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Michael Sailstorfer

1979 born in Velden / Vils

Education:

2006 International Studio Program, Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo

2005 Villa Aurora Residency, Los Angeles, CA

2003 – 2004 MFA Fine Arts, Goldsmiths College, London

1999 – 2005 Studies at the Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Muchen (Prof.Olaf Metzel)

Solo Exhibitions:

2011 Espai 13, Fundacio Joan Miro, Barcelona, Spain, Implicit Sound (curated by TRES)

2010 Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, Forestry Galeria Fortes Vilaca, São Paulo, Brazil, Knots like Clouds

2009 Johann Konig, Berlin, Germany, backyardoutdoorsculptureseries #2: Wohnen mit Verkehrsanbindung Pulheim, Germany, Pulheim Digs Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany, No Light Gallery Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France, Michael Sailstorfer

2008 Johann Konig, Berlin, Germany, Michael Sailstorfer Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, 10 000 Pieces (with catalogue) Knight Foundation, Straubing, Germany, Forest Culture Award of Dr. Franz and Astrid Ritter for Visual Arts 2008 Gallery K, Oslo, Norway, Mollstraße

2007 Parkhaus im Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf, Germany, 800 M Sorry we’re closed, Brussels, Belgium “Wand über Kopf” Kasseler Kunstvereinsheim, Kassel, Germany, U6, 14 Grad 34, 790N / 60 Grad 50, 969W Galleria Zero, Milan, Italy, U1-U13

2006 Johann König, Berlin, Germany, Michael Sailstorfer

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2005 Rote Zelle, Munich, Germany Time is not a Highway Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich, Germany, U Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal, Germany, Michael Sailstorfer – Sculpture MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany, Higher Visit Jack Hanley Gallery, Los Angeles, United States, Appearances are deceptive Zero, Milan, Italy, Time is not a Highway My Private, Milan, Italy, Cernusco sul Naviglio

2004 Attitudes - espace d‘art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland, Twilight

2003 Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin, Germany Welttour Transit, Mechelen, Belgium, D-IBRB

2002 Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, And Yet it Moves! Galerie Markus Richter, Berlin, Germany, Heimatlied

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2011 Paula Cooper Gallery, New York, NY, Sculpture

2010 Z33, Hasselt, Belgium, After Nature: We Can (curated by Karen Verschooren) Merano Arte, Merano, Italy, FROM & T(W)O (project with Hubert Kostner) (curated by Valerio Dehó) (with catalogue) Carbon 12 Gallery, Dubai, Unbearable Lightness of Being (with catalogue) City Centre, Tilburg, Netherlands, Passanten ’10 Pods Hayward Gallery, London, England; Garage, Moscow, Russia, The New Decor CCCS – Strozzina, Florence, Italy, As soon as Possible Oratorio Basilica St. Ambrogio, Milan, Italy, Totem and Taboo K21, Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, Germany, Silent revolution

2009 Salon Österreich, Vienna, Austria, Berlin meets Vienna FRAC Orleans and Atelier Calder, Saché, France, Circus Hein Galerie der Künstler, BBK München und Oberbayern e.V., Munich, Germany, Variation time Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, United States, The Secret Life of Objects Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany, Can birds fly? Lambretto Art Project, Milan, Italy, Spacioux Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany, Romantische Maschinen - Kinetische Kunst der Gegenwart Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin, Germany, Thanks Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld, Germany, Micro House Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, United Sates, The Quick and the Dead

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Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2. Bienal del Fin del Mundo Skulpturenpark, Köln, Germany, KölnSkulptur5 Diözesanmuseum, Freising, Germany, Paradise – New Views on an Old Dream Peter Blum, New York, United States, Short Circuits

2008 Scheibler Mitte, Berlin, Germany, Malcolm McLaren – Musical Painting Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, biacs3, Seville, Spain, younivers Mariano Pichler Collection, Berlin, Germany, Leftovers Dunkers Kulturhus, Helsingborg, Sweden, Disarming Matter Institute d'art contemporain, Villeurbanne, France, Fabricateurs d’espaces Domaine Pommery, Reims, France, L'Art en Europe Siemens Art Program, Belgrade, Serbia, Walls in the Street Tang Contemporary, Beijing, China, There is No Story to Tell Städtische Galerie Nordhorn und Marta Herford, Herford Germany, ad absurdum – Zeitgemäße Apparate Galpão Fortes Vilaça, São Paulo, Brazil, God is Design Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Wolfburg, Germany, Phaenomenale 2008, Strange Machines

2007 Uovo/Miami, Miami, United States, Erasing the edge (curated by Micaela Giovannotti) Grieder Contemporary, Zürich, Switzerland, Michael Sailstorfer, Nathan Hylden Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, Perspektive 07 Gallery Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium, My sweet sixteen Party Berlinsche Galerie, Berlin, Germany, Neue Heimat Kestnergesellschaft, Kunstverein, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany, Made in Germany Triennale für Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany, Bodycheck, 10 (curated by Matthias Winzen) Kasseler Kunstvereinsheim, Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany Museion, Bozen, Italy, Ironie der Objekte Victoria Miro Gallery, London, England, Absent without Leave Stadtgalerie, Saarbrücken, Germany, ars viva 06/07 Erzählung / narration OEen Group, Copenhagen, Denmark, OEen Group Show Sharjah Biennial 8, Sharjah, UAE, Still Life: Art, Ecology and the Politics of change Berlinsche Galerie, Berlin, Garmany, Förderpreis Schering Stiftung 2007 Centre international d’art, Ile de Vassiviere, France, My private escaped from Italy Moscow Biennale, Moscow, Russia, FOOTNOTES on Geopolitics, Market and Amnesia

2006 Historical Center, Gouda, Netherlands, 2006 Lichtjaren Gallery Yujiro, London, England, The universe in a handkerchief Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Dresden, Germany Momentum 2006, Moss, Norway Galerie Raster, Warsaw, Poland, Villa Holiday Warsaw Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany, Und es bewegt sich doch Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany, On The Move Öffentlicher Raum, Salzburg, Austria, Kontracom 06 Gagosian Gallery, Berlin, Germany, YBA – Young Bavarian Artists Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany, Transatlantique Impulse Johann König, Berlin, Germany, Inaugural Exhibition

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West London Projects, London, England, Endless Summer Kunstverein, Göttingen, Eigenheim, Germany, everything but the kitchen sink Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, Stage of Life, The Rhetoric of Emotion

2005 ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany, Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, United States, Talk to the Land Yokohama Triennale 2005, Yokohama, Japan Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany Rückkehr ins All Tohkunstbau, Sacrow, Germany, XII. Rohkunstbau Museion, Bozen, Poland, LIGHT LAB. Alltägliche Kurzschlüsse Artists Space, New York, United States, Things Fall Apart All Over Again Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany, Kunstpreis der Böttcherstraße in Bremen 2005 Künstlerhaus Mousonturm, Frankfurt, Germany, So klappts – Modelle des Gelingens Lenbachhaus, München, Germany, FAVORITEN - Neue Kunst in München Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland, Bewegliche Teile, Formen des Kinetischen Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany, Bühne des Lebens - Rhetorik des Gefühls (curated by Nicolaus Schafhausen) 503 mulino, Vincenza, Italy, Light Sculpture - Scultura Leggera Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York, United States, We Disagree The Empire, London, England, Window Cleaning Days Are Over

2004 Barbican Centre, London, England, The Coach Shed, Liverpool, England, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2004 Rheunschau, Köln, Germany, Rheinschau 2004 Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria, Moving Parts, Forms of the Kinetic International Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Manifesta 5 San Sebastian 2004 Fa Projects, London, England, EXS An Invitation Exhibition South London Gallery, London, England Secret Garden Galerie Zink & Gegner, Munich, Germany Sydney Biennale, Sydney, Australia, On Reason and Emotion Stiftung Federkiel, Halle 14, Leipzig, Germany, Xtreme Houses lothringer 13/halle, Munich, Germany, Xtreme Houses Centre international d’art, Ile de Vassiviere BHF live set + Sailstorfer, Zero, Milan, CLIMATES, cyclothymia landscapes

2003 Ludwig-Forum für internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany, Wings of Art 8. Biennale Havanna, Cuba, Biennale Havanna Galerie Martin Janda, Wien, Austria, Video Screening 04 lothringer13, Munich, Germany, Were, Here! Homeroom - Projektraum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Munich, Head on Fuoriuso 2003, Pescara, Italy, Great Expectations

2002 w139, Amsterdam, Netherlands, At least begin to make an end Galerie Nusser & Baumgart, Munich, Germany, 3x1 Akademiegalerie, Munich, Germany, Banging your Head against the Wall! Stadtpark, Rimini, Italy, Being There

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Alte Mälzerei, Regensburg, Germany, Extra Dark

2001 Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany, Junger Westen 2001 centro de arte joven, Madrid, Spain, Acht x anders

Selected Bibliography:

2008 Boese, Daniele, “Michael Sailstorfer,” Artforum, December Pulimood, Steve, “Michael Sailstorfer at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt,” Saatchi- gallery.com Metzger, Rainer, “Sculptural Art: Michael Sailstorfer” Goethe.de, June

2006 Subal, Simone, “Michael Sailstorfer,” Contemporary, November, p.70-73 Honor, Julia, “Expanding Spaces,” Tema Celeste, November, p.52-57 Hollein, Max, “Michael Sailstorfer. In: Forever was Yesterday” Monographie, Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Nurnberg Gioni, Massimiliano, “Massimiliano Gioni in conversation with Michael Sailstorfer In: Forever was Yesterday” Monographie, Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Nurnberg Subal, Simone. “Michael Sailstorfer’s Experiments in Alchemy In: Forever was Yesterday” Monographie, Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Nurnberg Hartle, Johan Frederik, “Cosmos and Hut. In: Forever was Yesterday” Monographie, Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Nurnberg

2005 Haines, Bruce, “Michael Sailstorfer,” Frieze Magazine, October

2003 Scharrer, Eva, “Critics Pick: Michael Sailstorfer,” Artforum, September

Publications:

Reaktor, Lukas & Sternberg, 2008 Fur Immer war Gestern, Herausgeber, 2005

Honors/Awards:

2008 – 2010 Scholarship of the Günther- Peill-Stiftung, Duren, Germany

2007 Prize of the Dr. Franz and Astrid-Ritter Foundation, Straubing, Germany

2006 "Ars Viva"- Award of the Cultural Committee of German Business

2003 Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes, Germany

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2002 Prize of the Darmstadt Secession – Promotion of Christian Karl Schmidt Foundation Ida – Wolf Memorial Award of the City of Munich, Art Forum Berlin Academy Award - The Academy of Fine Arts, Munich

Public Collections:

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris MARta, Herford Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich Städelmuseum, Frankfurt/Main Sammlung Boros, Berlin

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