1. Wolfgang Tillmans

2. Background He was born in Remscheid Germany on August 15, 1968. He grew up taking pictures and writing in journals since the age of six. He lived and worked in Hamburg till the end of the 1980s before moving to England.

3. Education From 1990 to 1992 he studied at Bournemouth and Poole college of Art. Most of his learning was done as a boy on his own though.

4. Personal life Wolfgang tries to keep his personal life private. The few things that we do know are very personal like that he just got out of rehab which he checked himself into and that he is not married. He tries to live by the quote “love is life, and life is love.”

5. Photography He uses his art to challenge the modern world. His art work is very intimate and evocative in his still life photographs mainly. They are often captured in seemingly casual poses or focus in on objects or people in everyday life that are usually overlooked. Many of his paintings also create allusions.

6. Interesting Facts Tillmans’ work has been the subject of many publications including Burg, Portraits, View from above, Truth study center, and most recently Manual. They’re have also been many catalogues published about him and his artwork. He invented a presentational practice that makes space objects seem more dynamic and help have a more specific space venue.

7. timeline 1968- Born in Remscheid, Germany 1987- Lived and worked in Hamburg, Germany 1990 – 1992 Studied at Bournemouth & Poole College of Art and Design, Bournemouth, England 1992 - 1994 Lived and worked in London 1994 - 1995 Lived and worked in New York City 1995 - ars viva Prize from the Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft 1995 Böttcherstrasse Prize, Bremen 1995 - 1996 Worked for three months in Berlin 1998 - 1999 Guest professorship at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (School of Fine Arts) in Hamburg 2000 -Turner Prize winner 2001- Honorary Fellow, The Arts Institute at Bournemouth, Großbritannien 2003- Professor, Städelschule Frankfurt/Main 1996 - present Lives and works in London

8. Exhibitions 1997 - hale-Bopp, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Art Cologne, Cologne 1998 - Fruiciones, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, Espacio Uno, Madrid (cat.) 1999 Soldiers – The Nineties, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York (cat.) 2000- Galerie Rüdiger Schötte (with Thomas Ruff), Munich 2001 - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York 2002- Lights (Body), Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York 2003- “if one thing matters, everything matters”, Tate Britain, London (catalogue) 2004- Regen Projects, Los Angeles 2005 Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid 2006 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, May 20 – August 20, 2006 (traveling) 2007- Camera Austria, Graz, Austria, July 7 – September 9, 2007 2008- Maureen Paley, London

9. references Works Cited harvard university art museums. 5 Dec. 2007. hirshorn. 5 Dec. 2007. the-artist. 5 Dec. 2007. wikapedia. 5 Dec. 2007.