Wolfgang Bellwinkel born in Bochum/Germany, lives in Berlin and Bangkok

1978-83
Sojourns in Central America, Asia and Australia
1989
Work as freelance photographer, extensive thematic works: "Fall of the Wall", "Civil war in Sri Lanka", "Kurdistan"
1992-96
Frequent stays in former Yugoslavia
1993
Master in Communication Design at the University of Essen/Germany
1994
Book BOSNIA in cooperation with P. M. Schäfer
1994
Award Winner, Photography as Art Competition, Pforzheim
1995...
Assignments for German and international Magazines: SZ-Magazin, Stern, Telegraph Magazine, Zeit-Magazin, Allegra, Details,Spiegel Special, Der Spiegel, Manager Magazin ... and for companies: German Stock-Exchange, Veba, Goethe Institut...
1995
Award Winner BFF (German Association of Freelance Photographers)
1996
Scholarship of DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Auslandsdienst) for a project on the peace process in Bosnia
1997...
Workshops: Photofestival Herten - Mutesius Hochschule , Kiel - Temasek Polytechnic , Singapore - Lasalle School of Art , Singapore, Goethe Institut, Kabul....
1999
Purchase of the series "Nachkriegszeit" by IFA (Institute of Foreign Relations)
2000/01
Visiting Lecturer for one year at NgeeAnn Polytechnic , Singapore
2002
Member of the photo agency "Ostkreuz"
2003
Participant of an "Artist in Residence" program by the Alliance Francaise/ Bangkok
2005
Extensive workshops (3months) at Goethe Institut Kabul ( see results )
2006
Release of the documentary film "weg"
2006
Visiting Lecturer at Silapakorn University , Bangkok
2006
Visiting Lecturer at Muthesius Hochschule, Kiel
2007
Visiting Lecturer at Chulalongkorn University , Bangkok
2011
Curator for the exhibition FOREIGN FAMILIAR assigned by the Goethe Instituts Bangkok, Jakarta, Manila and Hanoi.
2013
New book: No Land called Home - Kehrer Verlag, Heidelberg
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Exhibitions (excerpts):
2012
HEIMAT, Dokumenta Halle, Kassel
2011
FOREIGN FAMILIAR, BACC Bangkok BACC
2010
RUPTURE, BACC, Bangkok BACC
2009
SZENEN UND SPUREN EINES FALLS, Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin Max Liebermann Haus
2007
HEIMAT, St.Mathaeus Church, Berlin
2005
HEIMAT II - in connection with the exhibition "Neueinstellung", Berlin and in various Goethe Institutes
2004
HEIMAT - Museum der Arbeit , Hamburg / Berlinische Galerie , Berlin
2003
HEIMAT - Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich
2003
SWITCH OFF THE HEATING WHEN YOU GO - Daelim Contemporary Art Museum , Seoul
2002
BEYOND PARADISE - solo exhibition - Gallery M , Bochum
2002
BEYOND PARADISE - solo exhibition - Goethe Institute Singapore
2001
DOUBLE HAPPINESS - Art Fair Cologne
2000/1
SWITCH OFF THE HEATING WHEN YOU GO - Goethe Institut Singapore, Goethe Institut Manila
2000
10 ASIAN PICTURES - Gallery Photography Now, Berlin
2000....
AFTER THE WAR - in connection with the exhibition "Die Welt als Ganzes", Cologne, Sydney, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, continues in Southamerica and USA
1997
TRANSITION - Photofestival Herten
1997
AFTER THE WAR - solo exhibition - Museum voor Fotografie , Antwerpen, Belgium
1997
THE EVERYDAY NATURE OF WAR - solo exhibition - Stedelijk Museum, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
1996
THE EVERYDAY NATURE OF WAR - in connection with the exhibition "The German Eye", Deichtorhallen , Hamburg
1996
THE EVERYDAY NATURE OF WAR - in connection with the presentation of the German Photography Prize in Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Arles/France
1995
THE EVERYDAY NATURE OF WAR - Portrait Gallery, Tuzla/Bosnia and Photofestival Herten
1994
THE EVERYDAY NATURE OF WAR - National Gallery, Sarajevo/Bosnia
1994
FINDINGS - Photography as Art, Pforzheim
1994
WAR - in connection with the presentation of the German Photography Prize in Stuttgart, Cologne, Arles
1993
WOJNA - Gallery Stodola, Warsaw/Poland
1992
WAR - Bochum Museum

 HeimatMy series Heimat at Dokumenta Halle Kassel.
December 6th 2012 - January 6th 2013  Das Vertraute im Fremden/Foreign Familiar in Manila und YogyakartaLanggeng Art Foundation Yogyakarta/Indonesien
http://langgengfoundation.org/
March 20 until April 9 2012  Foreign FamiliarIn June 2011 the exhibition FOREIGN FAMILIAR, curated by Wolfgang Bellwinkel was opened at the BACC in Bangkok.
Participating photographers: Ferit Kuyas, Olivier Pin-Fat, Marrigje de Maar, Nick Nostiz, Bruno Quinquet, Laurence Leblanc, Graziella Antonini, Peter Steinhauer, Wolfgang Bellwinkel.
 RuptureThe exhibition "Rupture" opened on November 25th.
Photographers: Agnes Dherbeys, Olivier Pin-Fat, Manit Srivanichpoom, Piyatat Hemmatat, Wolfgang Bellwinkel.
Kurator: Olivier Pin-Fat.

Wolfgang Bellwinkel continues his ongoing series on "the metropolis", a city in flux, a cacophony of scrambled visual over load - all expressed beneath the advertising tag-line - that delves into the very heart of rapid change, rapid decay and human isolation amidst both these bewildering dreams and sobering nightmares. In this sense he provides a powerful and multi-layered "context" that goes beyond historical documentation. Whilst viewing his 18 enormous prints, we find ourselves literally getting lost in detail, everything is sharp, every minute element as important as the other. When we pull away to try and make sense of this "context", we realize the images are rupturing, if not literally burning, the metropolis he has depicted is certainly smoldering. Its an apocalyptic vision that gives no precedence to one thing over another. All is important.
Olivier Pin-Fat, November 2010
25th.  Shantaram Shantaram
Shantaram is a global bestseller from ex-bankrobber, ex-junky and ex-smuggler Gregory David Roberts.
The book will be made into a film soon, directed by Mira Nair, starring Johnny Depp.
I met Roberts some 20 years ago in a cheap hotel in Colaba/Bombay and did a extensive portait of him at that time.
Here is a little teaser:  Announcement New agency
With immediate effect i will be represented by the Cologne based agency laif
 Berlin, August 2008There is a new series on this site: Lunchtime
You will find it under art work.
An interesting article about my new project in Bosnia - in german - is here: WELT  Bosnia 1996/2008 Bosnia 1996/2008
12 years after his last visit Wolfgang Bellwinkel recently revisited places he photographed shortly after the end of the war in 1996. The combination of old and new images show the changes in a war-torn country, but moreover they convince as a reflection about time.  Bangkok Bangkok 2008
After short soujourns in Japan and Hanoi i'm back in Bangkok, probably until early April 2008.  Exhibition Exhibition of "Heimat"
From November 5th until February 10th my series "Heimat" will be shown together with artworks of Sigmar Polke at the St.Mathaeus Church in Berlin.  Berlin, 1. July 2007After 6 years it's been time for a relaunch of my website. And here we are: There are new photographic works, a trailer of my film "weg" and a improved, user-friendly design. With the new site I'm able to upload images and texts myself without beeing dependent on a webmaster. I'm sure that leads to a less static and more informative site. I hope you will enjoy spending some time with it.  ...back in BerlinSince July 22th I'm back in Berlin.
 (ohne Titel: ce194)My documentary film "weg" will be shown on October 13th at the Worldfilm Festival in Bangkok.
Synopsis
This documentary film by German photographer and film-maker Wolfgang Bellwinkel, protrays three foreigners whose home has become Bangkok - either through circumstance or choice.
We meet ex-junkie Chris, an American walking the edge between survival and recovery; English teacher Alex who has transformed the exotic into the ordinary, and underground photographer Nick who is fascinated by Bangkok's nightworld of crime and passion.
The film probes the central question: "Is home a physical reality or simply a state of mind?"