Mike Bouchet was born 1970 in Castro Valley, CA. Studied at UCLA from 1991-1994. Lives and works in Frankfurt/Main since 2004.
Artists’s biennale participations include Manifesta 11, 2016, Zurich, Switzerland, 30th São Paulo Biennial, 2012, Brasil, 53rd Biennale di Venezia, 2009, Venice, Italy, 2nd Moscow Biennial, 2007, Russia, 4th Berlin Biennial, 2006, Berlin, Germany, 1st Ghent Quadrennial, 2001, S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
Recent solo shows include Tender, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, USA (2017); Carpe Denim (Rear View Mirror), Marlborough Chelsea, New York, USA (2017); Push, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, Germany (2016); Bounty, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany (2016); MR2, Alaia, Paris, France (2016); Y ASK Y, Carl Kostyál, Stockholm, Sweden (2015); Power Lunch, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany (2014); Mike Bouchet, Marlborough Gallery Monaco, Monte Carlo (2014); Spanish Donkey A-Hole Sport Drink Bilbao Sunscreen Model Drawings, with Paul McCarthy, Portikus Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (2014).
His recent group shows include: On Elizabeth, Olsen Gruin, New York, USA (2017); Borderlines of the sculptural 1: Paper, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany (2017); Modern Sculpture, Galeria Casado Santapau, Madrid, Spain (2017); History of Nothing, White Cube, London, UK (2016); Prototypology, Gagosian Gallery, Rome, Italy (2016); Impromptu, The Box, Los Angeles, USA (2016); Paulin, Paulin, Paulin, Gallery Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France (2015); Americanaesoterica, SARIEV Contemporary, Plovdiv, Bulgaria (2015); Brunch Over Troubled Water, Plutschow Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland (2015); Six Advertisements, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, USA (2015); EAGLES II, Malrborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain (2015); Sigmund Freud and the Play on the Burden of Representation, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria (2014); The Go Between, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy (2014); Group Spirit, Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany (2014).
Works by Mike Bouchet are part of public and private collections such as CAPC Musée d‘Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, FNAC, Fonds National D’Art Contemporain, Paris, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Belvedere Museum, Wien, DekaBank Frankfurt, DZ Bank Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt, Permanent Floor at Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Margulies Collection, Miami, Pinault collection, The Guy & Myriam Ullens Foundation Collection, Beijing, Bernard Arnault Collection, Paris.
Mike Bouchet