Markus Matthias Krüger

Painting

Acrylic studies

Biography

1981

born in Gardelegen, Saxony-Anhalt

2001-02

Studied industrial design at the Braunschweig University of Art

2002-05

Vocational training as a physiotherapist

2005-10

Studied painting at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig, since 2008 with Prof. Annette Schröter, graduated with a diploma

2010-13

Master student in the class of Prof. Annette Schröter

lives and works in Leipzig

Exhibitions

2008
Leipzig, Kunstraum am See

2009
Leipzig, Frankfurt am Main, Galerie Schwind

2010
Paris, Galerie Monica de Champfleury (participation)
Leipzig, Galerie Schwind (diploma exhibition)
Frankfurt am Main, Galerie Schwind, Nirgendwo
Bad Saulgau, Galerie Fähre, Positions. Representational art today (Participation)

2011
Leipzig, Galerie Kleindienst, Falsche Freunde, master student exhibition of the class of Prof. Annette Schröter (participation), further station: Kühlungsborn, Kunsthalle
Frankfurt am Main, Galerie Schwind, …und es wird Herbst

2012
Berlin, Schwind Gallery

2013
Osnabrück, Kunsthalle, Beautiful Landscape – Threatened Nature. Old masters in dialog with contemporary art (Works from the SØR Rusche Collection)
Leipzig, Academy of Visual Arts, master student exhibition (participation)

2014
Leipzig, Westwerk, Leipzig annual exhibition (participation)
Frankfurt am Main, Galerie Schwind

2015
Leipzig, Galerie Schwind, In the Spirit of Romanticism (together with Wolfgang Mattheuer)

2016
Leipzig, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse, class reunion – master students of Annette Schröter (participation)

2017
Bad Frankenhausen, Panorama Museum, Hortus
Further stations: Kunsthalle Rostock, Zwolle/ Netherlands, Museum de Fundatie

2018
Berlin, Schwind Gallery

2020
Leipzig, Mädler Art Forum, Antipodes – The newest Leipzig School (participation)

2022-23
Aschaffenburg, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Under Blue Skies – Markus Matthias Krüger and Wolfgang Mattheuer
Further venues: Angermuseum Erfurt, Kunsthalle Rostock

2023
Wiesbaden, artists’ association Walkmühle, Angst (participation)

2024
Altdöbern (Brandenburg), castle, Raw art construction. Departure, Where to? (participation)
Halle/Saale, Kunsthalle Talstraße, Sehnsucht – Romantik (participation)
Koblenz, Mittelrhein Museum, Traumlandschaft – Alptraumlandschaft (participation)

News

Dream landscape – nightmare landscape

8. October 2024

The Middle Rhine Museum in Koblenz is showing the exhibition "Dream Landscape - Nightmare Landscape" from 12.10.2024 to 9.3.2025! The...

29th ROHKUNSTBAU – Departure, where to?

9. July 2024

The 29th annual exhibition of Rohkunstbau e.V. will take place at Altdöbern Castle from July 6 to October 6, 2024. In addition to works by...

Longing – Romanticism

7. August 2024

The Kunsthalle Talstraße in Halle (Saale) is showing the exhibition "Sehnsucht - Romantik" from 11.8. to 3.11.2024! The exhibition brings...

“FEAR – crisis indicator or survival instinct?” with Markus Matthias Krüger and Günther Blau

29. March 2023

The artists' association Walkmühle in Wiesbaden shows from 31.3. until 25.6.2023 a group exhibition dealing with the theme of fear. Among...

Under blue skies in the Kunsthalle Rostock

12. December 2022

Since 10.12.22 and until 19.02.23, the Kunsthalle Rostock is showing the exhibition "Under blue skies" as its third station. This exhibition...

Magical landscapes without people

22. September 2022

Wolfgang Schilling writes in MDR Kultur about Markus Matthias Krüger and the art generation of the 80s. "Krüger doesn't want to tell a...

“So close to heaven”

12. August 2022

To mark the exhibition "Under Blue Skies", which is currently on display at the Angermuseum in Erfurt, DIE ZEIT interviewed eight painters...

Under blue skies

19. March 2022

Wolfgang Mattheuer and Markus Matthias Krüger The Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche Aschaffenburg is showing the exhibition "Under Blue Skies" from...

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