Biography
Born in 1984 in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. Lives and works in Luxembourg and in Vancouver, Canada.
Education
2012
University of Arts Berlin (UdK), Germany, MFA
2006
Université d'Aix-Marseille, France, Bachelor in Arts plastiques
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023
Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond (upcoming)
1646, The Hague, Netherlands (upcoming)
2021
Sunny side up and other sorrowful stories, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Idealverein, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Germany
Saw Horses and Ponies: A 21st century tail, LIAR NY, USA
2020/21
Pisces and Capricorns, Museum Kunstpalais Erlangen, Germany
2020
Filled with Fluff and Emotions, Gallery Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
Idealverein (in collaboration with contemporary dance choreographer Justine Chambers), Western Front, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019/2020
Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite, Vancouver
2019
Drawing Now Art Fair, with Nosbaum Reding, Paris, France
2018
no lemon, no melon, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
2017
Thank you so much for the flowers, Luxembourg Pavillion, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2016
From me to you. Forever, Centre d'art Oeil de poisson, Quebec City, Canada
You inherited that from your father! We dance our name, Gallery 295, Vancouver, Canada
2015
ehe Ehe, Galerie Nei Liicht, Dudelange, Luxembourg
2011
Waldi auf dem Dach, Galerie Traversee, Munich, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023
Gr_und, Berlin (upcoming)
2022
IBB Preis für Photografie, Berlin (upcoming)
Cabin Fever, with Liar NYC, Guggenheim pavilion, NYC, USA
2021
Die letzte Tüte, curated by Alex Müller, Berlin
OVNI FILM FESTIVAL, Nice, France
2020
Body Fluids, Saarländische Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Sleeping with the tiger, K-Gold Temporary Art Gallery, Lesbos, Greece
Crocodile Tears, Unit 17, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Cherry pickers, Podium, Luxembourg
Worn In / Worn Out: Soul of the Shoe, Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida, USA
BodyFiction(s), Musée national d'histoire et d'art, Luxembourg
2018/2019
Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
2018
Doing things with words, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
FluxFeelings, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg
Flipping the coin, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Germany
Unwilling melancholie, Haverford Centre, Pennsylvania, USA
2017
FluxFeelings, Festival de la photographie, Arles, France
Hank W., Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg
Group show, Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
2016
Charles, insitu, Berlin, Germany
2015
Robert Schuman Preis, Trier, Germany
Recordings, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, Germany
Spirit gum, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, Vancouver, BC
Far away so close, Access gallery, Vancouver, BC
Regards sans limites, CNA, Luxembourg
2014
Flipping the coin, Alexander Levy Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Record release of Der Hammel von Kouver, Berghain, Berlin, Germany
Johannes hatte gelogen, Field Contemporary, Vancouver, BC
Alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat zwei, Yactac, Vancouver, BC
Festival de la Photo, Strasbourg, France
2013
You I Landscape, Triennial of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Die Wurst als Zeitmesser, Trench Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2011
Accrochage, Galerie Traversee, Munich, Germany
Welde Fotopreis, Kunstmuseum, Mannheim, Germany
2010
Studio, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Residencies
2021
Künstlerhaus Bethanien
2019
Banff, Canada
2018
Casa Wabi, Oaxaca, Mexico
2016
Plat du jour, Oeil de poisson, Quebec city, QC, Canada
2014
The Universe and other Systems with Shary Boyle, Banff, AB, Canada
Awards
2017
Selected to represent Luxembourg at the 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2015
Shortlisted for the Robert Schuman Prize
2013
Regards sans limites Photography Award, Luxembourg/France/Germany
2010
Winner of the Photography Prize IBB Bank Berlin (with Cyrill Lachauer), Germany
Performances
2020
no lemon no melon, Kunstpalais Erlangen, Germany
Idealverein, Western Front, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2019
Ledgers, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2018
This is how I imagine love, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany
no lemon, no melon, Gallery Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg
2017
Goldbird Variations (Pas de deux), 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Thank you so much for the flowers, 57th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
2016
Goldbird Variations, Centre d'art Oeil de poisson, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
The Jocks, Centre d?art Oeil de poisson, Quebec city, Quebec, Canada
2015
Johannes hatte gelogen, Galerie Nei Liicht, Dudelange, Luxembourg
You inherited that from your father! We dance our name, Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, Vancouver, BC
2014
Alles hat ein Ende nur die Wurst hat zwei, Yactac, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2012
Introducing myself to the Canada Geese, Trench gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Public Collections
Centre national de l'audiovisuel (CNA), Luxembourg
Contemporary Art Gallery Vancouver, Canada
Kunstpalais Erlangen, Germany
Ministère de la Culture, Luxembourg
Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg
Ville de Dudelange, Luxembourg
Textes
Monographies
Mike Bourscheid: Thank you so much for the flowers
(texts in English), edited by art contemporain.lu asbl; Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain; Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg; Luxembourg, 2018, 84 pages
Mike Bourscheid: Pisces and Capricorns
(texts English/German), edited by Amely Deiss, Kunstpalais, Stadt Erlangen; Ursula Schöndeling, Heidelberger Kunstverein, published by DISTANZ Verlag, Berlin, 2022, 192 pages