Michel Majerus

SELECTED SOLO SHOWS: 
2018
Laboratory for Appraising the Apparent, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
In EUROPE everything appears more serious than in the USA, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Home Videos, selected by Jordan Wolfson, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
2017
Aluminum Paintings, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (catalogue)
Laboratorium für die Feststellung des Offensichtlichen, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin (catalogue)
Aluminum Paintings, neugerriemschneider, Berlin (catalogue)
2015
Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles
2014
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (catalogue)
2013
Mace the space ace, Art Basel Unlimited
Beautiful Way, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
2011
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany. Traveled to CAPC, Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, France (catalogue)
zweihundertvier sechzigmalsechzig, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
2010
Knaackstrasse 12 (former studio of Michel Majerus), Berlin
2009
lost forever, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Saarlandmuseum, Saarbrücken, Germany (catalogue)
2008
yet sometimes what is read successfully, stops us with ist meaning, Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
2007
liebt euch, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
2006
Mudam, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
2005
what looks good today may not look good tomorrow, Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
demand the best don’t accept excuses, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
Olympia 2050. Michel Majerus, Sprüth Magers Lee, London
progressive aesthetics, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
what looks good today may not look good tomorrow, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Michel Majerus. Installationen 92-02, Kunsthaus Graz Universalmuseum Joanneum, Austria (catalogue)
2003
Pop Reloaded, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin. Traveled to Tate Liverpool, United Kingdom (catalogue)
2002
Sozialpalast, Brandenburger Tor, Berlin
Leuchtland, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
controlling the moonlight maze, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
2001
Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
2000
if we are dead, so it is, Kölnischer Kunstverein
demand the best don‘t accept excuses, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
The space is, where you’ll find it, The Delfina Studio Trust, London
1999
Björn Dahlem – Michel Majerus, Schnitt Ausstellungsraum, Cologne
sein lieblingsthema war sicherheit, seine these – es gibt sie nicht, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Thai-Ming, Asprey Jacques, London, United Kingdom
Jenny Holzer – Michel Majerus, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
as soon as possible, Gió Marconi, Milan
Stefan Hirsig – Michel Majerus, Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
1998
never trip alone. always use 2 player mode, Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens
1997
Space Safari, Anders Tornberg Gallery, Lund, Sweden
Produce-Reduce-Reuse, Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
1996
Aesthetic Standard, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
n.n., Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
fertiggestellt zur zufriedenheit aller die bedenken haben, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
Summerhits 96: Michel Majerus, The Museum of Modern Art Syros, Cyclades, Greece
Michel Majerus, Kunsthalle Basel (catalogue)
Aquarell, Hamburger Kunstverein
1994
gemälde, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
1993
polish women, allgirls gallery, Berlin
1992
Mr. Proper und anderes, Zellermayer Galerie, Berlin
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2019
Open House: Elliott Hundley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Holz, Metall, Gewebe, Farbe, Glas, Ton, Stein, Scherben, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin
2018
The Playground Project – Outdoor, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Michel Majerus Home Videos, selected by Jordan Wolfson, Michel Majerus Estate Berlin
Paintings of the 1980s and 1990s, Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. Traveled to University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor
2016
Ida Ekblad: What’s My Name?, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
Real / Radical / Psychological: The Collection on Display, Mildred Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis
2015
Geh und Spiel met dem Riesen!, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich
Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich. Traveled to Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (catalogue)
Accrochage 3: Pop & Music, Foundation Louis Vuitton, Paris
I Got to Have One of Those, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
After an Early Death, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Open Source: Art at the Eclipse of Capitalism, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
best students, best teachers, best school: Michel Majerus, Albert Oehlen, Laura Owens, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
2014
Gifts/New Acquisitions, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Thomas Bayrle / Harald Pridgar: Indian Cucumbers Dedicated to Michel Majerus, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
69/96, Alte Fabrik, Rapperswil, Switzerland
Traces of Modernism, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Art in Europe Since 1945: Beyond Boundaries, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, Greece
2013
Michel Majerus and Andreas Eriksson: Levitation, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
Expansion of the Combat Zone, 1968-2000. The Collection Part 3, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Auf Zeit, Wandbilder – Bildwände, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Das Glück kommt aus dem Nichts. Werke aus der Sammlung Wilhelm Otto Nachf, Kunsthalle Nürnberg
Gegenwartskunst der Sammlung und der Kico Stiftung, Lenbachhaus, Munich
Contemporary German Art: Selections from the permanent collection, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis
A more perfect day – Collection of Mudam Luxembourg, Artsonje Center, Seoul
Lies about Painting, Moderna Museet, Malmö, Sweden
Thomas Bayrle: Dedicated to Michel Majerus, The Artist’s Institute, New York
2012
Keine Zeit – Erschöpftes Selbst / Entgrenztes Können, 21er Haus, Vienna
Pink Kaviar – New Acquisitions 2009-2011, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark
2011
MMK 1991-2011, 20 Jahre Gegenwart, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
2010
Collision, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence
If Not In This Period of Time. Contemporary German Painting: 1989 – 2010, Museu De Arte De São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (catalogue)
2009
Slow Painting, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany (catalogue)
The World is Yours – Contemporary Art, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek, Denmark (catalogue)
Access All Areas – a drawing exhibition, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Sammlung Reloaded, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Extended. Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany
2008
Now’s the Time, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
BlueBalls, Art Production Fund LAB, New York
DRESSing the MESSAGE. Transformationen von Kunst und Mode, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany (catalogue)
Painting; Now and Forever, Part II, Green Naftali Gallery and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Pop! goes the weasel, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
2007
PX: Snow Falls in the Moutains without Wind, St Paul Street Gallery, Auckland
Von Bill Viola bis Aernout Mik. Werke aus der Sammlung der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Reality Bites: Making Avant-Garde Art in Post-Wall Germany, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany (catalogue)
Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making, The Museum of Modern Art, New York (catalogue)
Reality Bites: Making Avant-Garde Art in Post-Wall Germany, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University, Saint Louis (catalogue)
2006
RADAR Selections from the Collection of Vicki & Kent Logan, Denver Art Museum (catalogue)
Open House – Casa Aberta, Centro de Arte Contemporânea Inhotim, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Essential Painting, The National Museum of Art, Osaka (catalogue)
2005
36 x 27 x 10, White Cube Berlin
Golden Krust, Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York
10 foreign artists, Galleri K, Oslo
Atelier 5 – 9 Bauten 9 Künstler, Kunsthalle Bern
Generation X. Junge Kunst aus der Sammlung, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Same Old Shoe, Gimpel Fils, London
La nouvelle peinture allemande, Carré d’Art, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes, France
EXIT. Ausstieg aus dem Bild, ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany
Willem de Kooning, Kunstforum Wien
2004
BIACS – Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla, I Bienal de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla (catalogue)
Kunst – ein Kinderspiel, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt
Heißkalt. Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
was malerei heute ist, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany (catalogue)
Treasure Island, 10 Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, ZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Germany (catalogue)
no more reality, Nils Staerk Contemporary Art, Copenhagen
2003
SUPERNOVA: Art of the 1990s from the Logan Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalogue)
Heißkalt. Aktuelle Malerei aus der Sammlung Scharpff, Hamburger Kunsthalle (catalogue)
Sitings: Installation Art 1969-2002, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
some things we like… , Asprey Jacques Gallery, London
actionbutton. Neuerwerbungen zur Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2000 – 2002, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
20th anniversary show, Monika Sprüth – Philomene Magers, Cologne
PERFECT TIMELESS REPETITION, c/o Atle Gerhardsen, Berlin
2002
Reality Check: painting in the Exploded Field, Works from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, CCAC Institute, Oliver Center, Oakland, California
The Starting Line, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Hossa. Arte Alemán del 2000, Centro Cultural Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Kunst nach Kunst, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany (catalogue)
Lila, weiß und andere Farben. A Summer Group Show, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Painting on the Move, Kunsthalle und Kunstmuseum Basel (catalogue)
Flamm – Heinzmann – Majerus – Majewski – Nader, Asprey Jacques Gallery, London
Exposition collective, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
2001
Wiedervorlage D5 – Eine Befragung des Documenta-Archivs zur Documenta 1972, Documenta-Archiv, Kassel (catalogue)
Casino 2001, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
gravures de peintres, Niels Borch Jensen Verlag und Druck, Berlin
Poetry in Motion, MindBar, Lund, Sweden
Update #3. What looks good today…, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Viel Spaß, Espace Paul Ricard, Paris
M Art In(n), n.n., Helsingborg, Sweden
Oh Pardon, sind sie der Graf von Luxemburg?, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Freestyle. Werke aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2000
Pflummi, Brix-Kunstraum, Berlin
Salon, Delfina Project Space, London
Malkunst – Aktuelle Malerei in Berlin, Fondazione Mudima, Milan
The Sky is the Limit, Taipei Biennale
CN Négociations, Centre Régional d ́Art Contemporain Languedoc
Roussillon, Sète, France (catalogue)
at your service, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
mission impossible, Charim Klocker, Vienna
Colour Me Blind! Painting in the age of computer games and comics, Dundee Contemporary Arts, United Kingdom
hausschau – das haus in der kunst, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
at your service, Gasser & Grunert, New York
Colour Me Blind! Painting in the age of computer games and comics, Städtische Ausstellungshalle am Hawerkamp, Munich
1999
Colour Me Blind! Malerei in Zeiten von Computergame und Comic, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (catalogue)
German Open. Gegenwartskunst in Deutschland, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany (catalogue)
Die Schule von Athen, Municipality of Athens – Technopolis, Athens
kraftwerk BERLIN, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark (catalogue)
Originale echt/falsch, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany (catalogue)
Le Capital: tableaux, diagrammes, bureaux d’études, Centre Régional d ́Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sète, France (catalogue)
d’APERTutto, 48th Venice Biennale (catalogue)
objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Nach-Bild, Kunsthalle Basel (catalogue)
zoom. Ansichten zur deutschen Gegenwartskunst, Sammlung Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
Lè Grand Præmière Opénïng Shöw, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen
de coraz(i)ón, Tecla Scala, Barcelona (catalogue)
expanded design, Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria
Made in Berlin, House of Cyprus, Athens
1998
Made in Berlin, Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece (catalogue)
10 Jahre Open Art München, n.n., Munich (catalogue)
Manifesta 2, European Biennial for Contemporary Art, Luxembourg (catalogue)
Malerei, Galerie Karlheinz Meyer, Karlsruhe, Germany
Das Jahrhundert der künstlerischen Freiheit. 100 Jahre Wiener Secession, Secession, Vienna (catalogue)
Tell Me a Story: Narration in Contemporary Painting and Photography, Magasin, Centre National d‘Art Contemporain de Grenoble, France (catalogue)
1997
Topping Out, Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany (catalogue)
Franz Ackermann: 5%, Michel Majerus: Qualified, Tobias Rehberger: Water-colour, Giò Marconi, Milan
Faustrecht der Freiheit, Sammlung Volkmann, Gera, Germany
Fiat, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
1996
Alle Neune, ACC Galerie, Weimar, Germany
Wunderbar, Hamburger Kunstverein
something changed, Helga Maria Klosterfelde, Hamburg
Malerei III, Monika Sprüth Galerie, Cologne
Wunderbar, Kunstraum Wien
1992
3K-NH, Ausstellungsraum von J. Kosuth, Stuttgart, Germany
Under Thirty, Galerie Metropol, Vienna
1991
Ausstellungsreihe zwei, Kunstinstitut Stuttgart, Germany
1990
und wieder kommt kein Schwein, Klinik, Stuttgart, Germany