BIOGRAPHY
Friederike von Rauch (b. 1967 in Freiburg) lives and works in Berlin.
Trained as a silversmith and later in industrial design at the Universität der Künste Berlin, she is now a visual artist working primarily with photography. Her work explores space, atmosphere, stillness, and light—through reduction and concentration. Her photographs have been shown internationally, including at Haus am Kleistpark Berlin, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Berlinische Galerie, Goethe-Institut Paris, MARTa Herford, and i8 Gallery Reykjavík. Her works are held in major private and public collections, including the German Bundestag, Deutsche Bank, and the Hess Art Collection.

EDUCATION
1992–1997 – Industrial Design, Universität der Künste Berlin, Germany
1987–1990 – Silversmithing Apprenticeship, Kaufbeuren, Germany

GRANTS, SCHOLARSHIPS & AWARDS
2024 – Grant, Töpfer Stiftung
2023 – Presentation Grant for Visual Arts, Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin
2022 – Research Scholarship, Senate Department for Culture and Europe, Berlin
2022 – Neustart Grant for Visual Artists, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn
2021 – Art Program “EEW-ART”, EEW Group, Germany
2014 – Nomination, German Photo Book Award, In Secret (Sieveking Verlag)
2010 – Finalist, Gabriele Münter Award
2009 – Winner, DAM Architectural Book Award, Neues Museum (Hatje Cantz Verlag)
2009 – Nomination, German Photo Book Award, Neues Museum (Hatje Cantz Verlag)

RESIDENCIES
2019 – Potter’s House, Mallorca, Spain
2018 – Abbazia di San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, Italy
2016 – House Van Wassenhove, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium
2015 – Abdij Roosenberg, Belgium
2014 – Couvent de la Tourette, Éveux, France
2010 – Hafnarborg Museum for Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
2008 – Baer Art Centre, Iceland
2007 – The Flemish-Dutch House deBuren, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2006 – The Flemish-Dutch House deBuren, Brussels, Belgium

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 – Dunkelschimmer, Galerie Commeter, Persiehl & Heine, Hamburg, Germany
2022 – Kunstverein Lippe, Schloss Detmold, Germany
2019 – Insgeheim, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin, Germany
2019 – 10 Jahre Neues Museum, DCA Showroom, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Insgeheim, Goethe-Institut, Paris, France
2017 – In Seclusion, ITO Projektraum, Stuttgart, Germany
2016 – Enclosure, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 – Friederike von Rauch, De Garage, Mechelen, Belgium
2015 – Carte Blanche, Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam, Germany
2015 – Nachkriegsmoderne, Deutsche Oper, Berlin, Germany
2014 – Snid (with Eggert Pétursson), i8 Gallery, Reykjavík, Iceland
2013 – In Secret, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2013 – Sleeping Beauties, Forum für Fotografie, Cologne, Germany
2012 – Sleeping Beauties, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2011 – New Works, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
2010 – Sites, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2009 – Friederike von Rauch, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
2008 – Brussels, Kabinet van Cultuur, Brussels, Belgium
2007 – 90daysrotterdam, deBuren, Flemish-Dutch House, Brussels, Belgium
2006 – Brussels, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 – Stand der Dinge, KIM, Herzfelde/Templin, Uckermark, Germany
2025 – What Keeps You Going?, DRJ Art Project, Berlin, Germany
2024 – Chez Berlin, Museo Internacional del Barroco, Puebla, Mexico
2024 – Bright Days Ahead, Galerie Commeter, Persiehl & Heine, Hamburg, Germany
2023 – Chez Icke, Ortstermin, Kunstverein Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
2023 – Chez Icke, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2023 – Century: Idee Bauhaus, Sammlung Schroth, Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest, Germany
2023 – Century: Idee Bauhaus, Sammlung Schroth, Dubniczay Palace, Veszprém, Hungary
2023 – Mikrokosmos Westberlin, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2022 – Art & Nature, Marsano, Berlin, Germany
2021 – Trauma, Triennale Brugge, Bruges, Belgium
2021 – Upspace. Multiples and Series, DRJ Art Project, Berlin, Germany
2020 – Moderne und Refugium, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany
2020 – Art Brussels @ Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2020 – 100xBerlin, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2019 – Was vergeht – was bleibt, Collection of the German Bundestag, Berlin, Germany
2019 – Hyper, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
2019 – Century: Idee Bauhaus, DRJ Art Project, Berlin, Germany
2019 – Schönheit gegen Gewalt, Werkstattgalerie, Berlin, Germany
2018 – Substance, DRJ Art Project, Berlin, Germany
2018 – Prikkels, Museum Dr. Guislain, Ghent, Belgium
2018 – Decade, Dr. Julius I AP, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Dom Hans van der Laan: VAI, deSingel, Antwerp, Belgium
2017 – Happyland, Scotty Projektraum, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Start Up. Multiples and Series, Dr. Julius I AP, Berlin, Germany
2017 – Architecture + Abstraction, 68projects, Berlin, Germany
2016 – Formes du Silence, Couvent de La Tourette, Éveux, France
2016 – Papier!, 68projects, Berlin, Germany
2016 – Berlin Raum Radar, Neue West Berlin, Germany
2016 – Geheimnis, Kunstverein KunstHaus Potsdam, Germany
2016 – Zeitgeist, CCBB & Goethe-Institut, Brasília, Brazil
2016 – Zeitgeist, CCBB & Goethe-Institut, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2016 – Accrocharge, Dr. Julius I AP, Berlin, Germany
2015 – In Between, German Embassy, Washington, D.C., USA
2015 – Radikal Modern, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2015 – Zeitgeist, CCBB & Goethe-Institut, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2015 – The Pistil’s Waltz, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 – 10, Halle am Berghain, Berlin, Germany
2014 – Traces of Creation, Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
2014 – Hoge Horizon Bruegelland, Stedelijk Museum, Lier, Belgium
2013 – Piece of Cake, Format Photography Festival, Derby, England
2013 – Present Tense, Future Perfect, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2012 – Ashes and Gold, MARTa Herford, Germany
2012 – Ashes and Gold, Museum Schloss Moyland, Germany
2011 – Insight, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2011 – Erfundene Künstler, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany
2011 – Architektur + Fotografie, Architektur Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2011 – Water, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2010 – Neue Werke 2010, Kommunale Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2010 – Gabriele Münter Prize 2010, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
2010 – Gabriele Münter Prize 2010, Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany
2008 – Interiors, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2008 – Festival Voies Off, Rencontres d’Arles, Arles, France
2008 – 51 Celebrates, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2006 – 90daysbrussels, deBuren, Flemish-Dutch House, Brussels, Belgium
2006 – Golab Grande Show, Monat der Fotografie, Berlin, Germany
2006 – Été de la Photographie, Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
2006 – Talking Cities, Zeche Zollverein, Essen, Germany
2005 – White on White, Liike Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2002 – KunstWinter-Berlin, Kunstwelt e.V., Berlin, Germany

COLLECTIONS
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Germany
Bundesrat, Germany
German Bundestag, Berlin, Germany
Deutsche Bank Collection, Germany
Allreal Photo Collection, Switzerland
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Germany
Investitionsbank Berlin, Germany
Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg, Germany
Royal Dutch Collection, The Netherlands
The Flemish-Dutch House deBuren, Belgium
Hafnarborg Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
The Hess Art Collection, Switzerland
Wienerberger Photo Collection, Austria
EEW Art Collection, Germany
Spallart Collection, Austria
and in numerous private collections worldwide

ARTWORK IN FEATURE FILMS
The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018), directed by Fede Alvarez
Homeland, Season 5 (2015), Showtime
A Most Wanted Man (2013), directed by Anton Corbijn
The Ghost Writer (2010), directed by Roman Polanski
The Bourne Supremacy (2004), directed by Paul Greengrass

ARTWORK IN MUSIC
Rauch (2017), A-Ton
Dettmann II (2013), Ostgut Ton
Dettmann (2010), Ostgut Ton

LECTURES
2025 – Guest Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany
2024 – Guest Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany
2024 – Guest Lecturer, AA Visiting School Neuendorf House, Mallorca, Spain
2022 – Guest Lecturer, University of Applied Sciences Potsdam, Germany
2022 – Lecture on Atmospheric Dimensions of Photography of Spaces, Die Hegge, Germany
2010 – Lecture, Iceland Academy of Arts, Reykjavík, Iceland
2010 – Lecture, Hafnarfjörður Centre of Culture and Fine Art, Iceland
2009 – Lecture, Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Antwerp, Belgium
2009 – Symposium Speaker, Heinle & Wischer and Partner Architects, Berlin, Germany

ART FAIRS
2025 – Art Brussels, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2022 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2021 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2019 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2018 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2017 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2017 – Photo London, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2016 – Photo London, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 – Photo London, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2015 – Art Brussels, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 – Unseen Photo Fair Amsterdam, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 – Art Brussels, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2014 – Art Paris, La Galerie Particulière, Paris, France
2014 – Art Rotterdam, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2013 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2013 – Paris Photo, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2013 – SP Arte São Paulo, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2013 – Art Brussels, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 – Paris Photo, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2012 – Fotofever, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2012 – Viennafair, Galerie FeldbuschWiesner, Berlin, Germany
2011 – Viennafair, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
2010 – Art Brussels, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2010 – Viennafair, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
2009 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2009 – Art Brussels, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2009 – Photo Madrid, Galerie Kunstagenten, Berlin, Germany
2007 – Art Cologne, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2007 – Photo London, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium
2007 – Paris Photo, Gallery Fifty One, Antwerp, Belgium

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY/LOCATION SCOUTING
2009 – The International, directed by Tom Tykwer, Sony Pictures
2009 – Mr. Nobody, directed by Jaco van Dormael, Pan Européenne
2009 – Pandorum, directed by Christian Alvart, Constantin Film
2009 – Desert Flower, directed by Sherry Horman, Desert Flower Filmproduktion
2008 – The Reader, directed by Steven Daldry, The Weinstein Company
2008 – Speed Racer, directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski, Warner Bros. Pictures
2005 – V for Vendetta, directed by Andy & Larry Wachowski, Warner Bros. Pictures
2005 – Flightplan, directed by Robert Schwentke, Touchstone Pictures
2004 – The Bourne Supremacy, directed by Paul Greengrass, Universal Pictures
2004 – Beyond the Sea, directed by Kevin Spacey, Quality International
2004 – Around the World in 80 Days, directed by Frank Coraci, Walden Media
2002 – Equilibrium, directed by Kurt Wimmer, Miramax Films
2001 – Enemy at the Gates, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Mandalay Pictures

VOLUNTEER WORK
2022–Present – Cultural Advisory Board, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Berlin, Germany
2023–Present – Volunteer, Distribution Center, BERLINER TAFEL, Berlin, Germany

“Friederike von Rauch has found a subtle and differentiated language reflecting her highly concentrated working method. Her photographic minimalism—marked by extreme reduction and absence of narrative—creates an impression of dreamlike emptiness and timelessness. With context almost entirely withheld, the viewer is left to rely on minimal clues. Each image stands on its own, yet together they reveal spaces in our reality we might otherwise overlook. Her photographs shape our perception as we begin to see through her visual language.”
— Andres Lepik