Michael Wesely

1963 born in Munich
lives in Berlin

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012 - 2013
"Brasilia" (with Lina Kim), Stadthaus Ulm, Germany
Pavlov’s dog, Berlin
2011 - 2012
"Stilleben", The Columns, Seoul
"a different view" (with Stefan Schessl), Nusser & Baumgart, Munich
2011
"Archive Utopia. The Brasilia-Project" (with Lina Kim), Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany (cat.)
2010
"Time Works", Nusser &?Baumgart, Munich
Galeria Oscar Cruz, Sao Paulo
Neuer Pfaffenhofener Kunstverein, Pfaffenhofen
"Korea Landscape", The Columns, Seoul
2007
"Men and Places. Chandigarh" (with Lina Kim), Galeria Blanca Soto, Madrid
"Stilleben", Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (cat.)
2006
"Encounter with Caspar David Friedrich", Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin (cat.)
"Open Shutter", Fahnemann Projects, Berlin
"Collected Landscape", The Columns, Seoul
2005
"Die Erfindung des Unsichtbaren" Guardini Galerie Berlin,?Fotohof, Salzburg, (cat.)
"Arquivo Brasilia" (with Lina Kim), Teatro Nacional, Brasilia
2004
"Open Shutter Project" Museum of Modern Art, New York (cat.)
"Ostdeutsche Landschaften", Fahnemann Projects, Berlin (cat.)
2003
“Camera d’arte - ordine del giorno”, Galica Arte Contemporanea, Milan (cat.)
“Iconografias Metropolitanas”, Fahnemann Projects, Berlin

Selected Group Exhibitions

2013
"CONCRETE. Photography and Architecture - Anniversary Exhibition", Fotomuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
2012
"Arsebale 2012", International Biennale Kiev
"Das Narrative in der Fotografie", kunsthaus kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
"Lost Paradise - Blumenbilder in der Fotografie der Gegenwart", Monchehaus
Museum, Goslar, Germany
2011 - 2012
"Lichtgefuge. Das Licht in der Malerei und seine Folgen", Schloss Wilhelmshohe,
Kassel, Germany
2011
"Entretiempos", Centro de Arte, La Regenta. Las Palmas de Gran Canarias
"Unscharf. Nach Gerhard Richter", Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Munich
"Gefrorene Zeit" (Frozen Time), Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna
"Flowers - contemporary photography", Alfred Ehrhardt Foundation, Berlin
"Light-sensitive - Contemporary photography from the Schaufler Collection",
Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Germany
"Sprelacart", Galerie E105, Berlin
2010
"Between times", MAN_Museo d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Italy
"Summer Loves", Huis Marseille, Amsterdam
"Entretiempos", Teatro Fernan-Gomez Arts Center, PhotoEspana 2010, Madrid (cat.)
Fototage Trier, Germany
"Jahresgaben", Kunstverein Munchen, Munich
2009
"Everyday Ideologie", Kunstmuseum Magdeburg, Germany (cat.)
"Berlin 89/09 - Kunst zwischen Spurensuche und Utopie", Berlinische Galerie,
Berlin (cat.)
"Retratos de Nueva York: Fotografias del MoMA", La Casa Encendida, Madrid (cat.)
2007
"Reality Crossings" (with Lina Kim), 2nd Fotofestival Mannheim, Germany
2006
"Spectacular City", Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (cat.)
"Rohkunstbau XIII", Groß Leuthen, Germany (C)
"Die Schonheit der Chance", Institut fur Moderne Kunst, Nuremberg (cat.)
"Futebol - Desenho sobre Fundo Verde", CCBB, Rio de Janeiro (C)
"herzog & de meuron no. 250", Haus der Kunst Munich, (cat.)
"Metropolitanscape", Palazzo Cavour, Turino (cat.)
"Through the Looking Glass" (with Lina Kim), Haus der Kunst, Munich (cat.)
"Arquivo Brasilia" (with Lina Kim), 9th Havana Biennial, Cuba (cat.)
2005
"After the Facts", Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (cat.)
"Focus Istanbul", Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (cat.)
"Berliner Zimmer", Nationalgalerie - Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2004
“Coletiva”, Galeria Baro Cruz, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2003
4th Bienale des Mercosul, Porto Alegre, Brazil (cat.)
“Interrogare il luogo”, STUDIO LA CITTA, Verona
2002
“Europe - America, Selection from the 25th Biennial of Sao Paulo”, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile (cat.)
25th Biennial of Sao Paulo (cat.)
“Brasilia: Ruine und Utopie”, Brasilia (cat.)

Public and private collections

Daimler Art Collection, Berlin/?Stuttgart
Contemporary Art Collection of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn
Bayerische Staatsgemaldesammlungen, Munich
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
Volpinum Collection, Vienna
The Schaufler Foundation, Schauwerk, Sindelfingen, Germany
21C Museum, Louisville, USA
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich
Sammlung HypoVereinsbank - Member of UniCredit, Munich
Banco Espirito Santo, Lisbon
Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel