In Michael Ackerman’s work, documentary and autobiography conspire with fiction, and all of the above dissolve into hallucination. His photography explores time and timelessness, personal history and the history of places, immediate family and love, with all it’s complexities and contradictions. (Jem Cohen)

Michael Ackerman was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1967. At the age of 7 his family emigrated to New York City, where he grew up and began photographing at the age of 18. He has exhibited internationally and published 5 books, including End Time City, by Robert Delpire, which won the Prix Nadar, 1999. His work is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Brooklyn Museum, The Biliothèque National, France among others, as well as in many private collections.

He currently lives in Berlin and is represented by Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, Spot Home Gallery, Naples, MC2 Gallery, Milan.

Books
Smoke, l’axolotl, 2023
End Time City, Atelier EXB, 2021
Epilogue, Void, 2019
Half Life, Delpire, Dewi Lewis, Lunwerg, Peliti, 2010.
Fiction, Delpire, Gena Kehayoff 2001.
End Time City, Nathan/Delpire, Scalo 1999.

Selected Publications
2wice, Abitare, Aperture, Art On Paper, Beaux Arts, Die Zeit, Doubletake, Eyemazing, French Photo, Granta, Harpers, India Magazine, La Humanite, Internazionale, Les Inrockuptibles, Liberation, Le Matin, Le Monde 2, Metropolis, New York Magazine, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The New Yorker, Ray Gun, La Repubblica delle Donne, Rolling Stone, Stern and The Village Voice.

Awards
SCAM Roger Pic Award, 2009.
Prix Nadar, End Time City, 1999.
Best Documentary of 1999, End Time City, Photo-Eye, 1999.
Infinity Award, Young Photographer, International Center of Photography, 1998.

Selected Exhibitions

2020
Van Der Grinten Galerie, Köln,, Germany

2019
Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, France

2018
Adorna Corações, Porto, Portugal

2017
Leica Gallery, Milan, Italy
Foto Leggendo Festival, Rome, Italy
Tete Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2016
Diary of a Job – Olympus Carte Blanche, Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles

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The Phos Center, Torino Italy
Kunstwerk, Vienna Austria
L’oeil Urbain, Corbeil France
“Sing Another Song Boys” (with Lorenzo Castore) Rome Italy

2014
MC2 Gallery, Milan, Italy
Foto Istanbul, Turkey

L’intuition – A projection in collaboration with musician Vincent Courtois, curated by Christian Caujolle. Performed at La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, Le Lux Scene national de Valence, Festival Banlieues Blues, Paris and Les Rencontres Photographiques d’Arles

2012
Argus Foto Kunst, Berlin, Germany

2010
Galerie VU’, Paris, France.
Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sète. France.
Stimultania, Strasbourg, France.

2007
Fotofestival, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen and Heidelberg, Germany.
2006
Camelot Gallery, Krakow, Poland.
Van Der Grinten Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
FAS Galerie, Berlin, Germany.
Rencontres D’Arles, Arles, France.

2005
Hermès Gallery, New York, USA.
Alchemia Gallery, Krakow, Poland.

2004
Galerie VU’, Paris, France.
Kerrigan Cambell Art + Projects, New York, USA.
Alchemia, Krakow, Poland.

2002
Pantherei Gallery, Munich, Germany.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade, Serbia.
The Naarden Photography Biennal, Naarden, Netherlands.

2001
Galerie VU’, Paris, France.

2000
Scalo Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland.
Argos Photography Festival, Vevey, Switzerland.
Foksal, Nyon, Switzerland.
Atelier De Visu Marseille, France.

1999
Galerie VU’, Paris, France.
Margaret Bodell, New York, USA.
Chronique Nomades Honfleur, France.
Centre Atlantique de la Photographie, Brest, France.
Grazie Neri Gallery, Milan, Italy.

1998
Zentrum Für Fotografie Berlin, Germany
Photography Festival
Vigo, Spain
La Bibliothèque Centrale Elsa Triolet, Bobigny, France
Margaret Bodell, New York, USA

1996
Margaret Bodell Gallery, New York, USA
Museo Ken Damy, Brescia, Italy

1990
Albany Center Galleries, Albany, USA