Michèle Pagel

Biography

Born 1985 in Werdau, Germany
Lives and works in Vienna

2009—2012  Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, class: Object sculpture with Prof. Pawel Althamer, and later with Prof. Julian Göthe
2009  Accademia di belle Arti di Brera, Milano, with Prof. Vito Bucciarelli
2005—2008  Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig, class: Media Art with Prof. Christin Lahr and Painting with Prof. Astrid Klein

 

Solo Exhibitions

2025
MEYER*KAINER, Vienna (upcoming)

2023
Reißt die Hütte ab!, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg
Rats Roaches Pigeons People, Boltenstern.Raum, MEYER*KAINER, Vienna

2022
Auf diese Steine!, EFES, Linz,

2021
Creature of Habit, Creature of Love, Boltenstern.Raum, MEYER*KAINER, Vienna
RALEX, PsPs Gallery, Vienna

2019
Don’t Get Me Wrong, Galerie Suzie Shride, Vienna
Pollys Cracker, Cultural Forum of the Austrian Embassy, Moscow

2018
Homegrown Freaks, Startgalerie MUSA, Vienna

2016
Circle of Life, Leslie Gallery, Berlin

2015
Heavy Metal Lametta, Happening with David Moises, Ebensperger, Berlin

 

Group Exhibitions

2025
The Best of All Worlds!? 20 Years of the Cardinal König Prize, Bildraum Bodensee, Bregenz, Austria
Wifi & Watercolour, Zeller van Almsick, Vienna

2024
PECHE POP – Tracing Dagobert Peche in the 21st Century, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Sold! And now?, Wien Museum, Vienna
The Best of All Worlds!? 20 Years of the Cardinal König Prize, Lentos, Linz, Austria
Richtige Kunst, Maerz Galerie, Linz, Austria
Horror Patriae, steirischer herbst ’24, Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
Here and Now III. Vienna Sculpture 2024, Neuer Kunstverein Wien, Vienna
Feldversuche, Symposium 24, Kleine Stadtfarm, Vienna

2023
HARD/SOFT, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Feldversuche, Symposium 23, Kleine Stadtfarm, Vienna
Etwas Blaues, 1zwei3, Vienna

2022
LOOK, Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna
The Fest, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Je Veux, Vienna 1975–2022, curated by Brigitte Huck, MEYER*KAINER, Vienna
Space for Kids: The Art-Nature Laboratory or The Mushrooming Cabinet of Wonders, Kunsthalle Wien, Karlsplatz, Vienna
Asynchronicity, Charim Schleifmühlgasse, Vienna

2021
Kardinal König Art Prize-Exhibition, St. Virgil, Salzburg

2020
SEÑORA!, Curated by Sarah Lucas and Kris Lemsalu, MEYER*KAINER, Vienna
Fragile Creation, Dom Museum, Vienna
Mixed Feelings, with Leon Höllhumer, WAF Galerie, Vienna
Facts ‘n’ Figures, Kunstraum am Schauplatz, Vienna
Sewage Sludge, KEX—Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna

2019
Cantabile Furioso, Novaragasse 37, Vienna
Fragile Narratives, curated by Klaus Speidel, Memphis, Linz

2018
Bad Decisions Tell Good Stories, KS Room, Feldbach
New Issues, Pina, Vienna

2017
International Topsellers, KEX—Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna

2016
International Fun, Temnikova & Kasela Gallery, Tallinn
Coperto, Skulpturinstitut, Vienna
Blue Monday on the moon, with Johanna M. Guggenberger, Villa Nova de Cerveria, Portugal
Sehnsucht ist (Un)heilbar, with Spøren Reiman und Marian Luft, Memphis, Linz, Austria
Sunday Sanctuary, Praterstraße 42, Vienna
Mauersegler, Atelier Schmalzhofgasse 1, Vienna
Nouvelles de l’Île des Bienheureux, Château Montbéliard, France

2015
Beaten up by a thoug, saved by kindness, Amatorska, London
To Define And Punish, Jacob Bjorn Gallery, Aarhus, Denmark

2014
Soft Nepotism, Bar du Bois, Vienna
Die rote Bibliothek, with Martin Zerrenner, Hole of Fame, Dresden, Germany
Oben Unten, Galerie Dreihaus, Vienna

2013
Earth Furniture, with Kamilla Bischof & Kris Lemsalu, Galerie Filmreif, Burghausen, Germany
Caecilia Brown, Michèle Pagel, Sabrina Peer, Heidi Rada, Galerie Senn, Vienna
Schmerz Schmerz Schmerz, ein Abend von Noële Ody, Ve:Sch, Vienna
ZOOart, Cuneo, Italy
Sporen, with Simon Reimann, SSZ-Süd, Cologne, Germany

2012
Evian Desert, Galerie Tanja Wagner, Berlin

2011
K&M TaCo’s Show, L’Ocean Licker, Vienna
ARTENALIA 2011, Poznan, Poland
Die Borderliner, ‚Safe Your Date’, Vienna
Modeling Agency, 68m2 Art Space, Kopenhagen, Denmark

2010
Filmiki, Galerie Dana Charkasi, Vienna
Der Schaffende Mensch, Regionale 2010 in Trautenfels
Atomino Art Festival, Textilmuseum Crimmitschau, Crimmitschau, Germany

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Servais Family Collection, Belgium, 2020
Mumok – Museum of modern art, Ludwig Foundation, Vienna, 2021
The Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum, Austria, 2021/2022
Belvedere21, Vienna, 2022
Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna, 2022
EVN Collection, Maria Enzersdorf, Austria, 2023
MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, 2023
KUB – Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria, 2023

 

AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES

Kardinal-König-Prize, 2021
AIR 101 Residency, Gmunden, Upper Austria, 2023
MAK Schindler Residency, Los Angeles, 2024
BMKOES – Federal Ministry Republic of Austria Arts, Residency, London, 2025