Sali Muller Archive

"CRYSTAL CLEAR" (2017) as seen at the IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen, Belgium

Frank-Thorsten Moll Director, IKOB, Museum of Contemporary Art

Sali Muller is a sensitive analyst of habits of vision and perception; she focuses on concepts such as selfishness and, ultimately, finiteness. She is a young, up-and-coming sculptor who focuses primarily, within the medium of the installation, on the impossibility of depicting a person.

Sali Muller (* 1981 in Luxembourg) has been working as a freelance object and installation artist since 2010. Under the name of 21Artstreet, Muller took over an abandoned workshop in Kehlen (Luxembourg) and transformed it into a studio and exhibition space for artists. The artist already had solo exhibitions in Luxembourg, Germany and France. In 2017, her works will be shown in a museum exhibition in Eupen, Belgium for the first time.In her acute, large-scale mirror works, Muller deals with a spectrum of psychosocial issues such as self-awareness, identity and interpersonal communication. With her installations, Muller manipulates our perception of subject and subjectivity. She breaks up the connections between space, time and identity in order to investigate what it means to maintain individuality in a society of constant repetitions. With skepticism and irony, the artist draws attention to the obsession of our media-dominated visual culture: making everything transparent.

Vita

2006 - 2009 History of Arts, University Trier, Germany
2001 - 2006 Master in Visual Arts, UMB University Marc Bloch, Strassbourg, France

Awards

2018 Premio della Critica, MAC Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy
2017 Luxembourg Art Prize, Shortlist, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
2017 Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlist, York, The United Kingdom
2016 Aesthetica Art Prize, Longlist, York, The United Kingdom
2016 Int. Emerging Artist Award, Shortlist, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2016 Salon de Montrouge, Shortlist, Paris, France
2015 Blooom Award, Nomination, Cologne, Germany
2015 Incubarte Award, 7 International Art Festival, Valencia, Spain
2013 Prix Jeune Artiste, 7e Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Luxembourg

Solo Exhibitions

2017 ''Blackout'', e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz "Museum of Vanities", mit Jerry Frantz, IKOB,Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen
2016 "Ecriture Sans Fin", AICA International Association of Art Critics, Kiosk, Luxemburg
2015 "Shadows", Kiosk Trier, Trier "Die Entzauberung der Welt", mit Miikka Heinonen, 21Artstreet, Kehlen, Luxemburg
2014 "Erase Project" Galerie A Spiren, Strassen, Luxemburg
2013 "Sali Muller", 21Artstreet, Kehlen, Luxemburg
2006 "Enjeu Transactionnel", Palais Universitaire, Straßburg, France
2005 "Accept Abject", Zone d'Art, Straßburg, France

Group Exhibitions

2018 "Premio Lissone", MAC Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy "Luxembourg Art Week", Luxembourg City, Luxembourg "Spiegelungen", Alte Feuerwache - Projektraum, Berlin "Summer Exhibition", JD Malat Gallery, Mayfair, London, The United Kingdom ''Ein gemachter Mensch - künstlerische Fragen an Identitäten,'' Kallmann-Museum Ismaning, München ''Birthmarks / Voglie'', The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Mailand, Italien ''Black & White'', e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz
2017 "Auto I Mobil: Epoche der Mobilität I Epoche der Kommunikation", Tufa Trier, Trier Aesthetica Art Prize, York, UK
2016 "Encoding the Urban", Regionale 17, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Schweiz "XVIII", Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spanien "Error X", Ostrale, Int. Ausstellung Zeitgenössischer Künste, Dresden "GroupShow.lu", Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxemburg (Stadt), Luxemburg Aesthetica Art Prize, York, UK
2015 Incubarte, 7 International Art Festival, Valencia, Spanien 8e Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Strassen, Luxemburg
2014 "London Calling", Shoreditch, London, UK "The Project", Galerie Bradtke, Luxemburg (Stadt), Luxemburg Salon du CAL, Luxemburg (Stadt), Luxemburg
2013 "Recall", Kjub Gallery, Luxemburg (Stadt), Luxemburg Expo Urbaine Art Door, Luxemburg (Stadt), Luxemburg 7e Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Strassen, Luxemburg