Born: Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg, 1967

Education: Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, 1986–92
DAAD-Stipend, Los Angeles, 2000–01

Died: Niederanven, Luxembourg, 2002

2023

SINNMASCHINE, Mudam, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg

2022

Progressive Aesthetics, Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
Katze. Präsentation zum Majerus Jahr im Museum Ludwig, Museum Ludwig, Köln
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
Early Works, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
Neuer Berliner Kunstverein
DATA STREAMING, Kunstverein, Hamburg
gemälde, 1994, neugerriemschneider, Berlin

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, Sprüth Magers Lee, London
progressive aesthetics, neugerriemschneider, Berlin
what looks good today may not look good tomorrow, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
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, Berli

1992

Mr. Proper und anderes, Zellermayer Galerie, Berlin

2023

Fuck, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
New Worlds, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
the power and pleasure of books and possessions, neugerriemschneider, Berlin

2022

Double Up: Art and Design with New Perspectives, Neues Museum, Nuremberg
Space For Imaginative Actions, Kunstmuseum Bonn
Oil painting. Michel Majerus in dialogue with Ludwig Collection, Ludwig Forum Aachen, Germany
Michel Majerus / Kurt Schwitters, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Blow Up! The growth of things, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
kosuth majerus sonderborg, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin

2021

Focus Collection, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Germany
Now or Never - 50 Years LBBW Collection, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany

2019

Open House: Elliott Hundley, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Holz, Metall, Gewebe, Farbe, Glas, Ton, Stein, Scherben, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin
majerus wool warhol…“cold beer” the “smudge tool” and other short stories, Michel Majerus Estate, Berlin
majerus wool warhol…skulls and rorschachs, Michel Majerus Estate, 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 mit 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, Fondation 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

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 Mountains 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