Born in Bielefeld, Germany, in 1961.
Studied Arts and German Literature at Bielefeld University.
Studied Arts at the HBK Braunschweig. Master’s degree.
Guest Professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main.
Guest Professor at the Dortmund Fachhochschule.
Since 2003, Professor for Experimental Film at the Academy of Media Arts, KHM, Cologne.
Matthias Müller is an artist working in film, video and photography. As a curator, Müller has organized numerous avant-garde film events, such as the "Found Footage Film Festival" (1996 and '99), the first German festival of autobiographical films, "Ich etc." (1998), and various touring programs. With his films and videos he has taken part in major film festivals worldwide, including the festivals at Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Rotterdam. His work has also been featured in several group and solo exhibitions. In 1994, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, dedicated a retrospective to him. His films and videos are part of the collections of institutions such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, the Nederlands Film Museum, Amsterdam, the Australian Centre For The Moving Image, Melbourne, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, the Goetz Collection, the collection of Jean-Conrad and Isabelle Lemaître, London, and Tate Modern, London.
Selected Group Shows
1993
Desmontaje: Film, vídeo / Apropiación, reciclaje, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, touring exhibition
Mutation de l’image, Vidéotheque de Paris
1994
Points de vue – images d’Europe, Musée national d’art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Beauties, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
1995
Le je filmé, Musée national d’art moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1996
Cluster Images, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Werkleitz
1997
Media in Media, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
documenta X, Videotheque, Kassel
Prends garde! A jouer au fantôme, on le devient, Bersschouwburg, Brussels
1998
Claustrophobia, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, touring venues: Middelsbrough Art Gallery/Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield/Dundee Contemporary Arts/ Cartwright Hall, Bradford/Aberystwyth Arts Centre/Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff
Slipstream, film program, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
Ghost Story, film program, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
10.01, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
1999
Notorious – Alfred Hitchcock and Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, touring venues: MCA, Sydney/Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario/Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense/ Tokyo Opera City Art Museum/Hiroshima Contemporary Art Museum/La Caixa de Lleida/Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Hasselt
Rencontres vídeo art plastique, Centre d’art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville St.-Clair
The American Century: Art and Culture - Part II: 1950-2000, film program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2000
Shimmer, Area, Toronto
Imaginons, un lieu, Centre d’art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville St.-Clair
Manifesta 3 – European Biennial of Contemporary Art: Borderline Syndrome, Ljubljana
9. Marler Videokunstpreis, Glaskasten, Marl
Brasília – Architektur der Moderne, ifa-Galerie, Berlin/Bonn
Living with the Dutch, 89 Erlanger Road, London
Utopias, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
Monter/Sampler, Musée national d’art moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Elisabetta Benassi - Federico del Prete – Matthias Müller, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome
2001
playing amongst the ruins, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
City Symphony, Centro per l’arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Bienal de Valencia, Video-ROM, Valencia
All Is Fair In Love And War – The Homeport Video Library, Euromast, Rotterdam
Die unheimliche Frau – Weiblichkeit im Surrealismus, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Recasting the Past: Beneath the Hollywood Tinsel, Main Art Gallery, California State University Fullerton/CA
jusqu‘ au bout: Bill Viola, Veli Granö, Joost Conijn, Matthias Müller, attitudes – espace d’arts contemporains, Geneva
Desktop Icons, CCA Glasgow, touring exhibition
Tele(visions), film program, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2002
Private Affairs – A Contemporary Video Exhibition, Kunst Haus DresdenVideo-ROM 2.0, Gian Carla Zanutti Gallery, Milan
Here, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bergamo
Work in Progress – Instalações, Alfândega Régia, Vila do Conde
Blow Up Your TV, York City Art Gallery, York
Videodrome II, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Deep Space: Sensation and Immersion, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
Hausordnungen, Stadthaus Ulm
Juste des Images, Strassburg / Maillon Wacken
2003
Ron Amstutz, Vincent Geyskens, Matthias Müller, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
-stat.ic, Tent, Rotterdam
CinéMaison, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Drinnen ist’s anders, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Spatial Emotion in Contemporary Art and Architecture, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich / Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
Anemic Cinema, Sketch, London
Inaugural Group Show, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London Und wenn Du eine Rose siehst, Palmengarten, Frankfurt/Main
Sodium Dreams, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
1st ICP Triennial: Strangers, International Center of Photography, New York
fast forward, Media Art / Sammlung Goetz, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
Experimenta Design – Bienal de Lisboa: 1000 Plateaux, São Jorge, Lisbon
2x Deutsch: Alexander Kluge & Matthias Müller, MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea dell'Università La Sapienza, Rome
2004
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Feel – The Old, Z33, Hasselt
Stich and Split. Selves and Territories in Science Fiction, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
Curators’ Intuition, ICA / Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Domestizieren – Matthias Müller und Carsten Gliese, KunstVerein Ahlen
Non Standard Cities, urban dialogues / Stadtkunstverein Berlin
Sesión contínua DVideo, Galería DV / Distrito Cu4tro, San Sebastian
Aufruhr der Gefühle – Leidenschaften in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie und Videokunst, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
Moving Images, ICA, London
Engaging the Speculum, Bannister Gallery, Providence
Giving Water An Image, Hanoi University of Fine Arts
The Future Has a Silver Lining. Genealogies of Glamour, video program, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
NNENräume AUSSENstädte, ZKMax, München
2005
My Own Cinema, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Doppia Visione/Double Vision, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; touring venues: Hayward Gallery, London; MART, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
Fair Use: Appropriation in Recent Film and Video, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Art Rock, Rockefeller Center, New York
e-flux video rental, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Some Stories – Jorge Macchi, Matthias Müller, Carlos Rodríguez, Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid
Ordering The Ordinary, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
In The Middle Of The Night, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Modern Times, Museum Man of Nuoro, Sardegna
Crosstown Traffic, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi
Multiple Räume (3): Film – Illusion und Imagination in der Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Play, Guido Costa Projects, Torino
2006
Une vision du monde – La collection vidéo de Jean-Conrad et Isabelle Lemaître, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Archipeinture – Artists build Architecture, Le Plateau / Frac Ile-de-France, Camden Arts Centre, London
Echapées, Wharf – Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Claire
New Acquisitions, Towner Art Gallery & Museum, Eastbourne
Les Grands Spectacles II – Die Kunst der Bühne, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Le Mouvement des Images – Art, Cinema, Centre Pompidou, Paris
European Media Art Festival, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
Zwischen Körper und Objekt, MARTa, Herford
Històries de cinema – Vídeo contemporani i cinema, Centre Cultural el Casino, Manresa
Ideal City – Invisible Cities, Zamosz / Potsdam
100 Tage – 100 Videos, Heidelberger Kunstverein
Figure of the Player – The Paradox of the Actor, Collection Lambert – Musée d'art contemporain, Avignon
Re-Vison – Sampling als kulturelle Strategie, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
Eine Frage (nach) der Geste, Oper Leipzig
That's not Entertainment! – El cinema respon al cinema, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
2007
Artefact, Stuc Arts Centre, Leuven
Collateral – When Art Looks At Cinema, Hangar Bicocca – Spazio d'arte contemporanea, Milan
We Love Cinema, Bard College – Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Mulher, Mulheres, SESC Paulista, São Paulo
L'oeil écran ou la nouvelle image, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art comtemporain
Final Cut, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
Paul Klee – Überall Theater, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Under Hitchcock, Solar-Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde
Crossing Borders-Film & Media Arts Festival, Townhall, Berwick upon Tweed
Über die Tausend Quellen neben dem Durstenden in der Wüste, MARTa, Herford
That's not Entertainment! – El cinema respon al cinema, Centro Párraga, Murcia
2008
Colateral 2 – Quando a arte olha o cinema, SESC Paulista, Sao Paulo
Wandering in Contemporary Video Art, Palazzo Publico – Magazzini del Sale, Siena
Solo Exhibitions
2000
nebel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Home Stories, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2001
Vacancy, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York
Matthias Müller - Film und Photographie, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
2002
Private View, Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
Collective Items, Die Rampe, Bielefeld
Manual (with Christoph Girardet) Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Phantoms, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Manual, Milch Gallery, London
2003
The Projected Image, Tate Modern, London
2004
Album: Film – Video – Fotografie, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Mirror (with Christoph Girardet), Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
As Far As I Can See, Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid
Mirror (with Christoph Girardet), Site Gallery, Sheffield
2005
The Life of Man, Capella Hospitalis, Bielefeld
As If My Bones Had Turned To Water – Sleepy Haven, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Revisitations (with Christoph Girardet), Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde
Matthias Müller & Tatjana Trouvé, Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois
Album, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York
2006
Manual (with Christoph Girardet), Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville/Virginia
Everything in its Place (with Christoph Girardet), Museum Sprengel, Hannover Kristall (with Christoph Girardet), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl
Phantom, Miami Art Museum
2007
Phoenix Tapes (with Christoph Girardet), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Kristall (with Christoph Girardet), Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Selected Awards and Honours
1988 American Federation of Arts Experimental Film Award
1990 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik
1992 Niedersächsisches Nachwuchsstipendium des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kultur
1993 Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für junge Künstler
1995 Great Prize, Festival Internacional Curtas Metragens, Vila do Conde
1996 Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival
1997 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik
1998 First Prize, Semana de cine experimental, Madrid
1999 Main Award, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Nomination for the European Film Award
1st Prize, Viper Festival, Lucerne
2000 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik (with Christoph Girardet)
Jahrespreis des Verbandes der deutschen Kritiker
Kunstfonds e.V. Arbeitsstipendium
2003 The Ken Burns “Best of the Festival“ Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
2004 Marler Video-Kunst-Preis (with Christoph Girardet)
2006 Prix Canal + du meilleur court métrage, Semaine de la Critique / Festival de Cannes, 2006 (with Christoph Girardet)
Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis (with Christoph Girardet)
Selected films and videos
1989 Aus der Ferne - The Memo Book, 16mm, 27'
1990 Home Stories, 16mm/DVD, 6'
1993 Sleepy Haven, 16mm/DVD, 15'
1994 Alpsee, 16mm/DVD, 15'
1994 Sternenschauer - Scattering Stars, 16mm, 2'
1997 Pensão Globo, 16mm/DVD, 15'
1998 Vacancy, 16mm/DVD, 14'
1999 Phoenix Tapes (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD, 47'
2000 nebel, 35mm, 12'
Breeze, 35mm, 1'
2001 Phantom, Betacam/DVD loop, 4'35''
Container, DVD loop, 26'
2002 Manual (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD loop, 9'30''
Pictures, DVD loop, 1'45''
Beacon (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD, 15'
2003 Play (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD loop, 7'20''
Mirror (with Christoph Girardet), 35mm/DVD double projection, 8'
Promises, DVD loop, 8'10''
2004 Veil, DVD loop, 0'30''
Album, Betacam/DVD loop, 24'
2005 Ray (with Christoph Girardet), DVD loop, 1'
Catch (with Christoph Girardet), DVD loop, 1'
2006 Kristall (with Christoph Girardet), 35mm/DVD loop, 14'30''
Hide (with Christoph Girardet), DVD loop, 7'40''
Studied Arts and German Literature at Bielefeld University.
Studied Arts at the HBK Braunschweig. Master’s degree.
Guest Professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main.
Guest Professor at the Dortmund Fachhochschule.
Since 2003, Professor for Experimental Film at the Academy of Media Arts, KHM, Cologne.
Matthias Müller is an artist working in film, video and photography. As a curator, Müller has organized numerous avant-garde film events, such as the "Found Footage Film Festival" (1996 and '99), the first German festival of autobiographical films, "Ich etc." (1998), and various touring programs. With his films and videos he has taken part in major film festivals worldwide, including the festivals at Cannes, Venice, Berlin and Rotterdam. His work has also been featured in several group and solo exhibitions. In 1994, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, dedicated a retrospective to him. His films and videos are part of the collections of institutions such as the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, the Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, the Nederlands Film Museum, Amsterdam, the Australian Centre For The Moving Image, Melbourne, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld, the Goetz Collection, the collection of Jean-Conrad and Isabelle Lemaître, London, and Tate Modern, London.
Selected Group Shows
1993
Desmontaje: Film, vídeo / Apropiación, reciclaje, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, touring exhibition
Mutation de l’image, Vidéotheque de Paris
1994
Points de vue – images d’Europe, Musée national d’art moderne/Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Beauties, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
1995
Le je filmé, Musée national d’art moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
1996
Cluster Images, Werkleitz Gesellschaft, Werkleitz
1997
Media in Media, Soros Centre for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana
documenta X, Videotheque, Kassel
Prends garde! A jouer au fantôme, on le devient, Bersschouwburg, Brussels
1998
Claustrophobia, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, touring venues: Middelsbrough Art Gallery/Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield/Dundee Contemporary Arts/ Cartwright Hall, Bradford/Aberystwyth Arts Centre/Centre for Visual Arts, Cardiff
Slipstream, film program, Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow
Ghost Story, film program, Künstlerhaus, Vienna
10.01, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
1999
Notorious – Alfred Hitchcock and Contemporary Art, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, touring venues: MCA, Sydney/Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario/Kunsthallen Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense/ Tokyo Opera City Art Museum/Hiroshima Contemporary Art Museum/La Caixa de Lleida/Centrum voor Beeldende Kunsten, Hasselt
Rencontres vídeo art plastique, Centre d’art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville St.-Clair
The American Century: Art and Culture - Part II: 1950-2000, film program, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
2000
Shimmer, Area, Toronto
Imaginons, un lieu, Centre d’art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville St.-Clair
Manifesta 3 – European Biennial of Contemporary Art: Borderline Syndrome, Ljubljana
9. Marler Videokunstpreis, Glaskasten, Marl
Brasília – Architektur der Moderne, ifa-Galerie, Berlin/Bonn
Living with the Dutch, 89 Erlanger Road, London
Utopias, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, Coventry
Monter/Sampler, Musée national d’art moderne / Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
Elisabetta Benassi - Federico del Prete – Matthias Müller, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti, Rome
2001
playing amongst the ruins, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
City Symphony, Centro per l’arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato
Bienal de Valencia, Video-ROM, Valencia
All Is Fair In Love And War – The Homeport Video Library, Euromast, Rotterdam
Die unheimliche Frau – Weiblichkeit im Surrealismus, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Recasting the Past: Beneath the Hollywood Tinsel, Main Art Gallery, California State University Fullerton/CA
jusqu‘ au bout: Bill Viola, Veli Granö, Joost Conijn, Matthias Müller, attitudes – espace d’arts contemporains, Geneva
Desktop Icons, CCA Glasgow, touring exhibition
Tele(visions), film program, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2002
Private Affairs – A Contemporary Video Exhibition, Kunst Haus DresdenVideo-ROM 2.0, Gian Carla Zanutti Gallery, Milan
Here, Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bergamo
Work in Progress – Instalações, Alfândega Régia, Vila do Conde
Blow Up Your TV, York City Art Gallery, York
Videodrome II, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Deep Space: Sensation and Immersion, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne
Hausordnungen, Stadthaus Ulm
Juste des Images, Strassburg / Maillon Wacken
2003
Ron Amstutz, Vincent Geyskens, Matthias Müller, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
-stat.ic, Tent, Rotterdam
CinéMaison, Beursschouwburg, Brussels
Drinnen ist’s anders, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered – Spatial Emotion in Contemporary Art and Architecture, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich / Laznia Centre for Contemporary Art, Gdansk
Anemic Cinema, Sketch, London
Inaugural Group Show, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London Und wenn Du eine Rose siehst, Palmengarten, Frankfurt/Main
Sodium Dreams, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
1st ICP Triennial: Strangers, International Center of Photography, New York
fast forward, Media Art / Sammlung Goetz, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
Experimenta Design – Bienal de Lisboa: 1000 Plateaux, São Jorge, Lisbon
2x Deutsch: Alexander Kluge & Matthias Müller, MLAC Museo Laboratorio di Arte Contemporanea dell'Università La Sapienza, Rome
2004
Playlist, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Feel – The Old, Z33, Hasselt
Stich and Split. Selves and Territories in Science Fiction, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona
Curators’ Intuition, ICA / Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
Domestizieren – Matthias Müller und Carsten Gliese, KunstVerein Ahlen
Non Standard Cities, urban dialogues / Stadtkunstverein Berlin
Sesión contínua DVideo, Galería DV / Distrito Cu4tro, San Sebastian
Aufruhr der Gefühle – Leidenschaften in der zeitgenössischen Fotografie und Videokunst, Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig
Moving Images, ICA, London
Engaging the Speculum, Bannister Gallery, Providence
Giving Water An Image, Hanoi University of Fine Arts
The Future Has a Silver Lining. Genealogies of Glamour, video program, Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich
NNENräume AUSSENstädte, ZKMax, München
2005
My Own Cinema, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Doppia Visione/Double Vision, Magazzino d’Arte Moderna, Rome
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; touring venues: Hayward Gallery, London; MART, Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto
Fair Use: Appropriation in Recent Film and Video, Armand Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
Art Rock, Rockefeller Center, New York
e-flux video rental, Kunst-Werke, Berlin
Some Stories – Jorge Macchi, Matthias Müller, Carlos Rodríguez, Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid
Ordering The Ordinary, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
In The Middle Of The Night, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Modern Times, Museum Man of Nuoro, Sardegna
Crosstown Traffic, Apeejay Media Gallery, New Delhi
Multiple Räume (3): Film – Illusion und Imagination in der Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden
Play, Guido Costa Projects, Torino
2006
Une vision du monde – La collection vidéo de Jean-Conrad et Isabelle Lemaître, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Archipeinture – Artists build Architecture, Le Plateau / Frac Ile-de-France, Camden Arts Centre, London
Echapées, Wharf – Centre d'Art Contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Claire
New Acquisitions, Towner Art Gallery & Museum, Eastbourne
Les Grands Spectacles II – Die Kunst der Bühne, Museum der Moderne Salzburg
Le Mouvement des Images – Art, Cinema, Centre Pompidou, Paris
European Media Art Festival, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
Zwischen Körper und Objekt, MARTa, Herford
Històries de cinema – Vídeo contemporani i cinema, Centre Cultural el Casino, Manresa
Ideal City – Invisible Cities, Zamosz / Potsdam
100 Tage – 100 Videos, Heidelberger Kunstverein
Figure of the Player – The Paradox of the Actor, Collection Lambert – Musée d'art contemporain, Avignon
Re-Vison – Sampling als kulturelle Strategie, Edith-Ruß-Haus für Medienkunst, Oldenburg
Eine Frage (nach) der Geste, Oper Leipzig
That's not Entertainment! – El cinema respon al cinema, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona
2007
Artefact, Stuc Arts Centre, Leuven
Collateral – When Art Looks At Cinema, Hangar Bicocca – Spazio d'arte contemporanea, Milan
We Love Cinema, Bard College – Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Mulher, Mulheres, SESC Paulista, São Paulo
L'oeil écran ou la nouvelle image, Casino Luxembourg – Forum d'art comtemporain
Final Cut, Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück
Paul Klee – Überall Theater, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern
Under Hitchcock, Solar-Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde
Crossing Borders-Film & Media Arts Festival, Townhall, Berwick upon Tweed
Über die Tausend Quellen neben dem Durstenden in der Wüste, MARTa, Herford
That's not Entertainment! – El cinema respon al cinema, Centro Párraga, Murcia
2008
Colateral 2 – Quando a arte olha o cinema, SESC Paulista, Sao Paulo
Wandering in Contemporary Video Art, Palazzo Publico – Magazzini del Sale, Siena
Solo Exhibitions
2000
nebel, Kunsthalle Bielefeld
Home Stories, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast
2001
Vacancy, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York
Matthias Müller - Film und Photographie, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin
2002
Private View, Artists Unlimited, Bielefeld
Collective Items, Die Rampe, Bielefeld
Manual (with Christoph Girardet) Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool
Phantoms, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Manual, Milch Gallery, London
2003
The Projected Image, Tate Modern, London
2004
Album: Film – Video – Fotografie, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Mirror (with Christoph Girardet), Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
As Far As I Can See, Distrito Cu4tro, Madrid
Mirror (with Christoph Girardet), Site Gallery, Sheffield
2005
The Life of Man, Capella Hospitalis, Bielefeld
As If My Bones Had Turned To Water – Sleepy Haven, Thomas Erben Gallery, New York
Revisitations (with Christoph Girardet), Solar – Galeria de Arte Cinemática, Vila do Conde
Matthias Müller & Tatjana Trouvé, Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois
Album, Stellan Holm Gallery, New York
2006
Manual (with Christoph Girardet), Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville/Virginia
Everything in its Place (with Christoph Girardet), Museum Sprengel, Hannover Kristall (with Christoph Girardet), Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl
Phantom, Miami Art Museum
2007
Phoenix Tapes (with Christoph Girardet), Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Kristall (with Christoph Girardet), Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
Selected Awards and Honours
1988 American Federation of Arts Experimental Film Award
1990 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik
1992 Niedersächsisches Nachwuchsstipendium des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft und Kultur
1993 Förderpreis des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen für junge Künstler
1995 Great Prize, Festival Internacional Curtas Metragens, Vila do Conde
1996 Golden Gate Award, San Francisco International Film Festival
1997 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik
1998 First Prize, Semana de cine experimental, Madrid
1999 Main Award, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen
Nomination for the European Film Award
1st Prize, Viper Festival, Lucerne
2000 Preis der deutschen Filmkritik (with Christoph Girardet)
Jahrespreis des Verbandes der deutschen Kritiker
Kunstfonds e.V. Arbeitsstipendium
2003 The Ken Burns “Best of the Festival“ Award, Ann Arbor Film Festival
2004 Marler Video-Kunst-Preis (with Christoph Girardet)
2006 Prix Canal + du meilleur court métrage, Semaine de la Critique / Festival de Cannes, 2006 (with Christoph Girardet)
Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis (with Christoph Girardet)
Selected films and videos
1989 Aus der Ferne - The Memo Book, 16mm, 27'
1990 Home Stories, 16mm/DVD, 6'
1993 Sleepy Haven, 16mm/DVD, 15'
1994 Alpsee, 16mm/DVD, 15'
1994 Sternenschauer - Scattering Stars, 16mm, 2'
1997 Pensão Globo, 16mm/DVD, 15'
1998 Vacancy, 16mm/DVD, 14'
1999 Phoenix Tapes (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD, 47'
2000 nebel, 35mm, 12'
Breeze, 35mm, 1'
2001 Phantom, Betacam/DVD loop, 4'35''
Container, DVD loop, 26'
2002 Manual (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD loop, 9'30''
Pictures, DVD loop, 1'45''
Beacon (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD, 15'
2003 Play (with Christoph Girardet), Betacam/DVD loop, 7'20''
Mirror (with Christoph Girardet), 35mm/DVD double projection, 8'
Promises, DVD loop, 8'10''
2004 Veil, DVD loop, 0'30''
Album, Betacam/DVD loop, 24'
2005 Ray (with Christoph Girardet), DVD loop, 1'
Catch (with Christoph Girardet), DVD loop, 1'
2006 Kristall (with Christoph Girardet), 35mm/DVD loop, 14'30''
Hide (with Christoph Girardet), DVD loop, 7'40''