Anne Müchler & Nico Schmitz live and work in Düsseldorf, Germany.

The work of Anne Müchler & Nico Schmitz has been exhibited und published internationally, most recently at Museum Folkwang (Butterland—Delusion of Photography), Clervaux (cité de l'image), Les Rencontres d'Arles, Organ Vida (Zagreb), Seen Fifteen Gallery (London), IPFL (Netherlands). Their first artist book Encounter—Truth Construction was shortlisted at Kassel Dummy Book Award 2017, LUMA Rencontres Dummy Book Award Arles 2017 and UNSEEN Dummy Award 2017.

Anne Müchler and Nico Schmitz received their M.A. in Photography from the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Since 2018, they have taught photography at the Peter Behrens School of Arts, Hochschule Düsseldorf, where they serve as lecturers.

Group Exhibitions

20.10.2019—24.11.2019
Delusion of Photography, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf

12.04.—14.04.2019
Archipelago Projects, LAABF, Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles

30.11.2018—13.1.2019
Butterland — Delusion of Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen

07.04.—15.04.2018
International Photo Festival Leiden, Netherlands

21.10.2017
The Hague Museum of Photography, IPFL Selection

22.—24.09.2017
UNSEEN Dummy Award, Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam

13.—24.09.2017
PHOTOVILLE, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York City

09.—30.09.2017
BURNING WITH PLEASURE, Seen Fifteen Gallery, London 

03.07.—24.09.2017
LUMA RENCONTRES Dummy Book Award Arles, l’Atelier Mécanique, Arles

01.—31.05.2017
THE LIBRARY PROJECT, Photo Ireland Festival, Dublin

05.05.—09.07.2017
FOTOGRAFIA EUROPEA, »Memory, Archive, Future«, Reggio Emilia

08.05.2016—17.05.2017
PICTURALITÉ & GRAPHISME, cité de l'image, Clervaux

2016 REVELATIONS, Organ Vida, 
International Photography Festival, Zagreb

2016 MISZELLEN
Kunstverein Mischpoke e.V., Mönchengladbach

2015 »wir sind hier«,
bild.sprachen Galerie, Gelsenkirchen

2014 C.A.R., Contemporary Art Ruhr
Zollverein, SAANA, Essen

2013 Concrete Poetry, Kunstmuseum Bochum

2013 Düsseldorf Photography Weekend
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Salon des Amateurs

2012—2013 Fieldworks 
BRIDGES Fotoprojekt Berne Park, Bottrop

2012 Sustain/Ability, Ideal und Plan 
Kunstraum Notkirche, Essen

2011 landscaping, Clervaux
Luxemburg Europäischer Monat der Fotografie

2010 ausstellen. bilder. räume. interventionen 
next1, Ruhr2010, Dortmund

2010 Welten am Fluss/Süd, Recklinghausen Süd

2010 Permanently Temporary, Düsseldorf

2009 Strukturwandel, Galerie Lichtblick
(Tina Schelhorn, Wolfgang Zurborn), Köln

2009 Destroy/Create, Kokerei Zollverein, Essen
Sammlung Bridges, Fotoprojekt Emscher Zukunft

2008 4. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg

Education


2013 Anne Müchler & Nico Schmitz
Master of Arts in Photography
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund

2007—2013 Nico Schmitz
Photography Studies at Prof. Susanne Brügger
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund

2004—2007 University of Wuppertal
Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Photography Studies at Prof. Susan Lamèr

2004—2013 Anne Müchler
Photography Studies at Prof. Susanne Brügger
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund