Philippe Gerlach

Philippe Gerlach was born in Grenoble (France) and grew up in Deep River (Canada) and Burghausen (Germany). He finished Art University in Linz (Austria) in November 2008, and moved to London to assist for 1 year.  After a 14-month stint in Paris in 2010, he now lives and works in Berlin and Linz.

Prices and Residencies

Atelierstipendium NYC, BmuKK Austria 2012

Residency of Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund 2011

Oesterr. Startstipendium für Kuenstlerische Fotografie, BmuKK Austria 2010

Vivatis Award, Linz 2008

Deutscher Jugendfotopreis - Acknowledgement, Cologne 2006 

Solo Shows

Schauer, Institut fur Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg 2013

Talin, Heimatdesign / Raum fuer Fotografie /Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, 2011

Talin, Galerie Stift Schlierbach , Schlierbach 2011

Gosia, Austriackie Forum Kultury, Warszawa 2010

Gosia, Galerie Simone Feichtner, Linz 2008

Gosia, Claire de Rouen, London 2007

Trouble Everyday, Galerie an der Universität, Linz 2007

Tonight this one's for us, KAPU, Linz 2006

Group Shows ( selected )

Kristallin#18, Salzamt, Linz 2015

The Ones We Love, Atelier de Koekoekk, Vienna 2014

Trophaen, Nordico Linz, 2013

a nervous system, w/ Maya Rochat, Seiichi Furuya, Fotohof Salzburg, 2012

Nofound to New Documents,Viktor Wynd Fine Arts, London 2011

50 Jahre Deutscher Jugendphotopreis, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin 2011

LOVE_08, Wasserwerfer, Love_Projectroom, Wien 2010

Vrai ou Faux, Rencontres Arles 2010

Vice Photo Exhibition, Galerie Chappe, Paris 2009

Vice Photo Exhibition, theprintspace, London 2009

Ich habe nicht genug ihr matten augen, Universal Cube Spinnerei, Leipzig 2008

Various Photographs, NY Photofestival, New York 2008

Tiny Vices, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City 2007

Tiny Vices, The Gallery, London 2007

Tiny Vices, Colette, Paris 2007

Tiny Vices, Studio Bee, Tokyo 2006

Deutscher Jugendphotopreis, Photokina, Köln 2006

Tiny Vices, Spencerbrownstone Gallery, New York 2006

Films (with Stefan Kushima)

Videodrone 02, MODEM Museum Debrecen, Hungary 08

Current Shot 01, Transmediale Berlin 08, INDIE Lisboa 08, Diagonale Graz 08, Aurora Norwich 08, Distribution: sixpackfilm.com

Choreography – Contemporary Dance / Performance (with Jianan Qu)

 Sadface :(  , I-dance Festival Hongkong 2011, bb15 Linz 2012

Publications (selected)

Magische Rosinen w/ Joshua Gross, starfruit publications 2014

Der Trost von Telefonzellen w/ Joshua Gross, starfruit publications 2013

YMH, Kaugummi Books 2011

bbook, bstore London 2007

Works in public collections

20 parts series Tonight this one‘s for us, Haus der Fotografie, Burghausen

11 parts series Talin, Stadtmuseum Nordico, Linz

20 parts series Youremyhome, FNAC Paris