Marcel Buehler

born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

Artworks

CV

1969
born in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

1994 – 2002
Undergraduate, Graduate and Postgraduate Studies at the Academy of Visual Arts (HGB),
Leipzig, Germany

2008 – 2010
Guest Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences, Potsdam, Germany

Awards and Scholarships

2023/2024
Project Grant of the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung, Munich, Germany

2019
Artist in Residence at Foundation Art and Nature, Bad Heilbrunn, Germany

2012
Project Grant at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany

2011
Fellowship Grant at Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, USA
Project Grant at the Center for Art and Media (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany

2009
Fellowship Grant at Villa Aurora, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, USA

2006 – 2007
Fellowship Grant by the Else-Heiliger-Fonds (EHF), Berlin, Germany

2005
Studio Grant at Backfabrik, Berlin, Germany

2001
Fellowship Grant for the promotion of artistic projects during postgraduate studies, granted by the Federal Government of Saxony, Germany

Projects

2016—2018
Site-specific art-project Feuerlandhöfe at Chausseestrasse 38–42, Berlin, Germany (commissioned by CG Group AG and Aberdeen Asset Management)

2011/2012
Laser projection for Heterotopolis, an audio-visual composition by Marko Ciciliani (concept, composition, light design) and Marcel Buehler (concept, laser design), premiere: 10. November 2012 at Center for Art and Media Technology (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany. Austrian premiere: 14. November 2012 at KUG, Graz, Austria

2010—2011
Site-specific art-project Ludwigkirch Palais at Emserstrasse 31, Berlin, Germany (commissioned by Art Projekt GmbH)

2007
Stage and Costume Design for Amok-Läufer – Miniaturen der Gewalt at the Staatstheater Mainz. Director: Julie Pfleiderer

2006
Stage and Costume Design for the world premiere of Kopftot at the Staatstheater Mainz. Author: Gerhild Steinbuch, Director: Julie Pfleiderer

2001
Publishing of the book Kunst & Interkontextualität – Materialien zu schau–vogel–schau, Salon Verlag, Cologne, Germany (with Alexander Koch)

1998
Organization of the Symposium schau–vogel–schau – Das Symposium über interkontextuelle künstlerische Kompetenz (with Alexander Koch)

Exhibitions

Selected Solo Shows
2024
Now that you’ve seen it I can forget about it, Galerie Kultur am See, Bad Saarow, Germany
Chameleon in a mirror box, Kunstverein Bochum, as part of Sequence #5: Von Tieren und Täuschungen – Videokunst im öffentlichen Raum (Of Animals and Deceptions – Video Art in Public Space), Bochum, Germany

2019
Moorleuchten II (artistic intervention), Foundation Art and Nature, Bad Heilbrunn, Germany

2018
Moorleuchten (artistic intervention), Foundation Art and Nature, Bad Heilbrunn, Germany

2012
Kosmos, Andrae Kaufmann Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2011
The One Trick Pony, Martin Mertens Gallery, Munich, Germany
art sucks, ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2010
Tristesse Bourgeoise, Nolde Foundation (Berlin Branch), Berlin, Germany

2009
Die halbe Reise, Cream Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2008
et tout ceci est vrai, Cream Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2007
Marcel Buehler, Entrée de service, Berlin, Germany

2005
Buehler & Baumgartner (with Christiane Baumgartner), Echolot Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2004
bullshit in – bullshit out, Echolot Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2003
Die Kranken von Janet (Janet’s Patients), Kunstverein Schwerin, Schwerin, Germany
(catalog + CD-ROM)

2002
Die Kranken von Janet (Janet’s Patients), André Kermer Gallery, Leipzig, Germany

2001
Info Offspring featuring … www.derRufer.de, Info Offspring Kiosk, Dresden, Germany

Selected Group Shows
2025
Mylysses, XVA Gallery, Dubai, VAE
G L Ä S E R N – forms of uncontrolled control, Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin, Germany
… and going on, dr. julius art projects, Berlin, Germany
Open Studios Kühnemannstraße, Studios @ Kühnemannstrasse, Berlin, Germany

2024
Open Studios Kühnemannstraße, Studios @ Kühnemannstrasse, Berlin, Germany

2023
Open Studios Kühnemannstraße, Studios @ Kühnemannstrasse, Berlin, Germany

2022
Open Studios Kühnemannstraße, Studios @ Kühnemannstrasse, Berlin, Germany

2021
Ruehle and Buehler, Villa Heike, Berlin, Germany
Facing The Sun, Schloss Görne, Kleßen-Görne, Germany
Open Studios Kühnemannstraße, Studios @ Kühnemannstrasse, Berlin, Germany
MEINE HUBERTUSBURG – Erzählungen und Visionen (MY HUBERTUSBURG – Stories and Visions), Hubertusburg Castle, Wermsdorf, Germany

2020
20 x 20 (That was 2020), ADRIA, Berlin, Germany

2019
Open Studios Kühnemannstrasse, Studios @ Kühnemannstrasse, Berlin, Germany

2018
And He Built A Crooked House (Duo Show with Chris Agnew), Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Open Studios Kühnemannstrasse, Studios @ Kühnemannstrasse, Berlin, Germany
Offene Gesellschaft, TIL, Berlin, Germany

2017
VISUAL STATEMENTS, Collectors Room, Hamburg, Germany
„… far from the deathless gods“, Novilla, Berlin, Germany

2016
Liaison, Uferhallen, Berlin, Germany
A New Language, The Observer Building, Hastings, UK
Junge Sammlungen 03, Weserburg – Museum of Contemporary Art, Bremen, Germany
Los Angeles (Berlin – L.A. Trilogie III), Kornfeld Gallery, Berlin, Germany

2015
Transparenz, Westpol, Leipzig, Germany
10 x 10 – 10 JAHRE EHF-BENEFITAUSTELLUNG, Academy of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin, Germany

2014
100plus – Drive the Change, Zurich, Switzerland
Herz der Finsternis, verhudelt, Henrik Schrat and Guests, Kunstsammlung Jena, Jena, Germany
SUPERPOSITION, Goethe Institute, Los Angeles and Goethe Institute, San Francisco, USA

2013
XIX. Rohkunstbau – Moral, Roskow Castle, Roskow, Germany
Jubilee – curated by Alice D., LSD-Gallery, Berlin, Germany
MunichModern 2013 – Portrait, Munich, Germany

2012
Spiegelkabinette, Galerie der Künstler, BBK Munich, Germany
Lynch by Inch, L40, Berlin, Germany

2011
Spektrale 2011, Mainz, Germany
Schönheit und Natur, Sculpture Triennial, Bingen am Rhein, Germany

2010
Some Notes on Subliminal Messages and Remarks on Air Conditioning (with Jacob Dahlgren), Cream Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
15 Jahre Villa Aurora, Academy of Arts, Berlin, Germany
There’s a Tear in My Beer, WestGermany, Berlin, Germany
Ausstellungsblock II, ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Tape Modern #15: In 15 minutes you’ll be famous, Tape Club, Berlin, Germany

2009
Villa Aurora Nacht, Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Antirepresentationalism: II: Trouble with Realism, KOW Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Exotica, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin, Germany

2008
Art Biesenthal 2008, Biesenthal, Germany
One Year CREAM, CREAM Contemporary, Berlin, Germany

2007
Ortswechsel, ATELIERFRANKFURT, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Art Biesenthal – INKONSTRUKTION II, Biesenthal, Germany

2006
EHF – Ein Überblick, Academy of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Berlin, Germany
Kontext – Kunst – Vermittlung, nGbK (neue Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst), Berlin, Germany