1954 Born in Düsseldorf, Germany
1973-74 Studies in Social Sciences, Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
1974-84 Studies in Comparative Religions, Ethnology and Indology, M.A. Friedrich – Wilhelms – University Bonn
Lives and works in Düsseldorf and Italy
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Reverse Glass Paintings, Galerie LandskronSchneidzik, Nuremberg
2018 Painting behind Glass, Troner Art, Duesseldorf
Painting, Galerie RotherWinter, Wiesbaden
2017 Reverse Glass Painting, Galerie Pascal Janssens, Ghent, Belgium
Color//Metal//Energy - Reverse Glass Paintings ,Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Düsseldorf ,Düsseldorf, Germany
2016 Behind the Glass ,JanKossen Contemporary, Basel ,Basel, Switzerland
New Paintings, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2015 Reverse Glass Paintings 2009 - 2014, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Cachan/Paris
2014 GoldSilverColorForm, with Herbert Mehler (Sculpture)Troner Art, Duesseldorf at Pro Aurum, Munich
Gold Serie, Art Southampton - Solo Space, Galerie Lausberg, Duesseldorf
Reverse Glass Paintings 2008 – 2013, Galerie RotherWinter, Wiesbaden
2013 OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, Huntington Beach/Los Angeles
2012 Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
Gold-Silver-Copper, Galerie Pascal Janssens, Ghent
Gold-Silver-Copper, Galerie Landskron Schneidzik, Nuremberg
2011 Michael Burges, Galerie Winter, Wisbaden
Michael Burges, Galerie Bernd A. Lausberg, Dusseldorf
Reverse Glass Painting, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
2010 Reverse Glass Painting, Lausberg Contemporary, Miami
2009 Reverse Glass Painting, Gallery Pascal Janssens, Ghent
Gallery Landskron Schneidzik, Nuremberg
Paintings 2003 - 2008, Gallery Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
2008 Michael Burges 2002 – 2008, LEEAHN GALLERY, Daegu
Reverse Glass Paintings, Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden
Hinterglasmalerei, Gallery art felchlin, Zurich
Reverse Glass Paintings-Virtual Space Works, Galerie Noack, Moenchengladbach
Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart
2007 Inside the matter, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne
Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
Farbe, Raum, Energie, Moenchehaus Museum, Goslar
Espaces transitoires, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
2006 Virtuality, Light and Space, Galerie Bernd Lausberg, Düsseldorf
Seven Pillars, Painting Sculpture with Thomas Schönauer, SAS Radisson Hotel, Media Harbour Düsseldorf
Materie, Energie und Raum, Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden
States of Mind/States of Matter, Installation of Paintings, Pier 1 Lobby, Duisburg-Hafen
2005 Monos Art Gallery, Lüttich, Belgium
Galerie Angelika Harthan, Stuttgart
2004 Peinture-sculpture, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
Painting, Schoeni Art Gallery, Hongkong
Virtual Space Works, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne
2003 Galerie von Braunbehrens, München
Galerie Vayhinger, Radolfzell
2002 Galerie Angelika Harthan, Stuttgart
Matter, Energy and Space, Galerie Lea Gredt, Luxemburg
2001 Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne
2000 Selected Works 1996-2000, Städtische Galerie Gladbeck
Space Metronome I/II, Installation Paintings, Ensemble/Telekom, Bonn
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Autumn Show -, Artists of the Gallery, Troner Art, Duesseldorf
Schaulager, Weltkunstzimmer, Duesseldorf
2018 Meisterwerke VI, Galerie RotherWinter, Wiesbaden
Exposition de groupe, Liuba, Soulie, Gligorov, Paladino, Hiquily, Vasarely, Burges, Calvat, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke,
Cachan/Paris, France
2017 Tiefenlicht - Painting behind Glass, from August Macke to Gerhard Richter, Museum Penzberg - Collection
Campendonk, Penzberg
Meisterwerke V, Galerie RotherWinter, Wiesbaden
Vivid Dimensions, Odon Wagner Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Nuovi Orizzonti, JanKossen Contemporary, Venice, Italy
Blauer Sommer, Galerie Rother Winter, Wiesbaden
Künstler der Galerie, Galerie LandskronSchneidzik, Nuremberg
2016 Cool Mood, Troner Art, Duesseldorf
2015 Gold, Galerie RotherWinter at Henkell & Co, Wiesbaden
Burges, Calvat, Souliè, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Cachan-Paris, France
2014 Dialog 5:5 German and Chinese Contemporary Art, Kunstraum Villa Friede, Bonn
Summer Group Show 2014, Galerie Pascal Janssens, Ghent
Ouverture - Ballester, Burges, Calvat, Gligorov, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Cachan/Paris
Michael Burges & Katharina Mayer: Lausberg Contemporary ,Armory Art Center ,West Palm Beach, Florida, USA
2013 10 Years Galerie Bernd A.Lausberg, Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf
Summer Group Show 2013, Galerie Pascal Janssens, Ghent
Bunt, Galerie Landskron/Schneidzik, Nuremberg
2012 Michael Burges and Herber Mehler , Galerie Pascal Jassens, Gent
Gold, Belvedere, Vienna
Gold, Museum Unteres Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Summer Special Group Show, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Pas de deux, Galerie Winter, Wiesbaden
2011 La peinture, c’est ringard?!, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
Winter Thaw, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
Changes, Troner Art, Duesseldorf
2010 Summer Group Show, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
Farbe, Raum, Struktur, Gallery von Braunbehrens, Munich
Sexe et convenance II, Gallery Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
Beyond Painting, Lausberg Contemporary, Toronto
Blau, Gallery Winter, Wiesbaden
2009 W.Siber und Freunde, Gallery Schrade / Schloss Mochental, Ehingen
Die Farbe Bunt, Gallery Lausberg, Duesseldorf
Confrontation, Gallery Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
2008 Über`s Sofa, Troner Art, Duesseldorf
Et après, Gallery Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
2007 ART, Made in Germany, OMC Gallery, Huntington Beach-L.A
2006 Artistes de la Galerie, Galerie Pascal Vanhoecke, Paris
Espaces transitoires-Burges, Noger, Guionnet, Guzman, Galerie Parisud, Paris
Touched by India, Kunstlerforum Bonn
Abel, Bolenz, Burges, Droese, Gohringer, Gross, Heerich, Ronkholz, Schonauer, Wolkenar, Monos Art Gallery, Liege, Belgium
2005 Rot als Farbe, Galerie Lausberg, Dusseldorf
Abstrakt im Raum, Consum, Dusseldorf
Zeitzeichen, Galerie Artforum Hanover
Made in Flingern, Medienmafia, Dusseldorf
Buch, Burges, Immendorf, Kuhno, Schonauer, Galerie Noack, Moenchengladbach
New works from the studios, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne
2004 Von Arnold Bocklin bis Remy Zaugg, Neueroffnung der Dauerausstellung, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
FruhReif, Galerie Harthan, Stuttgart
2003 New abstract painting-painting abstract now, Abstraktion in der neuen Malerei, Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen
Group Show, Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Cologne
Glucksgriffe, Galerie Angelika Harthan, Stuttgart
Burges, Droese, Klenes, Zeguers, Monos Art Gallery, Liege, Belgium
Entdecken, fordern, handeln, Landesverband der Galerien in Baden-Wuerttemberg,
Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart
Burges, Bytebier, Noel, Ronkholz, Troschke, Galerie Lea Gredt, Luxembourg
Public Collections
Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein
Eberdingen, Nussdorf
Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern