Michail Michailov

http://www.michailmichailov.com

living and working in Vienna
2007 Sommerakademie “Situation and Spectacle” at the Paul Klee Centre ( lecturer: Cerith Wyn Evans), Bern(CH)
2006-2009 Cooperation with the Artist Group Gelitin (Several projects)
2002-2007 Studies of Art History at the University of Vienna, Vienna (AT)
1999-2004 Studies in Fine Arts at the Faculty of Visual Arts, Veliko Tarnovo (BG)

GRANTS/RESIDENCIES
2017 Austrian State Scholarship for visual art
2015 Artist in residence alberg1800RESORT, Alberg (AT)
2015 34. Austrian graphic award/ lower austria
2013 School of Happiness Award, Viennafair
2013 Video Spot Competition "20 SECONDS FOR ART", KÖR/Infoscreen
2013 Red Carpet Award
2013 Artist in residance of BKA/Cite Internationale des Arts,Paris (FR)
2011 MTL Award for Bulgarian Contemporary Art (nominated)
2011 Walter Koschatzky Preis (nominated)
2010 Artist in residance of BKA, Rom (IT)

EXHIBITIONS AND SELECTED PROJECTS
2017
BONE 20 performance art festival, Bern (CH)
Let them draw II(drawing and withdrawing), Sariev Contemporary, Plovdiv (BG)
Allegoria sacra, Gallery Rafael Mihaylov, Veliko Tarnovo (BG)
Images in Language and the Language of Images, Dom Museum, Vienna (AT)
Attention! Promised place-contesting common grounds, FLUCA, Austrian Cultural Pavilion, Plovdiv (BG)
Pareidolie/Projektraum Viktor Bucher , International contemporary drawing fair, Marseille (FR)
You want Truth or Beauty, Kunsthalle Nexus, Salzburg (AT)
Wien von oben. Die Stadt auf einen Blick, Wien Museum, Vienna (AT)

2016
Abbild::Realität!?, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna (AT)
The Observatory, Special Astrophysical Observatory, Karachay-Cherkess Republic (RU)
The eaten apple, Viennacontemporary, Vienna international art fair, Zone1 (solo), Vienna (AT)
The Chicken Thief, Sotheby's,(solo), Vienna (AT)
On site hohenems: bock auf kunst, Hohenems (AT)
34.Austrian graphic award, South Tyrol Institute of Culture, Bozen (IT)
Drawing and intermedia, Gallery Raiko Alexiev, Sofia (BG)

2015
dust to dust, RCShowroom, (solo),Vienna (AT)
Chasing Max Mustermann, Art in public space Graz, Graz (AT)
34.Austrian graphic award, Gallery in Taxispalais, Innsbruck (AT)
Urbanauts/Destination Wien, Kunsthalle Wien/Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna(AT)
Super Edition#3, Kunstraum Super/Selecto Planta Baja, Vienna/Los Angeles (AT/UK)

2014
Lichtblick, Paviljon Nob, Slovenia, Trzic (SLO)
Take off your shoes II, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, (solo),Vienna (AT)
The Dignity of Man …, The Brno Haus of Arts, Brno (CZ)
Hans im Glück, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (AT)
The Dignity of Man …, Art gallery of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo (BIH)
Dance with us, Projektraum Viktor Bucher, Vienna (AT)
Grau-Wi Sa So, National Academy of Arts, Sofia (BG)
Versus…Wiener Szene (1952-2014). ", Viertelneun Gallery, Vienna (AT)
Grau-Wi Sa So, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)
2013
Videopresentation curated by Jan Middelbos, la Générale en manufacture, Paris (FR)
Bulgarian Artists in Vienna. Contemporary Practices at the Beginning of the 21st Century, Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia (BG)
The Rabbit, Red Carpet Award, Viennafair, (solo),Vienna (AT)

2012
The Keyhole of Mr. Wittgenstein, Haus Wittgenstein, Bulgarian Institute of Culture, Vienna (AT)
Magnet and Antimagnet, ICA-Sofia Gallery, Sofia (AT)
Urban Dreams, Center of contemporary art, Plovdiv (BG)
(No) standing anytime, Art in public space, Graz (AT)
Time Geometry-practices in public environment, Plovdiv History Museum and Department for Contemporary History, Bulgaria, Plovdiv (BG)
Common History and Its Private Stories., Sofia City Art Gallery, Sofia (BG)
Exit order - new situation, Glockengasse 9, Vienna (AT)
Absolut Vienna", Wien Museum, Vienna (AT)

2011
Unlimited, Mtel Award For Bulgarian Contemporary Art, BenchMarkBusiness Center, Sofia (BG)
living on the edge of a silver future, 5020 Galerie, Salzburg (AT)
Dvd Project, Loop Festival, Barcelona (ES)
Walter Koschatzky Preis, exhibition of all nominated works, MuMoK, Vienna (AT)

2010
Video presantation curated by Jennifer Lacey, Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, Paris (FR)
You won't make a (nation)state with us, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (AT)
Dvd Project, 3e Festival International de Videoarte, Madrid (E)
Video art from Bulgaria, 3H+K Gallery, Finland, Pori (FIN)
Transltion is a mode, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (AT)
Blickwechsel. Österreichische Fotografie Heute", Westlicht, Vienna (AT)

2009
Ich fergebe dir, intervention in public space, das weisse Haus, Vienna (AT)
Imagineering, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AT)
Queer Lisboa, film festival, Lisbon (PT)
Value point, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna (AT)
KunstKunst, 5020 Galerie, Saltzburg (AT)
Common History and Its Private Stories., MUSA,Vienna (AT)
Queer Performativities, Identities, film festival, Vienna (AT)

2008
Austria contemporary, Essl Museum, Austria, Klosterneuburg (AT)
Queerelanti, Galleria Neon, Italy, Bologna (IT)
Seems to be., Kunstpavillon, Austria, Innsbruck (AT)
Rush Hour, periscope: project: space, Austria, Salzburg (AT)

2007
Situation and Spectacle, Paul Klee Centre, Bern (CH)


PUBLICATIONS
2017
Wien von oben. Die Stadt auf einen Blick, Wien Museum, Vienna (AT)
The Observatory, Special Astrophysical Observatory, Karachay-Cherkess Republic (RU)

2016
Kunst-Arbeit-Gesellschaft, Kunstprojekte der Arbeiterkammer Wien und ihre Sammlung (AT)
Chasing Max Mustermann, Art in public space Graz, Graz (AT)

2015
Hans im Glück, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (AT)

2014
Public Art Vienna Kunst im öffentlichen Raum 2010-2013, KÖR, Vienna (AT)
Public Art. Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Steiermark 2012-2013, Graz
24Artists to watch, Modern Painters, New York (UK)
The Dignity of Man …, MUSA, Vienna (AT)
Michail Michailov 2010-2013, Grau-Wi Sa So, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg (AT)

2013
Bulgarian Artists in Vienna. Contemporary Practices at the Beginning oft he 21st Century, Sofia (BG)

2012
(No) standing anytime, Zweieintopf, Graz (AT)
Time Geometry-practices in public environment, Bulgaria, Plovdiv (BG)
Unlimited, Mtel Award For Bulgarian Contemporary Art, Sofia (BG)

2011
The don't you dare issue, Parabol Art Magazine#6, section.a, Vienna (AT)
Content | Form | Im-material, CON3XT.NET, Vienna
Nous ne notons pas les fleurs, dit le géographe, bétonsalon, Paris (FR)
You won't make a (nation)state with us, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (AT)
Art in public space Styria, Springer Wien/New York (AT/UK)

2010
Translation is a mode, Kunstraum Niederösterreich, Vienna (AT)
Blichwechsel. Österreichische Fotografie Heute, Westlicht, Vienna (AT)
Imagineering, Forum Stadtpark, Graz (AT)

2009
Common History and Its Private Stories, MUSA,Vienna (AT)
Value point, Hilger Contemporary, Vienna (AT)
The value issue, Parabol Art Magazine#4, section.a, Austria, Vienna

2008
Austria contemporary, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
La Journa" for the exhibition La Louvre - Paris of Gelitin in Musée D´art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris (FR)