Dieter Mach

Born and grown up in Germany, I became an experimental physicist at the end of the 70th. Working in the field of optics and holography, I used photography and other imaging techniques to illustrate and document my scientific work. After some years, I got in touch with the esthetic elements of photography. While working for an architect in northern Germany, I began to use my camera as a creative instrument. It was a long way to get from the documentary photography to the minimalistic and sometimes abstract approach I am following today.
Architecture is still one of my favorite themes, but I also apply my ideas of abstract minimalism to nature photography and other genres.

Studied experimental Physics at the University of Oldenburg, Germany. Since that time I have been working with different imaging techniques from analog photography to holography. Later I switched to digital photography.

2026: „Kunst trifft Technik“, Kati von Schwerin & Dieter Mach, Kunstverein Aurich
2025: "OLDENBURG meets Kunstraum Varel", Foyer Peterstraße 1, Oldenburg
2025: "Kunst in unruhigen Zeiten", Cultur im Centrum, Varel
2025: "Übergänge", BBK-Galerie Oldenburg
2025: "Moor ist", Galerie Altes Rathaus, Worpswede, Germany
2025: "Reisen", Seefelder Mühle, Stadland, Germany
2025: "Moor ist", Lichthof Kunstfabrik, Bremen, Germany
2025: "Das Kleine Format", Haus 4, Varel, Germany
2025: "Experimente", VHS, Oldenburg, Germany (Solo exhibition)
2025: "Neue Werke", Artothek, Oldenburg, Germany
2024: "Salzwasser", Raum auf Zeit, Oldenburg, Germany
2024: "-nachts-", BBK-Galerie, Oldenburg, Germany
2024: "Offene Arteliers", Alte Brennerei, Oldenburg, Germany
2024: "Kunst im Turm", Wasserturm, Varel, Germany
2024: "Landscapes", BBK-Galerie, Oldenburg, Germany
2023: "Kein Thema!", Haus 4, Varel, Germany
2023: "Dein Bild für 5 Minuten". Kunstraum Varel, Germany
2023: "Licht", BBK-Galerie, Oldenburg, Germany
2023: "Bewegung", Seefelder Mühle, Seefeld, Germany
2022: "Neu im BBK", BBK-Galerie, Oldenburg, Germany
2022: "Kunstsalon 3", BBK-Galerie, Oldenburg, Germany
2022: "Chaos (Theorie)", BBK-Galerie, Oldenburg, Germany
2022: "Keine Jury, keine Preise...