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MICHAEL SAILSTORFER

Michael Sailstorfer (*1979, Velden, Germany) lives and works in Berlin. Active since 2001, Sailstorfer studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich and holds an MA in Fine Arts from Goldsmiths College, London. He is represented by several international galleries and has participated in over 180 exhibitions, with shows throughout the Americas and especially across Europe. His works are held in both private and public collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Sammlung Goetz (Munich), and S.M.A.K. (Ghent).

Sailstorfer’s practice playfully and mischievously explores the industrial materials that surround us, our relationship to them, and how he can challenge perceptions of their physical limitations—primarily through installation-based works.

He has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions throughout the world, including the recent exhibitions Olaf Holzapfel | Michael Sailstorfer, Livie Gallery, Zurich; Air Electric, Carbon 12, Dubai; Elektrosex, Tick Tack, Antwerp; To the People, Pejman Foundation, Tehran; Batterie, Livie Gallery, Zurich; Clearing, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City; Heavy Eyes Dubai, Carbon 12, Dubai; Heavy Eyes Seoul, König Galerie, Seoul; Plumbum, Livie Gallery, Zurich; Heavy Eyes, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen; Tear Show, Galerie Perrotin, New York City; Clouds and Tears, Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City; Hitzefrei, König Galerie, Berlin; Wiesen bei Nacht, Kunstverein Wiesen, Wiesen; Michael Sailstorfer, CentrePasquArt, Biel/Bienne; Breakwater, Loushy Art & Projects, Tel Aviv; It might as well be spring, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN, USA; Kopf und Körper, Museum Kurhaus Kleve – Ewald Mataré-Sammlung, Kleve; Forst, Vattenfall Contemporary, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin; Tornado, Public Art Fund New York, Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, New York City, amongst many others.

For inquiries, please contact us directly per email or phone:
Caspar Livie | caspar@liviegallery.com | +41 78 631 89 26

Image: installation view, Michael Sailstorfer, Plumbum, 2023, Livie Gallery. Photo: Esther Mathis.

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Michael Sailstorfer, MS 00 22

MICHAEL SAILSTORFER | MS0022

Discover the publication “MS0022 – Michael Sailstorfer: Work 2000-2022” with an overview of the artist’s work from the last 20 years.

 
If you would like to receive the print publication, kindly contact us at marie@liviegallery.com.
 

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