Candida Höfer

Candida Höfer, Théâtre de l’Odéon Paris I 2018, C-print, 184 x 223,3 cm, edition of 6

Candida Höfer, Biblioteca Palafoxiana Puebla II 2015, C-print, 180 x 199 cm, edition of 6

Candida Höfer, Benediktinerstift Melk III 2014, C-print, 180 x 210,3 cm, edition of 6

Candida Höfer, Benediktinerstift Altenburg III 2014, C-print, 180 x 224 cm, edition of 6

Candida Höfer, Igreja de Sâo Francisco de Assis Salvador Bahia I 2005, C-print, 224 x 180 cm, edition of 6

Candida Höfer, Conway Library London II 2004, C-print, 85 x 85 cm, edition of 6

Short bio

Candida Höfer (born 1944 in Eberswalde, Germany) lives and works in Cologne. She studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf from 1973 to 1982, at first film with the Danish filmmaker Ole John, but transitioned to study photography under Bernd Becher in 1976.

Höfer’s works can be found in international collections and have been exhibited in museums like Kunsthalle Basel; Kunsthalle Berne; The Portikus, Frankfurt am Main; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Power Plant, Toronto; Kunsthaus Bregenz; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Musée du Louvre, Paris; Kunsthaus Hamburg; Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Among several shows at her Oslo gallery, Galleri K, she had a solo show at the Henie Onstad Art Centre in 2007.

She participated in Documenta 11 in 2002, and represented Germany at the 50th Biennale in Venice together with the late Martin Kippenberger in 2003.

For her work Candida Höfer has received various prices and distinctions: the “ars viva” Cultural Award of the Federation of German Industries (1987), the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2000), the Woman Art Award of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia (2002), the Finkenwerder Art Award (2007), the Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (2015), the Cologne Fine Art Prize (2016), the Outstanding Contribution to Photography award as part of the Sony World Photography Award (2018), honoree for achievement in architecture by the Lucie Awards (2022), and Käthe Kollwitz Prize (2024).