Born 1954, Cologne, Germany
Lives and works in New York, United States
2025
Angeldust, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
2024
Greene Naftali, New York, USA
2023
Esprit de Corps, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
2021
Michael Krebber: New Work, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
Michael Krebber: Studiofloor and Diamond Paintings, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, Italy
2020
KAN IN CHEN, Gaga & Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
2019
Spot On: Michael Krebber, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Michael Krebber, Wirklichkeit erschlägt Kunst, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
2018
Michael Krebber, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
Michael Krebber, Morena Di Luna/Maureen Paley, Hove, Belgium
Michael Krebber and Albert Oehlen, Works on Works on Paper,
Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
2017
Michael Krebber, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
The Living Wedge (Part II), Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Cartouche paintings, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
2016
The Living Wedge, Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal
Flat Finish, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
2015
Michael Krebber, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
Michael Krebber, Maureen Paley, London, UK
Michael Krebber, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2014
Systemic Relevance, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
KREBBER, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013
STOPICE, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Maureen Paley, London, UK
2012
Les escargots ridiculisés, CAPC, Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
2011
Maureen Paley, London, UK
C-A-N-V-A-S, Uhutrust, Jerry Magoo and guardian.co.uk Painting, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
Here Comes The Sons, Real Fine Arts, New York, USA
2010
FROM MCB TO MBC, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Miami City Ballet, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
2008
Pubertät in der Lehre/ Puberty in Teaching, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
2, 3, 4 manners of folding the pauses… or to make them – variations, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
2007
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (C)
London Condom, Maureen Paley, London, UK (C)
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (C)
2006
sometimes it snows in april (presentation with Rachel Harrison), The McAllister Institute, New York, USA
Connecting Hollywood with Sugar, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Außerirdische Zwitterwesen / Alien Hybrid Creatures, Schaufensterdekoration, Antiquariat Buchholz, Köln, mit der Produzentin Secession, Vienna, Austria (C)
2004
Unfinished Too Soon, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
warm up (how I hit a snob), Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
2003
Here it is: The Painting Machine, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
Flaggs (Against Nature), Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
ohne Titel, bitte nicht wegwerfen, die falschen Bäume anheulen, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany
Michael Krebber and Dan Graham, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Germany
2002
Galerie Christine Mayer, Münich, Germany
2001
Der durchschnittliche Speisefisch sagt ADIEU (The average, edible fish says ADIEU), Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Shordt Ridte in a Fasdt machine, The Top Room, London, UK
Maureen Paley, Interim Art, London, UK
2000
Apothekerman, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (C)
Trottel, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria
1999
Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark, with Cosima von Bonin.
Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
1998
Justus, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany, with Cosima von Bonin.
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Alberne Winkel, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Villa Arson, Nice, France (C)
1996
Hausaufgaben und Reisen, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany with Candida Höfer, in der Ausstellungsreihe Glockengeschrei nach Deutz – das Beste aller Seiten (C)
New Paintings and Works on Paper, London Projects, London, UK
Zwischenbericht, with Matthias Schaufler, Galerie Nagel, Cologne, Germany
1995
Vol vers la lune, musée d’art moderne et contemporain (mamco), Genf. Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Germany
1994
25 Jahre B.K.-M.K., Birgit Küng, Fettstr. 7a, Zürich, Switzerland
Kippenberger Kunstverein, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Marc Jancou Gallery, London, UK
1993
M.K.-M.K., Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece, with Martin Kippenberger.
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, USA
Richtige Männer, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, with Jörg Schlick. Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
1992
Galérie Samia Saouma, with Ingeborg Gabriel and Cosima von Bonin, Paris, France
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany (C)
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Les bisch ja nich im Stich, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
1991
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria (C)
Chicago International Art Exposition, Stand Galerie Christian Nagel
biche dans un sous-bois, Birgit Küng, Fettstr. 7a, Zürich, Switzerland
1990
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
1989
Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Germany
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Stuttgart, Germany
1987
Galerie Christoph Dürr, Münich, Germany
Panama, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Germany(C)
1986
Fettstraße 7a, Hamburg, Germany
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
2026
A.rtificial I.ntrospection O., Halle Für Kunst, Steiermark, Austria
2025
Long Story Short - An Art History from the Brandhorst Collection from the 1960s to the Present, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
Graffiti, Museion Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
Books At, Brunette Coleman, London
Les Yeux dans les Yeux (Curated by Jean-Marie Gallais), Pinault Collection, Couvent des Jacobins, Rennes, France
2024
Ins Dunkle schwimmen: Abysses of the Creative Imperative, University of Applied Arts Vienna, Die Angewandte, Vienna
2023
Critical Melancholia, organized with Juliane Rebentisch, Galerie Buchholz, New York
Monochromes. Based on an idea by Fredrick Værslev, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin
2021
The Sun Also Rises, Jenny’s, Los Angeles
Stop painting, curated by Peter Fischli, Prada Foundation, Venice
Painterly: Von Warhol und Twombly bis heute - Malerei aus dem Museum Brandhorst, Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design Nürnberg
From Disco to Disco, Greene Naftali, New York
2020
Drawing 2020, Gladstone Gallery, New York City
No Dandy, No Fun, Kunsthalle Bern
Books in the Brandhorst Collection, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
00s. Cranford Collection: the 2000s, MO.CO. Montpellier Contemporain
Kippenberger/Krebber, 2020, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Munich
2019
Forever Young - 10 Jahre Museum Brandhorst, Museum Brandhorst, Munich
Abstraction: Aspects of Contemporary Art, National Museum of Art Osaka (catalogue)
GMA XXX AAR, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Techniques of the Observer, Greene Naftali, New York
2018
Works on Works on Paper, Michael Krebber and Albert Oehlen, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
Cómics: una nueva lectura, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Hölle, Galerie Buchholz, New York, USA
Force and Form, De la Cruz Collection, Miami, USA
Michael Krebber, Win McCarthy, Josephine Pryde, Trevor Shimizu, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
Optik Schröder II, MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
2017
Social Surfaces: A Fundraising Exhibition, Artists Space, New York, USA
Jump Into The Future — The Borgmann Donation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
CHILDREN’S GAMES, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, ADN Collection, Bolzano, Italy
Infected Foot, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
2016
Progressive Praxis, de la Cruz Collection, Miami, USA
Quodlibet, Lempertz, Brussels, Belgium
Fine Young Cannibals, Petzel, New York, USA
2015
Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
to expose, to show, to demonstrate, to inform, to offer, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
The Unknown Masterpiece, Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
Works on Paper, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
2014
Fiona Banner selects from the V-A-C Collection, Stamp Out
Photographie, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
The Novel that Writes Itself, Green Naftali, New York, USA
Abandon the parents, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
We not, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
The Hawker, dépendance at Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
La Chose en cadrée, Glasgow International, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow, Scotland
Concept Store, NEST, The Hague, Netherlands
2013
Out of House, Cranford Collection, Sala de Arte Santander, Madrid, Spain
Festival der Kleinskulptur, Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg, Germany
Chat Jet, Painting ‹Beyond› The Medium, Künstlerhaus, der Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, Germany
2012
Hamlet, Mise-En-Scène, Jack Smith in Frankfurt, Portikus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Bilderladen, Galerie Christian Nagel , Cologne, Germany
Bilderladen DuMont-Carré, Galerie Fiebach & Minninger, Cologne, Germany
Family Theater (II), Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Family Theater (I), Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Needles In The Camel’s Eye, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Context Message, Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL), New York, USA
The Happy Fainting of Painting, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, USA
2011
Dystopia, CAPC, musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Provisional Painting, Modern Art, London, UK
Quodlibet III – Alphabets and Instruments, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
Jahresgaben 2011, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg, Germany
making and art, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria
Held Up By Columns, Leslie Fritz Gallery, New York, USA
Films & Filming, Bischoff Projects, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2010
Julian Göthe, Nairy Baghramian, Cerith Wyn Evans, Henrik Olesen, Michael Krebber, Cosima von Bonin, John Kelsey, & Reena, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Cologne, Germany
Gambaroff, Krebber, Quaytman, Rayne, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
Morror, International Project Space, Birmingham, England
Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool, Martos Gallery, New York, USA
Picture Industry (Goodbye to All That), Regen Projects, Los Angeles, USA
The invisible colour, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
The Nice Thing About Castillo/Corrales…, castillo/corrales, Paris, France
Interactive Visual History Compression (The Ks), Michael Lett, Auckland, New-Zealand
Sur le Dandysme Aujourd´Hui, CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
2009
Cave Painting, organised by Bob Nickas, PSM Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Quodlibet II, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
Kunst x 80 I Jahr x 80, Künstlerhaus Graz am Joanneum, Graz, Germany
The Audio Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York, USA
My Summer Show, Galerie Lelong – New York, New York, USA
2008
Painting Now and Forever Part II, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
27 november – 21 january 2009, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Entrechambrage horizontale, Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Works on Paper, The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
…In The Cherished Company of Others…(1648-2036), de Appel Boys’ School, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Degree Zero, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
2007
Conditions of Display, The Moore Space, curated by Gean Moreno, Miami, USA
Degree Zero, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Dracularising, Neue Alte Brucke, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane Gallery, Paris, France
It Takes Something to Make Something: The Rausch Collection, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Shandismus, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Genesis I´m Sorry, The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
Make Your Own Life: Artists In And Out Of Cologne, (touring) MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle; The Power Plant, Toronto; ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Conditions of Display, Locust Projects, Miami, USA
Shandyismus. Autorschaft als Genre – Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
2006
The Most Contemporary Picture Show, Actually, Kunsthalle Nuernberg, Germany
…:ICAL KRBBR PRODLY PRSNTS GART JAS, JON KLSY, JOSF STRA, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, curated by Michael Krebber, (C).
Michael Krebber / Sean Paul, Sutton Lane, Paris, France
Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, U.S.A, curated by Bennett Simpson
Travelin‘Light, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, New York, U.S.A, curated by Anthony Huberman and Paul Pfeiffer (C)
Beware Of A Holy Whore, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
Drapeaux gris, CAPC, Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Group Show, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Duett, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Optik Schröder, Werke aus der Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Salon, The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Painters Without Paintings & Paintings Without Painters, Orchard, New York, USA
The Top Room/ A Retrospective, Chelsea Space, London, UK(C)
Roy Arden, Michael Krebber, John Miller, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
POST-MoDERN, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
2004
Formalismus, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Rhinegold: Art from Cologne, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
2003
Outlook, Cultural Olympiad, Athens, Greece
Hands up, Baby Hands up, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
The State of the Upper Floor: Panorama, Kunstverein Münich, Germany
Malerei II Ausstellung Nulldrei, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
2002
Hier ist dort 2, Secession, Vienna, Austria (C)
2001
Musterkarte. Modelos de Pintura en Alemania 2001, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
1999
Superca…, Stedelijk Museum, Bureau Amsterdam, Netherlands (C)
Malerei, INIT-Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
Tegenvleug / Á Rebrousse-Poil, Kunstcentrum Sittard (Faltblatt), Netherlands
1998
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
1997
Das erweiterte Feld: Transformation des Bildes, Kunstverein Münich, Germany
Symposion, ICEBOX / Venetia Kapernekas, Athens, Greece
1996
museum in progress, Fond Régional D´Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Sammlung Volkmann zeigt: Faustrecht der Freiheit, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy (C)
More than Real, Palazzo Reale, Caserta, Italy
1995
Aufforderung in schönster Weise, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Icons, Ladengalerie Lothringer Str. 13, Münich, Germany
1994
Europa ‘94, Munich Order Center, Münich, Germany
Metro Pictures, New York, USA
Sammlung Volkmann, Berlin, Germany
Unbound: Possibilities in Painting, Hayward Gallery, London, UK (C)
1993
The Best of, Galerie & Edition Artelier, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Grafica 1, Innsbruck, Austria
Project Unité, Firminy, France (C)
Diese Ausstellung hat keinen Titel, P.S.1 Museum, New York, USA
Goethe House, New York, USA
Kunsthaus Welker, Heidelberg, Germany (C)
1992
SS. ss. R., Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Wohnzimmer/Büro, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany
Albenda, Berkowski, Krebber, A.Oehlen, Pettibon; Thea Westreich, New York + Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Nikdo nepomuze nikomu – Das Gute muß gut sein, Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, Prague, Czech Republic
1991
Fallen und Fallenlassen, Carpenter, Kippenberger, Krebber, Strothjohann; Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Germany
36e Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France (C)
Carpenter, Herold, Kelley, Kessler, Kippenberger, Krebber, Noland; Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, USA
Armaly, Bonin, Krebber, Müller, Kunstraum Daxter, Münich, Germany
Gullivers Reisen, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany (C)
Jack Hanley/Trans Avant-Garde Gallery, San Francisco, USA
1990
7a, Zürich, Galerie Bleich Rossi, Graz, Germany
Galerie Christian Nagel
The Köln Show, Cologne, Germany (“Nachschub”)
1989
Eurobummel – Curated by Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany
Galerie PPS, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Germany
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Cologne, Germany (C)
Melancholia, Galerie Greta Insam, Vienna, Austria (C)
1988
Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France
Skulpturenprojekt Dürr, Galerie Christoph Dürr, Münich, Germany
1987
Broken Neon, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Germany (C)
Diedrich Diederichsen, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Germany (C)
1980
Aktion Pisskrücke (Geheimdienst am Nächsten), Künstlerhaus Hamburg, Germany
(C) denotes that a catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition.
Aïshti Foundation, Lebanon
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, USA
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Sammlung Grässlin, St. Georgen, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
RISD Museum, Rhode Island, USA
Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, USA