Born in Landshut, Germany, 1966

Education
- Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Germany (Advanced Degree in Photography, 1988-92)
- Lette-Verein Berlin, Germany
(Degree in Photography, 1986-1988)

Statement

Obscuring the line between daily life and artistic production, I create photographic sketches as a daily exercise: photographic paper is exposed to a range of everyday objects and rituals, recording passages of time rather than moments.

Daily experiences provide the basis for a process of re-personalization: a transformation of the familiar qualities of mundane items and ideas.

Working solely with commercially available black-and-white photo paper, I investigate the sensibilities beyond the materials predetermined usage. (Like any other consumer good, photographic paper comes with instructions and implications.)

These images are fabricated without the use of a camera by either employing the technique of the photogram (bringing the object in physical contact with the paper when exposing it to light) or by subjecting the paper itself to a range of erosive treatments.

  Images

1. from Tomorrow Never Comes, 1996 - silver gelatin paper (photogram) - 18"x14"

2. Untitled (Strike), 1997 - silver gelatin paper, burned - 18"x14"

3. Untitled (Hole), 1998 - silver gelatin paper, 18"x14"

4. Untitled (Sauce), 1998 - silver gelatin paper, 18"x14"

5. Untitled (Chair), 1998 - silver gelatin paper, 7"x5

2000
For Now, Esso Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Subject to Change, Hänel Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

1998
Das Nacheinander der Dinge, Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Next to Nothing, Gina Fiore Salon of Fine Arts, New York, NY
Tomorrow Never Comes, Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York, NY

1997
E/Z, Halsey Gallery, School of the Arts, Charleston, SC
Aufzeichnungen, Galerie Lichtblick, Cologne, Germany
Von Einem Tag Zum Andern, Kunsthaus Fischinger, Stuttgart, Germany
E/Z, Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

1995
Notizen aus dem abgelaufenen Beobachtungszeitraum, Galerie Frank Hänel, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

1994
Sprachsturz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe/Forum Fotografie, Hamburg, Germany
Il Mondo Animale, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

1999
...Imagine!, Galerie Haus Schneider, Ettlingen-Karlsruhe, Germany
Barely There, Janet Borden Gallery, New York, NY
Low Tech, The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Marco Breuer and Ellen Carey, Traywick Gallery, Berkeley, NY
Phenomena, Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, CA

1998
Selections from the Permanent Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Aspects of Photography, Esso Gallery, New York, NY and Sara Meltzer's on view..., New York, NY (with Jennifer Bolande)
Photo-, Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany
Male, Wessel+O'Connor Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Vince Aletti)

1997
Kit, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY (two person show with Steven Brower)
Diverse Visions//photographic perspectives, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

1996
Art on Paper 1996, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, NC
By Any Means, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
Der zerteilte Blick, DuMont Kunsthalle, Köln, Germany
The Nature of Light, Joyce Goldstein Gallery, New York, NY
Selections Summer '96, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Photoworks, Omni Gallery, Long Island, NY
Incestuous, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY

1995
Fairytale in the Supermarket, Fotofeis, Festival of Photography, Edinburgh, Scotland
Collaborations, Kamin Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

1994
Autoparticulates, Metropolitan Transit Authority/Arts for Transit, New York, NY (installation with Steven Brower)
Photography in an Extended Field, White Columns, New York, NY (curated by Bill Arning)
Breuer/Chamber, changing installation in Chamber 2, New York, NY
Essential Material: Selected Book Projects at Dieu Donnè Papermill, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA

1993
Borderlines and Ansichten von Alexandra S., Deutsche Fototage/Festival of Photography, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Essential Material: Selected Book Projects at Dieu Donné Papermill, HarperCollins, New York, NY

2000
Book: Marco Breuer - Pattern and Practice, with fiction by Peter Cameron, postscript by Uli Bohnen, Rosenfeld Verlag, Munich/Frankfurt, Germany, 106 pages, ill.
Catalogue: Marco Breuer - For Now, Esso Gallery, New York, NY, 16 pages, ill.

1999
Marco Breuer - European Photography, Number 64/65, pp.20-25, ill.
Steven Jenkins - Phenomena, Camerawork, Spring/Summer, pp.33-35
Glen Helfand - Marco Breuer, Ellen Carey, San Francisco Bay Guardian, March 10, p.95
Rob Peree - Marco Breuer, Kunstbeeld, February, pp.34-37, ill.
Faye Hirsch - Rethinking Genres in Contemporary Photography, Art on Paper, January-February, pp.26-29, ill.

1998
Robert C.Morgan - Marco Breuer, Review, May 15, pp.20-21
John Born - Marco Breuer - Next to Nothing, Review, May 15, p.29
Bill Arning - Marco Breuer - Tomorrow Never Comes, TimeOut NY, February 12-19, p.49, ill.
Vince Aletti - Marco Breuer, The Village Voice, Voice Choices - Short List, February 3, p.3
Dominique Nahas - Marco Breuer, Review, February 1, p.11

1997
Andreas Lange - Versteckspiel - Marco Breuer bei Fischinger, Stuttgarter Zeitung, March 24, p.11, ill.
Sandra Danicke - Das Abbild der Spucke - Marco Breuer's Photogramme in der Galerie Hänel, Frankfurter Rundschau, March 13, p.25, ill.
Catalogue: Diverse Visions//photographic perspectives, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA, p.4, ill.

1996
Helen A. Harrison - Photoworks - Omni Gallery, The New York Times, July 21, p.10, ill.
Catalogue: Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, Greensboro, NC, p.14, ill.

1995
Wilhelm Roth - Schrecken gehört zum Märchen, Fotoinstallation von Marco Breuer, Franfurter Rundschau, August 29, p.21, ill.
Anna Gripp - Marco Breuer - Anonymous, Photonews - Zeitung für Photographie, February, pp.16-17, ill.
Catalogue: Artist in the Marketplace, Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY

1994
Catalogue: Marco Breuer - Sprachsturz, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany, 36 pages, ill.
Wilhelm Roth - Lichtermeer und Schattenwelt - Arbeiten von Peter Roehr und Marco Breuer, Franfurter Rundschau, September 2, p.25, ill.
Marco Breuer - Not That I Know, Camera Austria, Vol.47/48, p.101, ill.
Anna Gripp - Il Mondo Animale - Ein Fotoprojekt von Marco Breuer, Photonews - Zeitung für Photographie, March, pp.8-9, ill.

1993
Catalogue: Borderlines, Deutsche Fototage, Frankfurt, Germany, pp.32-33, ill.

1999
Spatial Interest, The Work Space, New York, NY

1998
Der Zweifel in der Darstellung, Villa Minimo, Hannover, Germany (curated with Hlynur Hallsson)

1997
Face Value, PS 122 Gallery, New York, NY

1996
Austerity Measures, 214 Lafayette, New York, NY (curated with Steven Brower)