Overview
Sali Muller
Conceptual installation artist Sali Muller dives into the world of self-image through unconventional materials that create a reflective multiverse.
While exploring unordinary ways to show co-existence with human self image and vanity, Luxembourg-based artist Sali Muller brings a mystical vision into the physical world through her implementation of mirrors, light, sound, and found objects.

Sali Muller negotiates the meaning of time-sections new and oscillates between premature, unexplained sequences and infinity. In this way she extends the well-known allegorical images of European art history and translates them into a present of fractures.
She combines conceptual sculptural positions with a series of complex themes that are important for her entire creational process.
She uses artistic means to explore currently relevant issues, in particular those of identity, gender roles and (self-)representation in the context of social change and in times of self-optimisation. Similar to the individual attempts to distinguish ourselves in a social fabric, Sali Muller marks the exhibition spaces with light-reflecting installations, dazzling objects and projections.
Her visual “comments” become a reflection of a time where delusions increasingly play a significant role.

Harald F. Theiss, Curator​

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 artist who focuses primarily, within the medium of the installation, on the impossibility of depicting a person.
With her Concept Art, Sali Muller investigates the role of the individual in relation to himself and his environment. Not least of all, she addresses the issue of how human beings alienate themselves from nature and from their own self-image. The artist’s repertoire includes photography, objects, light- and sound installations.
Her work stimulates reflection and, quite significantly, consists of mirrors which for the most part do not reflect images and have been treated by the artist in various ways. The mirror-works belong to an aspect of her oeuvre in which the artist focuses on the subjectivity of perception. She takes the mirror as the point of departure for a narrative of anti-reflection.
With her dysfunctional mirror works, Sali Muller directs our attention to the possibility of getting to the bottom of our visual culture. She does this by treating the contemporary obsession with the transparency of all private processes with skepticism and irony – one need think only of the folly of self-revelation that runs rampant on Facebook and other Internet platforms.

Frank-Thorsten Moll Director, IKOB, Museum of Contemporary Art
 
Works
  • Sali Muller, Nebula, 2022
    Nebula, 2022
  • Sali Muller, Oil Slick
    Oil Slick
  • Sali Muller, Hapiness is as brittle as glass, 2019
    Hapiness is as brittle as glass, 2019
  • Sali Muller, Spectra Champagne, 2023
    Spectra Champagne, 2023
  • Sali Muller, Spectra /Turquoise, 2023
    Spectra /Turquoise, 2023
  • Sali Muller, Spectra, 2023
    Spectra, 2023
  • Sali Muller, Down the rabbit hole, 2021
    Down the rabbit hole, 2021
  • Sali Muller, Bending moments, 2021
    Bending moments, 2021
  • Sali Muller, Hapiness is as brittle as glass, 2019
    Hapiness is as brittle as glass, 2019
  • Sali Muller, Dematerialisierung, 2019
    Dematerialisierung, 2019
  • Sali Muller, Der Moment in dem sich alles dreht, 2019
    Der Moment in dem sich alles dreht, 2019
  • Sali Muller, Plage de temps , 2023
    Plage de temps , 2023
  • Sali Muller, Fragile Gebilde Series, 2019
    Fragile Gebilde Series, 2019
Exhibitions
Biography
Sali Muller

UPCOMING EXHIBITIONS

 

2024 Public Art Project, LTC, Luxembourg

2024 Concrete Present, MiK Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany

2024 Feel Me, Trapholt Museum, Kodling, Denmark

2024 Caractère, Macadam Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

 

 

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)​

 

2023 Art Miami, Macadam Gallery, Miami, The United States

2023 A collector's choice, Ruhr Objekt 2, Sammlung Curth, Essen, Germany

2023 Enter Art fair, Galerie Hartwich, Copenhagen, Denmark

2023 A song in the making, Axel Pairon Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (duo show)

2023 The New Abstraction, G-allery, Berlin, Germany (duo show)

2023 Time Reflections, Art2cure, Galerie Indépendance, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2023 Interface, Grand Palais, Lille, France

 

2022 Winterschau, Galerie Hartwich, Rügen, Germany

2022 Panacea, Perg, Ludwigsburg, Germany

2022 Ultra Contemporary '22, G-allery, Berlin, Germany

2022 Reflections / Spiegelwelten, MKK Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, Germany

2022 Art Verona, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Verona, Italy

2022 Spieglein, Spieglein..., Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim, Germany

2022 The Responsive Body, G-allery, Berlin, Germany (duo show)

2022 Inner Eye, Maddox Gallery, Los Angeles, The United States (duo show)

2022 Where the sky is pink and the grass is green, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2022 Shapes of Effect, Galerie Filser & Gräf, Munich, Germany

2022 Un voyage dans le bonheur, De Chiara Projects, Artpod, CAW, Luxembourg

2022 Are you sure you want to leave?, Art Quarter Budapest, Budapest, Hungary

2022 Lovers in a dangerous time, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy

2022 At the moment, Times Art Museum, Chongqing, China

 

2021 Regionale 22, Kunst Raum Riehen, Basel-Stadt, Switzerland

2021 Bienvenue à la Villa!, Villa Vauban, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2021 Prix d'Art Robert Schuman, Künstlerhaus Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany

2021 Soft Agitators, Saarländische Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2021 Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2021 Estampa, Reiners Contemporary Art, Madrid, Spain

2021 Art Marbella, Reiners Contemporary Art, Marbella, Spain

2021 Art Fair Dijon, Valerius Gallery, Dijon, France

2021 Paradoxical Objects, Video Sculpture Art from 1968 to Today, peer to space, Berlin, Germany

2021 Atemwende, Ostrale Biennale, Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden, Germany

2021 Art Rotterdam, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

2021 At the moment, Chengdu Times Art Museum, Chengdu, China

2021 If walls could talk, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy

2021 Collezione (in) particolare, MAC Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy

2021 Wavelength: At the moment, Times Art Museum, Beijing, China

 

2020 Art Verona, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Verona, Italy

2020 Art Matters II, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany

2020 NAK Benefiz Auktion, NAK Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen, Germany

2020 Life on Tralfamadore, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy

2020 Goldstücke, Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

2020 Art Marbella, Reiners Contemporary Art, Marbella, Spain

2020 Mouvements, Galerie Cédric Bacqueville, Lille, France

2020 Reclaim Award, Cologne, Germany

2020 E quindi uscimmo a riveder le stelle, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy

2020 Add-on, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

2020 Art Rotterdam, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Rotterdam ,The Netherlands

 

2019 Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2019 Strings, White Noise Gallery, Rome, Italy

2019 Bienvenue Art Fair, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France

2019 4/10, IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen, Belgium

2019 Spiegelungen, Gallery Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2019 Volta Basel, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Basel, Switzerland

2019 Kunst im Bau, e.artis lab, Wirkbau, Chemnitz, Germany (duo show)

2019 Dusk till Dawn, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy

2019 Digital, e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz, Germany ​

 

2018 Premio Lissone, MAC Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy

2018 Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2018 Spiegelungen, Alte Feuerwache - Projektraum, Berlin, Germany

2018 Summer Exhibition, JD Malat Gallery, Mayfair, London, The United Kingdom

2018 Ein gemachter Mensch - künstl. Fragen an Identitäten, Kallmann-Museum, Munich, Germany

2018 Birthmarks / Voglie, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy

2018 Black & White, e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz, Germany

 

2017 Museum of Vanities, IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art, Eupen, Belgium​ (duo show)

2017 Lo sguardo di Narciso - The Gaze of Narcissus, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy ​

2017 Luxembourg Art Week, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2017 YIA Art Fair, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Carreau du Temple, Paris, France

2017 Luxembourg Art Prize, Galerie Hervé Lancelin, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2017 Auto I Mobil: Epoche der Mobilität I Epoche der Kommunikation, Tufa Trier, Trier, Germany

2017 Aesthetica Art Prize, York, The United Kingdom

 

2016 Encoding the Urban, Regionale 17, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel, Switzerland

2016 Call XVIII, Luis Adelantado Gallery, Valencia, Spain

2016 Error X, Ostrale Biennale, Int. Ausstellung Zeitgenössischer Künste, Dresden, Germany

2016 GroupShow.lu, Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2016 Aesthetica Art Prize, York, The United Kingdom ​

 

2015 Incubarte, 7 International Art Festival, Valencia, Spain

2015 8e Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Strassen, Luxembourg

2015 La Liberté d'Expression, Musée Nationale de la Résistance, Luxembourg

2015 BlauBlauBlau, Tufa Trier, Trier, Germany

 

2014 London Calling, Shoreditch, London, The United Kingdom

2014 The Project, Galerie Bradtke, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2014 Salon du CAL, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

 

2013 Recall, Kjub Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2013 Expo Urbaine Art Door, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2013 7e Biennale d'Art Contemporain, Strassen, Luxembourg

 

SOLO SHOWS

 

2024 Nebula, Axel Pairon Gallery, Knokke-Heist,, Belgium

2023 Solo booth, Luxembourg Art Week, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg

2023 Spectra, Berlin Art Week, G-allery, Berlin, Germany

2023 Plage de temps, Centre d'Art Les Eglises, Chelles, France

2022 Ultra contemporary landscape, The Flat - Massimo Carasi, Milan, Italy

2022 Espejito, Espejito, Reiners Contemporary Art, Marbella, Spain

2021 Wenn die Sterne vom Himmel fallen, Annexe22, Esch2022 European Capital of Culture, Lux.

2021 Il était une fois..., Galerie Cédric Bacqueville, Lille, France

2021 Down the rabbit hole, Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg

2020 Inside, Espace d'Art Suzanne Savary, Thionville, France

2020 Here and there I Ici et là, Centre d'Art Dominique Lang, Luxembourg ​

2019 Das Zeitfenster, CeCiL's Box, Cercle Cité, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

2019 Fragil, e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz, Germany

2017 Blackout, e.artis contemporary, Chemnitz, Germany

2016 Ecriture Sans Fin, AICA International Association of Art Critics, Kiosk, Luxembourg

 

COLLECTIONS

 

2023 Private collections, Miami

2023 Private collections, Luxembourg

2023 Private collection, Copenhagen

2023 Private collection, Essen

2023 Private collection, Berlin

2022 Private collection, Milan

2022 Private collection, Paris

2022 Private collections, Los Angeles

2021 Private collection, Brazil

2021 Private collection, Madrid

2021 Private collection, Brussels

2021 Private collection, Milan

2020 Villa Vauban - Musée d'Art de la Ville de Luxembourg

2020 Royal Caribbean International, Odyssey of the Seas

2020 Collections d'Art de la Ville de Dudelange

2020 Private collection, Lille

2020 Private collection, Milan

2020 Private collection, Milan

2018 MAC Museo d'Arte Contemporanea Lissone

2018 Private collection, Milan

2017 IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art

2017 Private collection, Milan

2013 Municipality of Strassen

 

EDITIONS

 

IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art

 

PUBLICATIONS IN LIBRARIES

 

Arken Museum of Modern Art Arter Space for Art

Galeria Elba Benitez

IKOB Museum of Contemporary Art

JD Malat Gallery Kallmann-Museum Ismaning

Kunsthalle zu Kiel

Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen

Kunstmuseum Krefeld

Kunst- und Museumsbibliothek Köln

​ Künstlerhaus Dortmund

La Galerie Centre d'Art Contemporain

Latvian National Museum of Art

Luis Adelantado Gallery​

Maddox Gallery Los Angeles

MAMAC Nice Museum Contemporary Art

Helga de Alvear

Neues Museum Nürnberg

Oldenburger Kunstverein

Pasquart Kunsthaus Biel

Reiners Contemporary Art

Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam

The Flat - Massimo Carasi

Valerius Gallery

 

AWARDS

 

2021 Prix d'Art Robert Schuman, Nomination, Saarbrücken, Germany

2020 Reclaim Award, Cologne, Germany

2018 Premio della Critica, MAC Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Lissone, Italy

2017 Luxembourg Art Prize, Finalist, Galerie Hervé Lancelin, 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

 

EDUCATION

 

2006 Master in Visual Arts, UMB University Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, France

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