| Wolfgang Bartels photographical autodidact |
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| 2004 | group show „Hausfotos III“, Haus der Fotografie, Hannover |
| 2004 | „Veenlandschappen – Een onwerkelijke werkelijkheid“ / „Moorscapes – An Unreal Reality“ within the range of the great exhibition „The Mysterious Bog People“ / „Schatten Uit Het Veen“ Drents Museum, Assen, The Netherlands, personal introduction to her Majesty Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands |
| 2005 | group show „Bergfest“ on the 15th anniversary and 100th exhibition jubilee of the Galerie im Hause Bohl, Eisenach, Germany |
| 2005 | „Moorscapes – A Vanishing Legacy“ within the range of the great exhibition „The Mysterious Bog People“, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| 2006 | group (touring) show „Soccer in Lower Saxony“, VGH, Hannover |
| 2007 | „Childhood at Herrenhausen Market – Postwar Years and Change in Herrenhausen“ together with father Willi Bartels, Herrenhausen Church, Hannover |
| 2007 | appointed membership to the „Deutsche Gesellschaft fuer Photographie“ (DGPh) in June 2007 |