SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023

“The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Open Your Eyes Festival: Zürich, Switzerland

“Sleeping Cars” — “Joseph Beuys”
F15 Gallery: Bremen, Germany

2022

“Selected Works”
Galerie STP: Greifswald, Germany

2021

“Friedensreich Hundertwasser”
Galerie Breyer: Baden, Austria

“Beuys-Land: Art and Climate Change”
Outdoor Photo Installation: Kleve, Germany

“Joseph Beuys”
Galerie Breyer: Baden, Austria

2020

“Moscow — Winds of Change”
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo: Baden, Austria

“The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Festival La Gacilly-Baden Photo: Baden, Austria

2019

“Gerd Ludwig — Russia Photographs”
SlovoNovo Forum for Russian Culture: Budva, Montenegro

“The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
ROSPHOTO State Photo Museum: Saint Petersburg, Russia

2016

“Sleeping Cars”
Fahey/Klein Gallery: Los Angeles, CA

“The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Galerie ZAHRADNIK: Prague, Czech Republic

2015

“The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Missouri School of Journalism: Columbia, MO

“Nuclear Tourism”
Visa Pour l’Image: Perpignan, France

2014

“Der lange Schatten von Tschernobyl / The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Photokina: Cologne, Germany

“Der lange Schatten von Tschernobyl / The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien: Vienna, Austria

2013

“Der lange Schatten von Tschernobyl / The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Velodrom, German Green Party Convention: Berlin, Germany

2012

“Joseph Beuys: Reise an den Niederrhein / A Journey Through the Lower Rhine”
Museum Kurhaus Kleve: Kleve, Germany

“Der lange Schatten von Tschernobyl / The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Kunst Haus: Nuremberg, Germany

2011

“Der lange Schatten von Tschernobyl / The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Marinekomplex: Zingst, Germany

“The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Headquarters of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: London, UK

2010

“Peace on Earth or Earth to Pieces”
Galerie Villa Ruh: Zingst, Germany

“Russland – Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
Stadtmuseum Schleswig: Schleswig, Germany

“Moscow Never Sleeps”
FREELENS Galerie: Hamburg, Germany

2007

“Russia – A World Power In Change”
Volkshochschule Chemnitz: Chemnitz, Germany

“International Photography Awards 2006 Lucie Awards Winners”
Farmani Gallery: Beverly Hills, California USA

2006

“Chernobyl – Living with Disaster”
Festival Internazionale della Fotografia Digitale: Lucca, Italy

“The Long Shadow of Chernobyl”
Visa pour l’Image: Perpignan, France

2005

“National Geographic: Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
Volksbank: Lahr, Germany

“Se la Terra diventa l’Inferno – When Earth becomes Hell”
Obiettivo Uomo Ambiente/International Biennial of photojournalism, Viterbo, Italy

2004

“National Geographic: Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
Museum Haus Löwenberg: Gengenbach, Germany

2003

“Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
VHS photogalerie: Stuttgart, Germany

“Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
Lichthof im Landeshaus des Landschaftsverbandes Westfalen-Lippe: Münster, Germany

“Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
Museum der Stadt Berleburg: Berleburg, Germany

2002

“Broken Empire: After the Fall of the Soviet Union”
Visa pour l’Image, Perpignan, France

“Broken Empire: After the Fall of the Soviet Union”
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA

“Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
Haus der Presse, Dresden, Germany

2001

“Russland. Eine Weltmacht im Wandel”
Willy-Brandt-Haus: Berlin, and Gruner+Jahr Pressehaus: Hamburg, Germany

“Fotografien: Russland – Nach dem Ende der Sowjetunion/ Auf den Spuren der Brüder Grimm”
Hohaus Museum: Lauterbach, Germany

2000

“Tödliche Erblast – Zerstörte Umwelt in der ehemligen Sowjetunion,” and
“Auf den Spuren der Brüder Grimm”
Albert-Schweitzer Gymnasium, Alsfeld, Germany

1999

“Soviet Pollution”
NIKON Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany

“Soviet Pollution”
Galerie in der Musikschule/Kunststiftung Poll, Berlin-Mitte, Germany

1998

“Soviet Pollution”
Washington Center for Photography, Washington, D.C., USA

1996

“Gerd Ludwig: Toronto — A National Geographic View”
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada

“Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R 1992-1994”
RAPIC (Russian American Press and Information Center)

“Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R 1992-1994”
Goethe Institut Moskau, Moscow, Russia

“Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the Former U.S.S.R 1992-1994”
FotoCenter Moscow, Moscow, Russia

1995

“Lethal Legacy: Pollution in the Former Soviet Union”
Visa pour l’Image: Perpignan, France

1971

“Ludde Ludwig Fotografien”
Buch 2000, Alsfeld, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2019

“This Was the 2018 Festival”
Photo Festival La Gacilly-Baden: Baden, Austria

2018

“Cold War Spaces”
The Wende Museum
The Armory, Culver City, California

2016

“30 Jahre Kunststiftung Poll”
Galerie der Kunstiftung Poll: Berlin, Germany

“Addressing Climate Change”
C40 Mayor’s Summit: Mexico City, Mexico
Curated by the Lucie Foundation

2015

“COP21 – Paris 2015”
UN Conference on Climate Change: Paris, France
Curated by Hossein Farmani and Susan Baraz

2014

“Power of the Image”
Temple of Heaven: Beijing, China

2011

“The View Project”
Naples Museum of Fine Art: Naples, Florida
Curated by Joyce Tenneson

2009

“Earth Alert: A Photographic Response To Climate Change”
Korean Cultural Center: Trafalgar Square, London, England

“Tschernobyl – Leben mit einer Tragödie”
The loftgalerie Peter Gregor: Berlin, Germany

“Earth Alert: A Photographic Response To Climate Change”
Daelim Contemporary Art Museum: Seoul, Korea

“In-security. The Nuclear Dilemma”
Gernika Peace Museum: Gernika, Spain

2008

“Abstraction + Perspectives”
Pacific Design Center: West Hollywood, California, USA 

“The Nuclear Dilemma”
The International Red Cross and Crescent Museum: Geneva, Switzerland

2007

“Best In Show – 2006 International Photography Awards”
Farmani Gallery: Beverly Hills, California, USA

2006

“Tschernobyl 1986-2006 — Leben mit einer Tragödie”
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte in Oldenburg, Germany

“Tschernobyl – Eine Katastrophe und ihre Auswirkungen”
Willy-Brandt-Haus: Berlin, Germany

“Land In Translation”
The Riverside Art Museum: Riverside, California, USA

“Gott in Deutschland”
Kunsthaus Rhenania: Cologne, Germany

2004

“Dietro I’immagine. Ritratti di povertà rurale” (What Meets the Eye: Images of Rural Poverty)
Mercati di Traiano, FotoGrafia Festival: Rome, Italy.

“Focus on Nature”/”People-Forests-Development”
(The government of Germany, UNDP and the Equator initiative)
United Nations, New York, New York, USA

“FotoGrafia.”
Festival Internazionale di Roma: Rome, Italy

2003

“What Meets the Eye: Images of Rural Poverty”
United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

“Vertigo: Exhibition and Silent Auction”
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art: San Francisco, California, USA

“A Day in the Life of Africa”
Metropolitan Museum of Photography: Tokyo, Japan

“A Day in the Life of Africa”
Fnac Forum des Halles: Paris, France

“A Day in the Life of Africa”
Grand Central Station: New York, New York, USA

“Our true intent is all for your delight. The John Hinde Butlin’s Photographs”
Rose Gallery: Santa Monica, California, USA

2002

“Brennpunkt Natur”
Presse und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung: Berlin, Germany, and Durban, South Africa

“Brennpunkt Natur”
G+J Pressehaus: Hamburg, Germany

“Verlust der Realität —Gefährdung der Fotografie?”
18 Positionen der Fotografie heute
Kunststiftung Poll: Berlin, Germany

2001

“Images Beyond the Naked Eye”
A WWF Exhibition with 26 international photographic artists concerning climate change.
Museum Mensch und Natur Schloss Nymphenburg: Munich, and Fotografie Forum international: Frankfurt, Germany.

2000

“Images Beyond the Naked Eye”
A WWF Exhibition with 26 international photographic artists concerning climate change.
Sanoma House: Helsinki, Finland and Museon: Den Haag, Netherlands, followed by additional museum exhibits across the globe.

“Photo Expo West: The World is Round 2000”
Los Angeles Convention Center and The Perfect Exposure Gallery: Los Angeles, California, USA

“The Photographs – National Geographic Photography: 111 Years of Adventure and Discovery”
Hamburg, Munich, Bonn and Berlin, Germany

1998

“Das Bild vom Menschen: Die besten Fotos aus 50 Jahren Stern”
Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg: Hamburg, and Photokina ‘98: Köln, Germany

1995

“It’s US: A Celebration of Who We Are in America Today”
Washington D.C., USA and 74 public libraries across the United States

1991

“Otto Steinert und Schüler”
Galerie der Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst: Leipzig, Germany

1990

“Otto Steinert und Schüler”
Folkwangmuseum: Essen, Germany

1986

“Art – A Dialogue on Peace”
Ohkurayama Memorial Hall: Yokohama, Japan

1983

“FRIEDEN, ein Wort und … Bilder und …”
Schloss/Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany

1980

“Exploration of a Medium: Die Sofortbildfotografie”
Rheinisches Landesmuseum: Bonn and Frankfurt, Germany

1978

“Reflexions – Young West-German Photographers”
Canon Photo Gallery: Amsterdam, Netherlands

“Aktion, Illustration, Feature - Beispiele Bildjournalistischer Fotografie”
Aufnahmen von Otto Steinert und Schülern
Kunsthaus Hamburg, Germany

1977

“VISUM”
Galerie im Riek: Essen-Kettwig, Germany

“Aktion, Illustration, Feature - Beispiele Bildjournalistischer Fotografie”
Aufnahmen von Otto Steinert und Schülern
Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany