PROJECTS

Plein Soleil

„Up to now, painting was like photography in color.
But color was always employed as a means to describe something. Abstract art is the premise of a liberation from the old pictorial formula. A genuinely new form of painting will emerge the day we understand that color has a life of its own, that the endless combinations of colors bear poetry and a poetic language way more expressive than the older forms. This mysterious language has to do with vibrations, the very life of a color. In this domain, new possibilities areinfinite.“
Sonia Delaunay, 1949

„Wer nicht denken will fliegt raus“ (Who is unwilling to think is dismissed) Joseph Beuys, 1977
„I was inspired by this quote from Joseph Beuys during my confinement in Berlin. I felt it very relevant during this particular time. This series was created during the first lockdown in collaboration with the curator Diana Poole in the spring of 2020. This global crisis is challenging us. Everywhere we are forced to adapt to this unprecedented situation. I have been using this time of stillness to experiment with various new series. Some of the works in this series were directly inspired by some of the works Beuys did; the Capri Battery, 1985, Das Erdtelefon, 1967 and the Fat chair, 1963. For me it was also a moment
of pause and reflection.“
Jessica Backhaus

„Presence, image, and suggestion: art’s sacred trinity is embodied with such generous concentration in these images by Jessica Backhaus, who we as Chileans should thank for making so exquisitely visible, what we are too distracted to notice. The power of the color that portrays and crowns the subject, provokes the sensation that we are seeing something we see every day but haven’t actually seen before.“
Antonio Skarmeta

Jessica Backhaus embarkso n her work with an obvious relish in experimentation. The artist’s new
trilogy brings togethert hrees erieso f approximately 40 works each. The first series. Beyond Blue is
devoted completely to colorful threads, staged against colored backgrounds. In Shifting Clouds,
Jessica Backhaus considers and documents a reality that lies in between things. She shows
fragments and visions that are poised on the verge of becoming. In the third series, New Horizon the
artist is breaking new ground in photography. incorporating components of mixed media, painting, and
collage that expand and deepen her work.

Beyond Blue

Jessica Backhaus examines, with her latest photographic series Six degrees of freedom. universal themes of origin, yearning, identity, and destiny. Based on her own life story she inquires after the significance of knowing the roots of one’s own existence and to what extent it is possible to re-elaborate these – usually prescribed – roots.

Sometimes it takes time to grasp the work of an artist. How often does the attention-grabbing motif stand at the foreground. For Jessica Backhaus, the motif provides an occasion for contemplating the „way of the world;“ the „order of things“ (which disorder makes necessary), for thinking about light and color as generators of life. And there is something else as well, a quiet melancholy that tells us that we cannot change the tides. In other words: that we should follow them instead.
Jean-Christophe Ammann

Our experiences in life, our education and the people who are in our lives, are the essence of who we become. We grow, we change, we evolve and hopefully keep growing and staying alive in every possible way.
It was Thursday, the 5th of November 1992. I had no idea that on this particular day I would meet the
legendary photographer Gisele Freund and that this one day would have such an impact on my life …… .
Jessica Backhaus

„Turning points. in-between states, a beautiful kind of limbo that tugs at the heart and suggests stories of loss and remembrance. That is what photographs are, after all, memorials that stop time and hold it for a moment. for our contemplation. If Backhaus·s photographs are partly memorials to lost combs and half-eaten apples, they surely allude, as well, to other things that have been lost along the way.“
Jean Dykstra

Jessica Backhaus‘ fascination is not with the nostalgic objects, but instead with this experience of vanishing and slipping away. Occasionally, the photographer finds metaphors for this process, such as when the peeling blue paint on the walls of a house comes into view like the map of an unknown continent, or when she shows us fleeting clouds in the blue of the water’s surface. This attunement to loss and disappearance continually erodes the idyll that Backhaus tries to depict. The hidden tension between present and past, between beauty and transience, 1s what gives Jesus and the Cherries its special quality.“ …
Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen

BIOGRAPHY

Jessica Backhaus was born in Cuxhaven, Germany in 1970 and grew up in an artistic family. At the age of sixteen, she moved to Paris, where she later studied photography and visual communications. Here she met Gisele Freund in 1992, who became her mentor. In 1995 her passion for photography drew her to New York, where she assisted photographers, pursued her own projects and lived until 2009.
Jessica Backhaus is regarded as one of the most distinguished voices in contemporary photography in Germany today. Her work has been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions, including the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, MARTa Herford and the Kunsthalle Erfurt.

To date, she has eleven publications to her name; Jesus and the Cherries, 2005, What Still Remains, 2008, One Day in November, 2008, I Wanted to See the World, 2010, Once, still and forever, 2012, Six degrees of freedom, 2015, A TRILOGY, 2017, Far away but close, 2019, Cut Outs, 2021, Plein Soleil, 2024 and Indications of the Sea, 2024. All books are published by Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg except Far away but close that was published by Another Place Press, Scotland and Indications of the Sea that was published by dumas.salchli editions, Arles.

 

Videos, Films

2022 – Jessica Backhaus I CUT OUTS, a video by Prospekto Galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2021 – Elles X Paris Photo : Jessica Backhaus, a video by Fisheye Le Mag, Paris, France.
2021 – Künstler-Interview mit Jessica Backhaus, a video by Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany.
2013 –CC Contemporary I Jessica Backhaus ~ Gisèle Freund I Kunsthalle Erfurt, a film by Marcus Grysczok, Erfurt, Germany.
2012 –WONDER Jessica Backhaus – FOAM, a film by Willem Aerts, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

2025 – “Plein Soleil”, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2024 – “The Nature of Things and Indications of the Sea, Carlos Carvalho Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal.
2024 – “The Nature of Things”, MiCamera, Milan, Italy.
2024 – “Nous irons jusqu’au soleil”, Centre de la Photographie, Mougins, France.
2023 – “The Nature of Things”, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany.
2022 – “Cut Outs”, Prospekto Galerija, Vilnius, Lithuania.
2022 – “About Color”, Carlos Carvalho Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal.
2022 – „Cut Outs“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2022 – „Cut Outs“, Goethe Institut, Nancy, France.
2022 – „Cut Outs“, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2021 – „Cut Outs“, Photo Basel, Robert Morat Galerie, Basel, Switzerland.
2021 – “Cut Outs”, Photo London, Robert Morat Galerie, London, UK.
2021 – „Cut Outs“, The Eye Sees, Robert Morat Galerie, Arles, France.
2021 – „Blending Worlds“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2019 – „A TRILOGY“, MiCamera/Mutty, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy.
2019 – „A TRILOGY“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2018 – „Eternity in an hour“, Goethe-Institut, Paris, France.
2018 – „A TRILOGY and six degrees of freedom“, Design Offices, Frankfurt, Germany.
2018 – „A TRILOGY and six degrees of freedom“, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2018 – „A TRILOGY and six degrees of freedom“, Tschick Galerie, Linz, Austria.
2018 – „A TRILOGY“, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2018 – „A TRILOGY“, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Darmstadt, Germany.
2018 – „A TRILOGY and six degrees of freedom“, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal.
2017 – „Rinascita“ – Jessica Backhaus, Fortezza del Girifalco, Cortona, Italy.
2017 – „Memory“, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland.
2017 – „Six degrees of freedom“ in cooperation with Petra Becker/International Art Bridge at Ballwanz Lebenswelten, Frankfurt, Germany.
2017 – „Six degrees of freedom“, Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2017 – „Six degrees of freedom“, Micamera, Milan, Italy.
2016 – „Six degrees of freedom“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2016 – „Six degrees of freedom“, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2014 – „Once, still and forever“, Micamera, Milan, Italy.
2013 – „Once, still and forever“, Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium.
2013 – „Once, still and forever“, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, USA.
2013 – „Classic-Contemporary“, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany.
2013 – „Once, still and forever“, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
2013 – „Once, still and forever“, Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2013 – „Once, still and forever“, PARIS PHOTO LA, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Los Angeles, USA.
2012 – “Once, still and forever”, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2012 – “One day in November” and “What still remains”, Stieglitz 19, Antwerp, Belgium.
2012 – Artist presentation, 10 year survey, Micamera, Milan, Italy.
2011 – “I wanted to see the world”, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg.
2011 – “I wanted to see the world & New Works”, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
2011 – Artist presentation, 10 year survey, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
2010 – “I wanted to see the world” Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, United States.
2010 – “Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag” & “All about my mother”, European Month of Photography Berlin, Vice Versa Showroom, Berlin, Germany.
2009 – “One day in November” & “What Still Remains”, Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria. 2009 – “Jesus and the Cherries”, “Transphotographiques 2009”, Maison de la Photographie, Lille, France.
2009 – “What Still Remains” & “One Day in November”, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany. 2009 – “What Still Remains” & “Jesus and the Cherries”, Städtische Galerie, Waldkraiburg, Germany.
2008 – “What Still Remains” & “Jesus and the Cherries”, Galerie im Schloß Borbeck, Essen, Germany.
2006 – “Jesus and the Cherries”, Month of Photography, Krakow, Poland. 2006 – “Jesus and the Cherries”, Kommunale Galerie, Leinwandhaus, Frankfurt, Germany.
2006 – “Jesus and the Cherries”, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, United States.
2005 – “Jesus and the Cherries”, “Lichtwiesen“, Darmstädter Tage der Fotografie, Germany.
2005 – “Jesus and the Cherries”, Kirsten Roschlaub Gallery, Triennial of Photography, Hamburg, Germany.
2024 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Carlos Carvalho Contemporanea booth, Paris, France.
2024 – Art Fair LAAF, Carlos Carvalho Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal.
2024 – ART Düsseldorf, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Düsseldorf, Germany.
2024 – “tagtau”, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2024 – “Making light of everything”, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, Switzerland.
2023 – “A Casa Era A Rua”, Carlos Carvalho Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal.
2023 – “Abstract Dimensions”, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, USA.
2022 – “Art & Nature”, Marsano, Berlin, Germany.

2022 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Paris, France.
2022 – Drawing Room Lisboa Art Fair, Carlos Carvalho Contemporanea booth, Lisbon, Portugal.
2022 – Enter Art Fair, Galerie Anja Knoess booth, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2022 – ART Karlsruhe, Galerie Anja Knoess booth, Karlsruhe, Germany.
2022 – Really Abstract?, Arendt & Art, Arendt House, Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
2021 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Paris, France.
2021 – „Seestücke/ Facts and Fiction“, Alfred Ehrhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany.
2020 – „Seestücke/ Facts and Fiction“, Museum Kunst der Westküste, Föhr, Germany.
2019 – Photo London, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, London, England.
2019 – „Aufgeblüht und abgelichtet: Blumen in der Fotografie“, Galerie Stihl, Waiblingen, Germany.
2019 – ART Karlsruhe, Galerie Anja Knoess booth, Karlsruhe, Germany. 2019 – „On the road“, Axel Obiger projectroom, Berlin, Germany.
2019 – „We love photography“, Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation, The Cube, Eschborn, Germany.
2018 – „Aussicht-Einsicht“, Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany.
2018 – „Earth, Wind and Water“, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, United States.
2018 – „PHOTO BASEL“, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea booth, Basel, Switzerland.
2018 – „The Eye is the Centre-Magnify me“ Anke Roder and her choice, De Ketelfactory, Schiedam, The Netherlands.
2017 – „Blitzeis 2“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany. 2017 – Paris Photo, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Paris, France.
2017 – „Traces of the Material World“, Happy Lucky No.1, Brooklyn, USA. 2017 – „Prelude to a Landscape“, Carlos Carvalho Arte Contemporanea, Lisbon, Portugal.
2017 – Art Rotterdam, Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery booth, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2016 – „Blitzeis“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2016 – UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2016 – „The Female Portrait“, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, The Cube, Eschborn, Germany.
2015 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Paris, France.
2015 – „Picturalite et graphisme“, „I wanted to see the world“, Clervaux-Cite de l’image, Luxembourg.
2015 – „Experience of Place“, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, United States.
2015 – „Heiter bis wolkig“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2014 – „Heimat? Osteuropa in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie“, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg, Germany.
2014 – „Landschaft im Dekolleté- Fenster als Element und Metapher, Kunst-und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany.
2014 – „3 Positionen aus Berlin“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2013 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Klein Gallery booth, Paris, France.
2013 – UNSEEN PHOTO FAIR, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2013 – „Summertime…and the living is easy“, Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg, Luzembourg.
2013 – „Showstoppers“, Robert Klein Gallery, Ars Libri, Boston, United States.
2013 – Art Brussels, Stieglitz 19 Gallery booth, Brussels, Belgium.
2013 – Art Rotterdam, Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery booth, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
2013 – „Do you read me?“, Diane Kruse Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
2013 – “Carl Schuch und die zeitgenössische Stillleben-Fotografie”, Kunstsammlungen, Zwickau, Germany.
2013 – “Carl Schuch und die zeitgenössische Stillleben-Fotografie”, Städt. Kramer-Museum, Kempen, Germany.
2013 – “Carl Schuch und die zeitgenössische Stillleben-Fotografie”, Stadtmuseum Siegburg, Siegburg, Germany.
2013 – “Carl Schuch und die zeitgenössische Stillleben-Fotografie”, Siegerlandmuseum, Siegen, Germany.
2013 – “Carl Schuch und die zeitgenössische Stillleben-Fotografie”, Museum Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany.
2012 – Art Miami/Context, Robert Klein Gallery Booth, Miami, USA.
2012 – “I wanted to see the world“, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, United States. 2012 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Klein Gallery booth and Robert Morat Galerie booth, Paris, France.
2012 – “Stillleben. Carl Schuch und die zeitgenössische Stilllebenfotografie“, Herforder Kunstverein, Herford, Germany.
2012 – “Accrochage”, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2012 – “Beauty-Flowers in Contemporary Photography”, Tokyo Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
2012 – “Atelier + Küche – Labore der Sinne”, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany.
2012 – AIPAD Photography show, Robert Klein Gallery booth, New York, United States.
2012 – „L’espace de l’autre“, Centre d’art et photographie de Lectoure, Lectoure, France. 2011 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Paris, France.
2011 – ART FAIR 21, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2011 – “Through the Plain Camera: Small and Shapely Pleasures in Contemporary Photography”, Haverford College, Haverford, United States.
2011 – “Blumen-zeitgenössische Fotografie”, Alfred Erhardt Stiftung, Berlin, Germany.
2011 – “Past, Present, Future III”, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, United States.
2011 – “Three photographers”, Gloriapalast, Cuxhaven, Germany.
2011 – “Urban Colours”, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2011 – ART CHICAGO, Laurence Miller Gallery booth, New York, United States.
2011 – AIPAD Photography show, Laurence Miller Gallery booth, New York, United States.
2010 – ART MIAMI, Laurence Miller Gallery booth, Miami, United States.
2010 – “Selected works”, MARGULIES WAREHOUSE, Miami, United States. 2010 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Laurence Miller Gallery booth, Paris, France.
2010 – ART FAIR 21, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2010 – “Lieblingswerke”, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany. 2010 – “Summertime”, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany.
2010 – “Past, Present, Future II”, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, United States.
2010 – Alain Gutharc Galerie, Paris, France.
2010 – Madrid Photo, Laurence Miller Gallery booth, Madrid, Spain.
2010 – “Structures“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2010 – “Frozen in Tension“, Alexander Tutsek Stiftung, Munich, Germany.
2009 – “Was kommt, was geht“, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany.
2009 – PARIS PHOTO, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Paris, France.
2009 – “The Beauty of the Mistake“, Puppenhaus, Lisbon, Portugal.
2009 – “The Tree“, James Cohan Gallery Shanghai, Shanghai, China.
2009 – AIPAD Photography show, Robert Morat Galerie booth, New York, United States.
2008 – Photo Miami, Art & Photography Fair, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Miami, United States.
2008 – Berliner Liste, Art & Photography Fair, Robert Morat Galerie booth, Berlin, Germany.
2008 – „One Day in November“, Photomeetings Luxembourg, Luxembourg. 2008 – “Photo50: Untitled Tales“, London Art Fair, London, United Kingdom.
2007 – Art Collection Deutsche Börse-New Acquisitions, Frankfurt, Germany.
2006 – “The Presence of Absence“, Gallery W52, New York, United States.
2006 – The Photographer’s Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2005 – “After the Fact“, Berlin Photography Festival, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany.
2005 – Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, The Lowry, Manchester, United Kingdom.
2004 – Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
2001 – “On the road“ sponsored by Audi, Stockholm, Sweden.
1998 – John Kobal Portrait Award, Midland Art Centre, Birmingham, United Kingdom.
1998 – John Kobal Portrait Award, Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland.
1998 – John Kobal Portrait Award, The Royal Photographic Society, Bath, United Kingdom.
1997 – John Kobal Portrait Award, National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
1997 – “Focus New York“ Space Untitled Gallery, New York, United States.

Deutsche Bank Art Collection, Frankfurt, Germany.
Taunus Sparkasse, Bad Homburg, Germany
Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Germany
Arendt Art Collection, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida, United States
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States
Fred and Laura Ruth Bidwell Collection, Akron, Ohio, United States
ING Art Collection, Belgium
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain (FNAC), France
Artothèque de Passac, France
Alexander Tutsek Foundation, Germany
Art Collection, Cleveland Clinic, United States
Private Collections, Europe and the United States
Artist Talk, University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Bielefeld, Germany, December 2024
Workshop, The Palm Tree Workshops, Athens, Greece, November 2024
Workshop, MiCamera, Milan, Italy, September 2024
Ostkreuz Schule Berlin, 1 Year Seminar, Berlin, Germany, 2023/2024
Artist Talk, Ostkreuz Schule, Berlin, Germany, March 2024
Guided Tour and Artist Talk, Centre de la Photographie, Mougins, France, March 2024
Artist Talk with Julia Rosenbaum, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany, November 2023
Artist Talk with Mirjana Vrbaški and Barbara Esch-Marowski, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany, November 2023
Artist Talk with Celina Lunsford, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany, September 2022
Workshop, The Palm Tree Workshops, Santorini, Greece, October 2022
Workshop, FFF Akademie, Frankfurt, Germany, September 2022
Artist Talk, NIDA. Meeting Photography, Nida, Lithuania, September 2022
Workshop, NIDA. Meeting Photography, Nida, Lithuania, September 2022
Workshop, The Palmtree Workshops, Santorini, Greece, October 2021
Workshop, Prager Fotoschule, Linz, Austria, September 2020
Workshop, MiCamera with Mutty, Castiglione delle Stiviere, Italy, May 2019
Fototreff, Artist Talk with Matthias Harder, Berlin, Germany, May 2019
Artist Talk and Lecture, Associazione SHOOT, Verona, Italy, February 2019
Artist Talk with Remi Coignet, Goethe-Institute, Paris, France, December 2018
Artist Talk, THE EYES, Grand Palais, Paris Photo, Paris, France, November 2018
Artist Talk, Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 2018
Lecture, Prager Fotoschule, Linz, Austria, 2018
Artist Talk and Book Presentation, Kehrer Galerie, Berlin, Germany, Dec. 2017
Artist Talk with Agata Toromanoff, Centrum Kultury Zamek, Poznan, Poland, March 2017
Artist Talk with Petra Becker, Ballwanz Lebenswelten, Frankfurt, Germany, March 2017
Micamera, Milan, Italy, Jan. 2017
Artist Talk with Ann-Christin Bertrand, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, October 2016
Artist Talk with Gabriele Conrath-Scholl, Galerie Anja Knoess, Cologne, Germany, Oct. 2016
Artist Talk with April Gertler, Picture Berlin, Berlin, Germany, July 2016 Artist Talk with Lia Wolf, Lia Wolf Cabinett, Vienna, Austria, April 2016
Artist Talk with Thomas Gust, BILDBAND, Berlin, Germany, March 2016
Micamera, Milan, Italy, Feb. 2015
Centre National de l’Audiovisuel, Dudelange, Luxembourg, Jan/Feb. 2015
Photo Workshop New York, Berlin, Germany, Oct/Nov. 2014
Artist Talk with Beate Kemfert, Kunst-und Kulturstiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany, July 2014
Design Akademie Berlin, Berlin, Germany, June 2014
Micamera, Milan, Italy, March 2014
Micamera, Milan, Italy, Feb. 2014
Artist Talk with Kai Uwe Schierz, Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany, Oct. 2013
Artist Talk with Anja Knoess, Projektraum Knut Osper, Cologne, Germany, Oct. 2012
Micamera, Milan, Italy, March 2012
Artist Talk with Karen Fromm, Robert Morat Galerie, Hamburg, Germany, May 2011
Artist Talk with Dr. Matthias Harder, Robert Morat Galerie, Berlin, Germany, April 2011
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart, Germany, April – July 2010
Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria, June 2009
Kassel Photobook Festival, Kassel, Germany, May 2009
Haus der Photographie, Hamburg, Germany, March 2009
International Center of Photography, New York, USA, Feb. 2009
Geneva University of Art and Design, Geneva, Switzerland, Nov. 2008
Photomeetings, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Sept. 2008
International Center of Photography, New York, USA, Oct. 2007
“Plein Soleil”, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2024
“Indications of the Sea”, dumas.salchli editions, Arles, 2024
“Nous irons jusqu’au soleil – Point sublime”, Centre de la Photographie, Mougins, France, 2024
„Cut Outs“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2021
„Far away but close“, Another Place Press, Scottish Highlands, 2019
„Women Photographers“, Boris Friedewald, Prestel, 2018
„Aussicht – Einsicht, Blick durchs Fenster“, Hirmer, 2018
„A TRILOGY“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin, 2017
„Rinascita“, Aboca Publishing, Sansepolcro, Italy, 2017
„six degrees of freedom“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin, 2015
„Kunst? Ja, Kunst! Die Sehnsucht der Bilder“, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Westend Verlag, Frankfurt, 2014
„Women Photographers“, Boris Friedewald, Prestel, 2014
„The Photographers Sketchbook, Thames & Hudson, London, 2014
„Heimat? Osteuropa in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie“, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, 2014
„Still Leben, Carl Schuch und die zeitgenössische Stilllebenfotografie, Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld, 2013
„Once, still and forever“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin, 2012
„Atelier + Kitchen = Laboratories of the senses“, Hatje Cantz, 2012
„One day – 10 Photographers“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin, 2010
„Die Welt wird schöner mit jedem Tag“ Edition, Revolver Publishing, Berlin, 2010
„I wanted to see the world“, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York & Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin, 2010
„Flower Power“, Matthias Harder, Dumont Verlag, Cologne, 2010
„One day in November“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2008
„What Still Remains“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2008
„XL Photography 3“, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern, 2007
„Jesus and the Cherries“, Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg, 2005
2024 – German Photo Book Award 2024, Nominated
2023 – Stiftungspreis Fotokunst 2023, Nominated
2021 – Paris Photo/Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Award; “CUT OUTS”, shortlisted
2021 – Deutsche Börse Photography Prize; Nominated
2021 – Arles Author’s Book Award; “CUT OUTS”, shortlisted
2018 – German Photo Book Award, Silver, „A TRILOGY“
2018 – Arles Author Book Award; „A TRILOGY“, shortlisted
2013 – Welde Kunstpreis; Nominated
2013 – Selected title „Once, still and forever“ German Photo Book Award
2013 – Selected title „Once, still and forever“ PDN Photo Annual
2010 – Deutsche Börse Photography Prize; Nominated
2010 – Selected title „One day in November“ PDN Photo Annual
2009 – Selected title „What still remains“ German Photo Book Award
2008 – John Gutmann Photography Fellowship Award; Nominated
2006 – Selected title „Jesus and the Cherries“ German Photo Book Award
2006 – International Photography Awards, IPA; Honorable Mention for „Jesus and the Cherries“

BOOKS

CUT OUTS
The pictures in Jessica Backhaus‘ new series cut outs are created by using the simplest means and they reduce photography to its basic elements: light and shadow, shape and color. In her last publication A Trilogy (Kehrer, 2017), Jessica Backhaus has taken a path into abstraction, which is consistently continued here – with very analog, photographic methods. Cut out transparent paper reacts to the heat of intense sunlight, deforms, rises, and casts shadows. The photographer who arranged and staged these compositions becomes an astonished observer of events on which she has only limited influence, the documentarist of a visual experimental arrangement, a poetic choreography of intense colors in the sunlight.

Author: Katharina Scriba

Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

Design: Hannah Feldmeier and Jessica Backhaus

Softcover with color edging 22,2 x 31,1cm 128 pages 50 color ills. English 2021

Far away but close showcases work made by Jessica Backhaus during many visits to Chile over the last seven years.

„Presence, image, and suggestion: art’s sacred trinity is embodied with such generous concentration in these images by Jessica Backhaus, who we as Chileans should thank for making so exquisitely visible, what we are too distracted to notice. The power of the color that portrays and crowns the subject, provokes the sensation that we are seeing something we see every day but haven’t actually seen before.“

From the introduction by Antonio Skármeta

Author: Antonio Skármeta

Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Another Place Press/ Scottish Highlands

Design: Iain Sarjeant, Jessica Backhaus

Softcover: 24 x 19cm  72 pages  52 color and b/w ills. English/Spanish 2019

Jessica Backhaus embarks on her work with an obvious relish in experimentation. The photo artist draws inspiration from the simplicity of everyday things, from unassuming scenes and silence. The artist’s new trilogy brings together three series of approximately 40 works each. The first series, Beyond Blue, is devoted completely to colorful threads, staged against colored backgrounds. They seem to lead a life of their own, tracing the fall of light in the space and forming variously shaped outlines. The viewer feels compelled to linger in this radical reduction, trying to unravel the entanglement of the seemingly unspectacular with the resulting aura of contemplation. In Shifting Clouds, Backhaus considers and documents this very transition – a reality that lies in between things. The second series shows fragments and visions that are poised on the verge of becoming, caught in limbo: reflections, haptically appealing surfaces, shapes imaginatively metamorphosing, upbeat tones, intensely colored sensations. In the third series, New Horizon, the artist presents free-flowing and persuasive poetic impressions. The compositions captivate with their variety and puzzle-like elements. Backhaus is breaking new ground in photography, incorporating components of mixed media, painting, and collage that expand and deepen these abstractions.

Authors: Rémi Coignet, Jean Dykstra, Matthias Harder

Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg/Berlin

Design: Hannah Feldmeier and Jessica Backhaus

Paperback/Softcover: 30 x 22,6 cm 180 pages 91 ills. English/German 2017

The pictures in Jessica Backhaus‘ new series cut outs are created by using the simplest means and they reduce photography to its basic elements: light and
shadow, shape and color. In her last publication A Trilogy (Kehrer, 2017), Jessica Backhaus has taken a path into abstraction, which is consistently continued here – with very analog, photographic methods. Cut out transparent paper reacts to the heat of intense sunlight, deforms, rises, and casts shadows. The photographer who arranged and staged these compositions becomes an astonished observer of events on which she has only limited influence, the documentarist of a visual experimental arrangement, a poetic choreography of intense colors in the sunlight.
Author: Katharina Scriba
Artist: Jessica Backhaus
Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
Design: Hannah Feldmeier and Jessica Backhaus

Softcover with color edging 22,2 x 31,1cm 128 pages 50 color ills. English 2021

„Once, Still and Forever“ sets out a quest for traces of time and meaning – things that once were, still are and will stay forever. Some of the works in this latest photography series by Jessica Backhaus date from her last year in New York, where she made her home for 14 years. But others tell of her radical break with the past and her return to her old homeland, Europe. The personal and cultural changes honed her awareness and caused her to contemplate the fragility of our emotions and existence – thoughts the photographer translates into her own characteristic visual language. Darker nuances come to the fore in the still lifes; picture planes splinter, hinting at powerful transformations. At 16, Backhaus left Germany, only returning to Berlin 22 years later. What was once, still is and will forever remain is the artist’s infallible instinct for pictorial composition, a deftness she continues to take to new heights. Her views of ostensibly prosaic scenes open up to us a cosmos of unforeseen meanings while evoking a mood of affectionate familiarity.

Authors: Elisabeth Biondi, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Jessica Backhaus

Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg/Berlin

Design: Hannah Feldmeier and Jessica Backhaus

Hardcover: 24 x 29,5cm 88 pages 55 color ills. English/German 2012

Jessica Backhaus is that rare photographer today who can capture nuances of everyday life in combination with a sensational feeling for color. Within all three of her published series, Jesus and the Cherries, What Still Remains and One Day in November (Kehrer 2005 and 2008), we witness the most subtle, yet vibrant use of color as it reflects off surfaces or embraces people and their possessions. It is color at the service of her subject, and she embraces the world around her with considerable tenderness and precision. In her most recent series I Wanted To See The World, we are totally immersed in her rippling colors as we see both the natural world and man-made structures in reflection on the surface of rivers and lakes. In particular the works from Venice offer the most intriguing palette of soft oranges, pale yellows and strange grays.

Editor & Author: Laurence Miller

Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Laurence Miller Gallery, New York & Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg/Berlin

Design: Loreen Lampe and Jessica Backhaus

Softcover 31 x 23 cm 80 pages 41 color ills. English 2010

Jessica Backhaus’ book is a tribute to Gisèle Freund on what would have been her 100th birthday in December 2008. The book One Day In November is a testament to the friendship between the great photographer and a young photography student in Paris during the 1990’s. Intended as a posthumous birthday present, Jessica Backhaus compiled a collection of images that are meant to convey visually what Gisèle Freund taught her and what Gisèle meant to her. Gisèle Freund herself can certainly be considered as one of the great artistic and intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Her impact can be traced to both her photographic and literary work and to her own colorful biography.

Author: Jessica Backhaus

Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

Design: Katharina Stumpf and Jessica Backhaus

Hardcover 21,5 x 24,5 cm 128 pages 99 color and 1 b/w ills. German/English/French 2008

What Still Remains is the title of a photo series made up of 65 works created since 2006 in various locations. After her first book, Jesus and the Cherries, about life in rural Poland, the German-American photographer Jessica Backhaus now pursues in this new cycle of photographs the question of why things that have been forgotten or left behind pop up in specific places and then seem to take on a life of their own. Backhaus has succeeded here in capturing motifs that exude an air both sublime and enigmatic. Our gaze is transfixed as we attempt to unravel the mystery of what makes these banal objects so intriguing. In their composed beauty and expressiveness, Backhaus’ photographs are reminiscent of still life paintings. But unlike the classical paintings depicting what were often artificial tableaux of objects meant to evoke aspects of vanitas, Backhaus manages to make time and transience palpable by framing scenes she comes upon by accident.

Author: Jean Dykstra Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

Design: Katharina Stumpf and Jessica Backhaus

Hardcover 28 x 25 cm 96 pages 43 color ills. English 2008

The Collector’s edition is available with a signed and numbered C-print inserted in the book. Sheet format ca. 28 x 24 cm. Choice of two images: ”Destiny”, „Marlon Brando“. Edition of 25 each.

 

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

The photographer Jessica Backhaus has traveled in the region of the Polish province of Pomosrskie repeatedly since 1993. She spent a total of three and a half years portraying the town of Netno and its residents. She shows people in their apartments, at work, and in the untouched Polish landscape. With a sure eye and an unusual colour language, she points out important but easily overlooked details: plastic flowers and crocheted pillowcases, images of saints and lace doilies, and cherries preserved in mason jars. The pictures are neither intrusive nor tactless; she encounters people with dignity and full of admiration for the way of life of Poland’s rural population. The intimate character of the photos suggests that the German- American photographer must have developed a special relationship to her subject: In Backhaus photographs we feel the warmth, cordiality, and authenticity with which she was received in Poland. The photographers clear gaze captured the beauty of everyday details and moods. Jesus and the Cherries describes a Poland still a long way from the modernizations that full integration in the European Union will bring. Jessica Backhaus thus tells a tale of traditional ways of life that may already belong to the past.

Authors: Monica Rydiger, Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen

Artist: Jessica Backhaus

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

Design: Anja Aronska and Jessica Backhaus

Hardcover 24,6 x 32,8 cm 144 pages 94 color photographs English/German 2005

„Jesus and the Cherries“ is also available as Limited Edition: with signed original print in handmade slipcase (Atelier Dermont Duval), dust jacket with Cerata. Choice of three images: “Violetta by the lake”, “Blue Spoon”, “A Renovated life”. Edition of 25 each.

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

This collector’s edition of the book includes a signed original photograph and is housed in a handcrafted box that incorporates an authentic piece of Polish porcelain and is draped with Cerata-cloth (Atelier Dermont Duval, Paris). Choice of three images: “Olga”, “Pink Pillow”, “Carrots by the sink”. Edition of 10 each.

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg

In 2009 photo artist Harvey Benge had the idea of getting a group of photographers together to shoot a book in a day. On June 21st, 2010, – the day of the solstice – ten of the world’s leading photographers of today each shot a series for a book, in different places around the world. The individual concepts for the „One Day“ series are as multifaceted as the work of the included artists.

Publisher: Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg/Berlin

Ten half linen bound hardcovers in a slipcase 16,5 x 22 cm 304 pages 194 color ills. without text 2010

In 2009 Jessica Backhaus moved from New York to Berlin. In her work, she concentrates on her surrounding and her every day life, which is influenced deeply by the changing of her place to live. To capture the daily banal motifs, to find the poetic moments which are more than the surface, is the root of her work.

 

Publisher: Revolver Publishing, Berlin

 

Edition in a box, 3 original color prints, 35,5cm x 28cm, signed and numbered, 25 copies.

Since the inception of photography as an art form nearly 200 years ago, women have played an important role in the development of the genre, often pushing boundaries and defying social convention. This comprehensive volume features fifty-five of the most important women photographers. Each artist is profiled in spreads featuring splendid reproductions of their key works and an in-depth overview of their careers and contributions to the art of photography. Biographical information for each subject and a contextual essay focusing on the impact of women in the history of the medium makes this an excellent illustrated reference.Editor & Author: Boris FriedewaldArtists: VariousPublisher: Prestel Verlag, Munich/London/New York
Hardcover: 27,6cm x 21,6cm 240 pages English 2014
Die Geschichte der Fotografie ist auch eine Geschichte der Fotografinnen. Frauen eroberten sich dieses künstlerische Feld von Anfang an und trugen Wesentliches zu seiner Entwicklung bei. Der weibliche Blick auf die Welt ist ein anderer als der männliche – diese vermeintliche Binsenweisheit belegen die in diesem Band vereinten Fotografinnen mit ihren Arbeiten auf vielfältige, berührende und faszinierende Weise. 55 Fotografinnen aus zwei Jahrhunderten und von fünf Kontinenten werden porträtiert, darunter so berühmte Namen wie Eve Arnold, Claude Cahun, Cindy Sherman oder Herlinde Koelbl, aber auch bislang weniger bekannte Künstlerinnen wie Zanele Muholi aus Südafrika oder Shirana Shahbazi aus Teheran. Jede Fotografin wird mit einem kenntnisreichen und zugleich leicht lesbaren Text zu ihrem Leben und Werk sowie zwei bis vier repräsentativen Abbildungen ihres Schaffens vorgestellt – eine Weltgeschichte der Fotografie aus weiblicher Sicht.Editor & Author: Boris FriedewaldArtists: VariousPublisher: Prestel Verlag, Munich/London/New YorkHardcover: 27,6cm x 21,6cm 240 pages German 2014
This book celebrates the new creative processes of the modern photographic era, in which blogs and Instagram streams function alongside analogue albums and contact sheets, and the traditional notebook takes the form of Polaroid studies, smartphone pictures, diaristic projects, found photography, experimental image-making and self-published photo-zines. Each photographer presents his or her sketchbook: several pages of images that convey his or her working methods and thought processes. These intimate, one-off presentations are accompanied by engaging interviews that reveal how the simple act of pressing a shutter can capture and express a fully realized personal vision.Editors & Authors: Stephen McLaren and Bryan FormhalsArtists: VariousPublisher: Thames & Hudson, LondonHardcover: 22,0cm x 29,70cm 320 pages 520 ills. English 2014

Welche Rolle spielt die zeitgenössische Fotografie in der Diskussion des vielschichtigen Begriffs Heimat ? Als Medium, das gleichermaßen Vorstellungen prägt und Erinnerungen konstituiert? Nach dem Ende des Kalten Krieges ist die Frage nach identitätsstiftenden Bezugspunkten in den Ländern Ost- und Ostmitteleuropas besonders bedeutsam. Der Ausstellungskatalog beleuchtet diese Fragestellung vor dem Hintergrund des gesellschaftlich-politischen Wandels aus historischer wie aus aktueller Perspektive. Die in Binnen- wie in Außensicht entstandenen Bildwelten eröffnen ein Spannungsfeld zwischen Vergangenheit und Zukunft, Tradition und Fortschritt sowie lokalen und globalen Entwicklungen.

Authors: Agnes Matthias and Manfred Seifert

Artists: Various

Publisher: Kerber Verlag, Bielefeld

Softcover: 22,80cm x 27,50cm 160 pages German 2014

Erstmalig gegenübergestellt: Künstleratelier und Küche als sinnliche Orte der KreativitätDie Nähe zwischen künstlerischem Schaffen und Kochkunst ist faszinierend und dennoch wenig beachtet. Die Publikation richtet den Blick auf das facettenreiche Verhältnis beider Produktionsstätten als Arbeitsräume freier Inspiration und geheimer Alchemie, als Orte kreativen Chaos und ordnenden Denkens sowie sozialer Repräsentation individuellen Rückzugs. Die Bedeutung und Darstellung von Atelier und Küche heute und in der Geschichte werden betrachtet: Künstlerische Arbeitsstätten haben sich von handwerklichen Meisterbetrieben über repräsentative Ateliers und fabrikähnliche Lofts zu hochtechnisierten Multimedia-Labs entwickelt. Parallel vollzog sich der Wandel von der archaischen Feuerstelle über die bäuerliche Wohn- und effiziente Garküche zur High-Tech-Ausstattunf. Gezeigt werden Holzstiche aus dem 16. Jahrhundert und Gemälde des Goldenen Zeitalters Pieter Bruegels d. Ä. sowie Arbeiten von Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol und Zeitgenossen wie Cindy Sherman und Erwin Wurm.

Editor: MARTa Herford

Artists: Various

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Hardcover: 29,0cm x 22,6cm 272 pages English/German 2012

Die Deutsche Börse Group in Frankfurt konnte ihre Fotosammlung Art Collection Deutsche Börse an den Hauptsitzen in Deutschland und Luxemburg in den letzten Jahren um eine Vielzahl von großformatigen Werken vorwiegend jüngerer Künstler erweitern. Fotokünstler nutzen eine nie gekannte Vielfalt an Gestaltungs- und Ausdrucksmöglichkeiten. Über einen reinen Sammlungsband hinausgehend, präsentiert so der repräsentativ und aufwendig ausgestattete, großformatige dritte Bildband der erfolgreichen Reihe, XL Photography 3, alle wesentlichen Positionen der Fotokunst der letzten zehn Jahre: Paul Almasy, Jessica Backhaus, Sibylle Bergemann, Pietro Donzelli, Alberto Garcia Alix, Seydou Keï ta, Yoon Jean Lee, Boris Mikhailov, Simon Norfolk, Martin Parr, Simon Roberts, Ricarda Roggan, Wilhelm Schürmann, Alfred Seiland, Malick Sidibé, Alec Soth und Joel Sternfeld. Authors: Felix Höpfner, Ulrich Meißner, Nicolas Nonnenmacher, Anne-Marie Beckmann

Artists: Various

Publisher: Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern

Hardcover: 32,6cm x 32,2cm 144 pages German 2007

 

Design: Hannah Feldmeier and Jessica Backhaus

Softcover with color edging 22,2 x 31,1cm 128 pages 50 color ills. English 2021

INSTALLATIONS

Carlos Carvalho Contemporanea Lisbon 2024

PRESS

Articles & Reviews

Der Tagesspiegel – “So viel mehr als Papier”, Christiane Meixner, 24th of February 2022
Open Eye – “Jessica Backhaus – Cut Outs”, Laura Samori, No.25, February/March 2022
Marie-Claire France – “Des couleurs en liberté”, February 2022
ART – Das Kunstmagazin – “CUT OUT”, Sabina Paries, No.1, January 2022
IDEAT – “Farbe ist meine Obsession” – Camilla Péus, No.5, January/February 2022
Beaux Arts Magazine – “Jessica Backhaus – Sculptrice des ombres”, November 2021
Aesthetica Magazine – “Abstract Formations”, Issue 103, October/November 2021
foto Magazin – “Jessica Backhaus – Tanzendes Papier”, Damian Zimmermann, Edition No.11, September 2021
Aesthetica Magazine – “Abstracted Movement”, Rachel Segal Hamilton, 23rd of July 2021
L’oeil de la Photographie – “Arles 2021: Jessica Backhaus”, Thierry Maindrault, 14th of July 2021
Photonews – “Jessica Backhaus – Cut Outs”, Jens Pepper, July – August 2021
Der Greif – “Jessica Backhaus – Confinement in Berlin”, 21st of April 2021
GUP Magazine – “Jessica Backhaus – Cut Outs”, No. 68, Spring 2021
TIQUE Art Paper – Six questions: Jessica Backhaus, 22nd of May 2018
VTph Visual Thoughts – Jessica Backhaus/ Studio Visits, Interview with Julia Rosenbaum, May 2018
Hohe Luft – Das Philosophische Foto, Begriff: Der Zufall, Jessica Backhaus, page 58-59, Issue 2/2018
British Journal of Photography – „Artistic intuition and the abstract in Jessica Backhaus‘ A Trilogy“ by Eoin Murray, 12th of December 2017
Paulina’s Friends Magazin – „Jessica Backhaus – Blue Magic – Interview“ by Paulina Tsvetanova, December 2017
VOGUE ITALIA – „Jessica Backhaus, six degrees of freedom“ by Chiara Bardelli Nonino, 20th of January 2017
GUP Magazine – Jessica Backhaus, six degrees of freedom, No.50, 17th of August 2016
YUCA Magazine – Random walks, Jessica Backhaus – six degrees of freedom, 1. Issue, The Roots, June 2016
Saramunari.Wordpress – Interview: Jessica Backhaus, 20th of June 2016
Camera – „Zündende Ideen“ by Daniel Hofmann, Nr. 3, Mai/Juni 2016
LFI – Agenda/Bücher, Jessica Backhaus, six degrees of freedom, April 2016
foto Magazin – „Warum fotografieren wir?“ by Ralf Hanselle, April 2016
25books – „Jessica Backhaus, six degrees of freedom“ by Hannes Wanderer, spring 2016
Fotografia Magazine – Interview: Jessica Backhaus, 18th of February 2016
foto Magazin – Bücher, Jessica Backhaus, six degrees of freedom, February 2016
PHOTONEWS – Bücher, Jessica Backhaus, six degrees of freedom, February 2016
Monopol – Bücher, six degrees of freedom, “ Blick zurück“, February 2016

Gosee – „six degrees of freedom“, Jessica Backhaus, 16th of December 2015
NDR Kultur Radio – Das Gespräch: Jessica Backhaus, Moderation: Christiane Irrgang, 12th of December 2015, 6.00pm until 6.30pm
foto Magazin – „Fotokunst sammeln“by Ralf Hanselle, Dezember 2015
LFI – six degrees of freedom, Jessica Backhaus, November 2015
AnOther Magazine – „The Power of Photography: The best of Paris Photo 2015“ by Maisie Skidmore and Daisy Woodward, 17th of November 2015
Phases Magazine – six degrees of freedom, Jessica Backhaus, Fall 2015
Ligastudios – Artist watch: Jessica Backhaus by Daniela Schreilechner, October 2014
The Blogazine – Through the lens of Jessica Backhaus, July 2014
Thisispaper Magazine – Jessica Backhaus: Jesus and the Cherries, 18th of June 2014
Süddeutsche.de – Kultur „Wenn Löffel blau schimmern“, 27th of June 2014
FOTO INFINITUM – Interview: Jessica Backhaus, 11th of March 2014
Gosee – „Once, still and forever“, Jessica Backhaus, March 2014
Grohe Magazin – Venedigs Spiegelbilder, Spring 2014
PARABOL – the uncasual Issue curated by Elfie Semotan, Fall 2013
Rooms Magazine – Jessica Backhaus, by Suzanne Zhang, Sept. 2013
TLZ – Kunsthalle Erfurt zeigt zeitgenössische Kunst, Katja Dörn, 19.Sept. 2013
PDN – Jessica Backhaus – „Once, still and forever“, Juni 2013
Unless you wil – Jessica Backhaus, „Once, still and forever“, Heidi Romano, No.26, June 2013
Photoeye Magazine – Jessica Backhaus, „Once, still and forever“, Shane Lavalette, March 28, 2013
LFI, Mein Bild – Jessica Backhaus, page 90, 2/2013, February 2013
c’t Digitale Fotografie, Portfolio – Jessica Backhaus, page 8-17, 02/2013
Foto Magazin – Jessica Backhaus, Once, still and forever, Nr. 2, Februar 2013
Photo International – „Anleitung zum Sehen“, Hans-Michael Koetzle, Jan./Feb. 2013
ProfiFoto – Neue Bücher, Buch des Monats: Once, still and forever, No.1-2, Jan-Feb. 2013
Leica Fotografie International – No.1, Januar 2013
L’Huffington Post – Venezia attraverso I riflessi nei canali: le fotografie di Jessica Backhaus, 23 gennaio 2013
Art Investor – Exploring – Die Redaktion empfiehlt, Ralf Hanselle, No. 06/2012, Dezember 2012
Photonews – Neue Bücher, Jo Berlien, November 2012
FK Magazine – Interview with Jessica Backhaus, Elina Ruka, November 2012
British Journal of Photography – Projects, Diane Smyth, October 2012
Dutch Vogue – Een bijzonder oog, October 2012
French PHOTO – Expos Photo, „Ici et maintenant“, Fall 2012
Kinki – Kunst “I wanted to see the world”, No. 43, Feb./March 2012
City Agenda Luxembourg – „I wanted to see the World“, November 2011
Luxemburger Wort – ”Fliessende Wirklichkeiten”, Vesna Andonovic, 12th of Oct.2011
Tageblatt – “Spiegelungen”, Francois Besch, 12th of Oct. 2011
Le Quotidien – Couverture section “Loisirs”, “Miroir de l âme”, 13th of Oct. 2011
Le Quotidien – “Reflets intérieurs”, Gregory Cimatti, 13th of Oct. 2011
Woxx “Starke Fraben” – Jörg Ahrens, 14th of Oct. 2011
Zeitung vum Lëtzebuerger Vollëk – “Andrea Lehnert & Jessica Backhaus”, 15th of Oct. 2011
Le Jeudi – “Ce que nous regardons sans voir”, Marie-Anne Lorgé, 27th of Oct. 2011
MADAME – „Pur und Radikal“, Rüdiger von Naso, May 2011.
Cuxhavener Nachrichten – Kultur „Fotografien nehmen im Kinosessel Platz“ by Jens Potschka, 31st of May 2011
Lichtbildwerkerin – Jessica Backhaus im Artist Talk, 16th of May 2011
Le Monde diplomatique – Jessica Backhaus, Wilhelm Werthern, April 2011.
TAZ – „Die geheime Ordnung der Tage“, Ralf Hanselle, 24th of February, 2011.
Boston Photography Blog – One day in November by Jessica Backhaus, 8th of October 2010
Photograph Magazine – Jessica Backhaus from Exhibition, by Jean Dykstra, 6th of September 2010
Profifoto – Interview mit Jessica Backhaus, Ralf Hanselle, June 2010.
L’INSENSE Photo – Berlin & Co., Issue #7, Fall 2009.
Hotshoe – Hot Books, „What still remains“, Katie Clifford, August 2009.
FOAM Magazine – „Wonder“, Eric Miles, Issue #19, June 2009.
Salzburger Nachrichten – „Nur scheinbar Unscheinbares“ by Eva Pittertschatscher, 13.Juni 2009
Ahorn Magazine – Essay: One day in November, Issue #3, Spring 2009.
Women in photography NYC – What still remains & One day in November, Spring 2009.
Photo International – Szene / In Print, Hans-Michael Koetzle, February 2009.
5B4 – What still remains and One day in November by Jessica Backhaus, 13th of February 2009
OVB – „Mit der Kamera gemalt“ by Kurt Feichtinger, 10th of February 2009
LFI International – Portfolio Gisèle Freund & Jessica Backhaus, Interview: Ralf Hanselle, January 2009.
Nürnberger Zeitung – „Liebe die Welt, wie sie ist, eine andere wirst du nicht krigen“, 6.Dezember 2008
POP PHOTO – Backstory, One day in November, November 2008.
Eyemazing – Eyemazing Bookcase, Winter 2008.
Lens Culture – Book Review: What still remains, Hilary Moss, Fall / Winter 2008.
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung – Lokal „Kultur in Essen“, by Kristin Dowe, 15.October 2008
Monopol – „Leise verfliegt die Zeit“, Ralf Hanselle, Issue #10, October 2008.
Art on Paper – „Jesus, Cherries and a Way of Life“, July / August 2006.
Photo District News – „The Simple Life“, June 2006.
Photoeye – „Photo Books“, Summer 2006.
Great – „Print Sales Gallery, Summer season“, May / July 2006.
Picture – „Books“, May / June 2006.
Hotshoe – „Jesus and the Cherries – Jessica Backhaus“, April / May 2006.
Fotomagazin – „Bücher“, May 2006.
Kehrer – USA Book Release, May 2006.
Ebensolch – „Jesus and the Cherries“, April 30, 2006.
Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung – „Spitzendeckchen ohne Falten“, April 07, 2006.
Frankfurter Rundschau – „Abschied vom Paradies“, March 25, 2006.
PHOTO (French) – „Livres du mois“, March 2006.
Kasseler Fotoforum – „Welt im Umbruch“, July / August 2006.
PHOTO (French) – „Livres du mois“, March 2006.
Frankfurt Show – Pressemitteilung, February – March 2006.
Frankfurter Rundschau Online – „Ferien in Netno“, February 21, 2006.
Photography Now – „Die Kommunale Galerie – Jessica Backhaus“, January – March 2006.
Der Spiegel – „Eingemachte Kirschen“, January 16, 2006.
Profifoto – „Jessica Backhaus – Jesus and the Cherries“, January – February 2006.
Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York – Press Release, January – February 2006.
Stern.de – „Ein Dorf zwischen Kommen und Gehen“, December 24, 2005.
Copy – „Jessica Backhaus – Jesus and the Cherries“, December 2005.
Cuxhavener Nachrichten – „Die polnische Provinz ist zuweilen grellbunt“, December 09, 2005.
3sat.de – „Fotografien aus Polen von Jessica Backhaus“, November 22, 2005.
Stuttgarter Zeitung – „Kruzifix und Häkeldeckchen“, November 16, 2005.
ART – „Bücher“, October 2005.
DPA – „Rote Beete, Häkeldeckchen, Hirschgeweihe“, Autumn 2005.
ISA – „Polonaises“, October 2005.
Booklet No. 3 – „Jesus and the Cherries“, Fall 2005.
Foto 8 – „Jesus and the Cherries“, Fall 2005.
Jam – „Jesus and the Cherries“, Autumn 2005.
Bildschöne Bücher – Autumn 2005.
Perlentaucher.de – „Die wie aus tiefer Vergangenheit grüßende Ansicht einer Tür“, 2005.
DB Art Magazine – Berlin: Metropolis of Photo, Fall 2005.
Kehrer Verlag – „Vorschau Herbst 2005“, Autumn 2005.
Vernissage – „Jesus and the Cherries, Jessica Backhaus in der KR Gallery“, April 2005.

CONTACT

Germany

Robert Morat Galerie
Linienstraße 107
10115 Berlin
tel: +49 30 25 209 358
kontakt@robertmorat.de

Germany

Galerie Anja Knoess
Große Brinkgasse 17 – 19
50672 Köln
tel: +49 221 270 6737
galerieanjaknoess@gmx.de

Switzerland

Petra Becker/International Art Bridge
Huobstrasse 7
CH-6045 Meggen
tel: +41 79 506 80 13
p.becker@internationalartbridge.com

USA

Robert Klein Gallery
38 Newbury Street
Fourth Floor, #402
Boston, MA 02116
tel: +1 617 267 7997
robert@robertkleingallery.com

USA

Bridgette Mayer Gallery
709 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
tel: +1 215 413 88 93
bmayer@bridgettemayergallery.com

Italy

Micamera Gallery
Giulia Zorzi
Via Medardo Rosso 19
20159 Milan
tel: +39 02 45481569
giulia@micamera.com

The Nederlands

Wouter van Leeuwen Gallery
Hazenstraat 27
1016 SM Amsterdam
tel: +31 6 52 03 15 40
info@woutervanleeuwen.com

Portugal

CARLOS CARVALHO ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA
Rua Joly Braga Santos, Lote F R/C
1600 – 123 Lisboa
tel: +351 217 261 831
carloscarvalho-ac@carloscarvalho-ac.com		 

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