Biography of Jan-Oliver Wenzel

Jan-Oliver Wenzel was born in 1967 and picked up photography at the age of 17.

2004:

Publication of “Boston Outdoors“ in magazine “Photographie“ no. 12/04.

2005:

Second place at a competition held by magazine “Photographie“. First single exposition “42 Augenblicke”. Read Newspaper article.

2006:

Single show “Steps & Staircases” at Gallery Stephanie Hoppen in London, U.K. and participation in group expositions in Munich.

2007:

Start of the collaboration with Galerie Stephen Hoffman in Munich.

2008:

Publication of the book “Straight Images".

2009:

Feature about his work in publication “Through the Eyes of New Photographers”.

2010:

Winner at the competition EXPOSURE held by Open Shutter Gallery, Durango/U.S.A. Single Shows “Straight Images” in Munich at Galerie Stephen Hoffman and Commerzbank. (Press release, PDF 194 KB).
Art historian Anna Wondrak explains the work of Jan-Oliver Wenzel at the opening ceremony (see
speech, PDF 19 KB).

2011:

Joint show "Jan-Oliver Wenzel & Cara Weston: Contemporary B&W Photography" at Open Shutter Gallery. Read press release. Listen Jan-Oliver Wenzel on Durango local radio station KDUR (MP3, 6.28 MB).

2017:

Single Show “Old Spanish National Historic Trails” at Galerie Stephen Hoffman.