Bernhard Fuchs (born 1971 in Haslach a.d. Mühl / Upper Austria) is an Austrian photographer.
Career
Bernhard Fuchs grew up in Helfenberg / Upper Austria and he studied from 1993 to 1997 at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, from 1994 under Bernd Becher. From 1997 to 1999 he completed a post-graduate study in a masterclass at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig under Timm Rautert.
Fuchs lives and works in Düsseldorf.
Bernhard Fuchs received the Austrian Art Award for Media Art in the field of Artistic Photography in 2017.
Publications
Portrait Photographs. Edition Fotohof, Salzburg 2003. Autos. Koenig Books, London 2006. Roads and Paths. Koenig Books, London 2009. Farms. Koenig Books, London 2011. Woodlands. Koenig Books, London 2014 Fathom. Koenig Books, London 2018 Mühl. Koenig Books, London 2020
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
1996: Portraits, Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster
2000: Portraits in Farbe, Museum Folkwang, Essen
2004: Portraitfotografien 1994–2001, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen
2006: Portraits und Autos, Landesgalerie Linz, Linz
2007: Autos und Portraits, Museum Ludwig, Cologne
2009: Straßen und Wege, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop
2010: Porträts, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
2012: Portraits/Autos/Straßen und Wege, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2014: Waldungen, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop
2015: Waldungen, Lentos Art Museum, Linz
2020: Mühl, Josef Albers Museum Quadrat, Bottrop
Group exhibitions
1996: Manifesta 1, Chabot Museum, Rotterdam
2000: How you look at it, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2002: today till now – zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Düsseldorf, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf 2006: Who is the other, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw 2003: Landschaft, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven 2008: On the human being, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla 2010: Der Rote Bulli, Stephen Shore und die neue Düsseldorfer Fotografie, NRW Forum, Düsseldorf 2012: Der Mensch und seine Objekte, Museum Folkwang, Essen 2015: Landscape in my mind, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna 2020: Subjekt und Objekt.Foto Rhein Ruhr, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf 2022: Faces. Avedon bis Newton, Albertina, Vienna