Elger Esser

Né en 1967, vit et travaille à Dusseldorf

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Elger Esser, Cap Breton, 2025, Dry Ink, silver coated copper plate, shellac, 60 x 80 x 4 cm, Ed. 3 + 1AP

Elger Esser

Né en 1967, vit et travaille à Dusseldorf

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Elger Esser © Nicolas Cattelain

Elger Esser
Arromanches-les-Bains IV, France, 2012
C-Print, Diasec Face, 139 x 183 x 5cm, 5/7 +1 AP

Elger Esser
Cap Breton, 2025
Dry Ink, silvered copper plate, shellack, 60 x 80 x 4 cm, Ed. 3

Elger Esser
Pont du Gard, 2025
Dry ink, silvered copper plate, shellack, 33 x 43 x 4 cm, Ed. 3

Elger Esser
Fort Louvois, 2014
Dry ink on silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3

Elger Esser
Villerville III, 2019
Dry ink, silver coated copper plate, shellac, 47 x 62 x 5 cm, Ed. 1/3 +1 AP

Elger Esser
Ile d'Arun, 2019
Dry ink, silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 47 x 62 x 4cm

Elger Esser, Lago di Como, 2025
Dry Ink, versilberte Kupferplatte, Schellack, 33 x 43 x 5 cm, Edition 3 (+1 AP)

Elger Esser
Bages II 2024
Dry Ink, silvered copper plate, shellack, 60 x 80 x 4 cm, Ed. 3

Elger Esser
Etang du Bateguier I, 2020
Dry ink, silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 26,5 x 33 x 4 cm

Elger Esser, Peyrac II, 2024
Dry ink, silvered coated copper plate, shellac, framed, 42 x 32 x 5 cm, Ed. 1/3

Elger Esser
Hoquiam II, USA, 2007
C-Print, Diasec Face, 143,5 x 184 x 5 cm, 7/7 + 1AP

Elger Esser
La Nautique II, 2024
silver coated copper plate, dry ink, shellac, framed, 26 x 33 x 5cm, Ed. 2/3

Elger Esser
Capbreton III, 2025
Kupferplatte versilbert, Directprint, Schellack, 60 x 80 x 5 cm, 1/3

Elger Esser
Locquemeaux, 2023
Dry ink on silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 33 x 43 x 5cm, 1/3

Mont Saint Michel-Marée montante, 2022
Kupferplatte versilbert, Directprint, Schellack, gerahmt
44 x 58 x 4 cm, Ed. 1/3

Elger Esser
Mont Saint Michel - Young man by the sea, 2023
Dry ink on silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3

Elger Esser
Mont Saint Michel, Grande marée, Nuit, 2023
Dry ink on silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 71 x 95 x 5 cm, 1/3

Elger Esser
Villerville, 2023
Dry ink on silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3

Elger Esser
Grouin du Sud, 2023
Dry ink on silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3

Elger Esser
Folie Siffait I, 2024/25
Dry Ink, silvered copper plate, oil paint, varnish, framed, 33 x 43 x 4 cm, ed. 3

Elger Esser
Folie Siffait II, 2024/25
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, oil paint, varnish, 33 x 43 x 4 cm, ed. 3

Elger Esser
Château de Bagatelle, I, 2022
Dry Ink, silvered copper plate, oil paint, varnish, 48 x 38 cm, Ed. 3

Elger Esser
Château de Bagatelle, II, 2022
Dry Ink, silvered copper plate, oil paint, varnish, 48 x 38 cm, Ed. 3

Elger Esser
Château de Bagatelle, III, 2022
Dry Ink, silvered copper plate, oil paint, varnish, 48 x 38 cm, Ed. 3

Elger Esser
Beaugency III, 2014
Dry ink on silver coated copper plate, shellac, frame, 33 x 43 cm, 1/3

Elger Esser
Les Andelys II, 2018
Inkjet Diasec Face, framed, 142 x 184 cm, 1/7

Mont Saint Michel-Mascaret, 2022
Kupferplatte versilbert, Directprint, Schellack, gerahmt
44 x 58 x 4 cm, 1/3 + 1AP

Mont Saint MIchel IV, 2020
C-Print, Diasec Face, Forex, 184 x 248 cm, Ed. 3/7 + 1 AP 

Plouescat, 2019
Kupferplatte versilbert, Directprint, Schellack, gerahmt
61 x 81 x 4cm, Ed. 2/3

Beaugency II IV Frankreich, 2001 C-Print
Diasec Face
140 x 184 x 5 cm
Ed. 7

Chatressac IV Frankreich, 2011
C-Print, Diasec Face
184 x 241 x 5 cm
Ed. 7

La Blaise 2017
Directprint on silver coated copper plate
33 x 43 x 4 cm
Ed. 3

Moder I, 2016
Kupferplatte versilbert, Directprint, Schellack, gerahmt
26,5 x 34 x 4 cm, Ed. 2/3

Moder II 2016
Kupferplatte versilbert, Directprint, Schellack, gerahmt
33 x 43 x 4 cm, Ed. 2/3 + 1 AP

Elger Esser
Baie de la Somme, Frankreich 2005
C-Print Diasec Face, 186 x 243 x 5cm, Ed. 6/7 +1AP

Elger Esser
See Genezareth I, Israel 2005
C-Print, Diasec Face, 184 x 230,6 x 5cm, Ed. 4/7 +1AP

Elger Esser, Bages II, 2024
Dry ink, silvered coated copper plate, shellac, framed, 60 x 80 x 4 cm, ed. 3 (+1 AP)

Elger Esser, Beaugency III, 2014 
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, varnish, framed 33 x 43 cm, 1/3, 1AP

Elger Esser, Ile d'Arun, 2019
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, varnish, framed 47 x 62 x 4cm, 1/3 + 1AP

Elger Esser, Mont Saint Michel, Grande marée, Nuit, 2023
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, varnish, framed 71 x 95 x 5 cm, 1/3 + 1AP

 

Elger Esser, Mont Saint Michel - Young man by the sea, 2023
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, varnish, framed 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3, 1AP 

Elger Esser, Grouin du Sud, 2023 
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, varnish, framed 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3, 1AP

Elger Esser, Roc'h Gored, 2020
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, varnish, framed 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3, 1AP

Elger Esser, Fort Louvois, 2014
Dry Ink on silvered copper plate, varnish, framed 47 x 62 x 5 cm, 1/3, 1AP

Elger Esser, Mémoire céleste, 2024
@ L’Abbaye de Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandie, France

Elger Esser, Mémoire céleste, 2024
@ L’Abbaye de Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandie, France

Elger Esser "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, 2020

Villerville, 2019
Kupferplatte versilbert, Directprint, Schellack, gerahmt
61 x 81 cm, Ed. 2/3

Installation view Elger Esser, "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, Nov. 2020
Photo: M. Wittassek

Elger Esser "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, 2020

Installation view Elger Esser, "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, Nov. 2020
Photo: M. Wittassek

Elger Esser "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, 2020

Installation view Elger Esser, "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, Nov. 2020
Photo: M. Wittassek

Elger Esser "Paysages Intimes" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, 2018

Elger Esser "Paysages Intimes" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, 2018

Installation view Elger Esser, "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, Nov. 2020
Photo: M. Wittassek

Installation view Elger Esser, "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, Nov. 2020
Photo: M. Wittassek

Installation view Elger Esser, "Grey Le Gray" @ Van der Grinten Galerie, Nov. 2020
Photo: M. Wittassek

Curriculum Vitae

1967 Born in Stuttgart / DE
1969–1986 Elementary school and bachelor in Italy
1996 Masters of Fine art
2006–2009 Professor at Staatlichen Hochschule für Gestaltung (section Medienkunst), Karlsruhe / DE
Currently Lives and works in Düsseldorf / DE

Grants and awards

2016 Oskar-Schlemmer-Preis
2010 Rheinischer Kunstpreis
2001 Deutsches Studienzentrum Venedig
1998 Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst der Stadt Düsseldorf.
DAAD-Reisestipendium „Italien“

Solo Exhibitions (selected)

2026 "Elger Esser. Tempus pingendi – Die Zeit des Malens", Museum Ratingen, DE
"My Days at Rays", Rosegallery Los Angeles, CA, US
2025 "Couleur sur Couleur", Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
"Paysages et autres bagatelles", Bruno Moinard Editions, Paris / FR (November 13 – December 6, 2025)
“Post-Summer”, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, DE
2024 "L’Être du temps", Galerie RX & SLAG, Paris, FR
"Elger Esser, Mémoire céleste", Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel, Normandie, FR
Journées Européennes du Patrimonie, Exposition photo d’Elger Esser, Musée Narbo Via Narbonne, FR
"Die engen Wasser", Haus Beda, Neue Galerie, Bitburg, DE
"Lacus Rubresus", La Maison des Arts, Bages, FR
"According to History", Dominik Mersch Gallery Rushcutters Bay, Australia
2023 "Das stille Sein", Van der Grinten Galerie, Köln, DE
"Le Lys dans la Vallée", Fondation des Artistes, Rotonde Balzac, Hotel Salomon de Rothschild, Paris, FR
"Aestus I", Galerie Kewenig, Pied-à-terre, Berlin-Charllottenburg, DE
"Photographies sur cuivre par Elger Esser", Musée d'art moderne de Fontevraud, FR
2022 "Silberblumen", FLOWERS, Hong Kong
2021 "Elger Esser. So far yet so close", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney / AUS
2020 "Grey Le Gray", Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
"En somme, j'ai vu de l'eau, du soleil, des nuages...", Musée de la Mer, Ile Sainte Marguerite, Cannes / FR (June 26 – Oct. 25, 2020)
"Entre temps et durée", Galerie RX, Paris / FR Nov. 2019 – Jan. 2020
2019 "De Sérignant à Giverny", Tour46, Belfort / FR
"L’autre côte du vent", Elger Esser and Felix Schramm, Kunsthaus Lempertz, Brussels / BE
"Morgenland", Fondation Fernet Branca, Saint-Louis / FR
2018 “Paysages intimes”, Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
2017 “El tiempo en suspenso”, Patio Herreriano, Valladolid
nov / ESP
"Le Nil sur la Loire", Chateau de Chaumont, Domaine Chaumont sur Loire / FR
"Elger Esser - Aetas", Landesgalerie im Landesmuseum, Linz / AU
2016 "zeitigen", Oskar Schlemmer State Prize, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe / DE
"From Shivta to Lifta", Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv / ISR
2015 "Nocturnes à Giverny, Photographies de Elger Esser", Festival Normandie Impressionniste, Galerie Photo du Pôle Image Haute-Normandie, Rouen / FR
2014 The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa / USA
"L’âge d’or", Galerie Kewenig, Berlin/ DE
2012 "Stille Wellen", Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg / DE
2011 "Lichte Weite", LVR-LandesMuseum, Bonn / DE
2010 Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem / NL
2009 "Eigenzeit", Kunstmuseum Stuttgart [ / DE
2008 "Französische Landschaften 1990–2008", FO.KU.S – Foto Kunst Stadtforum, Innsbruck / AU
1999 Sonnabend Gallery, New York / USA
1998 Kunstverein Siegen, Siegen / D
E
1997 Kunstverein Hagen, Hagen / D
E
1995 Kulturbahnhof Eller, Düsseldorf / D
E

Group Exhibitions (selected)

2026 "Monet on the Normandy Coast The Discovery of Étretat", Städel Museum Frankfurt am Main
"The Preview 2026" Dominik Mersh Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2025 Sonnabend Collection @ Palazzo della Ragione, Mantova, IT
2025 "Étretat, par-delà les falaises", Musée des Beaux Arts de Lyon, FR
2025 "Archistories", Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, DE
2025 "Blue Zone", Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
2025 Ostfriesland Biennale, Landesmuseum Kunst + Kultur Oldenburg, DE
2024 "Im Fluss. Eine Geschichte über das Wasser", Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, DE
"FOTO – KUNST – FOTO Von Julia Margeret Cameron bis Elger Esser", Clemens Sels Museum, Neuss, DE
"Im Fluss. Eine Geschichte über das Wasser", Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, DE
"Licht und Schatten made in Düsseldorf #6", NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, DE
2023 "Transformationen: Material & Auflösung", Van der Grinten Galerie, Köln
Never Lost and Always Found Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney, Australia
"Rembrandt en Eau forte with Elger Esser Landscapes", Abbaye de Fontevraud / FR
"Au Milieu des Terres – En carnet de voyages en Méditerranée", Espace Cultural Départemental, Aix-en-Provence / FR
"Landscapes, Florenz & Istanbul", Stiftung Museum Schloss Moyland / DE
"Rosenrot, Grasgrün, Quittengelb", Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall / DE
"Landscape and Psyche", Dominik Mersch Gallery, Sydney
2022 "Earth: A Retrospective. El Ultimo Grito I La Collecció Per Amor A L’art", Bombas Gens Centre d’Art València, ES
"Fantastic Visions", AMoA, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo / USA
"Une histoire de famille", Collection(s) Robelin, Musée d‘Art Contemporain Lyon, FR
"Belonging", The Hunt Museum, Limerick / IE
2021 COLECCIÓN JUMEX: TEMPERATURA AMBIENTE Fundacion Museo Jumex, Mexico City / MX
2020 BLUE, Loushy Art & Projects Tel Aviv / ISR
Sammlung Würth, Die Inszenierung der Natur in Werken der Sammlung Würth, Chur/ CH
The Sonnabend Collection, Remai Modern, Saskatoon / CA
2019 "L’invention d’un monde – Photographies des collections Robelin", FRAC – Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand /FR
"Zwischen Nähe und Distanz: Konstruktion von Wirklichkeiten. Von Goya bis Picasso", Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf / DE
2018 "The Moment is Eternity – Works from the Olbricht Collection", me Collectors Room Berlin / DE
"Light Sensitive 2 – Photography from the Schaufler Collection", Schauwerk Sindelfingen / DE
"As Far as the Eye Can See", Museum Würth, Künzelsau / DE
2017 "Wiesenstück", Van der Grinten Galerie, Köln/ DE
"Luther und die Avantgarde. Zeitgenössische Kunst in Wittenberg, Berlin und Kasse", Altes Gefängnis, Wittenberg / DE
"Water, Clouds, Wind", Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall / DE
2016 "Langmatt, Licht, Libellen - Impressionismus heute?", Museum Langmatt, Baden, Austria
"Aus der Sammlung: Landschaft. Landesgalerie Linz", Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Linz / AU
"Der typologische Blick – Ausstellung für Hilla Becher.", Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung für Kultur, Cologne / DE
"I Prefer Life. Reydan Weiss Collection." Exhibition on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Weserburg, Bremen / DE
"WALD", Van der Grinten Galerie, Cologne / DE
"Gärten der Welt". Museum Rietberg, Zurich, Switzerland
"Monets Gärten. Zeitgenössische Fotografien", Schloss Eutin / CH
"Viehof Collection", Deichtorhallen, Hamburg / DE
2015 "Photographing Monet's Gardens: Five Contemporary Views", Musée des Impressionismes Giverny, Giverny / FR
"Faszination Fotografie", Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg / AU
"Landscape in my Mind - Landscape photography today", Kunstforum Wien, Vienna / AU

Interview with Elger Esser: ‘Beauty is not important; it’s a logical result in my opinion’, 2017 (anglais)

Studio International, by Alexander Glover (30/05/2017)

« Elger Esser, Couleur sur couleur », Van der Grinten Galerie (Nov. 2025 – Jan. 2026)

Elger Esser à propos de son œuvre “140, Saint Malo”, 2014 (Anglais, 5’08 »)

Dans le cadre de l'expo "One Work", Elger Esser échange avec des étudiantes du Skidmore College sur son travail

Elger Esser, Interview @ Paris Photo, 2018 (Anglais, 12’47)

Elger Esser, DE SUBLIME, 2017 (Anglais/Italien), 5’48 »

Fondazione Stelline, Milano

Elger Esser and the heliogravure, 2015 (Anglais/Espagnol), 1’51 »

Elger Esser, titulaire du Master européen en photographie artistique de l'IED Madrid, chez BENVENISTE CP&P

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York / USA
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York / USA
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo / USA
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / NL
Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf / DE
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich / CH
Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris / FR
Centre Pompidou, Paris / FR
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich / DE
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart / DE
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg / AU
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna / AU
DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt / DE
SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena / IT
Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona / ES
LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn / DE
Huis Marseille, Amsterdam / NL
Tang Museum at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs / USA

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