
Exhibitions and Art Fairs
- 2025 Street Magic: Masterpieces from the Leica Archive new!, Ernst-Leitz-Museum, Wetzlar, Germany
- 2023 DFA – Tilt/Shift Experiment im Normalzustand, neu! Justus-Liebig-Haus, Darmstadt,
- 2022 The Discovery of Silence, St. Peter, Oldenburg, Germany.
- 2021 Reframed, (Election Campaigns), Fototage Oldenburg, Germany.
- 2020 Lebenszeichen, Katholische Akademie Schwerte, Germany.
- 2020 Geschenkt!, Collection 200 Years LVR LandesMuseum Bonn, Germany.
- 2019 100 Jahre DFA – 1000 Wirklichkeiten, Haus der Photographie, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
- 2019 Artfestival – Lebe Dein Aendern, Galerie Altes Rathaus, Worpswede (Maiwald).
- 2018 Eyes Wide Open!, Leica Museum, Wetzlar, Germany.
- 2017 I Grande Maestri, Complesso del Vittoriano, Rome, Italy.
- 2017 Eyes Wide Open! in Espacio Fundación Telefónica, Madrid, Spain.
- 2017 Art Karlsruhe 2017, in focus gallery, Germany.
- 2016 The Flow of Pictures. The Rhine and Photography 2016-1853, LVR Landesmuseum Bonn.
- 2016 Eyes Wide Open! 100 anos de fotografia Leica, Galeria Municipal do Porto, Portugal.
- 2016 Bewegung im Blick, Internationale Photoszene, artrmx, Cologne.
- 2016 Eyes Wide Open! 100 jaar Leica fotografie, Sint-Pietersabdij, Gent, Belgium.
- 2016 Eyes Wide Open!, Versicherungskammer Kulturstiftung Kunstfoyer, Munich, Germany.
- 2015 Eyes Wide Open! 100 years of Leica photography, OstLicht, Vienna, Austria.
- 2015 Eyes Wide Open! 100 years of Leica photography C|O Berlin, Germany.
- 2015 Eyes Wide Open! 100 years of Leica photography, Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Germany
- 2014 Magic Moments, Leica Galerie Wetzlar, Germany.
- 2014 Eyes Wide Open – 100 years of Leica photography, (Cologne Salvation), Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany.
- 2013 Power and Ritual, Catholic Academy Schwerte. (Solo)
- 011 Hrad Svetov V (Sacrament&Sin), Hradné Múzeum, Filakovo, Slowakia.
- 2011 Rituals Of Election Campaigns, Arthouse Rhenania, Cologne. (Solo)
- 2011 Ist es am Rhein so schön? (Rhine River), Galerie 68elf, Cologne.
- 2011 Art festival STROM (Portraitserie XIII), Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne.
- 2011 VI. Ménes-patak International Festival of Photography, Szécsény, Hungary.
- 2010 Im Glanze Dieses Glückes II, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Photokina, Cologne.
- 2010 From Wall to Wall, OMC Gallery For Contemporary Art, Huntington Beach, USA.
- 2010 Dunkelfeld, Galerie Altes Rathaus Musberg, Leinfelden-Echterdingen.
- 2009 FotoDoks 09 (Election Campaigns), Documentary Photofestival, Bad Aibling.
- 2008 24x30 – A Change in Perspective, Goethe Institut Helsinki, Finnland.
- 2008 Portfolio, OMC Gallery For Contemporary Art, Huntington Beach, USA.
- 2008 24x30 – A Change in Perspective, Goethe Institut Rotterdam, Netherland.
- 2008 Im Glanze Dieses Glückes (The Zone), Kunsthaus Rhenania, Photokina, Cologne.
- 2008 24x30 – 50 Years of Leica M, Goethe Institut, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 2007 Power&Ritual, Landesvertretung RLP, Berlin. (Solo)
- 2007 Power&Ritual, Yokohama, Japan. (Solo)
- 2007 NoArte, Adelante (Power And Ritual), Museo Su Palato, Villanova Monteleone, Sardegna.
- 2007 NoArte, Art Festival (Power&Ritual), Museo del Crudo, Sardegna.
- 2006 Power&Ritual, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum, Cologne. (Solo)
- 2006 Cologne Fine Art, van der grinten galerie, Hall 5 Stand J68, Cologne.
- 2006 Gott in Deutschland (The Portal), Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne.
- 2006 24x30 – 50 Jahre Leica M, Landesvertretung Rheinland-Pfalz, Berlin.
- 2006 24x30 – 50 Years of Leica M, Iselp, Brussel.
- 2005 Power&Ritual, 7. International Photofestival, Mannheim.
- 2005 24x30 – 50 Years of Leica M, Leica Gallery New York.
- 2005 Brückenprojekt, Internationale Fototage, Mannheim.
- 2004 Power&Ritual, Leica Gallery Prague, Czech Republic. (Solo)
- 2004 Akribie, Goethe-Institut, Prague, Czech Republic. (Solo)
- 2004 Paris Photo, van der grinten galerie, Stand A3, Paris.
- 2003 entracte, Artists of Gallery, van der grinten galerie, Cologne.
- 2002 Eternity II – Portraits, Gallery for Contemporary Art, Düsseldorf.
- 2002 Power and Ritual, Leica Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. (Solo)
- 2001 Cologne Salvation (Das Kölner Heil), Foucales – Festival Int. de la Photographie, France. (Solo)
- 2001 Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht..., 6. Int. Fototage Herten.
- 2001 Stuck in a moment you can´t get out of, Portraits,
Galerie Altes Rathaus Musberg, Leinfeld-Echterdingen. - 2000 Rituals Of Election Campaigns & Cologne Salvation, 2. Symposium of Documentary Photography, Bad Herrenalb. (Solo)
- 2000 Blicke & Ornament, Portraits, van der grinten galerie, Cologne.
- 1999 The Economic Summits, van der grinten gallery, Cologne. (Solo)
- 1999 Bernd Arnold, Salon – Gallery for Contemporary Photography, Bremen. (Solo)
- 1998 Rituals Of Election Campaigns, van der grinten gallery, Cologne. (Solo)
- 1998 Bewegte Zeit Salon – Galerie für aktuelle Fotografie, Bremen.
- 1998 Fern-Sehen (Ist die Erde eine Mattscheibe?), Altonaer Museum, Hamburg.
- 1996 Is Our World A Telly?, Arthouse Rhenania, Photokina Cologne.(Solo)
- 1996 Götterdienst, laif-Gallery, Cologne. (Solo)
- 1989 Inszenierte Wirklichkeiten, Museum f. Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund.
- 1989 Karneval, Galerie Lichtblick, Köln.






Photobooks, Editions and Catalogues
- Die Welt der Neuen Bilder – Dokumentarische Fotografie und KInew!
Klappenbroschur, 14,5x19,8cm, 144 pages, 25 sw images, morisel Verlag, 2023 - Das Kunsthaus – Portraitserie XIII new!, Artist Newspaper No.5, 52 photographs, 64 pages, German language, 2022
- Raumforderung oder was ist Faschismus, Artist Newspaper No.4, 24 pages, deu, 2022
- So habe ich es gesehen – Der neue Fotograf, Newspaper No.3, Essay, 23 images, 52 pages, Aufl.50, deu, 2022
- The Time of Deep Silence, Artist Newspaper No.2, 20 pages, Edition 50/num+sig, deu/eng, 2020
- The Discovery of Silence, Edition Artist Newspaper No.1, 20 pages, Edition of 50/num+sig, deu/eng, 2019
- bilderstrom – Der Rhein und die Fotografie 2016-1853, Hatje-Cantz Verlag, 2016, p.30-33,189,191
- Eyes Wide Open – 100 Years of Leica, (Das Kölner Heil), Kehrer Verlag, 2014, p. 492, 530
- Wahl Kampf Ritual, Monograph, Edition Panorama, Mannheim 113 plates, 10 illustrations, 2013
- Deutschland im Fotobuch (Das Kölner Heil), Steidl-Verlag, 2011, p. 118, 171
- Köln und seine Fotobücher (Das Kölner Heil), Emons Verlag, 2010, p. 141
- habemus, Edition, Van der Grinten, Cologne 2 b/w Prints Ed./16, num+sig., 2005
- Sakrament und Sünde, Edition, Van der Grinten, Cologne, 12 b/w Prints, Ed./12, num+sig., 2005
- Power And Ritual, Leporello, LGP Gallery Prague, Tschechien 2004
- Int. Fototage Herten, Denk ich an Deutschland (Power and Ritual), Catalogue, 2001
- Theatre Yearbook Cologne, SK-Stiftung, M7-Verlag, Cologne 47 plates, 1999
- Wahlkampfrituale, Catalogue, Van der Grinten, Cologne 1998, 12 Seiten, Ed/20/Pergamin
- Die Eifel, Bachem-Verlag, Cologne 1998
- Das Kölner Heil, Monograph, Schaden Verlag, Cologne 40 plates, 1997
- Sakrament & Sünde, Edition, Verlag Constantin Post, Cologne, (Ed.30, num+sig., 12 Editions are lost), 1993
- Focus (Portraits), Catalogue, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund 1989, p. 76-77, 93







Magazines and Newpapers
Annabelle (CH)| Artic | Bloomberg Magazine (USA) | Bunte | Capital | Dagens Nyheter (S) | Das Magazin (CH) | Die Woche | DIE ZEIT | Facts (CH) | Financial Times Deutschland | Focus | GEO | GEO special | GEO Histoire (F) | Greenpeace | Impulse | Journalist | L'Express (F) | Merian | Neue Züricher Zeitung (CH) | NRC Handelsblad (NL) | NZZ am Sonntag | Playboy | Spiegel | Stadtrevue | Stern | Taz | ZEITmagazin









Cover and Poster
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Corporate, Imagebrochures and Annual Reports
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Portfolios, Interviews and Reviews
- Wahl Kampf Ritual by Bernd Arnold, Dodho.com Magazine, Dec. 2014
- Untauglich fürs Poesiealbum, Freelens Magazin by Christoph Schaden, 30/2010, p. 16-21
- Project Talk about Power and Ritual in The Sonic Blog, 2009
- Power and Ritual – Bernd Arnold about his photography in FotoTV, German language, Feb. 4th, 2008
- RBB Kulturradio about "Macht und Ritual", Berlin, July 15, 2007
- Euroview Macht und Ritual in pluk magazine, London, March 2006
- ZDF "SonntagsTV", about Macht und Ritual, March 5, 2006
- WDR5 "Scala", interview with Bernd Arnold and Franz v. d. Grinten, 2006
- 7th International Photo Days In Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Shutterbug, Feb 1, 2006
- Rituale der Macht Portfolio in fotoMAGAZIN Oct.2005, p.124-129
- Inscenation in service of ritual? in Disk, Prague Academy of Performing Arts, I/2005
- Gabriel-Grüner-Stipendium 2001
- Choreography of Power, in Leica World, 1/2000, page 54-61
- 1. Kölner Medienpreis 2000, 1st Award
- Istanbul-Beyoglu in Leica International, 8/1999, page 4-9
- Oskar-Barnack-Preis 1999, best 10 photographers
- Geschlossene Gesellschaft – Interview with Bernd Arnold in Einblick, 1/1999, p.11-13
- Wissenschaft visuell 1998, 1st Award
- Das Kölner Heil, bookreview in Photonews, 7/1997, p.16
- Erlösung im Rheinland, bookreview in DIE ZEIT, 20.6.97
- Das Kölner Heil, bookreview in Camera Austria, 1997, p.153






