Born in Munich, Germany
1971 – 1972 North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada
1972 - 1973 UC Berkeley, CA
1973 - 1976 Studied photography and visual communications at the University of Essen, Germany, with Otto Steinert; Degree in Visual Communication
Exhibitions
2010
“Architecture of Density”, Venice Biennale of Artchitecture, Venice, Italy
“Architecture of Density”, m97 Gallery at ART HK 2010, Hong Kong
“Paris Street VIews”, Foam Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2009
“Transparent City”, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
“Entropya/Art in Progress", Gallery, Naples, Italy
Gallery 51, Antwerp, Belgium
Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
“Transparent City”, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, USA
“Butterfly Dream: Shanghai MoCA Envisage II,” MoCA, Shanghai, China
"Translocalmotion: Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum. Shanghai, China
“China Design Now: The Real Toy Story", Liberty Storefronts, London, England
“China Design Now”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
"AIPAD Photography Show", The Armory, New York, NY, USA
"ArtChicago Photography Show", Chicago, IL, USA
"Hong Kong Back Door", Lumenvisum Gallery, Hong Kong
“The Real Toy Story and Architecture of Density: China Design Now”, London, England
“Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China", MassMoCA, MA, USA
“Heritage: Hong Kong Corner Houses”, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
“Real Fake Pictures and Architecture of Density”, Gallerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008-2007
“Pieces of China: A Retrospective of Michael Wolf’s China Projects”, Museum Center Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland
2007
“China Projects: The Real Toy Story, China Copy Art, 100x100”, m97 Gallery, Shanghai
“Fake. Portraits of Chinese Copy Art”, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Industrial”, Ursula Huber Gallery, Basel, Switzerland
生于德國慕尼黑
1971 – 1972 加拿大 North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto
1972 - 1973 美国 UC Berkeley, CA
1973 - 1976 德国 Studied photography and visual communications at the University of Essen with Otto Steinert; Degree in Visual Communication
展览
2010
《城市密度》, 威尼斯建筑双年展，威尼斯，意大利
《城市密度》, m97画廊，香港2010艺术节，香港
《Paris Street Views》, Foam Museum, 阿姆斯特丹, 荷兰
2009
《透明的城市》 展览
Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL, 美国
《Entropya/Art in Progress》, Gallery, Naples, 意大利
Gallery 51, Antwerp, 比利时
Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul, 土耳其
Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, 荷兰
2007
《香港产业》, Ursula Huber Gallery, Basel, 瑞士
《中国项目: 真实的玩具总动员, 中国拷贝艺术, 100x100》, m97 画廊, 上海
In a diverse array of photographic projects Michael Wolf explores the complex cultural identities of China and Hong Kong, where he has lived since 1995. Wolf delves into subjects such as the formal and improvisational aesthetics of Hong Kong’s architectural forms, the often-overlooked human presence at the heart of international industry, and the idiosyncratic ways city-dwellers shape their surroundings in an "organic metropolis."
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Throughout these interrelated series Wolf draws into question notions of public and private space, anonymity and individuality, history and modern development. Attuned to the cultural and economic undercurrents of his adopted home, Wolf remains humanely attentive to the personal details as well. Kenneth Baker, critic for the San Francisco Chronicle, has written of the "formal intelligence and acuity of observation" evident in Wolf’s photographs, and while Wolf is meticulously and consistently observant, his photographs reflect a manner of working that is intuitive and fluid: from series to series Wolf assumes a range of viewpoints, intimate in some cases and removed in others, and alternates between approaches that are rigorously formal and playfully lyrical. Wolf’s photographs have been exhibited in Asia, Europe and the United States, and are included in the permanent collections of prominent institutions. His large-scale installation, " Story", was on view at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, in Chicago, in 2006. Wolf’s monographs include Hong Kong: Front Door/Back Door, (Thames & Hudson, 2005) and Sitting in China (Steidl, 2002).
