Bennett Encke

Researcher / Photographer

Frankfurt-born photographer and researcher exploring landscapes and urban edges in transition. Driven by curiosity, I work in hidden, extreme, and peripheral spaces, using a geography-informed perspective to examine the recurring states between destruction, construction, and persistence. My practice remains open-ended, reflecting on the promises society makes and their material realities.

○ WORLD UNDER CONSTRUCTION ○ NIGHTSCAPES

Exhibitions

2026
UNTITLED II – Group exhibition with Julian Tanau & Ozkr. Fischerhallen, Frankfurt.
ROFFARRIVAL – Zine launch & exhibition. Time is the new space, Rotterdam.

2024
IM TUNNEL – Group exhibition with Moshe Zoll, Carlito & Ozkr. Location undisclosed, Frankfurt.
PILZEPELZE IM BUNKERBIOTOP – Group exhibition with Werner Lorke. Süddeutscher Kunstverein, Reusten.
FABRIK IM WOHNQUARTIER – Group exhibition with Peng. Pop-up exhibition at former workshop site, Robert-Mayer-Straße 49, Frankfurt.
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY ASIA – Group exhibition with Jovan Uljarevic. Pop-up exhibition at former workshop site, Robert-Mayer-Straße 49, Frankfurt.

2023
GHOST TOWER – Solo exhibition. German Congress for Geography, Goethe University Frankfurt.

2022
GRÖßE LAGE PREIS – Group exhibition with Peng. Graphics & photographs, temporary showroom, Berliner Straße 37, Frankfurt.

2016
MEI GOLDISCH FRANKFURT – Group exhibition with Stephan Morgenstern, Gernot C. Wohl & Daniel Eggli. Stadtgalerie Bad Soden, Bad Soden im Taunus.

Publications

2026
VERLAAN / TONS & MICROGRAMS – Zine. Self-published.
HIGH IN JAPAN – Zine. Self-published.
BESI CHAPTER 1 (reprint) – Zine. Self-published.
ROFFARRIVAL – Zine. Self-published.

2024
LAMEBA – Photobook with Bennett Encke, Peter Knaup, Werner Lorke & Walter Schels. Edited by Ronald Grätz. Esefeld & Traub, Stuttgart.

2023
BESI, TRES XEMENEIES, BARCELONA – Photobook. Self-published.