REGINE PETERSEN

Regine Petersen’s practice is located at the intersection of photography and research. In her work she engages with historical events at the tension of their established and neglected narratives, using a variety of materials—her own photographs, archival imagery, literature—to form new relations. She is particularly interested in contradictory perspectives and making hidden histories visible, questioning the relationship between memory, history, storytelling and representation, while challenging photography as a tool of ideological processes.

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  • Find a Fallen Star: Stars Fell on Alabama

Regine Petersen’s practice is located at the intersection of photography and research. In her work she engages with historical events at the tension of their established and neglected narratives, using a variety of materials—her own photographs, archival imagery, literature—to form new relations. She is particularly interested in contradictory perspectives and making hidden histories visible, questioning the relationship between memory, history, storytelling and representation, while challenging photography as a tool of ideological processes.

Regine Petersen (born 1976 in Hamburg, Germany) holds an MA in Fine Art / Photography from the Royal College of Art, London. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at Foam Museum (NL), Rencontres d’Arles (FR), Photoforum Pasquart (CH) and Museum für Fotografie Brunswick (DE). She is a recipient of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Foundation Grant, the Outset/Unseen Exhibition Award, the German Photo Book Award and the Initial Grant of Akademie der Künste.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2023
A Star Like a Sword, Galerie Jo van de Loo, Munich, DE (Solo)
Los Mejores Libros, Photo Espana, Fernan Gomez, Madrid, ES

2021
Open Circle Lived Relation, Roca Umbert, Barcelona, ES

2019
Format: Sleight of Hand, Lishui Art Museum, CN
Le Pong Le Ping, Galerie Jo van de Loo, Munich, DE

2018
Find a Fallen Star, Jantar Mantar Observatorium, Jaipur, IN (Solo)

2017
The Intimate Enemy, Pelagica, Milan, IT
Stiftungspreis Fotokunst, Sammlung Klein, Eberdingen, DE

2016
Son of a God, Museum für Photographie, Brunswick, DE (Solo)
Uncommon Places, Palazzo di Schio, Vicenza, IT
Young Memories, Galerie Episodique, Paris, FR

2015
Find a Fallen Star, Foam Museum, Amsterdam, NL (Solo)
The Indian Iron, Galerie Jo van de Loo, Munich, DE (Solo)
Stars Fell on Alabama, Photoforum Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland (Solo)

2014
Human Nature, Art Collection Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt, DE
Global Photography Europe, Old Factory, Rovinj, HR
All Creatures Small and Great, Galerie Christina Haubs, Munich, DE

2013
Stars Fell on Alabama, POMO Gallery, Milan, IT (Solo)
City of Hamburg Scholarship vor the Visual Arts, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, DE
Das Nahe und die Ferne, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, DE

2012
Stars Fell on Alabama, Rencontres D’Arles, FR (Solo)
Stars Fell on Alabama, Galerie Jo van de Loo, Munich, DE (Solo)
Find a Fallen Star, B2 Institute, Tucson, US (Solo)

2011
To Think About Things, Galerie Jo van de Loo, Munich, DE (Solo)
reGeneration2, Aperture Gallery, New York, US
Exposure 2011, James Hyman Gallery, London, UK

2010
Teaching Photography, Folkwang Museum, Essen, DE
Session_12_Words, Four Boxes Gallery, Skive, DK
Poetry of the Functional, Sächsisches Industriemuseum, Chemnitz, DE

2009
Saatchi New Sensations, A Foundation, London, UK
Shadow of a Doubt, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris, FR
Session_7_Words, Am Nuden Da, London, UK

2008
Off Topic, Ada Gallery, London, UK
gute aussichten, Kunstraum Potsdam, DE

2007
gute aussichten, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, DE
Soiree des Projections, Festival Voies Off, Arles, FR

2006
Pinned up, 3rd Ward, New York, USA
Ein freies Land, Sagerviertel, Neumünster, DE
Das Haar, Galerie Linda, Hamburg, DE (Solo)