Born in Munich, Germany
1971 – 1972
North Toronto Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Canada
1972 - 1973
UC Berkeley, CA
1973 - 1976
Studied photography and visual communications at the University of Essen, Germany, with Otto Steinert; Degree in Visual Communication

Exhibitions
2009
“Transparent City”, Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA
“Entropya/Art in Progress", Gallery, Naples, Italy
Gallery 51, Antwerp, Belgium
Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey
Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
“Transparent City”, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL, USA
“Butterfly Dream: Shanghai MoCA Envisage II,” MoCA, Shanghai, China
"Translocalmotion: Shanghai Biennale", Shanghai Art Museum. Shanghai, China
“China Design Now: The Real Toy Story", Liberty Storefronts, London, England
“China Design Now”, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England
"AIPAD Photography Show", The Armory, New York, NY, USA
"ArtChicago Photography Show", Chicago, IL, USA
"Hong Kong Back Door", Lumenvisum Gallery, Hong Kong
“The Real Toy Story and Architecture of Density: China Design Now”, London, England
“Eastern Standard: Western Artists in China", MassMoCA, MA, USA
“Heritage: Hong Kong Corner Houses”, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
“Real Fake Pictures and Architecture of Density”, Gallerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008-2007
“Pieces of China: A Retrospective of Michael Wolf’s China Projects”, Museum Center Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland
2007
“China Projects: The Real Toy Story, China Copy Art, 100x100”, m97 Gallery, Shanghai
“Fake. Portraits of Chinese Copy Art”, Goethe Institute, Hong Kong
“Hong Kong Industrial”, Ursula Huber Gallery, Basel, Switzerland