Background
Mikael Mikael grew up in Wiesbaden, Germany.
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Mikael Mikael
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He studied Fine Art at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) and at the HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg HFBK.
Career
Subsequently he worked as VJ in the midst of Berlin"s wild club scene. 2009 he received a scholarship from the Berlin Senate for a stay in New New York 2011 he received yet another scholarship from the Akademie Schloss Solitude.
(English Academy Schloss Solitude), Stuttgart, Germany.
Mikael Mikael"s works are conceptually developed as interventions within the physical and discursive public space. Installations are documented through photography and video, whereas the documentations can stand as self-contained works themselves.
In November 2011 a specific work by the artist Mikael Mikael appeared in a photograph depicting female Israelian activists, holding up the poster that reads "Show you are not afraid", demonstrating their solidarity and support for the Egyptian Blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy. 2011 Retreat #1, Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart (Solo-Exhibition) Unheimlich vertraut – Bilder vom Terror, C/O Berlin, Berlin 2013 Rauchwolken und Luftschlösser" (January 26th - February 10th 2013), GAK Gesellschaft für aktuelle Kunst, Bremen Show you are not afraid" (January 25th - March 10, 2013), Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart 2011: Scholarship - Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart Jean-Baptiste Joly, Akademie Schloss Solitude (Hg): Easy To See Who Is Coming and Going, Stuttgart: Edition Solitude, 2012, Mikael Mikael: White OUT, Berlin: Merve, 2011, Felix Hoffmann (Hg): Unheimlich vertraut – Bilder vom Terror, Köln: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2011.
