Michael Krebber  (German, 1954) 

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Michael Krebber Biography
1954   Born in Cologne, Germany
  Currently lives and works in Cologne
  Films
  2000 Cosima von Bonin’s Film, 2:06 min., Michael Krebber, Cosima von Bonin, Justus Köhncke
  1981 Grützefilm und Kameratanz, zusammen 60 min., Bärbel Freund, ael Krebber
Selected Exhibitions
2011   C-A-N-V-A-S, Uhutrust, Jerry Magoo and guardian.co.uk Painting, Greene Naftali, New York (solo)
2011   Maureen Paley, London (solo)
2008   The Most Contemporary Picture Show, Actually, Kunsthalle Nuernberg, Germany
2008   Painting Now and Forever Part II, Greene Naftali, New York, U.S.A.
2008   Pubertät in der Lehre/ Puberty in Teaching, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne (solo)
2008   2, 3, 4 manners of folding the pauses... or to make them – variations, Greene Naftali, New York, USA (solo)
2007   Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (solo)
2007   London Condom, Maureen Paley, London, UK (solo)
2007   Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2007   Conditions of Display, The Moore Space, curated by Gean Moreno, Miami, U.S.A.
2007   Degree Zero, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2007   Dracularising, Neue Alte Brucke, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007   Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2007   For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane Gallery, Paris. France
2007   It Takes Something to Make Something: The Rausch Collection, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007   …:ICAL KRBBR PRODLY PRSNTS GART JAS, JON KLSY, JOSF STRA, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, curated by Michael Krebber
2007   Michael Krebber / Sean Paul, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
2007   Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A, curated by Bennett Simpson
2007   Travelin‘Light, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
2007   Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, New York, U.S.A, curated by Anthony Huberman and Paul Pfeiffer
2007   Beware Of A Holy Whore, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
2006   sometimes it snows in april (presentation with Rachel Harrison), The McAllister Institute, New York, U.S.A. (solo)
2006   Connecting Hollywood with Sugar, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, U.S.A. (solo)
2005   Außerirdische Zwitterwesen / Alien Hybrid Creatures, Schaufensterdekoration, Antiquariat Buchholz, Köln, mit der Produzentin Secession, Vienna, Austria (solo)
2005   Painters Without Paintings & Paintings Without Painters, Orchard, New York, U.S.A.
2005   The Top Room/ A Retrospective, Chelsea Space, London, U.K.
2005   Roy Arden, Michael Krebber, John Miller, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
2005   POST-MoDERN, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
2004   Formalismus, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
2004   dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
2004   Rhinegold: Art from Cologne, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.
2004   Unfinished Too Soon, dependance, Brussels, Belgium. (solo)
2004   warm up (how I hit a snob), Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, U.S.A. (solo)
2003   Here it is: The Painting Machine, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, U.S.A. (solo)
2003   Flaggs (Against Nature), Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, U.S.A (solo)
2003   ohne Titel, bitte nicht wegwerfen, die falschen Bäume anheulen, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany. (solo)
2003   Michael Krebber and Dan Graham, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria. (solo)
2003   Outlook, Cultural Olympiad, Athens, Greece
2003   Hands up, Baby Hands up, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
2003   The State of the Upper Floor: Panorama, Kunstverein Münich, Germnay
2003   Malerei II Ausstellung Nulldrei, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
2002   Hier ist dort 2, Secession, Vienna, Austria
2002   Galerie Christine Mayer, Münich, Germany. (solo)
2001   Der durchschnittliche Speisefisch sagt ADIEU (The average, edible fish says ADIEU), Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany. (solo)
2001   Shordt Ridte in a Fasdt machine, The Top Room, London, U.K. (solo)
2001   Maureen Paley, Interim Art, London, U.K. (solo)
2001   Musterkarte. Modelos de Pintura en Alemania 2001, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
2000   Apothekerman, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (solo)
2000   Trottel, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria (solo)
1999   Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark, with Cosima von Bonin (solo)
1999   Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria (solo)
1999   Superca..., Stedelijk Museum, Bureau Amsterdam, Netherlands
1999   Malerei, INIT-Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
1999   Tegenvleug / Á Rebrousse-Poil, Kunstcentrum Sittard (Faltblatt), Netherlands
1998   Das erweiterte Feld: Transformation des Bildes, Kunstverein Münich, Germany
1998   Symposion, ICEBOX / Venetia Kapernekas, Athens, Greece
1998   Justus, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany, with Cosima von Bonin. (solo)
1998   Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany. (solo)
1997   Alberne Winkel, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1997   Villa Arson, Nice, France (solo)
1997   Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
1996   museum in progress, Fond Régional D´Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
1996   Sammlung Volkmann zeigt: Faustrecht der Freiheit, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
1996   Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy
1996   More than Real, Palazzo Reale, Caserta, Italy
1996   Hausaufgaben und Reisen, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany, with Candida Höfer, in der Ausstellungsreihe Glockengeschrei nach Deutz - das Beste aller Seiten (solo)
1996   New Paintings and Works on Paper, London Projects, London, U.K. (solo)
1996   Zwischenbericht, with Matthias Schaufler, Galerie Nagel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1995   Vol vers la lune, musée d'art moderne et contemporain (mamco), Genf. Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria (solo)
1995   Aufforderung in schönster Weise, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne
1995   Icons, Ladengalerie Lothringer Str. 13, Münich, Germany
1994   Europa '94, Munich Order Center, Münich, Germany
1994   Metro Pictures, New York, U.S.A.
1994   Sammlung Volkmann, Berlin, Germany
1994   Unbound: Possibilities in Painting, Hayward Gallery, London, U.K.
1994   25 Jahre B.K.-M.K., Birgit Küng, Fettstr. 7a, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1994   Kippenberger Kunstverein, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany. (solo)
1994   Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany. (solo)
1994   Marc Jancou Gallery, London, U.K. (solo)
1993   M.K.-M.K., Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece, with Martin Kippenberger. (solo)
1993   Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, U.K. (solo)
1993   Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany. (solo)
1993   The Best of, Galerie & Edition Artelier, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1993   Grafica 1, Innsbruck, Austria
1993   Project Unité, Firminy, France
1993   Diese Ausstellung hat keinen Titel, P.S.1 Museum, New York + Goethe House, New York + Kunsthaus Welker, Heidelberg, Germany
1992   SS. ss. R., Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1992   Wohnzimmer/Büro, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
1992   Albenda, Berkowski, Krebber, A.Oehlen, Pettibon; Thea Westreich, New York + Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
1992   Nikdo nepomuze nikomu - Das Gute muß gut sein, Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, Prague, Czech Republic
1992   Galérie Samia Saouma, with Ingeborg Gabriel and Cosima von Bonin, Paris, France. (solo)
1992   Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1992   Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany. (solo)
1992   Les bisch ja nich im Stich, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany. (solo)
1991   Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria (solo)
1991   Chicago International Art Exposition, Stand Galerie Christian Nagel (solo)
1991   biche dans un sous-bois, Birgit Küng, Fettstr. 7a, Zürich, Switzerland (solo)
1991   Fallen und Fallenlassen, Carpenter, Kippenberger, Krebber, Strothjohann; Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria
1991   Carpenter, Herold, Kelley, Kessler, Kippenberger, Krebber, Noland; Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, U.S.A.
1991   36e Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France
1991   Armaly, Bonin, Krebber, Müller, Kunstraum Daxter, Münich, Germany
1991   Gullivers Reisen, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany
1991   Jack Hanley/Trans Avant-Garde Gallery, San Francisco, U.S.A.
1990   7a, Zürich, Galerie Bleich Rossi, Graz, Austria
1990   Galerie Christian Nagel, Germany
1990   The Köln Show, Cologne, Germany ("Nachschub")
1990   Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
1989   Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France (solo)
1989   Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria (solo)
1989   Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)
1989   Eurobummel - Curated by Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
1989   Galerie PPS, Hamburg, Germany
1989   Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria
1989   Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Cologne, Germany
1989   Melancholia, Galerie Greta Insam, Vienna, Austria
1988   Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
1988   Skulpturenprojekt Dürr, Galerie Christoph Dürr, Münich, Germany
1987   Broken Neon, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
1987   Diedrich Diederichsen, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
1987   Galerie Christoph Dürr, Münich, Germany (solo)
1987   Panama, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria (solo)
1986   Fettstraße 7a, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
1980   Aktion Pisskrücke (Geheimdienst am Nächsten), Künstlerhaus Hamburg, Germany
Literature
2008   Brunner, Bettina, Michael Krebber, frieze, March 2008, p.184.
2008   Krebber, Michael, What Is Courbet?, Artforum, May 2008, pp.348-355.
2007   Krebber, Michael, The Artist’s Artists, Artforum, December 2007, p.125.
2007   Krebber, Michael, Project, Texte zur Kunst, June 2007, pp.108-111.
2007   Pearson, Tony, Reviews: Michael Krebber, Time Out, 5 December 2007, p. 41.
2007   Morris, Jane, Maureen Paley: Gallery Profile, Art World, December 2007, pp.52-55.
2006   Heubach, Fridr. Wolfr., “Karl Valentin, Michael Krebber, Pablo Picasso, “ Grey Flags, 2006
2006   Smith, Roberta, Michael Krebber: Connecting Sugar With Hollywood, The New York Times, 28 April, 2006.
2006   Smith, Roberta, Cologne as Mythic Hot Spot (Cue the Background Music), The New York Times, 2 June 2006, pp.27&30.
2006   Saltz, Jerry, Dandy, The Village Voice, April – May, 2006.
2006   McMullen, Troy, The Rising Cost of Cologne, The Wall Street Journal, 21 April 2006.
2006   Hainley, Bruce, No Child Left Behind, Whitney Biennial 2006, New York: Abrams, 2006.
2006   Michael Krebber, Blind Date, 2006, p25 & 211.
2005   Goldstein, Ann, “Best of 2005,” Artforum, December 2005, p.246.
2005   Graw, Isabelle, Best of 2005, Artforum, December 2005, pp.256-257.
2005   Birnbaum, Daniel, Secret Sharer, Artforum, October 2005.
2005   Kelsey, John, Stop Painting Painting, 2005.
2005   Morgan, Jessica, Formal Education, 2005.
2005   Davis, Nicole, A New Lease On Painting, artnet.com, 9 February 2005.
2005   Dath, Dietmaer, Elektronische Kindermusik, Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitlung, 16 April 2005.
2005   Bell, Kristy, Formalism. Modern Art, Today Frieze, March 2005.
2005   Panhans-Buhler, Ursula, Formalismus – Modern Kunst, heute, Texte zur Kunst, March 2005.
2005   Diedrichsen, Diedrich, Formalismus, Artforum, March 2005.
2005   Michael Krebber, Secession, 2005.
2004   Briegleb, Till, Art Deco, Helmut Berger, Dieter Roth, Suddeutsche Zeitung, 7 December 2004.
2004   Unruh, Rainer, Formalismus. Modern Kunst heute, Kunstforum International, November – December 2004.
2003   Seidel, Martin, Deutschland sucht, Kunstforum International, September – October 2004.
2003   Grubbs, David, Bestellt und Nicht Abgeholt, Text zur Kunst, December 2003.
2003   Don’t Miss, Time Out New York, 6-13 November 2003.
2003   Williams, Gregory, Michael Krebber: Greene Naftali Gallery, Artforum International, Summer 2003.
2003   Smith, Roberta, Michael Krebber, The New York Times, 18 April 2003.
2003   Don’t Miss, Time Out New York, 10-17 April 2003.
2003   Niklaus, Laila, Michael Krebber in der Galerie Christian Nagel. Auf der Suche nach den Koordinaten der Welt, Die Welt - Berliner Kunstmarkt – 31 January 2003.
2002   Diederichsen, Diedrich, Die Dämonen der neuen Romantik, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 3 November 2002.
2002   Koegel, Alice, Weisse Karten, Stadtrevue, Nr. 5, May 2002.
2002   LvB, Michael Krebber, Kraftwerk, Golf aktuell, Heft 2, May 2002.
2002   Hess, Barbara, Michael Krebber, Flash Art, March - April 2002.
2001   Frangenberg, Frank, Der Künstler im Steinbruch der Tradition, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 24-25 November 2001.
2001   Coomer, Martin, Michael Krebber: Interim Art, Time Out New York, 3-10 October 2001.
2001   Searle, Adrian, Never trust a painter, The Guardian Europe, Dienstag, 25 October 2001.
2001   Kempkes, Anke , Playful Turn, Texte zur Kunst, March 2001.
2001   Wiensowski, Ingeborg, Michael Krebber, Kultur Spiegel, Heft 3, March 2001.
2001   Graw, Isabelle, Die Zweifel des Malers, Die Zeit, No. 8, 15 February 2001.
2001   Podeschwa, Isabel, Isabel Podeschawa über Michael Krebber, Artist Kunstmagazin, No. 2, May-July 2001.
2000   Eichwald, Michaela, “Tourist-Hochtourist-Junior. Wat willte witten. Vom Michael Krebber, 1993 (für die Ausstellung Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin) Abdruck bei: dieselbe: Gewärtigen gegenwärtigen. 10, 2000.
1999   Althoff, Kai, “Text für die Ausstellungsbroschüre der Ausstellung in der Galerie Meyer Kainer, (noch nicht gedruckt), 1999.
1997   Müller, Christopher, Michael Krebber in der Villa Arson, Nizza, Texte zur Kunst, No. 26, June 1997.
1995   Pryde, Josephine, Standreview Michael Krebber bei Christian Nagel, Texte zur Kunst, No. 19, August 1995.
1994   Ohrt, Roberto, Künstlerränke (Intriguing Artists), Parkett, No. 42, 1994.
1993   Graw, Isabelle, Durchschläge. Eine Ausstellung und drei Kataloge, Artis, December 1992 - January 1993.
1992   Diederichsen, Diedrich, Mein Material ist der Papagei. Diedrich Diederichsen im Gespräch mit Michael Krebber, Jahresring, No. 37, München 1990, 1992.
1992   Wiederabdruck in Noema, No. 38, January 1992.
1991   Wulffen, Thomas, Krebber’s Punch and Judy Show, Flash Art, October 1991.
1990   Koether, Jutta, Michael Krebber, Galerie Christian Nagel, Artforum International, December 1990.
1990   Weaver, Frank, Michael Krebber, Sylvana Lorenz, Artscribe, May 1990.
1989   Graw, Isabelle, Eurobummel, Flash Art, No. 137, June 1989.
1989   Schmitt, Paula, General Idea, Galerie Meyer-Hochmeister, Karlsruhe und Krebber, Michael, Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Stuttgart, Artis, January 1989.
1988   Metzger, Rainer Arbeiten am Selbstverständlichen: Michael Krebber, Wolkenkratzer.
1986   Albert Oehlen, Michael Krebber. Zäsur in der Biographie eines Kritiksüchtigen, Szene Hamburg, February 1986