André Butzer
André Butzer (*1973 Stuttgart, Germany) lives in Berlin. He is a contemporary painter known for his vibrant, expressionistic style that blends European Expressionism with American pop culture influences. His work, ranging from grotesque figurative forms to abstract compositions, explores themes of history, politics, and mass entertainment.
Solo exhibitions of his work have been held in international institutions including Gesellschaft für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg, Museo Novecento, Florence, Museo Stefano Bardini, Florence, and St Nikolaus, Innsbruck (2024); Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Kebbel Villa | Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Miettinen Collection, Berlin, and Kunstverein Friedrichshafen (2023); Friedrichs Foundation, Weidingen (2022); Yuz Museum, Shanghai, and Museum of the Light, Hokuto (2020); IKOB Musée d’Art Contemporain, Eupen (2018); Växjö Konsthall, Växjö (2017); Bayerisches Armeemuseum, Ingolstadt, and Neue Galerie Gladbeck (2016); Kunstverein Reutlingen (2015); Halle für Kunst, Graz (2014); Kestnergesellschaft, Hanover, and Kunsthistorisches Museum / Theseustempel, Vienna (2011); Kunsthalle Nuremberg (2009); Kunstverein Ulm (2005); Kunstverein Heilbronn (2004).
Works by André Butzer are in the collections of Aïshti Foundation, Beirut; Art Institute of Chicago; Aurora Museum, Shanghai; Carré d’Art, Nîmes; Children’s Museum of the Arts, New York; CICA Center of International Contemporary Art, Vancouver; Contemporary Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; Friedrichs Foundation, Weidingen / Bonn; Galerie moderního umění, Hradci Králové; Galerie Stadt Sindelfingen; Hall Art Foundation, Reading / VT | Derneburg; Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin; Hölderlinturm, Tübingen; IKOB Musée d’Art Contemporain, Eupen; Kupferstichkabinett / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin; LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Marciano Art Collection, Los Angeles; MARe Museum, Bucharest; MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid; Museo Novecento, Florence; Museum Reinhard Ernst, Wiesbaden; Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Bremen; Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich; Rubell Museum, Miami; Sammlung Goetz, Munich; Space K, Seoul; Ståhl Collection, Norrköping; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus / Gabriele Münter- und Johannes Eichner-Stiftung, Munich; Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck; University of Washington, Seattle; Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju-si; Yuz Museum, Shanghai, among others.
For inquiries, please contact us directly per email or phone:
Caspar Livie | caspar@liviegallery.com | +41 78 631 8926
Image: installation view, André Butzer / Thomas Arnolds, 2020, Livie Gallery.
PUBLICATIONS
ANDRÉ BUTZER | HERR MÄNDELCHEN (2002)
Discover the catalogue which was published on the occasion of our solo show with André Butzer titled Herr Mändelchen (2002), on view from June 7 to August 22, 2024. With an exhibition text by Christian Malycha.
NEWS & PRESS
ARCO MADRID 2026
March 4-8, 2026IFEMA Madrid With new works byAndré ButzerAustin EddyOlaf HolzapfelMichael Sailstorfer
ARTGENÈVE 2026
ARTGENÈVE 2026DIMITRA CHARAMANDASESTHER MATHISANDRÉ BUTZERRALPH BÜRGINMICHAEL SAILSTORFER STAND C34 JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 1, 2026PREVIEW WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2-9PMPALEXPO, GENEVA Save the date for the first art fair of the year and join us at artgenève from January 28 to February 1, 2026. We will be showing in the main gallery section for the first time and […]
ANDRÉ BUTZER FILM SCREENING AT MUMOK VIENNA
AUSTRIAN PREMIERE | TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 7 PM MUSEUMSPLATZ 1, VIENNA, AUSTRIA We are excited to announce the Austrian premiere of André Butzer. His Art and His Time, a documentary film by Rudij Bergmann, taking place next Tuesday at mumok Vienna. Over a six-year period from 2017 to 2023, filmmaker Rudij Bergmann created an intimate portrait […]
ARCOmadrid 2025
ARCO MADRID 2025 ANDRÉ BUTZER | DIMITRA CHARAMANDAS | AUSTIN EDDY | MICHAEL SAILSTORFER BOOTH 9D07, HALL 9 MARCH 5 – 9, 2025 IFEMA, AVDA. DEL PARTENÓN, 5 28042 MADRID For ARCOmadrid 2025 we will present a dialogue of four artists from the gallery program. The presentation will include new paintings by André Butzer (*1973 […]
