Lives and works in Berlin

1964         Born in Inglewood, New Zealand
 
1983-86  Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland
1995       Awarded a Creative New Zealand Fellowship
1999       Awarded the Australia councils Green Street Studio Residency
2002       New Zealand Artist in Residence at the Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2002       Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery
2005       Work grant, Forschung und Kultur, Berlin

Solo Exhibitions (selected)
2011
Michael Stevenson, MCA Sydney, Australia
2010
A Question of How Thing Behave, Objectif Exhibitions, Antwerp
Introduction a la Teoria de la Probalidad, Etablissement d'en face, Brussels
2009
Snow Melts in the Upper Clutha, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
Introduction a la Teoria de la Probalidad, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
2008
The Place To Be, Kröller Müller, Otterlo, Netherlands
Persepolis 2530, Arnolfini, Bristol
2007
Answers to Some Questions About Bananas, Vilma Gold, London
Persepolis 2530, Art Unlimited, Art Basel
2006
C/O The Central Bank of Guatemala, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco Kunstbank, (with Iris Kettner), Berlin
2005
The Smiles Are Not Smiles, Vilma Gold, London
The Gift, Neuer Aachen Kunstverein, Aachen
Michael Stevenson Retrospective, Museum Abteiberg, Monchengladbach (cat.)
Economics in Thirty Fascinating Minutes, Wattis Institute CCA, San Francisco (cat.)
2004
Rakit, KIAD, Canterbury
Argonauts of the Timor Sea, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Keim (with Cornelia Schmidt-Bleek), Galerie Kamm, Berlin
2003
This is the Trekka, New Zealand Pavillion, Biennale di Venezia, Venice
To Our German Friend, Vilma Gold, London
An Evening without Immendorf, Artists studio, Berlin
2002
An Evening with Jorg Immendorf, Hyatt Hotel, Auckland
2001
The Broccoli Maestro and The Strange Voyage of Bas Jan Ader, Malksten, Dusseldorf
2000            
Daily Practice, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
Non-Objective Brass, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Songs of Life: The Melbourne International Biennale, RMIT Gallery, Court House Hotel and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne
Genealogy, (with Steven Brower), Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Call Me Immendorff, Galerie Kapinos, Berlin
Residency, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Slave Pianos, China Art Objects, Los Angeles
Separated at Birth, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
1999
Slave Pianos: The Music of the City, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney
Emancipate the Dissonance, Lombard-Fried Fine Arts, New York
1998
The Gift of Critical Insight, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
Jesus Changed My Life in Eketahura, Hamish Mckay Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
1997
PreMillennial (with Ronnie van Hout), Austrailian tour venues:
Contemporary art Centre of south Wales, Adelaide; Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne; Darren Knight Gallery,
PreMillennial (with Ronnie van Hout), New Zealand tour venues:
City Art Gallery Wellington, Te Whare Toi; Dunedin Public Art Gallery, Dunedin
McDougall Art Annex, Christchurch; Auckland Art Gallery, Auckland
Alternative Ways of Seeing, (website project), Artspace, Auckland
Vehicles for artists who are no longer famous, City Art Gallery Wellington, Te Whare Toi
1996             
Michael Stevenson, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne
Art Watchdog, Trevor Smith’s garage, Canberra
How NASA Mooned the Avant-Garde, Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney
1995             
First Warning, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
Mike Stevenson, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne
Video ART, Teststrip, Auckland     
1994             
Decline of Western Civilization Part 3 – The Mimnimalist Years, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington
The Easyrider, Gregory Flint Gallery, Auckland
Some Latter-Day Art, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne
1993             
Badlands, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth: Manwatu Art Gallery, Palmerston North, Darren Knight DKW, Melbourne

Group Exhibitions (selected)
2011
The Global Contemporary Art Worlds After 1989, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Un’Espressione Geografica, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
Dystopia; After 4000 Years Of Sci-Fi, CAPC, Bordeaux
2010
Unnerved: The New Zealand Project - Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane
Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts Centre, London
6th Berlin Biennale, Berlin
Morality: Act XI: Remember Humanity, Witte de With, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
There is No Alternative, Konst Hall C and Romanian Cultural Institute, Sweden
Ou la Vie Saisie par l'Art, CAPC Musee d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
Last Ride in a Hot Air Balloon, 4th Auckland Triennale, Auckland
La Ciudad Interpretada/The City Interpreted, Public Art Project, curated by Pablo Fanego, Santiago de Compestella
The Mirage of History, Kaleidescope Project Space, Milan, curated by Yann Chateigne Tytelman
Feinkost, Berlin
2009
New World Records, Sutton Gallery, Melbourne
The Malady of Writing, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Heaven, 2nd Athens Biennial, Athens
Michael Stevenson and Edith Dekyunt, Meyer Rieger Karlsruhe, Berlin
A Despot in Flora's Garden, Simon Preston Gallery, New York
Sea Oak, International Project Space, Birmingham
Dreaming the Mainstream, Vilma Gold, London
2008
The Sweet Burnt Smell of History, 8th Panama Art Biennial, Panama City
Göteborgs Konsthall, Sweden curated by Mats Stjernstedt
Familiar Terrain curated by Gregor Jansen and Thomas Thiel, ZKM, Karlsruhe
Not Quite How I Remember It, The Power Plant, Toronto, curated by Helena Rickett
2007
The Irresistable Force, Tate Modern, London
8th Panama Art Biennial, Panama City
Design by Accident, Croy Nielsen, Berlin  
2006            
Asia-Pacific Triennale, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
2005             
Saltuna, Roseum, Malmo
Monuments for the USA, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, CCA, San Francisco; White Columns, New York
2004            
Kurzdavordanach, Photographischen Sammlung, Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
Slave Pianos: two lives in flux and visa versa, National Drama Theatre, Vilinius
Berlin North, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Black Friday, Galerie Kamm, Berlin
2003              
Revolver Launch, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main
Korrekturen, Galerie Kamm, Berlin
2002               
The Walters Prize, Auckland Art Gallery, Toi 0 Tamaki
(The World May Be) Fantastic, Sydney Biennial, Sydney
Prophets of Boom, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden
2001             
Wiedeeraufnahme/Retake, Neuer Aachen Kunstverein, Aachen
Audit, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Superman in Bed, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund
Profiler, Kunstlerhaus, Bethanien, Berlin
Profiler, Govett-Brewster Gallery, New Plymouth
Good Work: The Jim Barr and Mary Barr Collection, Dunedin Public Art Gallery; City Art Gallery, Wellington
Cancelled Art Fair, China Art Objects, Los Angeles
2000
Circles 3, Zentrum fur Kunst und Medientechnolgie, Karlsruhe
4th Sergey Kuryokhin Festival, Leningrad Palace of Youth, St Petersburg
Rent, Overgaden, Copenhagen
1999             
Toi Toi Toi, Three Generations of Artists from New Zealand, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel
Entropy at Home, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Aachen
What Your Children Should Know About Conceptualism, Neuer Aachen Kunstverein, Aachen; Brandenburgischer Kunstverien, Potsdam
1998             
Ground Control, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York
1997             
The Seppelt Contemporary Art Award, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney
Selections Fall 97, The Drawing Center, New York
Let Those Who Ride Decide, The Physics Room, Christchurch
Power, Corruption & Lies, Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
Lawyers, Guns & Money, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Multiplication: The Multiple Object in Art, Monash University Gallery, Melbourne
Drawings, Anina Nosei Gallery, New York
1996             
The Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art, Art Gallery of South Wales, Adelaide
Reservoir, Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery, Lake Macquarie
Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
1995-96      
Hangover, Waikato Art and History Museum, Govett-Brewster Arts Gallery, New Plymouth
1991-92      
Distance Looks Our Way, Pubellon de las Aries, Expo, Seville

Selected Bibliography

Publications
2010
ed. Rhomberg, Kathrin, 6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne, pp.107 - 109, 2010
'What is Waiting Out There?': 6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, exhibition catalogue, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Dumont Buchverlag, Cologne, 2010, pp. 173
2008
Celebration at Persepolis, Michael Stevenson, Monarchy and the 38th Basel Art Fair, Arnolfini and Christoph Keller Editions JRP Ringier, 2008
2006
The aircraft carrier, the paddy field, the late modern institution, David Craig, 2006
Art of the Eighties and Seventies, Stadtisches Abteiberg Museum,
Mönchengladbach, Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt,
pp. 77-121, 2006.
2005
Michael Stevenson, Brian Dillon, Frieze 89, March 2005.
Remastering the Record, Michael Fitzgerald, Time Australia,
August 29 2005.
2003
This is the Trekka, Michael Stevenson, (Catalogue for  NZ’s 2003 Venice Biennale
Entry), 2003.
Leistungsveigleich, (exhibition brochure), Jörg Heizer, New
Zealand Pavillion, Venice Biennale, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, 2003.
50th Venice Biennale, Ralph Rugoff, Frieze, issue 77, Sept. 2003.
2001
Slave Artists of the Piano Cult: An Introduction, Giovanni Intra, Slave Pianos: A
Reader, Revolver Archiv für aktuelle Kunst, Frankfurt, 2001.
Michael Stevenson, Mirina Sorbello, Tema Celeste, March 2001.
2000
Mike Stevenson and Danius Kesminas, Charles Labelle, Frieze, no. 53, June
August, 2000

Articles
2011
Keehan, Reuben, Previews - Michael Stevenson, Art Forum, January 2011, XLIX NO. 5, p.113 Conland, Natasha, Looking Back/ Looking Forward, Frieze, January - February 2011, issue 136, p.82
2010
Rosales, Esperenza, Telling Stories, Mousse, Issue 25
Starling, Simon, 'Best of 2010: The Artist's Artist', Artforum, December 2010, XLIX, No.4, p.97
Jasper, Adam, 4th Auckland Triennial, Frieze, Issue 132, June-July 2010, p173
2009
Jasper, Adam, 2nd Athens Biennale, Frieze, Issue 127, November-December 2009, p 134
Hill, Wes, Double Fantasy, Art and Australia, Vol.46 No.3
A Concerted Overview, Kaleidoscope, Issue 1, Spring
2008
Mahoney, Elizabeth, Michael Stevenson, The Guardian, 8 February
Heiser, Jörg, A Shareholder and The Jackal: an artist's fables, Frieze.com, October 17 2008
2005
Dillon, Brian, Michael Stevenson, Frieze, March 2005, p. 107
Withers, Rachel, Michael Stevenson, Artforum, April 2005, pp.201-202.
Moulton, Adam, , Michael Stevenson, Flash Art 2005, p. 79.
Gleadell, Colin, Art Sales: building a new art hub, The Daily Telegraph, 10 April 2005.
Fitzgerald, Michael, Remastering the Record, Time Magazine, 29 August 2005, pp58-9.
2001
von Schlegell, Mark. Mike Stevenson and Danius Kesminas, Flash Art, no.212, May-June 2000, pp.117-118