Michael Sailstorfer

Biography

Michael Sailstorfer was born in 1979 in

Vilsbiburg, Germany, and currently lives in

Berlin. He studied at the Academy of Fine Art

in Munich and Goldsmiths College in London,

and has been part of residencies in Los

Angeles (Villa Aurora) and the Office for

Contemporary Art Norway in Oslo. In 2004

he showed at the Sydney Biennial and at

Manifesta 5 in San Sebastian, following up

with exhibitions at Artists Space, New York

(2005) and Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin (2006).

Other solo shows have taken place in Austria,

Belgium, Dubai, France, Italy and Switzerland.

Sailstorfer is represented by the Johann

König Gallery in Berlin, Galerie Emmanuel

Perrotin in Paris, Galeria Fortes Vilaça in São

Paulo, Zero Galleria in Milan, and Galerie

Thaddeus Ropac in Salzburg.