Biography
Born 1951 in Bremerhaven, Germany.
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany.
Education
2000
Started to work independently as an artist
1988
Begin working as self-employed advertising photographer
1980
Started studies in the theory of photography and media
Begin of the documentary long-term study:
“Das menschliche Abbild in der Werbung im öffentlichen Raum”
(The Human Image in Advertising in Public Space)
1977 – 1980
Emigrated to Canada
1974 – 1976
Training for advertising photography, Cologne
Grants and Awards
2009 – 2012
Artist in Residence, Los Angeles, California, USA
2002
Toyota Art Prize, Cologne
2001
Peter Keetmann-Preis, Hamburg (Volkswagen Foundation)
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
No borders. No clocks. No deadlines., Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
2016
Max Regenberg. Urban decorations – die dekorierte Stadt, SK-Stifung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
2015
Max Regenberg, Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
Max Regenberg. Billboards, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
2014
Max Regenberg. L’Usage Du Paysage, Centre de la photographie, Geneva, Switzerland
Max Regenberg. Fair Use, Fondation A Stichting, Brussels, Belgium
2013
Max Regenberg. Der Gebrauch der Landschaft, Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany
2012
Max Regenberg. M Come To Where, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
2011
Max Regenberg. M Come to Where, Galerie f5,6, Munich, Germany
2007
Max Regenberg, PAN, Emmerich, Germany
2004
Max Regenberg, Rotonda Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Max Regenberg, Kulturhaus Osterfeld, Pforzheim, Germany
Max Regenberg, Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg Hau, Germany
2002
Max Regenberg, Städtische Galerie, Iserlohn, Germany
Max Regenberg, c/o Berlin, Berlin, Germany
2001
Max Regenberg, Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne, Germany
2000
Max Regenberg, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Max Regenberg. Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
BOOKS. An exhibition of books about art and art about books, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
Emotion and Structure, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
Subject and Object, Photo Rhine Ruhr, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
2018
Doing the Document. Photographs from Diane Arbus to Piet Zwart, The Bartenbach Donation, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Streetwise, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
2017
Everything Happens Somewhere – Landschaftsstrategien, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
Bilderstrom – Der Rhein und die Fotografie 2016-1853, LVR LandesMuseum, Bonn, Germany
Innere Sicherheit / The State I am in #1, Photoszene Festival, Kunsträume am Ebertplatz, Cologne, Germany
Advertisement. The Art of Communication, Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2016
Neuen Editionen, Kunstverein Bremerhaven e.V., Bremerhaven, Germany
2013
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival 2013, Field of Vision, Toronto, Canada
2007
Stadt-Bild-Köln, Fotografische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
2006
New Talents, Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Emprise Art Award 2006, Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany
2004
Von Körpern und anderen Dingen – Deutsche Fotografie von der Weimarer bis zur Berliner Republik, Moscow House of Photography, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow, Russia and Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
2003
Von Körpern und anderen Dingen – Deutsche Fotografie von der Weimarer bis zur Berliner Republik, City Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic and Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
2002
Museum der Arbeit, Hamburg, Germany
2000
Stadtkunst, Bonn, Germany
Selected Bibliography
2014
Max Regenberg. Billboards, exh. cat., Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
2011
Max Regenberg. M Come To Where, White Press
2009
The La Brea Matrix, Cologne, Schaden Verlag, Bonn, Germany
2005
Max Regenberg. Retrospektive, exh. cat., Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau, Germany
2003
Von Körpern und anderen Dingen – Deutsche Fotografie von der Weimarer bis zur Berliner Republik, exh. cat., Heidelberg, Germany
2001
Max Regenberg, Paul Schwer, exh. cat., Gothaer Kunstforum, Cologne, Germany
2000
Max Regenberg. Power is nothing without control – Plakat und öffentlicher Raum, Eine fotografische Langzeitstudie, Ausstellungshalle Alte Rotation, Schaden Verlag, Bonn, Germany
Public Collections
Museum Ludwig, Cologne (Collection Bartenbach)
Städtische Galerie, Iserlohn
Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg
KMS Fine Art Group, Baar, Switzerland
