ABOUT
Apprenticeship as photographer in Stuttgart, followed by several years working as assistant for photographers and photographic artists.
Freelance photographer since 2000.
Nominations, Exhibitions, Publications and Awards (Selection):
Nominations
Nomination of the MAR NEGRO series by Anna Gripp from Photonews/Hamburg for the Prix Pictet 2025 on the theme of STORM.
Exhibitions
As part of the Fotosommer Stuttgart 2026 at the Fotofachlabor Prolab, Rotebühlplatz 37, 70173 Stuttgart; from 24 July to 13 September 2026: “UN:ORDNUNG” – TRANSITION by Martin Wolf Wagner – alongside three further photographic works on the theme of UNORDNUNG: Ingrid Hertfelder, Michael Schnabel and Stephan Zirwes.
Fotosommer Stuttgart 2026 at the Vhs-Photogalerie, TREFFPUNKT Rotebühlplatz, Rotebühlplatz 28, 70173 Stuttgart; May 22 through September 13, 2026: DISORDER - “May contain traces of nature” - GOLFSCAPE by Martin Wolf Wagner and four other photographic perspectives on human appropriation: Friederike Brandenburg, Christine Joos, Bettina Meister, and Kaspar Thalmann.
Prolab, Stuttgart: "Art After Work #25", THE TOWER, MAR NEGRO and FOOTBALL SERIES
Kunsthaus Schill, Stuttgart: MAR NEGRO and FOOTBALL MEGA SERIES
Gallery in the Künstlerhaus, Leonberg: "Contemporary Photographic Positions" - with Nikolaus Grünwald
Art Galerie 7, Cologne/Germany: “Stadt - Land - Fluss - Meer””, LEISURE - with Guther, Kern, Kirsch, Küttinger, Paskali and Rzepka
Galerie Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg/Germany: “PHOTOGRAPHIE” - FOOTBALL and DEER, with Dirk Brömmel, Marina Herrmann, Masao Yamamoto and Wing Wong
Art Forum Weil der Stadt/Germany: FOOTBALL, NIGHTSCAPE, LANDSCAPE and LEISURE
“FOTOSOMMER”, Stuttgart/Germany: FOOTBALL and CUBOS
Art Galerie 7, Cologne/Germany: FOOTBALL, NIGHTSCAPE and LANDSCAPE - with Georg Küttinger
Gallery of the Ellwangen Society of Arts, Ellwangen/Germany: FOOTBALL
Deutsche Bank, Stuttgart/Germany: FOOTBALL
Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld/Germany: "Lichtwelten" - FOOTBALL and NIGHTSCAPE, with Heinz Mack
Gallery Albert Baumgarten, Freiburg/Germany: FOOTBALL, NIGHTSCAPE, LANDSCAPE and CUBOS
Kunsthaus Schill, Stuttgart/Germany: FOOTBALL, NIGHTSCAPE, LANDSCAPE and CUBOS
Samuelis Baumgarte Gallery, Bielefeld/Germany: NATURE ATTITUDE - international photo art and paintings, with Amador, Fernando Botero, Max Ernst, Emil Nolde, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Marc Baruth, Wolfgang Ellenrieder, Vittorio Gui, Christian Rohlfs, Chiara Albertoni, Christopher Mir
Gallery "contact", Stuttgart, Germany: FOOTBALL and NIGHTSCAPE
PIP International Photography Festival 2007, Pingyou/China: FOOTBALL and CUBOS
"Slideluck Potshow", Berlin/Germany: FOOTBALL and NIGHTSCAPE
"Fotosommer", Stuttgart/Germany: FOOTBALL, NIGHTSCAPE and CUBOS
One-year traveling exhibition "New Photographers 2007" including photographs from the series FOOTBALL, NIGHTSCAPE, CUBOS and BANGKOKBILLBOARDS. Shown at galleries and events around the world, e.g. in Sidney/New York/Paris/Berlin and others.
Presentation and exhibition of photographs from the series FOOTBALL, NIGHTSCAPE, CUBOS and BANGKOKBILLBOARDS at the Lions Festival, Cannes: "New Photographers 2007", a selection of the most innovative photographic artists and photographers from all over the world, curated by Getty.
"Salon für Fotografie", Berlin/Germany: FOOTBALL
"China San Jiangyuan International Photography Festival 2006" in Xining, China; in association with CPA (Chinese Photographers Association Bejing/China): FOOTBALL and CUBOS
Published photographs in magazines, TV Magazines and newspapers worldwide, e.g. in BW Aktuell - Südwest Fernsehen/Germany, British Journal of Photography/UK, Crown Dozen/USA, The Independent/UK, WELT/Germany, KUNST Magazin Berlin/Germany, PHOTOGRAPHIE/Germany, horizont/Germany, Editor&Publisher/Germany, max/Germany, PHOTOESPANA/Spain, American Photo/USA, grab magazine/Italy and more.
SCHAUGRUND, a photo journal an in the European month of photography, Vienna/Austria
Exhibition with photographs from the series FOOTBALL and CUBOS, Vienna/Austria
Presentation of photographs from the series FOOTBALL & NIGHTSCAPE at Slideluck Potshow, New York, USA.
Projection of photographs on wide screen at 8th International Festival of Photography and Visual Arts PHOTOESPANA, Madrid/Spain.
Title story about Martin Wolf Wagner and published photographs in the newespaper THE MORNING NEWS, New York/USA
Gallery of the Baden-Württemberg Society of Arts, Stuttgart/Germany: NIGHTSCAPE
Title story about Martin Wolf Wagner and published photographs in CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHY magazine, Bejing/China
Thai Cong Gallery of CONTEMPORARY ART & PHOTOGRAPHY, Hamburg/Germany: NIGHTSCAPE
AWARDS
Awards for photographs from the series NIGHTSCAPE and FOOTBALL from the London Photographic Association/UK
GOLD Award for RED LIGHT DISTRICT
Award for FOOTBALL WINTER SERIES and FARMER`S LAND II / NIGHTSCAPE
BFF Trend Award for photographs from the FOOTBALL WINTER and GREEN SERIES
"New Photographers", a selection of the most innovative photographic artists and photographers from all over the world, curated by Getty.
SCREENINGS - Best Portfolios, curated by GoSee, PR office for photography, Cologne/Germany
Two Silver Awards for photographs from the series CUBOS in the BFF Yearbook
PUBLICATIONS
Published photographs in magazines, TV Magazines and newspapers worldwide, e.g. in BW Aktuell - Südwest Fernsehen/Germany, British Journal of Photography/UK, Crown Dozen/USA, The Independent/UK, WELT/Germany, KUNST Magazin Berlin/Germany, PHOTOGRAPHIE/Germany, horizont/Germany, Editor&Publisher/Germany, max/Germany, PHOTOESPANA/Spain, American Photo/USA, grab magazine/Italy and more.
Martin Wolf Wagner lives and works in the countryside between Stuttgart and the Black Forest, Germany.
