MICHAEL MERKEL
BIOGRAPHY
born 1987 in Dresden
lives and works in Dresden
since 2018
Staff member GEH8 Kunstraum und Ateliers e. V., Dresden
2016
Foundaton of ARTISAN - Agency for Art and Curating
2013–18
Study of Arts, Bauhaus-University Weimar
Member of marke.6, exhibition space at Bauhaus-University Weimar
2012–13
Study of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts Eugeniusz Geppert in Wrocław, Poland
2010–14
Vocational schools, Odenwaldkreis, Michelstadt
German studies, cultural studies and art history (B. A.), Technical University Dresden and University of Wrocław, Poland
2007–10
Apprenticeship in wood sculpting, Berufliche Schulen des Odenwaldkreises, Michelstadt
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2022
Guest performance funding from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony
2021
eku Zukunftspreis 2021 of the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture
NEUSTART (for visual artists), funding by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
Special Scholarship for Artists in Thuringia, Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia
2020
IR_REAL jung + gegenständlich Förderpreis des Bodenseekreises 2020, Galerie Rotes Haus, Meersburg
(short list > exhibition not yet opened)
Innovation Award of the Saxon. State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture
Ulla and Eberhard Jung Prize of the Weimar Classic Foundation (short list)
Art Prize. Emergency Break - 30 years of the New Saxon Art Association
Project funding of the city of Dresden for the publication Götter und Gipfel
2019
residence scholarship, Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung, Görlitz
2018
Kreativfonds Bauhaus - University Weimar for the project GRAND OUVERT: Bauhaus Photography at its finest
2017
Nomination for the 23rd national award for art students (Bundespreis für Kunststudierende)
GRAFE-Kreativpreis for the work doloris mysteria und Tore aus dem Abseits
2016
GRAFE-Kreativpreis for the work Im Cynwald
since 2016
Grant from Cusanuswerk
2015
Kreativfonds Bauhaus-University Weimar for the project Im Cynwald
2014
Kreativfonds Bauhaus-University Weimar for the project Was bleibt? Ein Versuch zur Gegenwart
Bauhaus-Essentials award for the work ohne Titel (Arbeitsplatz)
CATALOGUES
2020
Reassessing Material / Materie Neu Denken, Eckhard Kraft, Liz Bachhuber, Jörg Londong (Hgg.), Weimar (ISBN 978-3-95773-282-8) waste and void, exhibition catalogue, Sebastian Wanke (Hg.), Fürth (ISBN 978-3-944897-18-9)