Karin Apollonia Müller
Karin Apollonia Müller (born 1963, Heidelberg, Germany) is a German contemporary photographer artist. She has received numerous awards, grants and fellowships. Her work is published, exhibited and is in the following collections: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art - New York, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art among others.
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- Name
- Karin Apollonia Müller
- Born
- 1963
- Field
- Fine art photography
- Education
- Folkwang University of the Arts
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- artist · photographer
- Fields
- fine-art photography
- Languages
- German
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Karin Apollonia Müller (born 1963, Heidelberg, Germany) is a German contemporary photographer artist. She has received numerous awards, grants and fellowships. Her work is published, exhibited and is in the following collections: The Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art - New York, Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles County Museum of Art among others.
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Karin Apollonia Müller (born 1963) is an artist and photographer, of German nationality. The artist was born in Heidelberg. Activity centred on fine-art photography.
Languages used include German. Works are held at Museum of Modern Art, Photography Collection and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.
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The recorded working language is German. The field of work recorded is fine-art photography. Work by Karin Apollonia Müller is recorded in the collections of Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Photography Collection.
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• Name — Karin Apollonia Müller • Born — 1963 • Field — Fine art photography • Website — karinapolloniamueller.com/ • Education — Folkwang University of the Arts • Illustration — Karin Apollonia Müller photographing at the beach (2020)
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 2020 Far Out, Citylights; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada, USA • 2019 Properties of human beings; Kunstwerden, Essen, Deutschland • 2014 World’s Edge; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, USA • 2014 Far Out; Google Headquarter, Los Angeles, USA • 2013 Far Out; Diane Rosenstein Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA • 2012 Gate; Julie Saul Gallery, New York, USA • 2007 On Edge; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA • 2005 Bunkerscapes; Van der Grinten Galerie, Köln, Germany • 2004 Terra Cognita; Julie Saul Gallery, New York, USA • 2003 Angels in Fall; Van der Grinten Galerie, Köln, Germany • 2002 Bunkerscapes; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA • 2001 Angels in Fall; Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA • 2000 Angels in Fall; Julie Saul Gallery, New York, USA • 2000 Angels in Fall; Photographers Gallery, London, UK • 1999 Silent summer; Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, USA • 1999 Angels in Fall; University of Iowa, Iowa, USA • 1998 Angels in Fall; DG Galerie, München, Germany • 1998 Angels in Fall; Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA • 1997 Angels in Fall; Sam Francis Gallery/Santa Monica, CA, USA in cooperation with Getty Museum L.A., Exiles and Emigres
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Collections
Collections
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY USA • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY USA • San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA • New School, New York, NY USA • New York Library, New York, NY USA • Armand Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA USA • Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA USA • Photography Museum of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA USA • Nevada Art Museum, Reno, NV USA • Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, OH USA • Institut für Auslandsangelegenheiten, Berlin, Deutschland • FRAC centre, Paris, Frankreich • Soho House, London, GB
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Awards
• 1995 DAAD Fellowship, Los Angeles, USA and American Samoa, Polynesia • 1996 Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades, CA USA • 2000 Lannan Foundation Residency Program, Galisteo, NM, USA • 2001 The J. Paul Getty/CalArts Commission, Los Angeles, CA, USA • 2006 Residency Program at Lijiang Studios, Lijiang, Yunnan, China • 2015 Residency Program Bangalore, India, Goethe Institut • 2016 Omne Residency, Castelfranco, Italy
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- 1.Karin Apollonia Müller. Whitney Museum of American Art.
- 2.Karin Apollonia Müller. The Museum of Modern Art.
- 3.Karin Apollonia Müller. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
- 4.Karin Apollonia Müller. Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
- 5.http://publicsearch.nevadaart.org/RediscoveryProficioPublicSearch/SearchResults.aspx?%40%40Mueller%2c&&Karin&&Apollonia%40%40
- 6.Karin Apollonia Müller: Citylights. Nevada Museum of Art. 2019.
- 7.http://allenartcollection.oberlin.edu/emuseum/view/people/asitem/search$0040/0?t:state:flow=bcc57994-f015-4604-aaa4-9f68fc29d32b
- 8.Frangoul, Phoebe. Kate Bryan reveals the eight artists who've been commissioned for our latest collection of prints. Soho House. 26 February 2020.
- 9.Soho Home Editions 2020. Jealous Gallery. 27 February 2020.
- 10.Villa Aurora Grant Recipients 1996 - Karin Apollonia Müller Visual Artist and Photographer. Villa Aurora - Thomas Mann House.
- 11.Karin Apollonia Müller. Lannan Foundation.
- 12.Contributing Photographers & Designers/Illustrators. LA Now. 251. 29 December 2017.
- 13.Werke der fotografischen Künstlerin Karin Apollonia Müller bei kunstwerden: Die Brüchigkeit unserer Welt. Lokalkompass. 4 September 2019.
- 14.Griffin, Jonathan. Karin Apollonia Müller: Far Out. ArtReview. 24 March 2014.
- 15.Karin Apollonia Muller: The Gate - Julie Saul Gallery. LongIsland.com. 2012.
- 16.Brooks, Amara. Must See Art. LA Weekly. 13 June 2007.
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