Michael Dreyer
Born 1953 in Coburg, DE
Lives and works in Stuttgart, DE
The artistic practice and interests of Michael Dreyer are widely varied. He is as much a visual artist, author, musician, graphic artist and designer, as he is director and project-initiator. He consistently questions common assumptions, clichés and romantic ideas held about the vocation of the artist, his way of life, and specific locales such as the studio. The engagement with such assumptions run through Dreyer's oeuvre like a red thread, being ironically questioned and investigated time and again. He teaches at the Merz Akademie and is founder and general director of the W.O.Scheibemuseum, located in his own backyard.
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Born 1953 in Coburg, DE
Lives and works in Stuttgart, DE
The artistic practice and interests of Michael Dreyer are widely varied. He is as much a visual artist, author, musician, graphic artist and designer, as he is director and project-initiator. He consistently questions common assumptions, clichés and romantic ideas held about the vocation of the artist, his way of life, and specific locales such as the studio. The engagement with such assumptions run through Dreyer's oeuvre like a red thread, being ironically questioned and investigated time and again. He teaches at the Merz Akademie and is founder and general director of the W.O.Scheibemuseum, located in his own backyard.
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Gallery Exhibitions
Anpassungsarbeiten, 2016, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (solo)
A Group of Six Artists, 2013, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (group)
From the Age of the Poets, 2012, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (group)
Triple Negation – Double Props #1, WE NOW INTERRUPT FOR A COMMERCIAL, 2011, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Other Exhibitions, Films and Performances (Selection)
Machen die immer (noch) das Gleiche?, 2012, NGBK, Berlin, Germany (solo)
The happy fainting of painting, 2012, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany (group)
White Albums, 2010, exhibition, publication together with Julian Göthe, Hans Jürgen Hafner, Michael Paukner, W.O. Scheibe Museum, 2010, Stuttgart, Germany
Kommando Giotto di Bondone curated by André Butzer, 2008, Gallery Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy (group)
Pianistin, eine Aufnahme ‚elektronischer Klänge’ von Stockhausen anhörend, 2006, exhibition, performance, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
Abschaffung von Prügelsprache, 2004, exhibition, performance, films, publication (Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany), Grazer Kunstverein, Austria / Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin, Germany
Produktivität und Existenz, 2000, kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (group)
Pay with Me, 1999, curated by Andreas Fanizadeh and Eva Meier, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (group)
Koether, Bohlen, Richter, 1999, curated by Albert Oehlen, Galerie Esther Freund, Vienna, Austria (group)
Albert vs. History, 1998, curated by Albert Oehlen, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (group)
Shorty, 1996, film, performance (Berlin, Marburg, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Germany) (together with Sharon Lockhart, Kamera, Schorsch Kamerun e.a.)
Der geliehene Ernstfall, (together with Diedrich Diederichsen and Lucius Burckhardt) as a part of the exhibition Erkundungen, 1986, Messe Stuttgart, Germany
Anpassungsarbeiten, 2016, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (solo)
A Group of Six Artists, 2013, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (group)
From the Age of the Poets, 2012, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (group)
Triple Negation – Double Props #1, WE NOW INTERRUPT FOR A COMMERCIAL, 2011, Aanant & Zoo, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Other Exhibitions, Films and Performances (Selection)
Machen die immer (noch) das Gleiche?, 2012, NGBK, Berlin, Germany (solo)
The happy fainting of painting, 2012, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany (group)
White Albums, 2010, exhibition, publication together with Julian Göthe, Hans Jürgen Hafner, Michael Paukner, W.O. Scheibe Museum, 2010, Stuttgart, Germany
Kommando Giotto di Bondone curated by André Butzer, 2008, Gallery Gio Marconi, Milan, Italy (group)
Pianistin, eine Aufnahme ‚elektronischer Klänge’ von Stockhausen anhörend, 2006, exhibition, performance, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany
Abschaffung von Prügelsprache, 2004, exhibition, performance, films, publication (Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, Germany), Grazer Kunstverein, Austria / Galerie Meerrettich, Berlin, Germany
Produktivität und Existenz, 2000, kunstraum Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (group)
Pay with Me, 1999, curated by Andreas Fanizadeh and Eva Meier, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany (group)
Koether, Bohlen, Richter, 1999, curated by Albert Oehlen, Galerie Esther Freund, Vienna, Austria (group)
Albert vs. History, 1998, curated by Albert Oehlen, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (group)
Shorty, 1996, film, performance (Berlin, Marburg, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Germany) (together with Sharon Lockhart, Kamera, Schorsch Kamerun e.a.)
Der geliehene Ernstfall, (together with Diedrich Diederichsen and Lucius Burckhardt) as a part of the exhibition Erkundungen, 1986, Messe Stuttgart, Germany