Current Exhibition
EnglishABOUT THE ARTIST
Michael Wesely
(Born in Munich in 1963)
Michael Wesely, Born in Munich in 1963, studied at the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für
Photographie from 1986 to 1988 and at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München from
1988 to 1994. With his often extremely long exposures, he captures processes that extend over
periods of minutes, many hours and even years, and captures the passing of time: people
standing more or less still for five minutes, plants blossoming and withering in a few days,
architecture under construction for years.
In long-term projects, he has photographed the construction of several important urban structures in Munich, Berlin, São Paulo, and other cities. Since 2000, he lives and works in Berlin. His works have been shown in exhibitions worldwide in numerous museums and galleries including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Neue National Galerie, Berlin, the Gemeente Museum, The Hague, and the Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo.
In long-term projects, he has photographed the construction of several important urban structures in Munich, Berlin, São Paulo, and other cities. Since 2000, he lives and works in Berlin. His works have been shown in exhibitions worldwide in numerous museums and galleries including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Neue National Galerie, Berlin, the Gemeente Museum, The Hague, and the Instituto Moreira Salles, São Paulo.
| Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl) | |
| 2024 | Berlin 1860-2023 Museum für Fotografie Berlin (K) |
| 2023 | Anthologies visuelles Esther Woerdehoff Galerie, Paris |
| Immer die Zeit. Archäologische Photographie FAK Zwickau | |
| Anthologies visuelles Goethe Institut Bordeaux | |
| 2022 | Visual Archeologies 1943-2022 Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin (K) |
| Wunderblock NNG plus Buchkunst Berlin | |
| 2021 | Giverny / Open Shutter MoMA The Columns Gallery, Singapure |
| Neue Nationalgalerie 160401_201209 Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin (K) | |
| The Camera was Present Kunstverein Bayreuth (K) | |
| 2020 | 1:100 Past and Present Schloß Kummerow |
| 2019 | 1:100 Past and Present Mies van der Rohe Pavillon, Barcelona |
| 2018 | Doubleday Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin |
| 2017 | Expedition Casa Nova Arte Contemporea, Sao Paulo (K) |
| Camera Aberta Instituto Moreira Salles, Sao Paulo | |
| 2016 | Alegorías Goethe Institut Mexiko, Mexico City (K) |
| 2014 | The epic view Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin (K) |
| An other pencil of nature, part 2 Alfred Erhardt Stiftung, Berlin | |
| 2013 | An other pencil of nature NordLB art gallery, Hannover (K) |
| 2012 | Brasília (mit Lina Kim) Stadthaus Ulm |
| mortos vivos Centro Cultural São Paulo | |
| 2011 | Archiv Utopia (mit Lina Kim) Kunsthalle zu Kiel (K) |
| Potsdamer Platz Fahnemann Projects, Berlin | |
| 2010 | Time Works Galerie Nusser & Baumgart, München (K) |
| Korean Landscape The Columns, Seoul | |
| 2008 | Michael Wesely & Lanverre The Columns, Seoul |
| 2007 | Men and Places - Chandigarh (mit Lina Kim) Galería Blanca Soto, Madrid |
| Stilleben Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag (K) | |
| 2006 | Encounter with Caspar David Friedrich Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
| 2005 | Die Erfindung des Unsichtbaren Guardini Galerie, Berlin + Fotohof, Salzburg (K) |
| 2004 | Open Shutter Project Museum of Modern Art, New York (K) |
| American Landscape Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau (K) | |
| Potsdamer Platz, Berlin 1997-1999 Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Haus Huth, Berlin (K) | |
| Gruppenausstellungen (Auzswahl) | |
| 2023 | Au revoir Berlin Collection Regard Berlin |
| Kammerflimmern: Ostrale 2023 Dresden | |
| 2022 | Vogelschau und Froschperspektive Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (K) |
| Alte Besen brennen besser - Albert Hien Galerie Walter Storms | |
| Vom Stilleben zum Food Porn Museum Brot und Kunst Ulm | |
| Urban Spaces. Der Stadtraum in Fotografien der Sammlung SpallArt, Salzburg | |
| 2021 | museu de la democracia ngbk, Berlin |
| ©Ovid’s Metamorphoses - The Broken Telephone Game online project | |
| 2020 | Berlin, 1945-2000: A Photographic Subject Reinbeckhallen, Berlin (K/C) |
| Diversität der Moderne - 100 Jahre Groß Berlin Haus am Kleistpark (K/C) | |
| 2019 | No Photos on the Dancefloor c/o Berlin (K/C) |
| Moderne. Ikonografie. Fotografie. Das Bauhaus und die Folgen | |
| Kunstmuseum Magdeburg | |
| 2018 | Licht im / als Bild Sammlung Daimler Art Collection Stuttgart |
| 2017 | The extended Moment Galerie Carlier Gebauer, Berlin |
| Frestas Trienale SESC Sorocaba, Brazil (K) | |
| Lichtempfindlich 2 Sammlung Schaufler - SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen | |
| 2016 | Minus Ego Goethe-Institut Barcelona |
| Deutschlandjahr in Mexico Goethe-Institut Mexico City (K) | |
| Elective Affinities Lettisches Nationales Kunstmuseum, Riga (K) | |
| EchtZEIT Kunstmuseum Bonn (K) | |
| 2015 | Zeitgeist: the Art of New Berlin CCBB Belo Horizonte & CCBB Rio de Janeiro (K) |
| Passion Fan behavior and Art Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (K) | |
| FUTEBOL / Das Spiel hört erst auf wenn es zu Ende ist. NKV, Wiesbaden | |
| 2013 | Flowers & Mushrooms Museum der Moderne, Salzburg (K) |
| Concrete Fotografie und Architektur Fotomuseum Winterthur (K) | |
| Ostrale013 Zentrum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden (K) | |
| 2012 | Arsenale 2012 1. Kiew Biennale, Kiew |
| 2011 | Lichtgefüge Gemäldegalerie Kassel (K) |
| Unscharf Nach Gerhard Richter Kunsthalle Hamburg (K) | |
| 2010 | Summer Loves Huis Marseille, Amsterdam |
| Entretiempos Teatro Fernán Gómez (Art Centre), PhotoEspaña2010, Madrid (K) | |
| 2009 | Berlin 89/09 Kunst zwischen Spurensuche und Utopie Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (K) |
| Retratos de Nueva York: Fotografías del MoMA La Casa Encendida, Madrid (K) | |
| 2006 | Spectacular City Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam (K) |
| XIII Rohkunstbau Drei Farben Blau Wasserschloss Groß Leuthen (K) | |
| Arquivo Brasília (mit Lina Kim) Novena Bienal de la Habana, Havanna, Kuba | |
| 2005 | Focus Istanbul Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin (K) |
| 2003 | 25th São Paulo Biennial São Paulo (K) |
| 2000 | Modern Starts: Places Museum of Modern Art, New York (K) |
| 1999 | Wohin kein Auge reicht Deichtorhallen Hamburg (K) |
| (K) Katalog | |