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Manfred Müller
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| 1950 | Dusseldorf, Germany |
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| Education | |
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| 1975-81 | Academy of Fine Arts, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1971-75 | Diploma in Design, University of Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1967-70 | Studied technical drawing: licensed industrial engineering draftsman |
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| Selected One Person Exhibitions | |
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| 2007 | "Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago (Also 2006, 2001, 1996) |
| "MANFRED MÜLLER," Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| "MANFRED MÜLLER," Photographs, Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| "manfred müller contrato," Mike Karstens Gallery, Munster, Germany | |
| 2003 | Fisher Gallery, University of Southern California |
| "manfred müller 'Rebound'," Rose Gallery, Santa Monica, CA | |
| 2001 | Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 2000 | "manfred müller SCHMERZFREIE ZONE (pain free zone)," Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1999 | "MANFRED MÜLLER Palacio de Memoria," Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City |
| 1998 | "Twilight and Yearning," Site Installation, Santa Monica Pier, CA |
| 1997 | "Sculpture and Drawing by Manfred Müller," Form Zero Architectural Gallery Edgemar, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1996 | "MANFRED MÜLLER: New Sculpture," Absolut VISION Chicago, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 1994 | "Transformer: A Change of Past Perceptions," Open Space, Victoria, British Columbia |
| "Tunnelvision," Site Gallery, Downtown Los Angeles | |
| "Transformer: A Change of Past Perceptions," Contemporary Art Forum, Santa Barbara, CA | |
| 1993 | "The Exchange," Gallery Hete Hunermann, Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1992 | "Sculptural Events," Mandeville Gallery, UCSD, San Diego, CA |
| "The Lights at the End of the Tunnel," Heidelberger Kuntsverein, Germany | |
| 1991 | "New Paperworks," Gallery Jollenbeck, Cologne, Germany |
| "Cabinettpiece," Gallery Hete Hunermann, Dusseldorf, Germany | |
| 1989 | "Paper Objects," Gallery Carol Johnssen, Munich, Germany |
| 1988 | Commission: Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany |
| "Sketches and Paperworks," Gallery Jollenbeck, Cologne, Germany | |
| 1986 | "Wallpiece," Gallery Christian Fochem, Krefeld, Germany |
| 1985 | Gallery Jollenbeck, Cologne, Germany |
| "Waiting in the Windshade," Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, Germany | |
| 1984 | City Museum, Dusseldorf, Germany |
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| Selected Group Exhibitions | |
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| 2007 | "Made in California: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, 15th Anniversary Celebration," Los Angeles, CA |
| "The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion," Colorado Springs, CO | |
| 2006 | "Frederick Weisman Foundation - LA Scene," Municipal Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
| 2003 | "Red on Red," Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA |
| 1999 | "Abstraction: A Major Influence of Art in This Century," Roy Boyd Gallery |
| 1996 | "10 Europeans," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago |
| 1994 | "Current Abstractions," Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| "In Reference to the Vessel," Mount St. Mary's College Art Gallery | |
| 1993 | "Peter's Friends," Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany |
| 1992 | "Sculptural Events," Mandeville Gallery, UCSD, San Diego, CA |
| Fur Karl Ernst Jollenbeck, Gallery Jollenbeck, Koln, Germany | |
| Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany | |
| Triennale Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany | |
| 1990 | "Fusion," University Gallery, Wilkes Barres, PA |
| Jeune Sculpture, Quai Austerlitz, Paris, France | |
| "Cicero," Kronprinzenstrasse, Dusseldorf, Germany | |
| "Santa Monica Piece," Santa Monica Airport, CA | |
| 1989 | "Bon Angeles," Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
| 1988 | Der Zusammenhang der Dinge, Flottmannhallen, Herne, Germany |
| Auszugsweise, Gallery Jollenbeck, Koln, Germany | |
| Meine Zeit-Mein Raubtier, Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany | |
| Ucronos, Faux Mouvement, Mez | |
| 1987 | "Paperworks," T.G. Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| Ucronia SER, MIG, Piazza Borgo Dora, Turin, Italy | |
| IBM Deutschland, Dusseldorf, Germany | |
| Sub aqua, Peter-Lauten-Str., Krefeld, Germany | |
| 1985 | Die sich verselbstandigenden Mobel, Wuppertaler Kunstverein, Germany |
| Mitten im Werktag, Bonner Kunstverein, Germany | |
| Dimensionen V, Kunsthalle Koln, Kunsthalle Berlin, & Villa Stuck, Munchen | |
| Thun Naturell, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Germany | |
| Kranz ohne Konig, Sudhaus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
| 1984 | Dimensionen IV, Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Haus der Kunst, Munchen; |
| Stadtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany | |
| Forum Junger Kunst, Wuttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; | |
| Kunsthalle, Mannheim; & Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany | |
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| Awards and Grants | |
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| 1985 | Scholarship: German Industry Endowment of the Arts. Followed by additional studies in Italy and Egypt |
| 1983 | Grand Prize for Fine Arts, City of Dusseldorf |
| 1981 | Cite des Artes Scholarship, Paris |
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Public Artwork: |
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| 2002 | "When a Person Plants a Tree...," Installation inaugurating Agoura Hills Civic Center and Library, Agoura Hills, CA |
| 2000 | "RingRedSeventeenDegree," Commissioned: Munster, Germany |
| 1997 | "Twilight and Yearning," Installation under the Santa Monica Pier, CA |
| First Prize: "Rosso Rotondo," Commissioned: Munster, Germany | |
| 1988 | First Prize: "Vom Verteilen der Lasten," Commissioned: Munster, Germany |
Selected Public Collections : |
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| IBM America and IBM Germany | |
| Bank of America | |
| Deutsche Bank | |
| Lufthansa German Airlines | |
| Desdner Bank | |
| City of Santa Monica Arts Foundation, CA | |
| Frederick Weisman Foundation | |