Miron Schmückle (born 1966 Sibiu/Hermannstadt) grew up in Romania in a German–Romanian household during the Ceausescu dictatorship. Both parents were artists and art teachers. In 1988 Miron Schmückle emigrated to Germany and studied at the Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts in Kiel in the class for Experimental Painting with Professor Renate Anger from 1991 to 1996. As a visting student at the HFBK Hamburg in the class for performance was he able to learn under guidance of Marina Abramovic in 1994. He then took up a teaching post at the St Petersburg Theatre Academy. In 1997 he moved into his first studio in Hamburg. He has lived and worked in Berlin since 2008. With a study on Joris Hoefnagel's (1542-1600) cabinet miniatures, he received his doctorate in 2016 from the Institute of Art Studies at the Muthesius - Kunsthochschule in Kiel. His preoccupation with nature studies of flora and fauna form the starting point for his works in painting and photography. Miron Schmückle's works have been shown in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Germany and abroad and are in several public and private art collections.
Awards / Scholarships
2005
Villa Concordia, Bamberg
2004
Barkenhof-Stipendium, Worpswede
2003
Kunstfonds Bonn (Arbeitsaufenthalt in Havanna, Cuba)
2002
Arbeitsstipendium der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg
2000
Stipendium Künstlerhaus Lauenburg/Elbe
1997
Gottfried-Brockmann-Preis der Landeshauptstadt Kiel
1996
Preis der 43. Landesschau des BKK Schleswig-Holstein
Soloshows
2024
Perpetuum Florens, Horst-Janssen-Museum, Oldenburg
The Nymphs Are Departed, Galerie Eric Mouchet, Paris
2023
Flesh for Fantasy, Städelmuseum Frankfurt am Main
2021
Bulb Fiction, SETAREH, Düsseldorf
2017
Non satur oculus visu, Anca Poterasu Gallery, Bukarest
2016
Una terza natura, Kunstmuseum Bayreuth
2011
As You Desire Me, Galerie Manzoni Schäper, Berlin
2010
Caligula, zusammen mit Sebastian Gögel, Galerie Emmanuel Post, Leipzig
2009
The Strife of Love in a Dream, Brukenthal-Museum Sibiu/Hermannstadt
Illectus eram, Galerie Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
2007
Rococo Revisited, Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco
De naturae corporis fabrica, Galerie Emmanuel Post, Leipzig
Marstall, Ahrensburg
2006
Im Garten des Priapus, Post Fine Arts, Freiburg
2005
Neue Werke, Galerie Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
De tinctio petalorum, Villa Concordia, Bamberg
2004
Capriccio, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main
2002
Fountains of Joy: Improved Formula, Hamburger Kunsthalle
2001
Super Cascade Improved Mixed, Galerie Anita Beckers, Frankfurt am Main
1997
Kabinettausstellung, Kunsthalle zu Kiel
Over a Long Season, Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Kiel
Hortus conclusus, Museum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
Groupshows
2024
FLOWERS FOREVER, Blumen in Kunst und Kultur, Bucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg
Nature Studies, Duo show with Gregor Gleiwitz, SETAREH, Berlin
2023
In Bloom, Tia Collection in Bellagio Art Gallery, Las Vegas
FLOWERS FOREVER, Blumen in Kunst und Kultur, Kunsthalle München
Scribo Oculus Mentis, Galerie Shower, Leipzig
Rosa Immergruen, DG Kunstraum Diskurs Gegenwart, München
2022
The Armory Show, SETAREH, New York City elective affinities, SETAREH, Düsseldorf
2021
Inventing Nature - Plants in Art, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe
You Feel - And Drift - And Sing, Museum of queer culture - Triumf Amiria, Bucharest
Wise & Walden, Kunsthaus Erfurt
2019
Viermal Neues auf Papier, Sprengel Museum, Hannover
2017
Schön vergänglich – Blumen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kallmann-Museum, Ismaning
2016
Lasst Blumen sprechen - Blumen und künstliche Natur seit 1960, Museum Schloss Moyland
2015
Artistic Needs and Institutional Desires, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
2013
There is Something Between Me and the World Outside, Gallerie Manzoni Schäper, Berlin
Tree of Life, Collège des Bernardins, Paris
Unsere Kunst Eure Kunst, Stadtgalerie, Kiel
2012
Sneak Peek, Gallerie Manzoni Schäper, Berlin
Lost Paradise, Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar
Gegenüber, Zeitgenössische Kunst im Bamberger Dom
2011
gehen, blühen, fließen, Kieler Stadtgalerie
Ockhams Messer, Gallerie Emmanuel Post, Berlin
2010
Beauty - Flowers in Photography, Alexander Ochs Galleries, Beijing
Palais für Aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt
2009
Blumenstücke, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Schloss Filseck
Comming Under the Spotlight, Post Fine Arts, Freiburg
2008
Pas de deux, Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
Menschenskind, Post Fine Arts, Freiburg
2007
Bilderbühne, Post Fine Arts, Freiburg
2006
Fai da te - il mondo dell artista, Chiesa di San Paolo, Modena
2005
Blumenstücke, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Jungle Park, Kunstraum München
2004
Bailar en la casa del trompo, Wifredo Lam Foundation, Havana, Cuba
19 Künstler zu Gast im Schwulen Museum, Schwules Museum, Berlin
Zwischenwelten, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld
2003
Kunsthappen, Kunsthaus Erfurt
Du und dein Garten, Kunsthaus Erfurt
2002
La natura della natura morta - fotografia, Museo Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Desire, Museo Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna
Still Life, 2. Triennial of Photography, Hamburg
Selbstbildnisse, Kallmann - Museum, Ismaning
2001
Palais für Aktuelle Kunst, Glückstadt Desire, Ursula-Blickle-Foundation, Kraichtal
2000
Reflected Images, Kunsthaus Hamburg
Im Garten, Gallery Dörrie*Priess, Hamburg
1999
Fotografie vor Ort, Kunsthalle Kiel
Can you hear me?, 2nd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art
1998
4. International Triennial of Photographic Art, Esslingen
Stage sets and Costumes
2022
Die Zauberflöte, Bühnen Bern
2017
Othello, City theater Klagenfurt
2014
Die Zauberflöte, City theater Klagenfurt
Im tiefen Tal der Todeskralle, State theater Kassel
Works in public collections
Kunsthalle Kiel, Graphic Art Collection
Ludwig-Forum, Essen
Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg
Villa Concordia, Bamberg
West Collection, Pennsylvania
Schwules Museum, Berlin
Stadtgalerie, Kiel
Museum of Modern Art Berlinische Galerie
Tia Collection, Santa Fe
Sprengel Museum, Hannover