Michael Sailstorfer

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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:
2010
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, Forestry
Galeria Fortes Vilaca, São Paulo, Brazil, Knots like Clouds
2009
Johann Konig, Berlin, Germany, backyardoutdoorsculptureseries
Verkehrsanbindung
Pulheim, Germany, Pulheim Digs
Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany, No Light
Gallery Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France, Michael Sailstorfer
#2:
Wohnen
mit
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:
2010
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
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
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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
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
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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
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
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Boese, Daniele, “Michael Sailstorfer,” Artforum, December
Pulimood, Steve, “Michael Sailstorfer at the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt,” Saatchigallery.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
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
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Public Collections:
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
MARta, Herford
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
Städelmuseum, Frankfurt/Main
Sammlung Boros, Berlin
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