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Matthias Mayer
Born 1967 in Worms, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Education
since 1991 freelanced artist
Grants/Projects
2014 Award for Independent Project Spaces and Initiatives, Senat Chancellery-C.A., Berlin
2013 Grant for website, Senat Chancellery-Cultural Afairs, Berlin
2011 Project grant for „Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em“, Senat Chancellery-Cultural Afairs, Berlin
2009 "Komsular Arasi_Amongst Neighbours", Istanbul, Turkey
2008 "Intrude: Art & Life 366", Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2007 Pilotprojekt Gropiusstadt, Berlin
2005 Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
2003 Gingko/ La maison du boulanger, Centre Culturel, Troyes, France
1996/1997 International Studio Program (ISCP), New York City, USA
1995 Museum of the History of St.Petersburg, St.Petersburg, Russia
1994 "Symposium d’Amiens", Ecole Supérieure d'Art et de Design, Amiens, France
1994 "Progetto Civitella d’Agliano", Civitella d'Agliano, Italy
Solo Exhibitions
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„A.I.T.Discoteca“, statsion, Berlin
"What Use?!", Dada Post, Berlin
o.T., "solo for one" @ Kosmetiksalon Babette, Berlin
"Still Magic", Kunstverein Worms, Germany
"Amigos", Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin (with Patrick Jambon)
"The Planet Funk", WestGermany, Berlin
"Fake Painting", Postmoskau, Berlin
"SuperNew–SuperFlat!", Spor Klübü, Berlin
"Ville Départ", Passages - Contemporary Art Centre, Troyes, France
"Pure Pop", Spor Klübü, Berlin
"Follow me", raum 2, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
"Waiting for Li", Kunstverein Bad Kreunznach, Bad Kreunznach, Germany
"Mo Magic’s Bar", Institut Francais, Mainz, Germany
"Speed of cars", Kunstverein Trier - Junge Kunst, Trier, Germany
"Mo Magic - studies the speed of cars", German Consulate Gallery, New York City
"Mo Magic’s Bar", Heart Gallery, Mannheim, Germany
Group Exhibitions
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"Rizoma", Museo do Estado Pará, Belém, Brazil
"the subterranean gallery - die unterirdische Galerie", Gallery Crystal Ball, Berlin
"Cascading Bifurcations", tête, Berlin
"Das Andere Wo/The Other Where", OFF Raum, Vienna, Austria
"Die Ästhetik des Widerstands", Galerie im Turm, Berlin
"Present", Projektraum Bethanien, Berlin
"Die Ästhetik des Widerstands", Galerie IG BILDENDE KUNST, Vienna, Austria
"How Lonely Does It Get?… DoDummDumm..", BlackBridgeOfSpace, Beijing, China
"Plakativ 2", Atelier Eva Baumert, Berlin
"The End....my only friend", Neues Problem, Berlin
"Photo Opportunity: The Ubiquity of Photography", Dada Post, Berlin
"REMIX–10 years in the mix“, Spor Klübü, Berlin
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"Don't look back", Divus/Pragerkabarett, Prague, Czech Republic
"The legend of the shelves", Autocenter, Berlin
"Cocaine – blows my brain..", Spor Klübü, Berlin
"Miniature by Serendipity", Babette, Berlin
"Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em", Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin
"Books Unfolded Vol. 1", Studio Visits, Berlin
"Air", Malplaquetstr.36, Berlin
"Ruine", Die Wiesenburg, Berlin
"Abstrakt", The Forgotten Bar, Berlin
"Stranded in the future", Spor Klübü, Berlin
"Casting", Visite ma tente, Berlin
"Zeigen. Eine Audiotour durch Berlin von Karin Sander", Temporäre Kunsthalle, Bln
"Nelson Mandela must be free", Spor Klübü, Berlin
"Under Construction", Hayaka Arti, Istanbul, Turkey
„Helter Skelter“, Kulturpalast Wedding International, Berlin
"Crazy little thing", Spor Klübü, Berlin
"Sllörrrrr wip wop wop", Spor Klübü, Berlin
"The Planet Funk at Berliner Kunstsalon", 4. Berliner Kunstsalon
"100 Dage = 100 Videoer", GL Strand, Kopenhagen, Denmark
"Der nächste Zustand", Zustand, Berlin
"Rio", Artnews Projects, Berlin
"Strange Screen", Film/Videofestival, Thessaloniki Cinema Museum, Greece
"100 Tage = 100 Videos", Heidelberger Kunstverein
"Sehnsucht Inc.", Landcommandery Alden Biesen, Bilzen, Belgium
"Jeune Création", La Bellevilloise, Paris, France
"Easy Transport", Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Skopje, Macedonia
"Jackpot", Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany
"Jackpot", Galerie im Körnerpark, Berlin
"Blickachse '06", Herrnsheimer Schloßpark, Worms, Germany
"A Home for Lost Ideas", General Public, Berlin
"DRIVE AND SHOOT", CSW Solvay, Krakow, Poland
"Balmoral vs. Mainstream + Spor Klübü", 2. Berliner Kunstsalon, arena-Magazin, Bln
"Jeune Création", La Bellevilloise, Paris (winner prize Jeune Création)
"Brigade des Images", Divan du Monde, Paris, France
"Cheval", Künstlerhaus Schloß Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
"M.A.I.S. VI / Der freie Wille", arena-Bunker, Berlin
"Datschenclique", 1.Berliner Kunstsalon, arena-Magazin, Berlin
"Krawallnachbarwampenmannfromthezulunation", mainstream, Berlin
"A.K.A.", Berliner Kunstprojekt/ NY Arts Magazine, Berlin
"Kunst aus Rheinland-Pfalz", Landesvertretung Rheinland-Pfalz, Berlin
"Desidolize now", Grande Halle de la Vilette, Paris
"Kolonie Wedding", Karlinske Spektrum, Prague, Czech Republic
"Geschwindigkeit - Terrain der Zeit", Bellevuesaal, Wiesbaden, Germany
Projects:
runs project space Spor Klübü in Berlin-Wedding since 2003
(www.koloniewedding.de/sporkluebue)
curated projects in diferent locations
Collections:
Rhineland-Palatinate
Contact:
Matthias Mayer
Bastianstr.6, 13357 Berlin
www.matthiasmayer.org