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Michael Wiebach

AboutMichael Wiebach is a Mexican-German visual artist best known for painting, installation art, and short films. Wiebach uses representational objects like old toys, industrial junk, and obsolete gadgets as inspiration for oil painting and elaborate art installations. His pieces resemble modern archaeology and expose modern technology as it is seen from the margin of its own obsolescence.
ExhibitionsMichael Wiebach has exhibited his work in numerous private spaces in the U.S.A, Mexico, Europe and Japan. Museum and public exhibitions include:   2023 “New Works” Solo Exhibition, Post46 Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, GTO, Mexico. 2023 “Human Rights Art Exhibition”, Collective Exhibition, College of the Sequoias Art Gallery, Visalia, California. USA. 2022 “Transience” Solo Exhibition, La Nave Art Lab, Silver Lake, California. 2021 “My Carbon Footprint” Solo Exhibition, La Nave Art Lab, Silver Lake, California. 2014 “Crossroads” Solo Exhibition, La Nave Art Lab, San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Mexico 2010 Solo exhibition and guest lecturer, Southwest Texas College Gallery, Texas, U.S.A 2008-2009 “Por El Retrovisor” Solo exhibition, Mexico City International Airport, Mexico City. 2008 “Sala 1” Collective Exhibition, Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Gto. Mexico. 2007 “The Voyage” Solo exhibition, Peter Grau Gallery, San Diego, California. 2006 “Planes Trains and Automobiles” Solo exhibition, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, Alaska. 2005 “San Miguel Artists in Veracruz” Collective exhibition, Museo de Arte del Estado de Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico. 2004 “2D” Collective painting exhibition, Kunsthaus Santa Fe, San Miguel, Gto. Mexico 2004-2005 “El Avión Se Va” Solo exhibition, Centro Cultural de San Ángel, Mexico City, Mexico. 2003 “¿A dónde nos lleva el tren?” Solo exhibition, Sala de Arte Público Siqueiros, Mexico City, Mexico. 2003 “Rescatando Raíces” Collective Exhibition with FAI (Save the Children Mexico) Centro Cultural el Nigromante (Bellas Artes) San Miguel Allende Gto. México 2002 “Ultima Legua” Solo exhibition, Peter Grau Gallery, San Diego, California. 2002 “Ultima Legua” Solo exhibition, Sala de Arte El Alacrán, San Miguel de Allende, Gto. México 2001 “Question of Gender” Solo exhibition, Peter Grau Gallery, San Diego, California. 2001 “ENCUENTRO 2001” Collective Exhibition, Centro Cultural el Nigromante (Bellas Artes) San Miguel Allende Gto. México 1999 “Que Viva México” Solo exhibition, Sparkasse Art Exhibit Hall, Leverkusen, Germany. 1999 “Iron-y” Solo exhibition, Peter Grau Gallery, San Diego, California. 1996 “Monomanía” Solo exhibition, financed by the Deutschland Cultural Fund, Ediger-Eller, Germany. 1996 “Mystisches Méxiko” Solo photography exhibition, Gallery 13, Beilstein, Germany. 1994 Annual collective exhibition participant, Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, California. 1993 “Irrlichter aus México” Solo exhibition, Gallery 13, Beilstein, Germany. 1990 “Maya Nomori” Collective exhibition, Shimizu, Japan. Other Projects In 2010 he was commissioned to paint a large scale mural at the Rosewood Hotel in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, which remains as part of the hotel’s permanent art collection. His short film “Dia de Pinta” (Playing Hooky) was given an honorable mention award at the Guanajuato International Film Festival GIFF (2010) and was selected among the best six Mexican short films of 2010. It participated in the Short Film Corner at Cannes Film Festival 2011. Invited judge, 2012 Cine Tonalá Cultural Center photographers portfolio review, Mexico City, Mexico
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