History The Fondation Cartier was cr ...

, Paris *2007 ''Awailable,''

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, Edinburgh, Scotland *2009 ''Teller,''

, Haarlem, Netherlands *2009 ''Logisch,''

Kunsthalle Nürnberg The Kunsthalle Nürnberg is an art centre founded in 1967, near the city centre. It organizes exhibitions by contemporary international artists in its galleries in Nuremberg. The Kunsthalle commissions new work by a majority of the artists it wo ...

, Germany *2010 ''Touch Me,'' Le Consortium, Dijon, France *2011 ''Man with Banana,''

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, US *2011 ''Texte und Bilder,''

Moscow House of Photography The Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow (MAMM; russian: link=no, Мультимедиа Арт Музей, Москва) is a Russian state museum dedicated to the presentation and development of contemporary art related to new multimedia technologies ...

, Russia *2011 ''Texte und Bilder,'' Brukenthal National Museum, Sibiu, Romania *2012 ''Bilder und Texte,'' Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, London, UK *2013 ''Woo!,''

Institute of Contemporary Arts The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is an artistic and cultural centre on The Mall in London, just off Trafalgar Square. Located within Nash House, part of Carlton House Terrace, near the Duke of York Steps and Admiralty Arch, the ICA c ...

, London *2014 ''Bus Stops,'' Strand, London *2014 ''Macho,'' Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece *2016 ''Enjoy Your Life!,''

Bundeskunsthalle Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany) is one of the most visited museums in Germany. Known as the ''Bundeskunsthalle'' for short, it is part of the so-called "Mu ...

, Bonn, Germany *2016 ''Enjoy Your Life!,''

Galerie Rudolfinum The Rudolfinum is a building in Prague, Czech Republic. It is designed in the neo-renaissance style and is situated on Jan Palach Square on the bank of the river Vltava. Since its opening in 1885, it has been associated with music and art. Cur ...

, Prague, Czech Republic *2017 ''Enjoy Your Life!,''

Martin-Gropius-Bau Martin-Gropius-Bau, commonly known as Gropius Bau, is an important exhibition building in Berlin, Germany. Originally a museum of applied arts, the building has been a listed historical monument since 1966. It is located at 7 Niederkirchnerstra� ...

, Berlin, Germany *2017 ''Juergen Teller,'' , Germany *2017 ''Juergen Teller,'' Great Arch Hall,

Photo London Photo London is an annual photography event held at Somerset House in London in May.Photo London
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, Somerset House, London *2018 ''Enjoy Your Life!,''

Fotomuseum Winterthur Fotomuseum Winterthur is a museum of photography in Winterthur, Switzerland. History The museum was founded in 1993 and is dedicated to photography as art form and document, and as a representation of reality. Fotomuseum Winterthur is an art g ...

, Switzerland *2018 ''Zittern auf dem Sofa,''

Garage Museum of Contemporary Art The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, also referred to simply as ''The Garage Museum'', is a privately funded art gallery in Moscow. It was founded by Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich as the ''Garage Center for Contemporary Culture'' in 2008 a ...

, Moscow, Russia *2019 ''Handbags,'' Museo Villa Pignatelli, Naples, Italy *2019 ''Heimweh,'' Konig Tokio x MCM Ginza Haus I, Tokyo *2021 ''What Are We Talking About?,'' T-10, Beijing, China

Curated exhibitions

*2016 Teller on Mapplethorpe, Alison Jacques Gallery, London

Selected Group exhibitions

*''Citibank Photography Prize'', The Photographers Gallery, London (2003) *''The Kate Show'', The Foam Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands (2006) *2007: represented Ukraine as one of five artists in the 52nd

Venice Biennale The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest of ...

*''Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography'', Tate Modern, London (2008) *''Not in Fashion'', MMK Museum, Frankfürt, Germany (2010) *''Night in Twilight: Art from Romanticism to the Present'', Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria (2012) *''Riotous Baroque'', Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland (2012), toured to Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain (2013) *''Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars and Artists'', Centre Pompidou, Metz, France (2014) *''Faces Now: European Portrait Photography Since 1990'', BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, toured to Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, and National Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (2015-2016) *''VOGUE 100: A Century of Style'', National Portrait Gallery, London and Manchester Art Gallery (2016) *''La Vie Simple - Simplement la Vie'', Fondation Vincent van Gogh, Arles, France (2017) *''Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography 1911-2011'', J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA (2018) *''The Exhausted Man'', Swiss National Museum, Zurich, Switzerland (2020) *''E/Motion. Fashion in Transition'', MoMu Fashion Museum Antwerp, Belgium (2021) *''Captivate! Fashion Photography from the 1990s. Curated by Claudia Schiffer'', Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany (2021) *''Vogue Paris-100 years-1920-2020'', Palais Galliera, Paris, France (2021)

Collections

Teller's work is held in the following permanent collections: *

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the Centre national d'art et de culture Georges-Pompidou ( en, National Georges Pompidou Centre of Art and Culture), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English, is a complex building in the Beaubourg area of ...

, Paris *

Museum für Moderne Kunst The Museum für Moderne Kunst (''Museum of Modern Art''), or short MMK, in Frankfurt, was founded in 1981 and opened to the public 6 June 1991. The museum was designed by the Viennese architect Hans Hollein. Because of its triangular shape, it ...

, Frankfurt * National Portrait Gallery, London: 3 prints (as of January 2021) *

Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) in London is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.27 million objects. It was founded in 1852 and nam ...

, London: 4 prints (as of January 2021)

References

External links

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Steidl Artist Page

Interview with Business of Fashion

Interview with Nowness

Interview with ShowStudio

Interview with System magazine
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