Michael Scheufler
works on a mountain in Bavaria, where he is striving to create work as delicate, clear and inspiring as nature. His life’s journey has taken him from Allguvia to Urbino, London, Vienna, Munich and back to the mountains, “ Water, wind and weather… We here in the allguvian mountains are exposed to the elements in all of their manifestations… be it snow, rain, fog, ice, rainbow…
we live in union with them, whatever form they might present itself to us… the winter storms, the autumn drizzle on the lake, the frozen landscape. How to compete with this sort of beauty in artistic practice? You can only try, and fail, but failing beautifully… I guess this this is my quest. ”
Looking for the abstract in nature, tracing the inner logic of the elements, he usually starts his process with paint, brushes, coal, clay, earth, favorably sur plein air… then taking his work into digital, often sampling and remixing his material like in his days as a DJ in London.
He paints with fire, collects air from all over the world, invites chance as a tool, incorporates light, shadows, rain, wind, ice and snow… lets water take it’s course. His works spans from drawings to paintings, from sculpture to installation, sometimes performative, mostly intuitive with an admiration of the natural processes.
Group shows
1/23 Ostallgäuer Kunstausstellung, Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf
10/04 Body Extensions, Superreal, Mudac Musée de Design, Lausanne
2/04 Im neuen Licht. KF, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren
12/03 Arni - Kiss me, I am avantgarde, Superreal, Kunstforum Wien
6/03 Art Positionen, Superreal, Wien
5/03 Pitti Immagine Casa, Fortezza Basso, Florenz
10/02 Zosch, Designersblock Tokyo, Superreal
9/02 Zosch, Designersblock London, Superreal
9/02 Zosch, Designersblock Korea, Superreal, Seoul Arts Center
5/02 Mega, Manifeste der Anmassung, Superreal, Künstlerhaus Wien
4/01 Flaggen, Superreal, Galleria d‘Arte Via Farini, Mailand
10/01 Zu Wasser zu Land und zu Luft, Designersblock Barcelona, Superreal
solo shows
9/05 The PoshBitch Sculptures, Covent Garden, London
5/05 Superchewable, Belgravia, London
10/00 Everybody wants to be a cowbow, Scheufler & Heiss, St. Pancras Station, London
4/99 Fit For Fun, Scheufler & Heiss, Camera Work, London
9/98 Monica‘s Dress, Scheufler & Heiss, Voyage, London
6/98 Titanic, Scheufler & Heiss, David Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
97/98 Hjulio Iglesias, various perfomances of the band, RCA, London
11/96 Performance Kinnersley Castle, Scheufler & Heiss, David Hockney Gallery, RCA, London
education
The Royal College of Art in London, Master of Fine Art
Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche Urbino, Erasmus scholarship
Fachhochschule Augsburg, BA Graphic Des.
* born in Kaufbeuren im Allgäu
