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About
Michael Müller, born 1970 in Ingelheim am Rhein, is a German conceptual artist whose manifold, proliferating oeuvre cannot be ascribed to any one-way interpretation. He continuously broadens the methods of his artistic expression, combining works on paper with painting, text-based work, sculpture, found objects, music, and performance. In recent times, Müller has concentrated more and more on large paintings on canvas and glass. Müller collaborates with other artists, writers or craftsmen on a regular basis—he even created a cosmetic line and fashion collection—incorporating their work into his often exuberant installations and exhibitions. He received great critical and curatorial attention for his cycle of Eighteen Exhibitions, which began in 2013 with Galerie Thomas Schulte and ended in 2017 after a total of 33 individual exhibition projects and four performances that took place in the gallery, at KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, and at Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
Michael Müller studied sculpting and fine arts at the Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf with Magdalena Jetelová. From 2015 to 2018, he was visiting professor at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 2017, he was nominated for the Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße, Bremen. In 2013, he was one of the nominees for the Berlin Art Prize and winner of the Sanofi Art Project. Important solo exhibitions include Städel Museum, Frankfurt a.M. (2022), Hasenheide 13, Wemhöner Collection, Berlin (2021), Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai (2016; 2017), Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden (2016/17), and KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2015/16). He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including the Drawing Biennale at the Drawing Room, London, and Künstlerhaus Bregenz (2017), Kunstsaele Berlin (2016/17), Kunsthaus Hamburg (2016), Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam (2015), Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Berlin (2015), Des Moines Art Centre (2014), Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, Moscow (2014), Städtische Galerie Haus Seel, Siegen (2014), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (2013), Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland and Kunstmuseum Bonn (2012), Kunsthaus Dresden (2012), Landart Biennale, Ulaanbaatar (2010), Kunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg (2010), Kunsthalle zu Kiel (2010), Lalit Kala Academi, Delhi (2009), Temporäre Kunsthalle, Berlin (2009), Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela (2009), Syker Vorwerk – Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Syke (2008), Museum für Kommunikation, Berlin (2008), Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (2007), and Göttinger Kunstverein (2007). Michael Müller lives and works in Berlin.
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Exhibitions in the gallery
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ÄSTHETISCHES URTEIL UND SELBSTLOSIGKEIT
MICHAEL MÜLLER 19 October TO 6 November 2020After the first part of his solo presentation at Galerie Thomas Schulte this autumn, which...View Exhibition -
BIKINI ON MARS
MICHAEL MÜLLER 9 September TO 9 October 2020As part of his two parallel exhibitions Anton im Bastrock and Bikini on Mars opening...View Exhibition -
ANTON IM BASTROCK
MICHAEL MÜLLER 9 September TO 9 October 2020Galerie Thomas Schulte is pleased to present two new exhibitions by Michael Müller, Anton im...View Exhibition -
LISTEN TO A HEART BEAT
GROUP SHOW 23 May TO 11 July 2020The group exhibition Listen to a heart beat at Galerie Thomas Schulte brings together works...View Exhibition -
HAPTIC FEEDBACK
GROUP SHOW 18 January TO 29 February 2020As the first exhibition in 2020, Galerie Thomas Schulte presents a group exhibition featuring works...View Exhibition -
THE MATTER IN HARMONY
GROUP SHOW 14 July TO 15 September 2018On July 13 Galerie Thomas Schulte opened the group exhibition The Matter in Harmony with...View Exhibition -
EIGHTEEN EXHIBITIONS: TEIL 33. NACHLASS ZU LEBZEITEN
MICHAEL MÜLLER 29 April TO 30 May 2017Galerie Thomas Schulte presents from April 29 to June 24, 2017 two parallel exhibitions Teil...View Exhibition -
EIGHTEEN EXHIBITIONS: TEIL 18. DIE WELT GIBT ES NICHT!
MICHAEL MÜLLER 29 April TO 29 June 2017Galerie Thomas Schulte presents from April 29 to June 24, 2017 two solo exhibitions Teil...View Exhibition
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MICHAEL MÜLLER / St Matthäus Church, Berlin, Germany
Solo exhibition 27 March 2023In the exhibition Am Abgrund der Bilder (At the Abyss of Images), Berlin artist Michael Müller critically examines Gerhard Richter's Birkenau Cycle - an exhibition...Read more -
MICHAEL MÜLLER / KÜNSTSAELE @ STUDIO MICHAEL MÜLLER, BERLIN, GERMANY
GROUP EXHIBITION 1 February 2023The exhibition MONOMATERIAL wants to show different characteristics in the relationship between object and materiality within the current artistic practice and show how central the...Read more -
MICHAEL MÜLLER / MUSEUM IM KULTURSPEICHER, WÜRZBURG, GERMANY
CURATION AND PARTICIPATION IN GROUP EXHIBITION, SOLO EXHIBITION 1 February 2023In the year of its 20th anniversary, the Museum im Kulturspeicher invites the Berlin artist and curator Michael Müller to explore the Würzburg collection and...Read more -
Michael Müller / Städel Museum, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Solo Exhibition 10 October 2022The German-British artist Michael Anthony Müller (born 1970) takes visitors with an expansive installation, drawings, paintings, and a sculpture into the mythological world of Ancient...Read more -
Michael Müller / 30 Years KW: Auction in cooperation with Grisebach
Auction 3 December 2021KUNST-WERKE BERLIN e. V. will celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2021. As part of the anniversary program the supporting association of KW and the Berlin...Read more -
DIETER APPELT, MARIA LOBODA, ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE, MICHAEL MÜLLER, JOÃO PENALVA / STÄDTISCHE GALERIE WOLFSBURG, GERMANY
Group exhibition 17 July 2021In 2019, the Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg invited Berlin-based artist Michael Müller to curate an experimental new presentation of its collection. In the currently presented fifth...Read more -
Michael Müller / ROHKUNSTBAU, Schloss Lieberose, Germany
Group exhibition 19 June 2021This year's exhibition of contemporary art ROHKUNSTBAU 26 presents the works of 22 internationally active artists. The theme I am Nature - Of Vulnerability. Survival...Read more -
Michael Müller / Kunstverein Amrum, Badestrand Nebel, Germany
Group exhibition 24 May 2021In the exhibition New Adventures in Vexillology #7 the participating artists are asked to create a sketch that deals with the question: What does your...Read more -
Dieter Appelt, Angela de la Cruz, Idris Khan, Michael Müller / Galerie Georg Nothelfer in Tiergarten & Charlottenburg, Berlin
Group exhibition 30 April 2021All I think about is you is an exhibition by Galerie Georg Nothelfer in cooperation with KUNSTSAELE Berlin curated by Michael Müller. The exhibition deals...Read more -
Michael Müller / Sammlung Wemhöner, Hasenheide 13, Berlin
Solo exhibition 30 April 2021For the first time, the exhibition Michael Müller - Schwierige Bilder (Difficult Pictures) at Hasenheide 13 focuses exclusively on the artist's painterly work. At the...Read more -
Michael Müller/Artist Kunstmagazin
Article 1 December 2020In the current issue Nr. 125 of Artist, the magazine for contemporary art, the art of Michael Müller and his latest exhibitions in the Galerie...Read more
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