About

VITA

Maximilian Prüfer
Born 1986, Weilheim (Obb), Germany

Residencies:

2024
ISTA Artist in Residence 2024-Programm – Austria
Rockefeller University NYC – Daniel Kronauer Lab – USA

Awards (Selection):

2025
STRABAG ART Award 2025

2022
Working Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds

2021
Bavarian Art Award (Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis)

2020
Art Prize of the German Society for Christian Art (DG Deutsche Gesellschaft für Christliche Kunst)

2018
EHF Artist Grant, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

2017
Art Prize of the District of Swabia

2014
Art Promotion Award of the City of Augsburg

2013
Debutant Promotion Grant, funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Research
Special Award of the Franz Schmid Foundation / Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf

Solo Exhibitions (Selection) / Upcoming:

2026
Ein Bild findet Gnade, Strabag Art, Vienna, Austria
16.1-19.2.2026

2025
Nebenlinien Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria
Weltgrenze, Tree Museum Enea, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland

2024
Field and Lab Treasures, Rockefeller University – CS Art Partners, Greenwich CT / NYC (27.09.24 – 17.11.24)

2023
First Alphabet, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria
Fruits of Labour, Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, Austria

2021
Inwelt, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria

2020
WIR, Kugelmühle, Mühlbach, Austria

2019
TIER, Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria

2018
NEST, Sotheby’s Munich, Germany
VIEH, Museum Villa Rot, Rot, Germany

2017
BRUT, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria

2016
EI, Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, Germany
Sp-Arte – Solo Booth, São Paulo, Brazil

2015
FLUG, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria

2013
MAUSER Debutant Exhibition, funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Research, Augsburg, Germany

Collaborative Solo Exhibitions (Selection):

2021
Interactions 5, with Jeewi Lee, Galerie Sexauer, Berlin, Germany
2020
Doppelpass IV – Everything will be alright, with Andreas Greiner, DG Kunstraum, Munich, Germany
2014
Artefakte, with Nikola Irmer, MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen, Germany

Group Exhibitions (Selection):

2025
Now on View, Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany
Flowers Forever, Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, Italy (14.02.25 – 14.09.25)
FIXING FUTURES, Museum Giersch der Goethe University (03.04.24 – 31.08.24)
Flowers Forever, Kunsthal Rotterdam (20.03.24 – 30.08.24)

2024
Hello Nature!, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany (02.10.24 – 02.03.25)
Flowers Forever, Brucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg, Germany (12.10.24 – 19.01.25)

2023
Flowers Forever, Kunsthalle München, Munich, Germany
The State of Things?, Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, Germany
„More Yellow than Gold“, ERES Stiftung, Munich, Germany
Fantastic Animal Worlds, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Germany
On the Brink of Extinction, Mewo Kunsthalle (with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & Gil Shachar), Memmingen, Germany

2022
Benefit Auction Exhibition, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
A Private Collection – The Tyron Vincent Collection, Kunstverein Mannheim, Germany

2021
Vienna Biennale for Change 2021, MAK, Vienna, Austria
ponds among ponds – an exhibition of threshold behavior & nested life, ICA Shanghai NYU
Bavarian Art Awards Exhibition, Galerie der Künstlerinnen, Munich, Germany

2020
Art for Animals. A Perspective Shift for Humans, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany
Flügelschlag, Museum Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg
2019
Artenreich, Museum Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany
2018
Egon Schiele, Reloaded, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
I Followed You to the Sun, Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria (Curated by Ala Glaser)
Nach der Natur, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria

2017
Untitled Miami, Miami, USA
Bilder Fragen, H2 – Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst, Augsburg, Germany

2016
Untitled Miami, Miami, USA
Black Paintings: A Response to Jackson Pollock, Gallery Site 131, Dallas, USA
Dallas Art Fair, Dallas, USA

Talks:

2026
TEDx Talk London

Publications:

2023
Inwelt, Kerber Verlag
Fruits of Labour, Kerber Verlag

2017
Brut, Hatje Cantz Verlag (Texts by Claire Breukel, Markus Gabriel, Roman Grabner, Alexandra Grimmer)

2013
Mauser, Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Schwaben-Nord und Augsburg e.V.

Collections (Selection):

Albertina Modern Collection, Vienna
Mercedes-Benz Art Collection
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
STRABAG Art Collection, Vienna

Education:

2010 – 2013 Master’s degree in Design and Communication Strategy, HS Augsburg
2008 Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Italy
2006 – 2010 Bachelor’s degree in Communication Design, HS Augsburg
2004 – 2006 Fachoberschule Augsburg (Focus on Design)