Michael WOLF
マイケル・ウルフ
The focus of the German photographer Michael Wolf’s work is life in mega cities. Many of his projects document the architecture and the vernacular culture of metropolises. Wolf grew up in Canada, Europe and the United States, studying at UC Berkeley and at the Folkwang School with Otto Steinert in Essen, Germany. He moved to Hong Kong in 1994 where he worked for 8 years as contract photographer for Stern magazine. Since 2001, Wolf has been focusing on his own projects, many of which have appeared as books. Wolf’s work has been exhibited in numerous locations, including the Venice Bienniale for Architecture, Aperture Gallery, New York, Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Museum for Work in Hamburg, Germany, Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennial, and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. His work is held in permanent collections across the USA and Germany, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Brooklyn Museum, the San Jose Museum of Art, California, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, Museum Folkwang, Essen and the German Museum for Architecture, Frankfurt.
He has won a first prize in the World Press Photo Award Competition on two occasions (2005 & 2010) and an honorable mention (2011). In 2010, Wolf was shortlisted for the Prix Pictet photography prize.
Publications
2002 - Sitting in China. Göttingen: Steidl
2005 - Hong Kong Front Door Back Door. London: Thames & Hudson
2008 - Min, Anchee, Duo Duo, and Stefan Landsberger. Chinese Propaganda Posters: From the Collection of Michael Wolf. Taschen's 25th anniversary special edition. Köln: Taschen
2008 - The Transparent City. New York: Aperture/ MoCP
2009 - Hong Kong Inside Outside. Berlin: Asia One/Peperoni
2010 - FY. Berlin: Wanderer Books/Peperoni
2010 - Tokyo Compression. Berlin: Asia One/Peperoni
2010 - Hong Kong corner houses. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press
2011 - asoue (A Series of Unfortunate Events), 2nd edition. Berlin: Wanderer Books/Peperoni
2011 - Tokyo Compression Revisited. Berlin: Asia One/Peperoni
2011 - Real Fake Art. Berlin: Peperoni
2011 - Tokyo Compression Three. Berlin: Peperoni
2012 - Bottrop-Ebel 76. Peperoni
2013 - Hong Kong Trilogy. Berlin: Peperoni
2014 - Hong Kong Flora. Berlin: Peperoni
2016 - Informal Solution - Observations in Hong Kong Back Alley. Hong Kong: WE Press
2017 - Tokyo Compression Final Cut. Berlin: Peperoni
2019 - Cheung Chau Sunrises. Berlin: Buchkunst Berlin
2019 - Hong Kong Lost Laundry. Berlin: Buchkunst Berlin
2005 - Hong Kong Front Door Back Door. London: Thames & Hudson
2008 - Min, Anchee, Duo Duo, and Stefan Landsberger. Chinese Propaganda Posters: From the Collection of Michael Wolf. Taschen's 25th anniversary special edition. Köln: Taschen
2008 - The Transparent City. New York: Aperture/ MoCP
2009 - Hong Kong Inside Outside. Berlin: Asia One/Peperoni
2010 - FY. Berlin: Wanderer Books/Peperoni
2010 - Tokyo Compression. Berlin: Asia One/Peperoni
2010 - Hong Kong corner houses. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press
2011 - asoue (A Series of Unfortunate Events), 2nd edition. Berlin: Wanderer Books/Peperoni
2011 - Tokyo Compression Revisited. Berlin: Asia One/Peperoni
2011 - Real Fake Art. Berlin: Peperoni
2011 - Tokyo Compression Three. Berlin: Peperoni
2012 - Bottrop-Ebel 76. Peperoni
2013 - Hong Kong Trilogy. Berlin: Peperoni
2014 - Hong Kong Flora. Berlin: Peperoni
2016 - Informal Solution - Observations in Hong Kong Back Alley. Hong Kong: WE Press
2017 - Tokyo Compression Final Cut. Berlin: Peperoni
2019 - Cheung Chau Sunrises. Berlin: Buchkunst Berlin
2019 - Hong Kong Lost Laundry. Berlin: Buchkunst Berlin
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016
informal solutions @ MOTi, breda (netherlands), sept–dec
Photography and Contemporary Experience, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Hong Kong Back Alley – Peperoni Books Pop-up store, Milan, Italy, june
Informal solutions – Michael Wolf’s studio, c/o with sarah greene /blue lotus g, march–june
In and/or Out – Seiichi Furuya und Michael Wolf – Grisebach, Berlin, Germany – februari
the soul of money – DOX centre for contemporary art, Prague, Feb–June
Paris Rooftops – Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
Informal Solutions – Book Launch c/o WE PRESS and Sarah Greene/Blue Lotus G – Jan
2015
paris rooftops – m97 project space, shanghai, 25 april – 31 may
digital conditions – kunstverein hannover, hannover, 14 march – 25 may
blind walls and night trees – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam, 11 april – 9 may
hong kong narratives – michael wolf’s studio, c/o sarah greene, blue lotus g, hong kong, 14 – 15 march
back alley deconstructed – pop-up @ wontonMeen, curator: sarah greene, hong kong, 10 – 30 march
words matter – robert koch gallery, san francisco, 19 february – 2 may
hong kong inside outside – tin shed gallery, university of sydney, sydney, 3 february – 2 april
2014
paris abstract – koch gallery, san francisco, 10 july – 30 august
my favorite thing – wouter van leeuwen galerie, amsterdam, 12 april – 17 may
hong kong flora – michael wolf’s studio c/o with sarah greene/ blue lotus g 1–30 may
icones – musée des beaux-arts de liège, liege, belgium, 15 march – 25 may
architecture of density – flowers gallery, london, 17 jan – 22 feb
the real toy story – k11 art foundation, shanghai, 11 Jan – 12 Feb
2013
small god, big city – m97 gallery, shanghai, dec-jan
industrial architecture – m97 gallery, shanghai dec-jan
transparent city – bau-xi gallery, toronto canada, 9-22 nov
architecture of density – x bienal de arquitetura, sao paulo, brazil, sept
tokyo compression – rencontres gaspesie, canada, july-aug
small god, big city – 25books, berlin germany, jul 12-31
architecture of density / the scout shots & small god, big city, galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, apr 13 – may 18
opened Hong Kong studio: with exhibition on own collection of “le petit journal’, in collaboration with sarah greene, blue lotus g
2012
bottrop ebel 76 – 25books, berlin germany, oct 6 – 31
von sinnen: wahrnehmung in der zeitgenoessischen kunst (group) – kunsthalle zu kiel, kiel germany, jul 14 – oct 21
street view portraits – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jun 19 – jul 23
total city – ivam institut d’art modern, valencia spain, may 3 – jul 15
public: collective identity | occupied spaces (group) – the museum of contemporary canadian art, toronto canada, apr 27 – jun 3
making history (group) – frankfurter kunstverein, franfurt germany, apr 20 – jul 8
hong kong and shenzhen biennial of urbanism/architecture, hong kong china, feb 15 – apr 23
the near and elsewhere (group) – pm gallery, london uk, jan 25 – mar 17
davos art exhibition (group), meeting of the world economic, davos switzerland, jan 25 – jan 29
bamboo theater exhibition: portraits of cantonese opera singers – museum m+, hong kong china, jan 19, 21-24
2011
prix pictet: growth (group) – gallery of photography, dublin ireland, dec 3 – jan 15, 2012
untitled – flowers, london uk, nov 25 – jan 7, 2012
prix pictet: growth (group) – corcoran gallery of art, washington dc usa, nov 3 – nov 13
fotodoks (group) – münchner stadtmuseum, munich germany, oct 13 – nov 13
life in cities – christophe guye galerie, zurich switzerland, oct 28 – jan 14, 2012
infinite balance: artists and the environment (group) – museum photographic arts, san diego usa, oct 11 – feb 5, 2012
real fake art / tokyo compression revisited – 25 books, berlin germany, oct 7 – nov 2
cities: visionary places (group) – torrance art museum, los angeles usa, sep 17 – nov 5
metropolis. city life in the urban age 2011 (group) – noorderlicht photo festival, groningen netherlands, sep 11 – oct 9
growth – prix pictet (group) – arteversum, dusseldorf germany, sep 9 – sep 28
sifest #20 (group) – savignano immagini, savignana sul rubicone italy, sep 9 – sep 11
sh contemporary, shanghai china, sep 7 – sep 9
life in cities – gun gallery, stockholm sweden, aug 25 – sep 25
hail traveler! (group) – rick wester fine art, new york city usa, jul 7 – aug 12
summer in the city (group) – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jul 2 – jul 23
ny temporary: the city through photography, film and video (group) – muse center of photography, new york usa, jun 21 – oct 1
the prix pictet 2011 – growth (group) – galleria carla sozzani, milano italy, jun 8 – jul 31
the prix pictet 2011 (group) – christophe guye galerie, zurich switzerland, may 28 – jun 14
growth – prix pictet (group) – thessaloniki museum of photography, thessaloniki greece, may 6 – jun 2
street photography now (group) – uno art space, stuttgart germany, apr 2 – jun 25
the prix pictet 2011 (group) – passage de retz, paris france, mar 18 – apr 16
10 years (group) – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, mar 5 – mar 26
metropolis – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, feb 3 – apr 30
i’m watching you – elipsis gallery, istanbul turkey, feb 16 – mar 31
fear in the city – monnaie de paris, france, jan 19 – apr 17
tokyo compression – forum für fotografie, cologne germany, jan 6 – feb 20
2010
hong kong corner houses – upper station street gallery, hong kong, dec 11 – jan 16, 2011
street photography now (group), contributed, berlin germany, dec 10 – jan 15, 2011
renversements de faits / abstractions photographiques (group) – le château d’eau, toulouse france, dec 8 – jan 23, 2011
we are watching you – la galerie particulière, paris france, nov 18 – jan 15, 2011
street view / tokyo compression – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, nov 6 – dec 23
tokyo compression – 25 books, berlin germany, nov 12 – dec 8
street view & tokyo compression – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, oct 16 – nov 20
street photography now (group) – third floor gallery, cardiff uk, oct 10 – nov 14
iseeyou – bruce silverstein gallery, chelsea, new york usa, oct 28 – dec 24
alles wieder anders (group) – ruhr museum, essen germany, sep 27 – sep 4, 2011
life in cities – m97 gallery, shanghai china, sep 18 – oct 31
bredaphoto 2010 (group), breda netherlands, sep 16 – oct 24
meer (group) – voorkamer, lier belgium, sep 11 – oct 24
100 x 100 & architecture of density – venice biennale of architecture, venice italy, aug 29 – nov 21
city flâneur: social documentary photography (group) – hong kong heritage museum, hong kong, china, jun 10 – jan 3, 2011
from the vanishing point – demolished public housing estates in hong kong (group) – 1a space, hong kong china, jun 5 – jun 18
untitled (group) – elipsis gallery, istanbul turkey, may 28 – jul 18
architecture of density – m97 gallery at art hk 2010, hong kong, may 27 – may 30
the new york photo festival (group) – new york usa, may 12 – may 16
index 1.0 (group) – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, mar 27 – may 22
paris street view – curated by foam, amsterdam netherlands, mar 12 – may 12
paris street view – goethe institute hong kong, hong kong, mar 3 – mar 23
homelesshome (group) – museum on the seam, jerusalem israel, jan 21 – sep 3
2009
transparent city – aperture gallery, new york usa, nov 7 – jan 21, 2010
cities – places visionaires (group) – auditorium arte, rome italy, spe 28 – oct 10
metropolis – la galerie particulière, paris france, july 2 – september 26
the bare necessity of art (group) – etherton gallery, tucson usa, jun 9 – aug 31
transparent city – wouter van leeuwen gallery at art amsterdam, netherlands, may 13 – 17
architecture of density & transparent city – elipsis gallery, istanbul turkey, may 1 – jul 25
art brussels, brussels belgium, apr 24 – apr 27
transparent city – gallery wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, apr 11 – may 15
aipad: the photography show – new york usa, mar 26 – 29
transparent city – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, mar 20 – apr 25
transparent city & architecture of density – entropy art, naples italy, mar 7 – mar 30
the armory show – modern, new york usa, mar 5 – mar 8
parallax (group) – m97 gallery, shanghai china, feb 21 – apr 3
landscape as dream (group) – studio la citta, verona italy, feb 7 – mar 21
dystopia (group) – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, feb 5 – apr 25
art rotterdam, rotterdam netherlands, feb 5 – feb 8
transparent city – stephen daiter gallery, chicago usa, jan 9 – feb 28
2008
transparent city – museum for contemporary photography, chicago usa, nov 14 – jan 31, 2009
transparent city – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, november 6 – jan 31, 2009
butterfly dream: shanghai moca envisage ii – moca, shanghai china, sep 10 – dec 10
translocalmotion: shanghai biennale – shanghai art museum, shanghai china, sep 9 – nov 16
summer in the city 08 (group) – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jul 5 – jul 26
hong kong back door – lumenvisum gallery, hong kong china, jun 20 – aug 3
art chicago photography show, chicago usa, apr 25 – apr 28
china design now (group) – victoria and albert museum, london england, mar 15 – jul 13
eastern standard, western artists in china (group) – mass. moca, north adams usa, feb 2 – feb 16
heritage: hong kong corner houses – goethe institute, hong kong china, feb 2 – feb 8
real fake pictures & architecture of density – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jan 12 – feb 23
2007
pieces of china: a retrospective of michael wolf’s china projects – museum center vapriikki, tampere finnland, jun 15 – jan 6, 2008
two photographers in a dialog: michael wolfs architecture of density & stephen canhams traveling gypsie’s homes – hallische gallerien, dresden germany, may 3 – jul 27
real fake art and 100 x 100 – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, may 3 – jun 30
china projects – gallery m97, shanghai china, apri 14 – may 31
fake – portraits of chinese copy art – goethe institute, hong kong china, apr 20 – may 19
hong kong industrial” ursula huber gallery, basel switzerland, jan 11 – feb 3
new urban vistas (group) – arthur roger gallery, new orleans usa, jan 6 – feb 24
bac! (group) – centre de cultura contemporània de barcelona, barcelona spain
facades (group) – krannert art museum, champaign usa
contemporary art from the permanent collection (group) – san jose museum of art, san jose usa
ulisphotofest 2007 (group) – ulisphotofest, istanbul turkey
2006
architecture of density / china copy artists – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, nov 23 – jan 15, 2007
hong kong front door back door – german museum for architecture, frankfurt germany, nov 19 – feb 11, 2007
architecture of density / architecture of work – art fair zurich/ gallery huber, switzerland, nov 16 – nov 20
architecture of density – gallery fifty one fine art photography at paris photo, paris france, nov 16 – nov 20
100 x 100 – gallery of the goethe institute, hong kong china, oct 27 – nov 21
100 x 100 / architecture of density – daegu photo biennale, korea, oct 19 – oct 29
architecture of density – 798 photo gallery, beijing china, oct 7 – oct 27
architecture of density (group) – shanghai biennale / artspace 1918, shanghai china, oct 4 – nov 28
architecture of density / 100 x 100 – gallery laif, cologne germany, sep 29 – oct 15
the real toy story – museum for work, hamburg germany, sep 21 – nov 24
architecture of density – janet oh gallery, seoul korea, may 26 – jun 30
new work from hong kong – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, mar 2 – apr 29
architecture of density – hasted-hunt gallery, new york usa, febr 23 – apr 8
architecture of density – 1918 artspace, shanghai china, feb 18 – mar 20
hong kong architecture – aipad new york, robert koch gallery, feb 10 – feb 12
sitting in china – kap forum, cologne germany, jan 16 – mar 11
made in china (group) – museum of contemporary photography, chicago usa, jan 14 – mar 11
2005
hong kong: front door/back door – gallery colette, paris france, nov 7 – dec 3
useful, cute and collected. the photographed animal – museum folkwang, essen germany, oct 22 – jan 15, 2006
architecure of density – ping yao photography festival, ping yao china, sep 16 – sep 22
architecure of density – art basel / robert koch gallery, basel switzerland, apr
architecure of density – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, jan – feb 26
2004
the real toy story – john batten gallery, hong kong china, nov 2 – nov 27
truth! photography’s promise of reality (group) – ruhrland museum, essen germany, jun 6 – sep 26
hongkong the back door – hong kong art walk, hong kong china, mar 3
architecture of density – bryant park during new york fashion week, new york usa, feb 6 – feb 13
2003
portraits of chinese people – john batten gallery, hong kong china, nov 8 – dec 1
sitting in china – kestner museum, hannover germany, sep 6 – nov 16
images against war – galerie lichtblick, cologne germany, feb 28 – jun 7
post chicago: april 2003 – april 2004 (group) – gallery 400, university of illinois, chicago usa
2000
peking shanghai shenzhen: cities of the 21st century (group) – bauhaus museum, dessau germany
1990
otto steinert and students – folkwang museum, essen germany, nov 25 – jan 13, 1991
1981
wie lebt man im ruhrgebiet (group) – folkwang museum, essen germany, dec 18 – jan 24, 1982
1979
eugene richards/michael wolf: neighborhoods – folkwang museum, essen germany, sep 21 – oct 21
1975
portraits of craftsmen in essen werden – curated by ute eskildsen, room 315 of the university of essen germany
informal solutions @ MOTi, breda (netherlands), sept–dec
Photography and Contemporary Experience, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Hong Kong Back Alley – Peperoni Books Pop-up store, Milan, Italy, june
Informal solutions – Michael Wolf’s studio, c/o with sarah greene /blue lotus g, march–june
In and/or Out – Seiichi Furuya und Michael Wolf – Grisebach, Berlin, Germany – februari
the soul of money – DOX centre for contemporary art, Prague, Feb–June
Paris Rooftops – Bau-Xi Photo, Toronto, Canada
Informal Solutions – Book Launch c/o WE PRESS and Sarah Greene/Blue Lotus G – Jan
2015
paris rooftops – m97 project space, shanghai, 25 april – 31 may
digital conditions – kunstverein hannover, hannover, 14 march – 25 may
blind walls and night trees – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam, 11 april – 9 may
hong kong narratives – michael wolf’s studio, c/o sarah greene, blue lotus g, hong kong, 14 – 15 march
back alley deconstructed – pop-up @ wontonMeen, curator: sarah greene, hong kong, 10 – 30 march
words matter – robert koch gallery, san francisco, 19 february – 2 may
hong kong inside outside – tin shed gallery, university of sydney, sydney, 3 february – 2 april
2014
paris abstract – koch gallery, san francisco, 10 july – 30 august
my favorite thing – wouter van leeuwen galerie, amsterdam, 12 april – 17 may
hong kong flora – michael wolf’s studio c/o with sarah greene/ blue lotus g 1–30 may
icones – musée des beaux-arts de liège, liege, belgium, 15 march – 25 may
architecture of density – flowers gallery, london, 17 jan – 22 feb
the real toy story – k11 art foundation, shanghai, 11 Jan – 12 Feb
2013
small god, big city – m97 gallery, shanghai, dec-jan
industrial architecture – m97 gallery, shanghai dec-jan
transparent city – bau-xi gallery, toronto canada, 9-22 nov
architecture of density – x bienal de arquitetura, sao paulo, brazil, sept
tokyo compression – rencontres gaspesie, canada, july-aug
small god, big city – 25books, berlin germany, jul 12-31
architecture of density / the scout shots & small god, big city, galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, apr 13 – may 18
opened Hong Kong studio: with exhibition on own collection of “le petit journal’, in collaboration with sarah greene, blue lotus g
2012
bottrop ebel 76 – 25books, berlin germany, oct 6 – 31
von sinnen: wahrnehmung in der zeitgenoessischen kunst (group) – kunsthalle zu kiel, kiel germany, jul 14 – oct 21
street view portraits – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jun 19 – jul 23
total city – ivam institut d’art modern, valencia spain, may 3 – jul 15
public: collective identity | occupied spaces (group) – the museum of contemporary canadian art, toronto canada, apr 27 – jun 3
making history (group) – frankfurter kunstverein, franfurt germany, apr 20 – jul 8
hong kong and shenzhen biennial of urbanism/architecture, hong kong china, feb 15 – apr 23
the near and elsewhere (group) – pm gallery, london uk, jan 25 – mar 17
davos art exhibition (group), meeting of the world economic, davos switzerland, jan 25 – jan 29
bamboo theater exhibition: portraits of cantonese opera singers – museum m+, hong kong china, jan 19, 21-24
2011
prix pictet: growth (group) – gallery of photography, dublin ireland, dec 3 – jan 15, 2012
untitled – flowers, london uk, nov 25 – jan 7, 2012
prix pictet: growth (group) – corcoran gallery of art, washington dc usa, nov 3 – nov 13
fotodoks (group) – münchner stadtmuseum, munich germany, oct 13 – nov 13
life in cities – christophe guye galerie, zurich switzerland, oct 28 – jan 14, 2012
infinite balance: artists and the environment (group) – museum photographic arts, san diego usa, oct 11 – feb 5, 2012
real fake art / tokyo compression revisited – 25 books, berlin germany, oct 7 – nov 2
cities: visionary places (group) – torrance art museum, los angeles usa, sep 17 – nov 5
metropolis. city life in the urban age 2011 (group) – noorderlicht photo festival, groningen netherlands, sep 11 – oct 9
growth – prix pictet (group) – arteversum, dusseldorf germany, sep 9 – sep 28
sifest #20 (group) – savignano immagini, savignana sul rubicone italy, sep 9 – sep 11
sh contemporary, shanghai china, sep 7 – sep 9
life in cities – gun gallery, stockholm sweden, aug 25 – sep 25
hail traveler! (group) – rick wester fine art, new york city usa, jul 7 – aug 12
summer in the city (group) – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jul 2 – jul 23
ny temporary: the city through photography, film and video (group) – muse center of photography, new york usa, jun 21 – oct 1
the prix pictet 2011 – growth (group) – galleria carla sozzani, milano italy, jun 8 – jul 31
the prix pictet 2011 (group) – christophe guye galerie, zurich switzerland, may 28 – jun 14
growth – prix pictet (group) – thessaloniki museum of photography, thessaloniki greece, may 6 – jun 2
street photography now (group) – uno art space, stuttgart germany, apr 2 – jun 25
the prix pictet 2011 (group) – passage de retz, paris france, mar 18 – apr 16
10 years (group) – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, mar 5 – mar 26
metropolis – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, feb 3 – apr 30
i’m watching you – elipsis gallery, istanbul turkey, feb 16 – mar 31
fear in the city – monnaie de paris, france, jan 19 – apr 17
tokyo compression – forum für fotografie, cologne germany, jan 6 – feb 20
2010
hong kong corner houses – upper station street gallery, hong kong, dec 11 – jan 16, 2011
street photography now (group), contributed, berlin germany, dec 10 – jan 15, 2011
renversements de faits / abstractions photographiques (group) – le château d’eau, toulouse france, dec 8 – jan 23, 2011
we are watching you – la galerie particulière, paris france, nov 18 – jan 15, 2011
street view / tokyo compression – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, nov 6 – dec 23
tokyo compression – 25 books, berlin germany, nov 12 – dec 8
street view & tokyo compression – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, oct 16 – nov 20
street photography now (group) – third floor gallery, cardiff uk, oct 10 – nov 14
iseeyou – bruce silverstein gallery, chelsea, new york usa, oct 28 – dec 24
alles wieder anders (group) – ruhr museum, essen germany, sep 27 – sep 4, 2011
life in cities – m97 gallery, shanghai china, sep 18 – oct 31
bredaphoto 2010 (group), breda netherlands, sep 16 – oct 24
meer (group) – voorkamer, lier belgium, sep 11 – oct 24
100 x 100 & architecture of density – venice biennale of architecture, venice italy, aug 29 – nov 21
city flâneur: social documentary photography (group) – hong kong heritage museum, hong kong, china, jun 10 – jan 3, 2011
from the vanishing point – demolished public housing estates in hong kong (group) – 1a space, hong kong china, jun 5 – jun 18
untitled (group) – elipsis gallery, istanbul turkey, may 28 – jul 18
architecture of density – m97 gallery at art hk 2010, hong kong, may 27 – may 30
the new york photo festival (group) – new york usa, may 12 – may 16
index 1.0 (group) – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, mar 27 – may 22
paris street view – curated by foam, amsterdam netherlands, mar 12 – may 12
paris street view – goethe institute hong kong, hong kong, mar 3 – mar 23
homelesshome (group) – museum on the seam, jerusalem israel, jan 21 – sep 3
2009
transparent city – aperture gallery, new york usa, nov 7 – jan 21, 2010
cities – places visionaires (group) – auditorium arte, rome italy, spe 28 – oct 10
metropolis – la galerie particulière, paris france, july 2 – september 26
the bare necessity of art (group) – etherton gallery, tucson usa, jun 9 – aug 31
transparent city – wouter van leeuwen gallery at art amsterdam, netherlands, may 13 – 17
architecture of density & transparent city – elipsis gallery, istanbul turkey, may 1 – jul 25
art brussels, brussels belgium, apr 24 – apr 27
transparent city – gallery wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, apr 11 – may 15
aipad: the photography show – new york usa, mar 26 – 29
transparent city – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, mar 20 – apr 25
transparent city & architecture of density – entropy art, naples italy, mar 7 – mar 30
the armory show – modern, new york usa, mar 5 – mar 8
parallax (group) – m97 gallery, shanghai china, feb 21 – apr 3
landscape as dream (group) – studio la citta, verona italy, feb 7 – mar 21
dystopia (group) – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, feb 5 – apr 25
art rotterdam, rotterdam netherlands, feb 5 – feb 8
transparent city – stephen daiter gallery, chicago usa, jan 9 – feb 28
2008
transparent city – museum for contemporary photography, chicago usa, nov 14 – jan 31, 2009
transparent city – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, november 6 – jan 31, 2009
butterfly dream: shanghai moca envisage ii – moca, shanghai china, sep 10 – dec 10
translocalmotion: shanghai biennale – shanghai art museum, shanghai china, sep 9 – nov 16
summer in the city 08 (group) – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jul 5 – jul 26
hong kong back door – lumenvisum gallery, hong kong china, jun 20 – aug 3
art chicago photography show, chicago usa, apr 25 – apr 28
china design now (group) – victoria and albert museum, london england, mar 15 – jul 13
eastern standard, western artists in china (group) – mass. moca, north adams usa, feb 2 – feb 16
heritage: hong kong corner houses – goethe institute, hong kong china, feb 2 – feb 8
real fake pictures & architecture of density – galerie wouter van leeuwen, amsterdam netherlands, jan 12 – feb 23
2007
pieces of china: a retrospective of michael wolf’s china projects – museum center vapriikki, tampere finnland, jun 15 – jan 6, 2008
two photographers in a dialog: michael wolfs architecture of density & stephen canhams traveling gypsie’s homes – hallische gallerien, dresden germany, may 3 – jul 27
real fake art and 100 x 100 – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, may 3 – jun 30
china projects – gallery m97, shanghai china, apri 14 – may 31
fake – portraits of chinese copy art – goethe institute, hong kong china, apr 20 – may 19
hong kong industrial” ursula huber gallery, basel switzerland, jan 11 – feb 3
new urban vistas (group) – arthur roger gallery, new orleans usa, jan 6 – feb 24
bac! (group) – centre de cultura contemporània de barcelona, barcelona spain
facades (group) – krannert art museum, champaign usa
contemporary art from the permanent collection (group) – san jose museum of art, san jose usa
ulisphotofest 2007 (group) – ulisphotofest, istanbul turkey
2006
architecture of density / china copy artists – gallery fifty one fine art photography, antwerp belgium, nov 23 – jan 15, 2007
hong kong front door back door – german museum for architecture, frankfurt germany, nov 19 – feb 11, 2007
architecture of density / architecture of work – art fair zurich/ gallery huber, switzerland, nov 16 – nov 20
architecture of density – gallery fifty one fine art photography at paris photo, paris france, nov 16 – nov 20
100 x 100 – gallery of the goethe institute, hong kong china, oct 27 – nov 21
100 x 100 / architecture of density – daegu photo biennale, korea, oct 19 – oct 29
architecture of density – 798 photo gallery, beijing china, oct 7 – oct 27
architecture of density (group) – shanghai biennale / artspace 1918, shanghai china, oct 4 – nov 28
architecture of density / 100 x 100 – gallery laif, cologne germany, sep 29 – oct 15
the real toy story – museum for work, hamburg germany, sep 21 – nov 24
architecture of density – janet oh gallery, seoul korea, may 26 – jun 30
new work from hong kong – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, mar 2 – apr 29
architecture of density – hasted-hunt gallery, new york usa, febr 23 – apr 8
architecture of density – 1918 artspace, shanghai china, feb 18 – mar 20
hong kong architecture – aipad new york, robert koch gallery, feb 10 – feb 12
sitting in china – kap forum, cologne germany, jan 16 – mar 11
made in china (group) – museum of contemporary photography, chicago usa, jan 14 – mar 11
2005
hong kong: front door/back door – gallery colette, paris france, nov 7 – dec 3
useful, cute and collected. the photographed animal – museum folkwang, essen germany, oct 22 – jan 15, 2006
architecure of density – ping yao photography festival, ping yao china, sep 16 – sep 22
architecure of density – art basel / robert koch gallery, basel switzerland, apr
architecure of density – robert koch gallery, san francisco usa, jan – feb 26
2004
the real toy story – john batten gallery, hong kong china, nov 2 – nov 27
truth! photography’s promise of reality (group) – ruhrland museum, essen germany, jun 6 – sep 26
hongkong the back door – hong kong art walk, hong kong china, mar 3
architecture of density – bryant park during new york fashion week, new york usa, feb 6 – feb 13
2003
portraits of chinese people – john batten gallery, hong kong china, nov 8 – dec 1
sitting in china – kestner museum, hannover germany, sep 6 – nov 16
images against war – galerie lichtblick, cologne germany, feb 28 – jun 7
post chicago: april 2003 – april 2004 (group) – gallery 400, university of illinois, chicago usa
2000
peking shanghai shenzhen: cities of the 21st century (group) – bauhaus museum, dessau germany
1990
otto steinert and students – folkwang museum, essen germany, nov 25 – jan 13, 1991
1981
wie lebt man im ruhrgebiet (group) – folkwang museum, essen germany, dec 18 – jan 24, 1982
1979
eugene richards/michael wolf: neighborhoods – folkwang museum, essen germany, sep 21 – oct 21
1975
portraits of craftsmen in essen werden – curated by ute eskildsen, room 315 of the university of essen germany
