Born in 1976 Oldenburg, Germany. Lives and works in Berlin, Germany.


Solo exhibitions
2010
Michael Beutler, Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt

2009
7x14, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden;
Fortino #1, FONDAZIONE BRODBECK ARTE CONTEMPORANEA, Catania, Italy;
Kunstverein St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany

2008
Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden;
Sopra, Sotto, Franco Soffiantino Gallery, Turin, Italy;
After the butcher, Berlin, Germany;
Galerie Depandance;

2007
Portikus, Frankfurt am Main Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany;

2006
Aluminium Pagoda, Lufthansa Aviation Center (LAC);
Manin City, Villa Manin, (UD), Italy;

2005
Pecafil, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt, Germany;
Pilf, Franco Soffiantino Gallery, Turin, Italy;
Museumsstraße Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany;
Outdoor-yellow12/irrgarten, Botanischer Garten, München, Germany;
Taking the Matter into Common Hands, IASPIS, Stockholm, Sweden;

2004
Signal, Malmö, Sweden;
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany;
Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany;
Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany;
Kunstverein Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland;
Nicht innen sondern außen – nicht drinnen sondern draußen, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M.,
Germany;
Flip, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany;
Proper en Droog, dèpendance, Brüssel, Belgium ;

2003
Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt a. M.;
Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, Germany;

2002
Wiener Secession, Wien, Austria;

2001
Dontmiss, Frankfurt a. M.


Group exihibitions
2010
Sketches of space, MUDAM, Luxembourg

2009
Bulletin Board Blvd., Pro Choice, Vienna, Austria;
Open Source, Amsterdam

2008
My Space.Cosa vuol dire "pubblico"? PAN – Palazzo delle Arti di Napoli, Napoli, Italy;
Casa Sem Dono, Casa Triângulo, São Paulo, Brasil;
Bard College, Center for Critical Studies, New York, USA;
U-Turn, Quadriennal for Contemporary Art, Copenhagen, Danmark;
Vertrautes Terrain – Aktuelle Kunst in und über Deutschland, ZKM | Museum für Neue Kunst & Medienmuseum, Karlsruhe;
Psycho Buildings – Artists and Architecture, Haywarth Gallery, London, UK;
Ad absurdum, Kunsthalle Nordhorn, Germany;
Kunstmaschinen Maschinenkunst, Tinguely Museum Basel, Switzerland;
Fusion // Confusion, Museum Folkwang Essen, Germany;
APPELL, Museum Felix de Boeck, Drogenbos Brüssel, Belgium;

2007
Kunstmaschinen Maschinenkunst, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main /Tinguely Museum, Basel,
Switzerland;
Made in Germany, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany;
Encuentro Internacional de Medellín 07, Medellin, Kolumbien;
Modelle für Morgen, European Kunsthalle, Köln, Germany;

2006
4th Berlin Biennale, Germany;
Playstation, Sprengelmuseum, Hannover, Germany;
Bonanza, Tilton Gallery, New York, USA;
Bühne des Lebens. Rhetorik des Gefühls, Kunstbau Lenbachhaus, München, Germany;
Don Quixote, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;

2005
From our cold hands, VTO, London, UK;
Dialectics of hope, 1st Moscow Biennale;
Bench, Kunsthalle St. Gallen, St. Gallen / Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany;
Memphis, Flaca Gallery, London, UK;
Lore, Project Room, Glasgow, UK;
Negotiating Realities, Göteborg International Biennial For Contemporary Art 2005, Göteborg, Sweden;
Quattro Flaca, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal, Switzerland;
Frieze Projects, Frieze Art Fair, London, UK;
Present Future, Artissima, Turin, Italy;

2004
Was ist in meiner Wohnung, wenn ich nicht da bin?, Greifswalderstr.212, Berlin, Germany;
The Savoy,Collective, Gallery, Edinburgh, UK;
Sculpture Garden, Old Street Roundabout, London, UK;
Universal Outstretch, Flaca Gallery, London, UK;
Heimweh, Haunch of Venison Bruton Street, London, UK;
No Money, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany;

2003
Utopia Station Sindelfingen, Städtische Galerie, Sindelfingen, Germany;
Total motiviert/The state of the upper floor: Panorama, Kunstverein München, Germany;
Make it new!, Portikus/Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Frankfurt a. M., Germany;

2002
Terrassen, with Henning Bohl, Kjubh Kunstverein, Köln, Germany;
Origami rückwärts, Technoplus, Paris, France;
Fluten, Hinterconti, Hamburg, Germany;
Easy-heavy, with Sunah Choi, Luftraum, Frankfurt a. M., Germany;
Whitecubeponderosa, Griesinger Schule, permanente Installation / permanent installation, Frankfurt a. M.,
Germany;
Michael Pfrommer / Mandla Reuter, Lothringerstraße 13/Laden, München, Germany;

2001
Sour Cherry Soup (Meggyleves), Mafuji Gallery, London, UK;
Interim, Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK;
Trash Art Festival, Gazi, Athen, Greece;
Ausstellung Wohnung Draschan/Wolff, with Lise Harlev, Wien, Austria;
Museumsshop, Stellwerk, Kassel, Germany;
Haiku Installation, Unit2, London and Podium Gallery, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK;
Vasistas, Technische Universität, Istanbul, Turkey;
New Heimat, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M., Germany;

2000
Und was machen wir heute, Steinweghalle, Oldenburg, Germany;
Städelschule Frankfurt am Main – Büropark Neu Isenburg, Frankfurterstrasse 127, permanent installation,
Neu Isenburg, Germany;
ISBN 3-9805670-3-6, Hanauer Landstrasse 133, Frankfurt a. M., Germany;
Membersshow, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK;
Festival Junger Talente, Messehallen Offenbach a. M., Germany;

1999
Neue Räume, c/o Rathenaustrasse, Offenbach a. M., Germany;
Jailbreak, Phantombüro at Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M., Germany;
Transformation Delta, Stellwerk, Kassel, Germany;

1998
Stuttgart, 17.7.1956 – Salem (Wis.)/USA, 3.3.1977”, Portikus, Frankfurt a. M., Germany.


Bibliography

Michael Beutler. Pecafil, Berlin /New York, 2006, Nicolaus Schafhausen, Katja Schroeder, Maria Lind, Ariane Müller, Thomas Beyrle (Hrsg.);
Michael Beutler. Flip, Ausstellungskatalog, Kunstverein Braunschweig, 2005, Karola Grässlin (Hrsg.);
Michael Beutler. Potpourri, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, 2004, Corinna Otto, Gertrude Wagen-feld-Pleister, Gregory Williams (Hrsg);
Michael Beutler. Quadragrotte, Kunstverein Solothurn, Gent, 2004, Roswitha Schild, Gregory Williams (Hrsg.). „Michael Beutler”, Ausstellungskatalog, Secession, Wien, 2003, Matthias Herrmann, Gregory Williams, Stefanie Kleefeld (Hrsg.).


Education

1997-2003
Städelschule Frankfurt a. M., Germany;

2000-2001
Glasgow School of Art (Master of Fine Arts Department), UK.