PROJEKTIONEN
12.04.–23.05.26
BONN
1978 born in Cologne, Germany
1998–2006 Studies in Art History, Sociology and Philosophy at Cologne University (M.A.)
2000–2005 Studies at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Diploma)
2007–2009 Curator at Simultanhalle, Cologne
2008–2009 Assistant Professor for Photography at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
2016 PhD in Art History at Cologne University
2017–2019 Docent at Leiden University,Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), The Netherlands
2022 Visiting Professor for Photography at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Austria
since 2019 Member of the artist collective darktaxa-project
Scholarships and Awards
2025 Kunststiftung NRW Publication Grant
2021 Stiftung Kunstfonds Project Grant
2020 DZ BANK Kunststiftung Scholarship, Shortlist
2019 Q21 Residency MuseumsQuartier Vienna (invited by EIKON)
2017 VG WORT Scientific Endowment Fund
2016 Public Sculpture Commission 817-2017, Villingen-Schwenningen u. Tannheim
2015 Stiftung Kunstfonds Publication Grant
2011 ars viva „Sprache/ language“, BDI Prize for Fine Arts
2011 Stiftung Kunstfonds Working Grant
2007–2009 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes Doctoral Scholarship
2008 Vordemberge-Gildewart Scholarship
2002–2005 Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes Scholarship
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2026 Projektionen, Parrotta Contemporary Art Cologne / Bonn
“Training Images“, H2-Centre for Contemporary Art, Collections and Museums Augsburg
“Bilder Daten Sätze / Image Data Set“, SETAREH Gallery, Dusseldorf
“Verso“, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“Fotogramme / Photograms“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“Dance Floor“, International Photoscene, Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne
“Dance Floor“, kjubh Kunstverein e.V., Cologne
“Schriftstuecke / textscapes“, Gisèle Linder Gallery, Basel
“Image Cycle“, Artist Meets Archive #2, International Photoscene Cologne
“Musée Imaginaire“, SETAREH X, Dusseldorf
“texturen / textures“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“Philipp Goldbach“, Gisèle Linder Gallery, Basel
“Paris, Athen“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“bound to arrive as intruders“, Museum of the Ruhr-University, Bochum
“Ars Lingua Universalis“, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“Via Lucis“, Kunstverein Ruhr, Essen
“c.t.“, M29 Richter∙Brueckner, Cologne
“Eremitage“, site specific project, 51°01’37.1″N 7°22’58.0″E, Lindlar
“Read Only Memory“, Museum Wiesbaden
“Fotografien / photographs“, Gisèle Linder Gallery, Basel
“New Positions“, Annely Juda Fine Art, Art Cologne
“Tafelbilder / Blackboards“, Museum of Art and Cultural History, Marburg
“Fotografie und Zeichnung / Photography and Drawing“
, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“Blackboards and Micrographs“, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“en miniature“, Simultanhalle Raum fuer zeitgenössische Kunst, Cologne
“Message to public“, M29 Richter∙Brueckner, Cologne
“Foto/Grafie – Photo/graphy“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 2024 “The Best Show Ever“, Kunsthalle Nuremberg
“Stumble, please!“, DZ Bank Kunststiftung, Frankfurt a.M.
“Re:Set: From slide to database “, University of Munster
“INSIGHT“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“Philipp Goldbach & Stephan Reusse: Mind and Memory“, Forum for Photography, Cologne
“Viewing the World. Positions of current post-photography and digital image culture“, Art Collections, Chemnitz
“Philipp Goldbach & Daniel Lohmann: Die Bruecke / The Bridge“, House of the Rhineland State Council, Cologne“Leap of faith: Transmedial Photography“, North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and the Arts, Dusseldorf
“darktaxa-project: phtoograify“, DFI project office e.V., Dusseldorf
“Von hier aus. Eine Bestandsaufnahme / From here. An inventory“, DZ Bank Kunststiftung, Frankfurt a.M.
2023 “Immanuel Kant. Unresolved Issues“, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
“darktaxa-project: the Regensburg constellation“, International Festival of Photographic Images, Regensburg
“Dialectics of Presence“, DZ Bank Kunststiftung, Frankfurt a.M.
“PaintingPhotography“, H2-Centre for Contemporary Art, Collections and Museums Augsburg
“Deep Deep Down“, Collection Presentation, MUDAM Luxembourg
“Bildet Banden / Band Together“, SETAREH Gallery, Berlin
“Expect the Unexpected – Current Concepts for Photography“, Kunstmuseum Bonn
“Photography in Progress: Fragile Infrastructures“, Michael Horbach Foundation, Cologne
“Nature“,Gisèle Linder Gallery, Basel
2022 “Light Up“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“screen time – digital realities”, Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimuenster
“New Worlds”, permanent collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen
“Goldbach, Hall, Haypeter”, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“elective affinities” (Andrews, Betke, Bonafini, Gleiwitz, Goldbach, Marx, Sahal), SETAREH, Dusseldorf
“darktaxa-project: the Dusseldorf-constellation”, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
2021 “Joseph Beuys and others“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“Förderstipendium / Scholarship“
, DZ BANK Kunststiftung, Frankfurt a.M.
“L’image et son double / The Twofold Image”, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2020 “Bon Voyage! Travelling in Contemporary Art“, Ludwig Forum fuer Internationale Kunst Aachen
“SUBJECT and OBJECT. PHOTO RHINE RUHR“, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
“In Response To…”, An Online Exhibition from Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“darktaxa-project: the Frankfurt-constellation“, Schierke Seinecke Gallery, Frankfurt
2019 “Licht – Bild / Light – Image“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“post_minimal_conceptual_now“, MUT Museum unter Tage, Bochum
“Paare / Pairs“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
2018 “The Modern Collection +++ Expanded +++“, Museum of the Ruhr-University, Bochum
“50 Years – 50 Artists“, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“Thinking Machines. Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria“, EPFL ArtLab Lausanne
“Kunst & Kohle: SCHWARZ [ˈʃvaʁʦ]“, Kunstsammlungen der RUB / Museum unter Tage, Bochum
“DIA-LOGOS. Ramon Llull and the ars combinatoria – ZKM | Zentrum fuer Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe
2017 “Light / Dark”, Annely Juda Fine Art, London
“Academy [Working title]“, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf
“For Eternity“
, Kunstraum Alexander Buerkle / Paul Ege Art Collection, Freiburg
“Farewell Photography – Biennial for contemporary Photography“, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum Ludwigshafen
“817-2017. Das Skulpturenprojekt. Skizzen, Modelle, Skulpturen“, Municipal Gallery Villingen-Schwenningen
2016 “Thinking in Algorithms”
, Scheublein + Bak Gallery, Zurich
“The Thinking Machine. Ramon Llull and the Ars combinatoria”, CCCB Barcelona
2015 “CATWALK – Goldbach, Marjanow, Reusse, Wolf“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“Insights – News from the collection“, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven
“and all together now”, M29 Richter∙Brueckner, Cologne
2014 “LINE UP – Shen Fan, Philipp Goldbach, Rune Mields”
, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“BLEK #3 – A book about Drawing, Photography and Reproduction”, SSZ Sued, Cologne
2012 “gute aussichten_pattern recognition”, MAKK Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst, Cologne
“Philipp Goldbach & Clemens Botho Goldbach: Gebr. Goldbach “, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven
“ars viva 11/12 – Sprache/ language“, Weserburg | Weserburg Modern Art Museum, Bremen
“Indeterminacy – On the genesis of the photographic image”, Kunstraum Alexander Buerkle, Freiburg
“Kölner Gruen / Cologne Green – Stephan Reusse, Maik & Dirk Loebbert, Philipp Goldbach”, FOTO|RAUM, Vienna
“ars viva 11/12 – Sprache/ language“, Riga Art Space, Riga
“Artistas“, Galeria Filomena Soares, Lisbon
2011 “ars viva 11/12 – Sprache/ language“, Museum Folkwang, Essen
“Grand Tour”, Boutique by Drei, Cologne
2010 2009 “The Collection. Friends of the Visual Arts Freiburg”, BBK Kulturwerk, Freiburg
“What You Will (freely after Shakespeare)“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
“Young West 2009”, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen
2008 2007 “Afterthought”, Irma Vep Lab, Reims
“Performing Media”, Special Exhibition of the Academy of Media Arts, Art Cologne
“Brave New World“, Binz & Krämer Gallery, Cologne
“Full House“, Carol Johnssen Gallery, Munich
2006 “ECHO – Alte Meister, Neue Medien“, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne
“On the Road“, Herrmann & Wagner Gallery, Berlin
“Gute Aussichten – Young German Photography”, Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Mousonturm Frankfurt a.M., Kultfabrik Munich,
Goethe Institute Washington D.C.
2005 “Gute Aussichten – Young German Photography”, Museum of Photography Berlin, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
“Aller-retour“, Schleicher + Lange Gallery, Paris
“Madame Réalité”, Municipal Gallery Waldkraiburg
Selected Catalogues and Publications
Sabine Maria Schmidt: Philipp Goldbach. Training Images, in: Camera Austria International, #168, 2024
Jens Buelskaemper: Philipp Goldbach. Training Images, in: EIKON Int. Magazine for Photography and Media Art, #128, 2024
Ferdinand Ullrich, Michael Wienand (ed.): RUHRGOLD. Tradition and Transformation. Die Schätze des Ruhrgebiets, Colgne 2024
Philipp Goldbach, Daniel Lohmann (ed.): Die Bruecke / The Bridge, Cologne 2024
Anja Schuermann, Kathrin Yacavone (ed.): Photography and its institutions, Berlin 2024
Michael Reisch, Barbara Scheuermann (ed.): Expect the Unexpected / Current Concepts for Photography, Kunstmuseum Bonn 2023
darktaxa-project: noPublication, Köln 2022
Julie Jones, Florian Ebner / Centre Pompidou Paris (ed.): L’Image et son double / The Twofold Image, Leipzig 2021
Johanna Gummlich / Rheinisches Bildarchiv (ed.): Philipp Goldbach: Image Cycle, AMA #2, Cologne 2021
Annebella Pollen: Photography’s Mise en Abyme: Metapictures of Scale in Repurposed Slide Libraries, in: Tomáš Dvořák,
Jussi Parikka (ed.), Photography Off the Scale, Technologies and Theories of the Mass Image, Edinburgh 2021
Friederike Wappler (ed.): POST _MINIMAL_CONCEPTUAL_NOW, Munich 2021
Kathrin Schönegg: Fotografiegeschichte der Abstraktion, Cologne 2019
Edgar Lissel et al. (ed.): RESET THE APPARATUS! A Survey of the Photographic, Vienna 2019
Philipp Goldbach: Foto/grafie. Motiv und Metapher der Schrift in der Fotografie, Paderborn 2018
Florian Ebner / Christin Mueller (ed.): Farewell Photography, Biennale fuer aktuelle Fotografie, Cologne 2017
Philipp Goldbach: bound to arrive as intruders, StrzeleckiBooks, Cologne 2016
The Thinking Machine. Ramon Lull and the Ars Combinatoria, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona 2016
Walter Grasskamp: The Book on the Floor. André Malraux and the Imaginary Museum, Los Angeles 2016
Philipp Goldbach: Artist Portfolio, in: EIKON, Int. Magazine for Photography and Media Art, #96, 2016
Isabella Smith: Philipp Goldbach’s Meditations On Changing Technology, artsy, 04.02.2016
Philipp Goldbach: Ars Lingua Universalis, Annely Juda Fine Art, London 2016
Kunstraum Alexander Buerkle – Sammeln um zu sehen, Ege Kunst- & Kulturstiftung, Freiburg 2015
Bernd Stiegler: Photographische Portraits, Paderborn 2015
Steffen Siegel: Belichtungen. Zur fotografischen Gegenwart, Munich 2014
Philipp Goldbach: Read Only Memory, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden 2014
Ruth Horak: The Analogue Turn, in: EIKON, Int. Magazine for Photography and Media Art, #88, 2014
ars viva 2011/12 – Sprache/language, Ostfildern 2011
Philipp Goldbach: Blackboards and Micrographs, Annely Juda Fine Art, London 2010
Institutionel Collections
Centre Pompidou, Paris
DZ BANK Kunststiftung, Frankfurt am Main
Freybe Collection, Vancouver
Galerie fuer Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
Kunsthalle Bremerhaven
Kunsthaus NRW, Kornelimuenster
Paul Ege Art Collection, Freiburg
Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Mudam Luxembourg
Pangaea Stichting, Amsterdam
Sk Stiftung Kultur Cologne
Spall-Art, Salzburg
Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Teutloff Photo + Video Collection, Bielefeld
Hessisches Landesmuseum, Museum Wiesbaden