Sibylle Fendt

Sibylle Fendt (b. 1974) studied philosophy, sociology and art history in Karlsruhe, Germany, then photography at Städelschule Frankfurt with Wolfgang Tillmans. Fendt has been working as an independent photographer since 2002 and won the Kodak Young Talent Award the same year. In 2003, she participated in the biennale Rencontres Africaines de la Photographie in Bamako, Mali, and the World Press Photo Joop Swart Master Class. Fendt lives and works in Berlin. A member of Ostkreuz Agency, she teaches at Ostkreuz School of Photography and Design. She was named one of the 100 most important young Germans by NEON magazine.

Sibylle Fendt
Sibylle Fendt, Martina Bertoni, 2021. Courtesy of the artist

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  • 2023 / core / exhibition

    Sibylle Fendt
    (Almost) Everyone Anyone

    Goethe-Institut
    A member of the photo agency Ostkreuz, Berlin photographer Sibylle Fendt is renowned for her medium-format analog work. In her first North American exhibition, the Goethe-Institut presents Fendt’s latest portraits, offering up exuberant and feisty encounters with artists and creators including Peaches, Pussy Riot, Kis' Keya, Danielle de Picciotto, and dozens more. Fendt calls this simultaneously subjective and diverse series “a mixtape of my personal heroes.”
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