* 1952, Berlin, Germany

   Olaf Metzel lives and works in Munich, Germany.

   Galerie Bernd Klüser represents Olaf Metzel since 1998.

      1971-1977

Studied at the Freie Universität Berlin (FU) and at the Academy of Fine Arts

Berlin, Germany

      1977-1978

DAAD scholarship for Italy

1983

Winner of the BDI scholarship, Cologne, Germany

Honored by the Senate of Cultural Affairs Berlin, Germany

1986

P.S.1, New York City, New York, USA
Visiting Professor at Academy for Fina Arts in Hamburg, Germany

1990

Professor for Sculpture at the Academy for Fine Arts in Munich, Germany

      1995-1999

President of the Academy for Fine Arts in Munich, Germany

2011

2010... OLAF METZEL
Solo show

2010

BEUYS/BOLTANSKI/GILBERT&GEORGE/LUTTER/MENDOZA/METZEL/
POLKE/SCULLY/SHAWCROSS/STEHLI U. A. – PHOTO BASED

Group show

2009

WORKS ON PAPER
Group show

2008

IMMER DASSELBE
(Always the Same)
Solo show

REFLECTIONS ON LIGHT - 30 YEARS GALERIE BERND KLÜSER
Group show

2007

PORTRAITS UND PASTELLE
(Portraits and Pastells)
Solo show

2006

ART ANF PHOTOGRAPHY - PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART

(Art and Photography, Photography and Art)
Group show

2005

FLECHTHEIM
Solo show

LARGE DRAWINGS / SMALL DRAWINGS

Group show

2002

SKULPTUREN UND FOTOS

(Sculptures and Photos)
Solo show

1998

OLAF METZEL
Solo show

2010

OLAF METZEL. NOCH FRAGEN?

(Olaf Metzel. Any Questions?)
Mapping the Region RUHR 2010, Essen, Germany

NOCH FRAGEN?
(Any Questions?)
Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany

OLAF METZEL
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

2009

OLAF METZEL: KEBAP MONUMENT
Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany

OLAF METZEL: SPRACHGITTER

(Olaf Metzel: Speech Grille)

Synagoge Stommeln, Pulheim-Stommeln, Germany

2008

MILIEUFRAGEN. OLAF METZEL
(Question on/about milieu. Olaf Metzel)
Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

2007

OLAF METZEL
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany

BODYPOLITCX
Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands

RE-DIS-PLAY
Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany

TURKISH DELIGHT
Work in urban space, Karlsplatz, Vienna, Austria

2005

CASH FLOW
Work in urban space, Investment Banking Centre, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

DIE REISE NACH JERUSALEM

(Musical Chairs)
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany

2006

OLAF METZEL: ZEICHNUNGEN (Drawings)
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

OLAF METZEL: ZEICHNUNGEN (Drawings)
Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany and Museet for samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway

AUF WIEDERSEHEN
(Goodbye)

Work in urban space, Nürnberg, Germany

2004

OLAF METZEL: GIPSSTRASSE
Fahnemann Projects, Berlin, Germany

2000

NICHT MIT UNS

(Not with Us)
Work in urban space, Munich-Reim, Germany

1999

TURBOKAPITALISMUS

(Turbo capitalism)
Work in urban space, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany

1990

OLAF METZEL: ZEICHNUNGEN UND EINE SKULPTU

( Olaf Metzel: Drawings and one sculpture)

LWL - Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Münster, Münster, Germany

1984

STAMMHEIM
Work in urban space, Stuttgart, Germany