Guido Klumpe - Vita and CV

1971    
Born in Osnabrück, Germany

Visually impaired. Blind on left side, 25% sight 
on right eye

​1993 Photographic study trip through Southeast Asia


1994-1998 Organization of workshops on portrait photography and photo development 


1998 Diploma in "Social Work", focus on work pedagogy,

2006  Working and living in Hanover, Germany


2017 Restart of autodidactic photographic work
 

EXHIBITIONS:

Single and double exhibitions:
​2024
   Current: „Minimal City“, „Style Hannover“ e.V., Schwarzer Bär 4 - 3th floor, Hanover​, Germany
   24. Feb - 30. April: „(People in) Urban Landscapes“, "Home of X Gallery“, Nuremberg
  June 13 - August 31: "Forwards to Backwards - Photographic research trip through Hanover"
   as part of the project "Knäuel  Kulturdreieck" of the city of Hanover​
   27. September -: "Essence of the urban", Galerie INTREAL, Hamburg, Germany. Vernissage: 1.11.2024

2023
   "Ins Blaue III-Architecture and contempary art" Hanover
   Guest artist at the "Jesteburger Bürger*innen-Akademie für Kunst in öffentlichen Räumen", Jesteburg
   "Das Gemeinsame im Verschiedenen", Gallery "vom Zufall und vom Glück", Hanover.
   
"Urban Conundrums", „Gallery space BugeSchäfer", Hanover
   "Urban fragments", "Studio Stadt", Hanover
   "Minimal City", "Style Hannover" e.V.
   "The enigmatic in the everyday", "Kunstraum Benther Berg", Benthe ​

2022
   "People in urban landscapes", art space "J3FM"  

2020 
   "People in urban Landscapes", Ministry of the Interior Hanover 

2019 
   "People in urban landscapes", space for photography, Hanover

Group exhibitions:
2024
   28. Feb - 5. March: Xposure Festival, Sharjah, UAE
   10.-12. March: „Image Nation“, New York, USA
   1. June - 6. October, 25th NordArt Art Festival, Büdelsdorf, Germany
   3. August - 15. August "SVi Artistic Street Photography Exhibition", Taipei City Arts Promotion Office, Taiwan
   29. October - 7. November: „Humans Landscapes“,  Millepiani Galerie, Rom, Italia

2023
   "Lost in", art space J3FM, Hanover
   "Neu im BBK", group exhibition, Eisfabrik, group exhibition, Hanover
   "49th Detmold Art Days", group exhibition, Detmold
   "free. go. open. away“m BBK, Hanover
   "Street sans frontieres 2023", Galerie Joseph le Palais, Paris ​

2022
   "Street sans frontieres 2022", Galerie Joseph le Palais, Paris
   "From the street - for the street" Co-organizer of the charity open air exhibition for the benefit of homeless people
   "Treviso Photographic Festival", Treviso, Italy
   "24/9 Street", Gallery „J3FM“, Hanover​

2021
   "3rd Digital Autumn Exhibition", Kunstverein Hannover
   "TwoGether", Kunstforum S15, Hanover
   "Photo Kiev Fair-Invisible Lives", Kiev, Ukraine
   "Treviso Photographic Festival", Treviso, Italy​

2020
   "Urban Encouters", Haze Gallery, Berlin

    PRESS:
2024
   HAZ, April 7, 2024: "Seven projects in the cultural triangle: Hanover gets new art in public spaces"​

2023
   DOCU Magazin ´01´2023, Photo gallery
   fotoMAGAZIN, ´02´2023 „Abstract photography" Workshop article
   c´t Fotografie, ´05´2023 „Portfolio Guido Klumpe“, Interview and photo gallery
   NDR-Hallo Niedersachsen, "The photo artist Guido Klumpe"​

2022
   Gate 7-The Travel Podcast, ""It's not how much you see, it's how you see that matters!"
   Style Hannover Magazine, "A two-dimensional world"
   SAT 1 Regional, Jan. 17, 2022, "Guido Klumpe-Art with Handicap"
   RTL Regional, "On the road with the almost blind photographer Guido Klumpe"
   "Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung Print", "The special look"
   "Neue Presse Hannover": "Almost blind and still a photographer: Guido Klumpe lives his dream"
   Almalusa.org "Less is More II. The minimalist photography book", Editor: Jorge Pinto
   Pictures Magazine, ´9´2022 „Juxtapositions“ Workshop-article

2021
   Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung Online, "Guido Klumpe: Almost blind, but a successful photographer".
   TV channel "H1", magazine show about "Urban Art" by "Exporter". To be seen on the home page here
   Minimalist Photography Awards, "Annual Book 2021"
   Almalusa.org "Less is More. The minimalist photography book", publisher: Jorge Pinto
   Eyeshot Magazine, April 2021, portrait and photo series
   All About Photography, "Best modern photographers of April 2021"
   The Times, April 06, 2021, "In pictures-Winner of the All about photography magazine awards"
   Open Eye magazine, issue 01/21, photo gallery
   Streetphotography Berlin, "These Street Photographers from Germany will rule in 2021"
   "Swiss Street Collective", interview and photo spread
   Magazine Radius/30 Issue 01/2021, Portrait
   Inoventa Awards, Annual Book, 2020
   CHIIZ Magazine, issue 45, December 2020, photo spread
   Minimalist photography awards, Annual Book 2020

2019
   Street Sweeper Magazine, issue #5 "In Color - The best 101 Photographers"
   Streetphotography Foundation, gallery of the best street photographers
   SOS-Soul of Street, issue #24, interview and photo spread
   EYE-Photomagazine, issue #06: cover, interview and photo gallery

2018
   Lensculture, photo spread

AWARDS:
At least honourable mention or selected.

   Lensculture Critics Choice Award 2022
   Paris Street Photography Award 2023, 2022, 2021 2020
   Minimalist Photography Awards 2023, 2022, 2021 2020
   Fine Art Photo Awards 2024, 2022
   Siena Photo Awards 2024
   BNW Minimalism Awards 2024
   Brussel street photography Festival 2024
   Urban Photo Awards 2022, 2021
   German Streetphotography Festival 2019,
   All about Photography Awards 2022 and 2021
   Winner of Duane Michals MA-g Awards 2022
   Le prix de la Photography de Paris, 2020

PUBLICATIONS
   Art calendar "Hannover Minimal", 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
   "Photography in the city", Rheinwerk-Verlag, Bonn, 2022, ISBN: 3836286807 

COLLABORATIONS
   BenQ Germany
   Xiaomi World
   Fujifilm Germany
   ArtXville Germany
   White Wall Germany
   Artothek Hannover

MEMBERSHIPS:
    Association of Visual Artists (BBK) Germany   
    Unposed Society Hannover, Streetphotogrphy-Collective, Founding Member
   "VG-Bild Kunst"