Painting
Drawings
Watercolors
Graphic
Biography
1968
born in Erfurt
1989
Work as a lettering and graphic painter
1990-95
Studied painting and graphics at the Academy of Visual Arts in Leipzig under Arno Rink
1995
Diploma; subsequently begins two-year master class with Ulrich Hachulla (state scholarship holder)
1996
Winner of the German Art Prize 1996/97 of the Volks- und Raiffeisenbanken
1998
DRAGOCO AG Art Prize “Man in Space”
1999
Helen Abbott Prize for Fine Arts, Berlin-New York
2000
Execution of the mural in the historic Plochingen town hall
2004
Execution of the predella for the altar of the chapel at Langreder
Portrait of Abbess M. Assumpta Schenkl (St. Mary’s Convent at Helfta)
2005/06
Execution of the winged altar of the church in Grave
2007
Completion and consecration of the side altar for St. Laurentius in Ebern
2009
Portrait of Regensburg Bishop Dr. Gerhard Ludwig Müller
Winner of the Schnell und Steiner Kulturpreis Kunst und Ethos
Execution of the Harmonia Mundi ceiling painting for Würzburg Cathedral Music Hall
2010
Execution of the portrait “Pope Benedict XVI” for the Institut-Papst-Benedikt XVI. in Regensburg
2011
Execution of the altar retable for the parish church “St. Augustinus” in Dettelbach, inauguration on August 28, 2011
Execution of four panels for the pulpit of the church of St. Stephen’s Abbey in Hanover, inauguration on June 3, 2012
2013
Execution of a second portrait of Pope Benedict XVI for the German Embassy in the Vatican
2014
Presentation of the Art Prize of the Christian Art Foundation, Wittenberg
2015
Guest lecture at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
Execution of two designs for the east and west windows of St. Mary’s parish church in Köthen, completion of the windows in October
2016
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Reformation, the cycle on Luther’s table speeches is being created
2017
A portrait of the former director of the Jewish Museum, W. Michael Blumenthal, is created for the Honorary Citizens’ Gallery in the Berlin House of Representatives.
Michael Triegel is the first visual artist to give the Leipzig Poetry Lecture at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig.
The devotional painting “Merciful Jesus” is created for the parish church of St. Peter and Paul in Würzburg.
2018
Completion of the high altar “Incarnation” for the parish church of St. Oswald in Baunach, consecration on March 11, 2018
2022
Completion of the new Marian altar in the west choir of Naumburg Cathedral. Consecration on July 3, 2022. With the paintings, Michael Triegel completes the partially destroyed altar created in 1519 by Lucas Cranach the Elder, whose works form the side wings.
2023
Installation of the three-part resurrection windows by Michael Triegel in St. Johannis Church in Plauen.
2024
Transfer of ownership of the large-format painting “Tabula Smaragdina” to the Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, acquired through funds from the estate of the patrons Klaus and Rosemarie Guggenberger
2025
A portrait of the publisher Friede Springer is created for the Berlin Honorary Citizens’ Gallery.
Dedication of the altar of St. Edith Stein in the basilica at Wechselburg
Honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Theology at the University of Leipzig
lives and works in Leipzig
Public collections
Augsburg, Walter Art Museum
Bad Frankenhausen, Panorama Museum
Berlin, House of Representatives – Gallery of Honorary Citizens
Baunach, Church of St. Oswald
Ebern, St. Laurentius Catholic Church Foundation
Erfurt, Angermuseum
Frankfurt am Main/ Leipzig, Fritz P. Mayer Collection
Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum
Grave, Evangelical Church
Hanover, Art Collections of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
Köthen, St. Mary’s parish church
Leipzig, Grassimuseum
Leipzig, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig
Leipzig, Art Collection Gallery Leipziger Hof
Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts
Leipzig, University, Faculty of Theology
Michigan/USA, Grand Rapids Art Museum
Minneapolis/USA, Institute of Arts
Naumburg, Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul
Naumburg, Dresdner Bank Art Collection
Plauen, St. Johannis Church
Plochingen, Town Hall
Potsdam, Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Women and Family
Potsdam, Museum Barberini
Potsdam, Ostdeutsche Landesbausparkasse Collection
Prignitz, Cultural Office
Regensburg, Diocese of Regensburg, Episcopal Ordinariate
Tückelhausen, Carthusian Museum
Wechselburg, Basilica
Wittenberg, Commerzbank Collection
Würzburg, Cathedral Music
Würzburg, Museum am Dom
Würzburg, Parish Church of St. Peter and Paul
Wiesentheid, Mauritius Church
Zittau, Municipal Museums
Exhibitions
– Selection from 1997 –
1997
Nuremberg, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Pleasure and burden. Leipzig art since 1945 followed by in Leipzig, Museum of Fine Arts (catalog)
1999
Leipzig, exhibition center of the university in the Kroch-Haus, solo exhibition (catalog)
1999/2000
Salzburg, Rupertinum, Figuration, then in Bolzano, Museion – Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (catalog)
2000
Dresden, Residenzschloss, solo exhibition
Bad Arolsen, Museum im Schloss Bad Arolsen, solo exhibition
2002
Antwerp, Collection of the Museum am Dom Würzburg, subsequently in Barcelona
Bad Frankenhausen, Castle, Orbis pictus – Contemporary German Still Life
Aschaffenburg, Städtische Galerie Jesuitenkirche, Grünewald in der Moderne (catalog)
2003
Berlin, Matthäus-Kirche im Kulturforum, solo exhibition (catalog)
2006
Bad Frankenhausen, Panorama Museum, solo exhibition (catalog)
2007/2008
Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, Mattheuer, Tübke, Triegel – A Frankfurt Private Collection (catalog)
2008
Würzburg, Museum am Dom, Sprache der Dinge (solo exhibition) (catalog)
Berlin, Gemäldegalerie, Fantasy and craft. Cennini Cennini and the tradition of Tuscan painting from Giotto to Lorenzo Monaco (Catalog)
2008/2009
Vienna, Leopold Museum, Christian Schad – Retrospective (catalog)
2009
Assen (Netherlands), Drents Museum, Realisme uit Leipzig – Drie generaties Leipziger Schule (catalog)
2010
Regensburg, Museum St. Ulrich, Really? (catalog)
Paris, Galerie Blondel, Trois peintres de Leipzig – Arno Rink, Ulrich Hachulla, Michael Triegel
Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, Michael Triegel – Verwandlung der Götter (catalog)
2011
Regensburg, Kunstsammlungen, Dom St. Ulrich
Frankfurt am Main, Dommuseum, Die Päpste
Berlin, Stiftung St. Matthäus, Per Visibilia ad Invisibilia
Leipzig, Galerie Schwind, Künstler der Galerie (participation)
Erfurt, Angermuseum, Benedikt XVI. a guest at the Angermuseum
Leipzig, Kunsthalle der Sparkasse Leipzig, Saxonia Paper (participation)
Berlin, Evangelisches Zentrum, lux et umbra (graphic)
Erfurt, Angermuseum, Hausbesetzung (participation)
2012
Ulm, Museum for Bread Culture, Martyrium Vision Caritas (participation)
Leipzig, Galerie Schwind
2013
Duisburg, Lehmbruck Museum, Women – Love and Life (participation)
2014
Rostock, Kunsthalle, Werner Tübke – Michael Triegel. Two masters from Leipzig (Catalog)
Wittenberg, Old Town Hall (paintings, watercolors, graphics)
2015
Baton Rouge, Louisiana (USA), Glassell Gallery – LSU School of Art, A Freedom of a Different Kind. The Art of Michael Triegel
Bonn, Bundeskunsthalle, The Divine. Homage to Michelangelo (Participation)
Aschaffenburg, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Werner Tübke – Michael Triegel. Two masters from Leipzig (Second stop)
Leipzig, Galerie Schwind
2016
Hanoi, Goethe Institute, Storyteller – 11 artists from Leipzig (participation)
Chartres, Centre International du Vitrail (participation)
2017
Leipzig, Museum der bildenden Künste, Logos und Bild
Bremen, Museen Böttcherstraße – Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, Schlaf (participation)
Worms, Das Wormser Kulturzentrum, Zu Tisch – Michael Triegel zu Martin Luthers Tischreden
2018
Wittlich, Städtische Galerie im Alten Rathaus, Die Schönheit der Dinge
Munich, Kunsthalle München, Lust der Täuschung (participation)
Erfurt, Angermuseum, Discordia concors (catalog)
2019
Zwolle, Museum de Fundatie, Discordia concors (catalog)
Markleeberg, Weißes Haus, Die Schönheit der Bilder
Aschersleben, Grafikstiftung Neo Rauch, Das Kollegium (participation)
Rostock, Kunsthalle, Ulrich Hachulla und seine Meisterschüler
Leipzig, Galerie Schwind, Michael Triegel – Zum 50 Geburtstag
2020
Rostock, Kunsthalle, Cur Deus (catalog)
2022
Paderborn, Archbishop’s Diocesan Museum, Triegel meets Cranach. Exhibition of the Naumburg Altarpiece
2023
Leipzig, Galerie Schwind, Intermezzo
Vienna, Klosterneuburg Abbey, Triegel meets Cranach. Exhibition of the Naumburg Altarpiece
Schwerte, Katholische Akademie, VANITAS NATIVITAS
Aschaffenburg, Kunsthalle Jesuitenkirche, Leidenschaftlich figurativ – Die Sammlung Fritz P. Mayer (participation, catalog)
2024
Erfurt, Angermuseum, Leidenschaftlich figurativ – Die Sammlung Fritz P. Mayer (participation, catalog)
2025
Aachen, Suermondt-Ludwig Museum, Beyond the visible. The pictorial worlds of Michael Triegel (Catalog)
Chemnitz, St. Jakobikirche, Between Tradition and Modernity – Works on Paper
News
Consecration of the Edith Stein altar by Michael Triegel in Wechselburg Abbey
27. April 2025
Michael Triegel – Between tradition and modernity
1. April 2025
Ceremonial unveiling of the honorary citizen portrait of Dr. h.c. Friede Springer
27. March 2025
Michael Triegel radio interview on SWR2 “Zeitgenossen”
22. March 2024
Michael Triegel’s “Tabula Smaragdina” unveiled at the MdbK
5. March 2024
