Michael Stevenson
1964
Born Inglewood, New Zealand.
Lives Berlin, Germany. (Since 2000)
EDUCATION
1984-1986 - Elam School of Fine Arts Auckland, New Zealand.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017
Serene Velocity in Practice: MC510/CS183, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Inside the Keep Out Shed, Michael Lett, Auckland, New Zealand
2016
Signs & Wonders, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Signs & Wonders, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
2015
Signs & Wonders, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark
The Fountain of Prosperity, SculptureCenter, New York
2013
Proof of the Devil, Michael Lett Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
2012
A Life of Crudity, Vulgarity, and Blindness, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
2011
Michael Stevenson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
2009
Snow Melts in the Upper Clutha, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2008
Persepolis 2530 ARNOLFINI, BRISTOL, United Kingdom
Lender of Last Resort, VILMA GOLD stand, FRIEZE ART FAIR, Regents Park, London, United Kingdom
Lender of Last Resort (presented in The Place to Be), KRÖLLER-MÜLLER MUSEUM, Otterlo, Netherlands, curator Marcus Lütkemeyer
2007
Answers to Some Questions About Bananas, Vilma Gold, London, United Kingdom
Persepolis 2530, Art Unlimited Art Basel 38, Basel, Switzerland
2006 – 2007
c/o the Central Bank of Guatemala, Capp Street Project, Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts, CCA, San Francisco, USA
2006
Kunstbank (with Iris Kettner), Berlin, Germany
2005
Art of the Eighties and Seventies, Stadliches Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach, Germany
Ian Fairweather. An Artist of the 21st Century, Lismore Regional Gallery, Australia
The Gift: the form and reason for exchange in archaic societies, NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
The Smiles Are Not Smiles, Vilma Gold, London, United Kingdom
Die Aufteilung Michael Stevenson, ceremony, NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Economics in Thirty Fascinating Minutes, Wattis Institute CCA, San Francisco (cat.), USA
2004
Argonauts of the Timor Sea, (In association with the Twodo Collection and the NAK, Aachen, Germany) Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Keim, (with Cornelia Schmidt-Bleek) Galerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
Rakit, Herbert Read Gallery, Kent Institute of Art & Design, United Kingdom
2003
This is the Trekka, New Zealand Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
The Invisible Hand (an event at) PORTIKUS IM LEINWALDHAUS, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
An Evening without Jörg Immendorf, Kunstleratelier, Berlin, Germany
International Studio Programme, Künstlerhaus Galleries, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
This is the Hand, Hamish Mckay Gallery, Wellington
To Our German Friend, Vilma Gold, London, United Kingdom
2002
An evening with Jörg Immendorff, The Hyatt Auckland, New Zealand
2001
Immendorff in Wellington, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2000-2001
Call Me Immendorff, Gallerie Kapinos, Berlin, Germany
2000
Daily Practice, with Danius Kesminas ACCA, Melbourne, Australia
Slave Pianos Internationale Biennale 2000 – Songs of Life, RMIT Gallery, Court House Hotel and ACCA, Melbourne, Australia
Genealogy (with Steven Brower), Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Zealand
Separated at Birth/ Daily Practice, Lombard/Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA
Slave Pianos, China Art Objects Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
The Compromised Economy of Desire and Fear, with Slave Pianos Collective, The Public Office Carpark, Melbourne, Australia
Daily Practice, with Danius Kesminas, The Center for Contemporary Photography, Melbourne, Australia
Daily Practice, with Danius Kesminas, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
1999
Slave Pianos, Lovers, Melbourne, Australia
Slave Pianos, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Slave Pianos!! Emancipate the dissonance!, Lombard/Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA
1998
The Gift of Critical Insight, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA
Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1997-99
Pre Millennial (with Ronnie van Hout); Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia, Adelaide; Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney, Australia; City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Wellington; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin; McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch; Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui, Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand.
1997
City Gallery Wellington Te Whare Toi, Wellington, New Zealand
Let Those Who Ride Decide, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand
1996
Darren Knight Gallery DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Trevor Smith's garage, Canberra, Australia
Screen Options, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, Australia
1995
Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
Teststrip, Auckland, New Zealand
1994
Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1993
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne, Australia
1992
Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1991
Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Manawatu Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1990
Ray Hughes Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
1989
Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1988
Southern Cross Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2018
Superposition, 21st Biennale of Sydney, Carriageworks, Sydney
This is New Zealand, City Gallery, Wellington, Te Whare Toi, Wellington, New Zealand
Good Manners, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2017
Primordial Saber Tararear Proverbiales Sílabas Tonificantes Para Sublevar Tecnocracias Pero Seguir Tenazmente Produciendo Sociedades Tántricas – Pedro Salazar Torres (Partido Socialista Trabajador), Regen Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2015
Writing Art, Artspace, Sydney
2014
8th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, curated by Juan A. Gaitan
8th Liverpool Biennial - A Needle Walks into a Haystack, curated by Mai Abu El Dahab and Anthony Huberman.
2013
Drunk vs Stoned III, Neon Parc, Melbourne
Living in the ruins of the Twentieth Century, UTS Gallery, Sydney
2012
This is what I do, Curated by Wes Hill, CAST, Hobart, Tasmania
First Act, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
Test Pattern, Curated by Geoff Newton, Margaret Lawrence Gallery, Melbourne
2011
Never the same river (possible futures, probable pasts), Camden Arts Centre, Ireland
This is what I do, Metro Arts Galleries, Brisbane
2010
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon, the 4th Auckland Triennial, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New ZealandUnnerved: The New Zealand Project, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, Haus der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Morality: Act XI: Remember Humanity, Witte de With, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
There is No Alternative, Konst Hall C and Romanian Cultural Institute, Sweden
Ou la Vie Saisie par l'Art, CAPC Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
La Ciudad Interpretada/The City Interpreted, Public Art Project, curated by Pablo Fanego, Santiago de Compestella
2009
The Same River Twice, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
2008
Smashed to pieces (in the still of the night), Gambia Castle, Auckland, New Zealand
The Sweet Burnt Smell of History, PANAMA ART BIENNIAL 8, Museum of Contemporary Art, Panama City, curator Magali Arriola
Not Quite How I Remember It, THE POWER PLANT, Toronto, Canada, curator Helena Reckitt
Master Humphrey's Clock (a project by de APPEL CURATORIAL PROGRAMME), Leidsche Rijn, Utrecht, the Netherlands
2007
The Irresistible Force, Tate Modern, London, England
Wiedereröffnung des Museum Abteiberg, STÄDTISCHES MUSEUM ABTEIBERG, Mönchengladbach, curator Susanne Titz
Reboot – The Jim Barr & Mary Barr Collection, CHRISTCHURCH ART GALLERY, New Zealand
Design by Accident, CROY NIELSEN, Berlin, Germany
2006
Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art Queensland Art Gallery, Queensland Gallery of Modern Art
Abgebrannt, BERLINISCHE GALERIE, Berlin, Germany
2005-2006
Ian Fairweather Lismore Regional Gallery, NSW Australia
2005
Small world big town – contemporary art from Te Papa City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
Saltuna, Rooseum, Malmo, Sweden
Monuments for the USA, Wattis Institute of Contemporary Arts, CCA, San Francisco, White Columns, New York, USA
2004
Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Black Friday, Gallerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
Kurzdavordanach, Photography Collection, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
2003
Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection, touring National Gallery of Australia
Nine Lives, The 2003 Chartwell Exhibition, New Gallery Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
(with Mikala Dwyer & Ronnie van Hout), Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Korrekturen, Gallerie Kamm, Berlin, Germany
2002-2003
Summer Show, The Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne, Australia
2002
(The World May Be) Fantastic, Biennale of Sydney, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
The Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New Zealand
Prophets of Doom, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Profiler, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany and Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Kunstverein, Düsseldorff, Germany
2001
Canceled Art Fair, China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles, USA
Audit, Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg
The Broccoli Maestro and The Strange Voyage of Bas Jan Ader, Chamber Operas by Slave Pianos, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen and Malkasten, Dusseldorf, Germany
Wiederaufnahme - Retake, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany
Profiler, Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany & Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Heatwave: recent acquisitions to the permanent collection, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Superman in Bed, Kunst Der Gegenwart und Fotografie Sammlung
Shürmann, Museum am Ostwall Dortmund, Germany
The Broccoli Maestro. A Chamber Opera in Two Acts for Six Voices and Six Players. Libretto by Slave Pianos, presented in collaboration with Chamber Made Orchestra, Melbourne, Australia
2000
Non-Objective Brass, Slave Pianos with The Burley Griffin Brass Band, National Galley of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Drive, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Circles ∞3, Zentrum fur Kunst and Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Slave Pianos, 4th Sergey Kuryokhin Festival, Leningrad Palace of Youth, St.Petersburg, Russia
Rent, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
1999-2000
Wonderlands, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
1999
What Your Children Should Know About Conceptualism, (with Danius Kesminas), Neuer Aachener Kunstverein and Brandenburgischer Kunstverein Potsdam, Germany
Manufacturing Meaning; The University of Wellington Art Collection in Context, Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Toi, Toi, Toi, Three Generations of Artists (with Danius Kesminas), Museum Fridericianum, Kassel; Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
1998
Ground Control, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, USA
Entropy at Home, Neue Gallerie, Ludwig Museum, Aachen, Germany
1997-98
Seppelt Contemporary Art Award 1997, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
1997
Drawings, Annina Nosei Gallery, New York, USA
Selections Fall '97, The Drawing Centre, New York, USA
Lawyers, Guns and Money, Experimental Arts Foundation, Adelaide, Australia
Power, Corruption and Lies, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australia
Multiplication: the multiple object in art, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
1996
The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Reservoir, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie, Australia
Seven New Zealand Artists, Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery, Victoria, Australia
Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
1995-96
Hangover, Waikato Art and History Museum, Hamilton; Govett- Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1995
A Very Peculiar Practice, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Chartwell Collection, Waikato Art and History Museum, Hamilton, New Zealand
Artists' Protests, Westspace, Melbourne, Australia
1991-92
Distance Looks Our Way , Pubellon de las Arles, Expo, Seville; Stelling Gallery, Leiden, Netherlands; Centro Cultural de Conde Duque, Madrid; Centro Cultural de Caja Espana, Zamora; Centre Civic Casa Elizalde, Barcelona; Auckland City Art Gallery; City Gallery Wellington; Sarjeant Gallery, Waganui, New Zealand
1990
Jonathan Jensen Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
1989
Sue Crockford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
After McCahon, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand
Constructed Intimacies, Inaugural Moet and Chandon Art Foundation Touring Exhibition, Auckland City Art Gallery;Sarjeant Gallery, Wanganui; National Gallery, Wellington; Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Slave Pianos is a collaborative art and music project with Michael Stevenson, Danius Kesminas, Neil Kelly and Rohan Drape
PAGE ART
Introduccion a la Teoria de la Probilidad, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Vol.9, No.1/2, 2008/9. p.48
Slave Bless Cover, Slave Publications, Melbourne, 2004, p.18
Moon Fever Hits Inglewood (with Kathryn McCool), Antic 8, 1990, pp.50-51
Karate Kid 4, Agenda 43 1995, p.38
Surgeon General's Warning..., Midwest 4, 1994 (cover)
Art Academy 5, Artfan, Summer 1996-7, p.38
Super Stormy Saves the Art World, Teststrip Micrograph No.6, December 1995, (24 pages)
Super Stormy, the Wonder Years! OR, from Harrie Hates to Super Stormy, Monica No.5, Summer 1997, pp.36-37
How NASA Mooned the Avant-Garde, Photofile No.49, November 1996, pp 6-9.
WEBSITE PROJECT
1997
Alt.Ways of Seeing, Internet project, Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand
AWARDS, RESIDENCIES AND GRANTS
2002
Künstlerhaus Bethanien Studio Residency, Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
1999
Greene Street Studio, New York, Australia Council for the Arts
1995
Fellowship grant, Creative New Zealand, Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
1991
Research grant, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand
1990
Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council of New Zealand
COLLECTIONS
Art Gallery of South Australia, Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand
Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin, New Zealand
Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Manawatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington
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