Olaf Metzel

♂ *1952 / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

shopping

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
4 Jun 2019 – 31 Jul 2019
SIXPACK

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
25 Feb 2016 – 23 Apr 2016
Open Letter

ph-projects, Berlin (DE)
22 Oct 2011 – 17 Dec 2011

Group

Tell Me Where Home Is

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
19 Sep 2026 – 17 Jan 2027

with Bani Abidi, Nevin Aladag, Kader Attia, Alkan Avcıoğlu, Yael Bartana, Ana María Caballero, Cristina De Middel, Anna Ehrenstein, Alia Farid, Gauri Gill, Shilpa Gupta, Anawana Haloba …
Zurück in die Zukunft

PHOTOS & PHOTO-BASED WORKS

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
15 Oct 2025 – 15 Jan 2026

with Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Jan Fabre, Kathleen Gerber, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Gregor Hildebrandt, Rebecca Horn, Alexander Laner, Richard Long, Vera Lutter, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ryuji Miyamoto …
Kybernetik

Vernetzte Systeme

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
4 Jun 2025 – 18 Oct 2025

with Heba Y. Amin, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba, Robert Barry, Jan Paul Evers, Valie Export, Christiane Feser, Thomas Florschuetz, Johannes Franzen, Jochen Gerz, Timo Hinze, Zofia Kulik …
PHOTO (-BASED)

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
12 Apr 2022 – 18 May 2022

with Jan Fabre, Gilbert & George, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Gregor Hildebrandt, Vera Lutter, Ryuji Miyamoto, Lori Nix, Sigmar Polke, Sean Scully, Cindy Sherman, William Wegman
ODYSSEY – AN EXILE COLLAGE

Centre Photographique Marseille, Marseille (FR)
28 Aug 2020 – 4 Nov 2020

with Maya Schweizer
Il Mondo Animale

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
13 Sep 2019 – 12 Oct 2019

with Lori Nix, Julian Rosefeldt, William Wegman
GLOBAL NATIONAL

Kunst zum Rechtspopulismus

Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin (DE)
21 Mar 2019 – 26 May 2019

with Ulf Aminde, Candice Breitz, Peter Friedl, Nadira Husain, Bethan Huws, Michaela Meise, Dan Perjovschi, Martha Rosler, Christine Würmell
Die Zahl als Chiffre in der Kunst / Deciphering Numbers in Art

RAY 2018 Triennale

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
24 May 2018 – 20 Oct 2018

with John Baldessari, Peter Bialobrzeski, Gwenneth Boelens, Jan Dibbets, Jan Paul Evers, Tamara Grcic, Andreas Gursky, Astrid Klein, Imi Knoebel, Robert Longo, Mario Merz, Martin Parr …
Highlights

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
22 Oct 2011 – 28 Jan 2012

with Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Bernardi Roig, Andy Warhol
photo-based

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
11 May 2010 – 31 Jul 2010

with Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Jan Fabre, Gilbert & George, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Vera Lutter, Anne & Patrick Poirier
Journeys With No Return

London - Berlin - Istanbul

A Foundation, London (GB)
18 Feb 2010 – 14 Mar 2010

with Nevin Aladag, Kiran Kaur Brar, Ergin Cavusoglu, Adam Chodzko, Melanie Manchot, Olaf Nicolai, Zineb Sedira, Asli Sungu, Nasan Tur, Clemens von Wedemeyer
Fantastic Politics: Art in Times of Political Crisis

The National Museum of Art, Oslo (NO)
20 Oct 2006 – 25 Feb 2007

with Valie Export, Aleksandra Mir, Marjetica Potrc
Choosing my Religion

Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun (CH)
15 Sep 2006 – 19 Nov 2006

with Adel Abdessemed, Valerie Mrejen, Paul Pfeiffer, Shirana Shahbazi, Mark Wallinger, Sislej Xhafa
Vom Pferd erzählen. Das Pferd in der zeitgenössischen Kunst

Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen (DE)
25 Jun 2006 – 20 Aug 2006

with Marina Abramovic, John Baldessari, Daniele Buetti, Loris Cecchini, Charlotte Dumas, Tamara Grcic, Swetlana Heger, Esko Maennikkoe, Yves Netzhammer, Astrid Nippoldt, Ralf Peters, Richard Prince …
Kunst und Photographie, Photographie und Kunst

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
23 May 2006 – 29 Jul 2006

with Christian Boltanski, Gilbert & George, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Vera Lutter, Sean Scully, Jemima Stehli, Boyd Webb
BEST

Produzentengalerie, Hamburg (DE)
25 Feb 2006 – 8 Apr 2006

with Stephen Craig
Berlin – Moskau / Moskau – Berlin 1950–2000

von heute aus

Gropius Bau, Berlin (DE)
28 Sep 2003 – 5 Jan 2004

with Marina Abramovic, AES+F, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sergey Bratkov, Olga Chernysheva, Thomas Demand, Roland Fuhrmann, IRWIN - Dusan Mandic, Miran Mohar, Andrej Savski, Roman Uranjek, Borut Vogelnik, Johannes Kahrs, Oleg Kulik, Boris Mikhailov, Katharina Sieverding …

Events

Manifesta 16 Ruhr

Manifesta 16, Essen (DE)
21 Jun 2026 – 3 Oct 2026

with Halil Altindere, Miroslaw Balka, Aline Bouvy, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Ayse Erkmen, Niklas Goldbach, Nicolas Grospierre, Mona Hatoum, Annika Kahrs, Sejla Kameric, Eva Kotatkova, Katarzyna Kozyra …
ART COLOGNE 2022

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
18 Nov 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Erkan Oezgen, Heba Y. Amin, William Anastasi, Alvin Baltrop, Banz & Bowinkel, Rosa Barba, Matthew Barney, Lothar Baumgarten, Christiane Baumgartner, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laurenz Berges, Gregory Bojorquez …
artgenève 2019

artgeneve, Genève (CH)
31 Jan 2019 – 3 Feb 2019

with Adel Abdessemed, Dove Allouche, Darren Almond, Nobuyoshi Araki, Ed Atkins, John Baldessari, Yael Bartana, Gabriele Basilico, Eric Baudelaire, Valerie Belin, Hans Bellmer, Jonas Bendiksen …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2018 – 9 Dec 2018

with Ignasi Aballi, Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Darren Almond, Darren Almond, Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Kwame Brathwaite, Nancy Burson …
15th International Istanbul Biennial

a good neighbour

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul (TR)
16 Sep 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Erkan Oezgen, Adel Abdessemed, Volkan Aslan, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Latifa Echakhch, Klara Liden, Liliana Maresca, Lee Miller, Henrik Olesen, Stephen G. Rhodes, Dayanita Singh, Lukas Wassmann