Born in Stuttgart, Germany, 1973
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany and Los Angeles, CA

Education

• MFA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (US)
• University of Essen, Essen, (DE)
• School of Photography and Film, University for Gothenburg, Gothenburg, (SE)

Solo Exhibitions

2017

• 303 Gallery, New York, NY
• Florian Maier-Aichen, 303 Gallery, New York City (US)
  
• Blum & Poe, Los Angeles (US)

2013

• Florian Maier-Aichen, Gagosian Gallery, Hong Kong (CN)
  
• Florian Maier-Aichen, Gagosian Gallery, Davies Street, London (UK)

2011

• Baronian_Francey, Brussels, (BE)
• Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California (US)
• 303 Gallery, New York City (US)

2009

• Snow machine, Gagosian Gallery, London (UK)
• 303 Gallery, New York, (US)

2008

• Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza , Madrid, (ES)
• Baronian_Francey, Brussels, (BE)

2007

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California (US)

2006

• Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California (US)
• 303 Gallery, New York City (US)

2005

• Baronian_Francey, Brussels, (BE)

2004

• Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, (JP)
  
• The Bridges of Cologne, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California (US)

2003

• Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, (JP)

2002

• Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, California (US)

Group Exhibitions

2017

• Contemporary Photography Forum, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Florida (US)

2016

• Still Life With Fish: Photography from the Collection, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California (US)

2015

• Three Day Weekend: Party In Back, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles (US)
  
• Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (US)
  
• Duddell’s Presents: ICA Off-site: Hong Kongese, Duddell’s, Hong Kong, (CH)

2014

• Lay of the Land, Von Lintel Gallery, Los Angeles, California (US)
  
• Night in Day, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California (US)
  
• ICA Off-Site: Hong Kongese, Duddell’s, Hong Kong, (CH)
  
• In Context, ICA, Boston, Massachusetts (US)

2013

• Secondary Structures, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg (AT)

2012

• Take Off Your Silver Spurs and Help Me Pass the Time, Galerie Nikolaus Ruzicska, Salzburg, (AT)
  
• Natural History, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie (US)

2011

• The eye is a lonely hunter: images of humankind, Fotofestival, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg (DE)
  
• The Smithson Effect, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, Utah (US) (curated by Jill Dawsey)

2010

• Summer Show: Mike Kelley, Florian Maier-Aichen, and Anselm Reyle, Gagosian, New York City (US)
  
• Nuit Blanche, Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, (CH)
  
• Photo Show 2010, Galleri K, Oslo, (NO)
  
• Crash, Homage to JG Ballard, Gagosian galleryn London (UK)

2009

• Nothing is permanent. Albert Baronian, profession: galeriste, La Centrale Electrique,Centre Européen d’art contemporain, Brussels (BE)
  
• Damaged Romanticism, Parrish and Grey Gallery, New York, (US)
  
• Wall Rockets:Contemporary Artists and Ed Rusha, FLAG Art Foundation, New York, (US)

2008

• Damaged Romanticism, Blaffer Gallery, Houston, Texas, (US)
  
• To-Night: Contemporary Representations of the Night, Hunter College Art Galleries, New York, (US)

2007

• L.A. Desire, Galerie Dennis Kimmerich, Dusseldorf (DE)
  
• Mario Testino: At Home, Yvon Lambert New York, New York City (US)
  
• Three for Society, 303 Gallery, New York City (US)

2006

• Particulate Matter, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California (US)
  
• USA TODAY, Saatchi Gallery / Royal Academy Of Arts, London, (UK)
  
• Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City (US)

2005

• Photography 2005, Victoria Miro Gallery, London,( UK)
• Group Show curated by Mario Testino, London, (UK)
  
• Set Up: Recent Acquisitions in Photography, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, (US)

2004

• Kommando Pfannenkuchen: Deutsche und Amerikanische Kunst, Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, California (US)
• Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, (JP)

2003

• Gilbert & George, Cristina Iglesias, Mike Kelley, George Lappas, Florian Maier-Aichen, Nikos Navridis, Tony Oursler, Thaddeus Strode, Bernier/Eliades, Athens, (GR)
• Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, California (US)

2002

• Constructed Realities, Grand Art, Kansas City, (US) (traveled to Las Vegas Art Museum (curated by Barbara Bloemink)
  
• Anti-Form: New Photographic Work from Los Angeles, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, (US) (curated by James Welling)
  
• Ich ging im Walde so fuer mich hin: Markus Amm, Florian Maier-Aichen, Gondi Norola, Nicole Wermers, Borgmann-Nathusius, Cologne, 5DE)

2001

• Jennifer Bornstein, Mark Grotjahn, Dave Muller, Florian Maier-Aichen, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, California (US)
  
• Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California (traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami) (US) (cat.)
  
• Vision Embraces the World, Echo Park Projects, Los Angeles, California (US)

2000

• Can, Blum & Poe, Santa Monica, California (US)

1999

• Gesundheit, Kunsthaus Essen, Essen, (DE)

1998

• Art in the City, Stockholm, (SE)

1997

• Galeri Gufot, Gothenburg, (SE)

Awards and Grants

1999-2000

• DAAD Scholarship, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst

Museum and Public Collections

• The Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
• Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
• Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC
• Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
• Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

Catalogues

2015

• Cotton, Charlotte. Photography is Magic. New York: Aperture
• Ferguson, Russell. Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum; New York: DelMonico / Prestel

2012

• Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman, and James Frey. Funny. New York: Flag Art Foundation
• Smoke and Mirrors. New York, NY: Conveyor

2011

• Collection Vanmoerkerke. Brussels: Rispoli Books

2010

• Florian Maier-Aichen: Snow Machine. London: Gagosian Gallery

2009

• Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Season Five. New York: Art 21; Alexandria, VA: Distributed by PBS Distribution
• Cotton, Charlotte. The Photograph as Contemporary Art. London: Thames & Hudson

2008

• Florian Maier-Aichen. Madrid: La Fabrica Editorial
• Hoberman, Mara. “City Nights,” in to:Night: Contemporary Representations of the Night, New York: The Hunter College Art Galleries

2007

• Morse, Rebecca. MOCA Focus: Florian Maier-Aichen. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art
• Exley, Roy. “Florian Maier-Aichen,” in Photo Art: Photography in the 21st Century. Köln: Dumont

2006

• Sutton, Gloria. “Florian Maier-Aichen.” Vitamin PH. London: Phaidon Press

2005

• Kennedy, Marla Hamburg and Ben Stiller, eds. Looking at Los Angeles. New York: Metropolis Books

2001

• Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles. Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum

Articles and Reviews

2015

• Nguyen, Betty. “Florian Maier-Aichen: The Perfect Photograph Opens up Like a Flower.” LAContemporary.org, viewed (March)
• Osborne-Bartucca, Kristen. “Florian Maier-Aichen at Blum & Poe.” Fabrik, no. 27

2014

• Drohojowska-Philp, Hunter. “Florian Maier-Aichen at Blum & Poe.” KCRW.com, December 4
• Morse, Rebecca. “The Lens at Night: Eerie, Beautiful Photos in the Darkness.” LightBox (Time Magazine Blog)
• Schultz, Charlie “In Field and Studio, Florian Maier-Aichen Charts Murky Terrain” Artslant.com (July)
• Slenske, Michael. “Going Back to Cali.” Architectural Digest (blog), (November)
• Wilson, Michael. “Florian Maier-Aichen.” Artforum 53, no. 2 (October)

2013

• Callegari, Giulia Lina. “Florian Maier-Aichen at Gagosian.” L’officiel (Italy), September 24
• Castle, Jack. “Florian Maier-Aichen: Photographs Creating Illusions of the Bigger Picture.” Artlyst.com, April 24
• McHugh, Fionnuala. “The Master Manipulator.” South China Morning Post, September 29
• Tsai, Sylvia. “Florian Maier-Aichen.” Artasiapacific.com, viewed October 17

2012

• Jacobson, Heidi Zuckerman, and James Frey. Funny. New York: Flag Art Foundation

2011

• Collection Vanmoerkerke. Brussels: Rispoli Books
• Mizota, Sharon. “Appearances Can Indeed Deceive,” Los Angeles Times, April 22
• Wiley, Chris. “Florian Maier-Aichen,” Artforum.com, May

2009

• Art21: Art in the Twenty-First Century: Season Five. New York: Art 21; Alexandria, VA: Distributed by PBS Distribution
• Cotton, Charlotte. The Photograph as Contemporary Art. London: Thames & Hudson
• Dykstra, Jean. “Florian Maier-Aichen: 303.” Art in America 97, no. 5 (May)
• “Florian Maier-Aichen,” New Yorker, March 23
• Hudson, Suzanne. “Florian Maier-Aichen: 303 Gallery.” Artforum 47, no. 9 (May)
• Zinsser, John. “Florian Maier-Aichen.” Flash Art 42, no. 266 (May-June)

2008

• De Traux, Wivine. “Le photographe.” Flux News (February-March)
• Duponchelle, Valerie. “Florian Maier-Aichen,” Le Figaro, January 25
• Florian Maier-Aichen. Madrid: La Fabrica Editorial
• “Florian Maier-Aichen chez Baronian Francey.” L’Evenement, February
• Hoberman, Mara. “City Nights,” in to:Night: Contemporary Representations of the NIght. New York: The Hunter College Art Galleries
• “Un monde changeant.” AAA, February
• Watt, Tom, “Feature: Pedro Barateiro & Florian Maier-Aichen.” ArtReview, no. 23 (June)
• Wynants, Jean-Marie. “Le brouillage de l’image fausse le paysage,” Le Soir, February 27

2007

• Bedford, Christopher. “Florian Maier-Aichen,” Artforum.com, September 11
• Brooks, Amra. “Must See Art,” LA Weekly, July 6-12
• Buckley, Annie. “Forian Maier-Aichen at MOCA Pacific Design Center.” Artweek 38, no. 9 (November)
• Exley, Roy. “Florian Maier-Aichen,” in Photo Art: Photography in the 21st Century. Köln: Dumont
• Knight, Christopher. “Trick Photography,” Los Angeles Times, July 16
• Morse, Rebecca. MOCA Focus: Florian Maier-Aichen. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art
• Tumlir, Jan. “Outside the Frame.” Aperture, no. 187 (Summer)
• Tumlir, Jan. “Sci-Fi Historicism.” Flash Art 40, no. 253 (March-April)

2006

• Brooks, Amra. “Florian Maier-Aichen at Blum & Poe.” Artforum 44, no. 8 (April)
• Brooks, Amra. “Los Angeles Roundup: A Report on Current Gallery, Museum Shows.” Artinfo.com, January 26
• Davis, Ben. “Look Again.” Artnet.com, February 24
• Dupuis, Isabelle. “Florian Maier-Aichen.” Flash Art 38, no. 247 (March-April)
• Dykstra, Jean. “Scenic Fiction.” ArtReview (June)
• Eleey, Peter. “Florian Maier-Aichen at 303 Gallery.” Frieze, no. 99 (May)
• Johnson, Ken. “The Listings: Florian Maier-Aichen at 303 Gallery,” New York Times, January 27
• Gleadell, Colin. “Art Sales: Over-Talented and Over Here,” Telegraph, September 19
• Knight, Christopher. “Primitive hidden in the Modern,” Los Angeles Times, February 2
• McNally, Whitney. “Photo Finish.” W 35, no. 3 (March)
• Sutton, Gloria. “Florian Maier-Aichen.” Vitamin PH. London: Phaidon Press

2005

• “Agenda,” Islington Gazette, January 13
• Bodson, Jean-Marc. “Photographies en Vue,” La Libre (Brussels), April 5 and 27
• Casadio, Mariuccia. “Sunset Rising.” Vogue Italia (January)
• Chapman, Peter. “Private View: Florian Maier-Aichen.” Independent, January 22
• Dillion, Brian. “Photography 2005 at Victoria Miro Gallery, London.” Modern Painters (March)
• “Florian Maier-Aichen.” Blind Spot, no. 30 (Summer)
• Güner, Fisun. “Much Ado About Nothingness,” Metro, January 18
• Kennedy, Marla Hamburg and Ben Stiller, eds. Looking at Los Angeles. New York: Metropolis Books
• Knight, Christopher. “An Illustrative Light,” Los Angeles Times, June 12
• “Picks of the Week,” Guardian, January 24
• Pitman, Joanna. “Young and Original: Six Visual Artists in the Frame.” Times (London), January 19
• “Previews.” Dazed and Confused (London) (January)
• Steward, Sue. “A Focus on Six of the Best,” Evening Standard, January 19
• Wilson, Rebecca. “Tales of the City.” ArtReview (May-June)

2004

• Holl, Jess. “Lying with the Camera Eye,” Los Angeles Times, July 8
• Myers, Holly. “Undermining Perceptions,” Los Angeles Times, July 16
• Thornton, Sarah. “Nocturnes.” Contemporary, no. 62

2003

• Kunitz, Daniel and João Ribas. “The ArtReview 25: Emerging US Artists.” ArtReview 3, no. 3 (April)
• “Portfolio: Florian Maier-Aichen.” Influence, no. 1 (2003): 88-91

2002

• Bailey, Matthew. “Constructed Realities.” Art Papers 26, no. 4 (July-August)
• McGraw, Hesse. “Fiction and History: A Science of Disputed Signs.” Review (May-June)
• Myers, Holly. “Testing the Bounds of Photographic Truth,” Los Angeles Times, September 13
• Thorson, Alice. “Everything Here Is Not What It Seems,” Kansas City Star, May 3
• Von Kisters, Jürgen. “Die Kunst fragt nach Wirklichkeit,” Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, February 23

2001

• Von Schlegell, Mark. “Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles.” Artext, no. 75 (November 2001-January 2002)
• Dambrot, Shana Nys. “Snapshot: New Art from Los Angeles, UCLA Armand Hammer Museum.” Tema Celeste, no. 87 (September-October)
• Harvey, Doug. “Are We Photographs?” Camera Work: A Journal of Photographic Arts 28, no. 2 (Fall-Winter)
• Knight, Christopher. “A ‘Snapshot’ of L.A. Artists,” Los Angeles Times, June 6
• Patterson, Carrie. “Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles.” Flash Art, no. 219 (July-September)
• Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles. Los Angeles: UCLA Hammer Museum
• Subotnick, Ali. “Snapshot: New Art From Los Angeles.” Frieze, no. 62 (October)
• Tumlir, Jan. “Snapshot at UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.” Artforum 40, no. 2 (October)

1999

• “Input.” Self Service Magazine (Spring)