1978
born in Hagen, Germany
lives and works in Düsseldorf

Education

2000-2003 Studies in Philosophy and History of Art at University of Essen
2003-2007 Studies at the Munich Academy Of Fine Arts with Prof. Günther Förg

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2012
“We Have Group Crying Sessions With Ice Cream” Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland

2011  
“PUSSY, KING OF THE PIRATES”, Galerie Urs Meile, Beijing-Lucerne, Beijing, China

2010  
“Adam Likes Apples”, Schuebbe Projects, Düsseldorf, Germany

2009
“Si le grain ne meurt”, Don’t Projects, Paris, France
“Christian Schoeler”, presented by AnOtherMan Magazine, London, UK
The Volta Show, New York, USA

2008  
“Studies For A Boy Book”, Schuebbe Projects, Düsseldorf, Germany

2007  
“Kalte Sterne”, Open Studios Ehrengutstraße, Munich, Germany

2006  
“Mein Tod in Swan Lake City”, with Mélina Avouac, Akademiegalerie, Munich, Germany


Selected Group Exhibitions

2012
“For Personal Use”, The Impossible Project Space, New York, USA

2011
“Portraits of Ambiguity”, Ana Cristea Gallery, New York, USA
(with Razvan Boar, Alexander Tinei, George Young)
"Apopcalypse Now" Nieuw Dakota, Amsterdam, Netherlands
(with Hernan Bas, Tim Eitel, Thomas Hirschhorn, Elizabeth Peyton, Billy Sullivan et al.)

2010
"Summer 2010" Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
(with Robert Mapplethorpe, Man Ray, Joseph Beuys, Richard Hamilton, August Sander et al.)
“FATHER”, Mendes Wood, Sao Paulo, Brazil
(with Bruce LaBruce, Dean Sameshima, Hernan Bas, Terence Koh, et al.)
“High Drama: Works from the Collection of Hugo & Carla Brown”, NL – The Dutch Cultural Pop-Up Space, London, UK
(with Hernan Bas, Martin Eder, Anthony Goicolea, Hans Op de Beeck, et.al.)

2009
“Boy Oh Boy”, Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Miami, USA
(with Hernan Bas, Paul P., Jonathan Meese, Dash Snow, et al.)
“Art Fair – Art from Art Fairs”, Aura Gallery Beijing, China
(with Matthew Barney, Kasuhiro Ito, Masashi Hattori, et al.)
“The Franks-Suss Collection”, Phillips de Pury & Company at The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
“Le souci de soi”, Don’t Projects, Paris, France
(with Rainer Fetting, Spencer Sweeney, Benjamin A. Huseby, Cecile B. Evans, Mélina Avouac)
“Works from the Franks-Suss Collection”, London, UK
(with Daniel Arsham, Hernan Bas, Frank Nitsche, Michael Sailstorfer, Michael Vasquez, Zeng Fanzhi, et al.)
“Esquire’s Singular Suit”, Somerset House, London, UK
(with Antony Gormly, Terence Koh, Spencer Tunick, Jeremy Deller, et al.)
“The Blueberry Show”, Terri & Donna, Miami, USA
(with Lee Anderson, Will Graper, Nic Xedro)

2008  
“Auf der Suche nach …”, Galerie Carla Stützer, Cologne, Germany
(with Joseph Beuys, Katharina Sieverding, Walter Dahn)