Born 1954, Cologne, Germany.
Lives and works in New York, USA.

Selected Press

Mousse Magazine, All that Scrawl: Toward a Wild Writing, Travis Jeppesen, Autumn 2019
Artforum
, Critics’ Picks: Michael Krebber, Travis Jeppesen, October 2015
Art Monthly, Michael Krebber, Neil Zakiewicz, October 2015

Awards

2015

Wolfgang Hahn Prize

Solo Exhibitions

(C) denotes that a catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition.

2023

Espirit de Corps, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany

2022

Greene Naftali, New York, USA

2021

Michael Krebber – Untitled, Please Don’t Throw It Away (Studiolo #1), Radio Athènes, Athens, Greece
New Work, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
Studiofloor and Diamond Paintings, Fondazione Antonio Dalle Nogare, Bolzano, Italy

2020

Gaga & Reena Spaulings Fine Art, Los Angeles
Kippenberger/Krebber, 2020, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Munich, Germany

2019

Spot On: Michael Krebber, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany

2018

Greene Naftali, New York, NY, USA
Maureen Paley: Morena di Luna, Hove, UK

2017

The Living Wedge (Part II), Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Cartouche paintings, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France

2016

The Living Wedge, curated by João Ribas, Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto: traveling to Kunstalle Bern, Bern, in 2017 (C)
Flat Finish, Galerie Buchholz – Köln, Cologne, Germany

2015

Greene Naftali, New York, USA
Maureen Paley, London, UK

2014

Systemic Relevance, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
KREBBER, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Düsseldorf, Germany (C).

2013

Maureen Paley, London, UK
STOPICE, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium

2012

Les escargots ridiculisés, CAPC, Musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France (C).

2011

Maureen Paley, London, UK.
C-A-N-V-A-S, Uhutrust, Jerry Magoo and guardian.co.uk Painting, Greene Naftali, New York, USA.
Here Comes The Sons, Real Fine Arts, New York, USA

2010

FROM MCB TO MBC, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA.
Miami City Ballet, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany.

2008

Pubertät in der Lehre/ Puberty in Teaching, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
2, 3, 4 manners of folding the pauses… or to make them – variations, Greene Naftali, New York, USA.

2007

Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France (C).
London Condom, Maureen Paley, London, UK (C).
Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany (C).

2006

sometimes it snows in april (presentation with Rachel Harrison), The McAllister Institute, New York, USA.
Connecting Hollywood with Sugar, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA

2005

Außerirdische Zwitterwesen / Alien Hybrid Creatures, Schaufensterdekoration, Antiquariat Buchholz, Köln, mit der Produzentin Secession, Vienna, Austria (C).

2004

Unfinished Too Soon, dependance, Brussels, Belgium.
warm up (how I hit a snob), Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA

2003

Here it is: The Painting Machine, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
Flaggs (Against Nature), Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
ohne Titel, bitte nicht wegwerfen, die falschen Bäume anheulen, Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin, Germany.
Michael Krebber and Dan Graham, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria.

2002

Galerie Christine Mayer, Münich, Germany.

2001

Der durchschnittliche Speisefisch sagt ADIEU (The average, edible fish says ADIEU), Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany.
Shordt Ridte in a Fasdt machine, The Top Room, London, UK
Maureen Paley, Interim Art, London, UK

2000

Apothekerman, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany (C).
Trottel, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria.

1999

Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark, with Cosima von Bonin.
Galerie Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria.

1998

Justus, Galerie Ascan Crone, Hamburg, Germany, with Cosima von Bonin.
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany.
Alberne Winkel, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany.
Villa Arson, Nice, France (C).

1996

Hausaufgaben und Reisen, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany, with Candida Höfer, in der Ausstellungsreihe Glockengeschrei nach Deutz – das Beste aller Seiten, (C).
New Paintings and Works on Paper, London Projects, London, UK
Zwischenbericht, with Matthias Schaufler, Galerie Nagel, Cologne, Germany.

1995

Vol vers la lune, musée d’art moderne et contemporain (mamco), Genf. Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria.

1994

25 Jahre B.K.-M.K., Birgit Küng, Fettstr. 7a, Zürich, Switzerland.
Kippenberger Kunstverein, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany.
Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany.
Marc Jancou Gallery, London, UK

1993

M.K.-M.K., Eleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece, with Martin Kippenberger.
Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, UK
Richtige Männer, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany, with Jörg Schlick.
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany.

1992

Galérie Samia Saouma, with Ingeborg Gabriel and Cosima von Bonin, Paris, France.
Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany, (C).
Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany.
Les bisch ja nich im Stich, Bruno Brunnet Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany.

1991

Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria, (C).
Chicago International Art Exposition, Stand Galerie Christian Nagel
biche dans un sous-bois, Birgit Küng, Fettstr. 7a, Zürich, Switzerland.

1990

Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany.

1989

Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France.
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria.
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Stuttgart, Germany.

1987

Galerie Christoph Dürr, Münich, Germany.
Panama, Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria, (C).

1986

Fettstraße 7a, Hamburg, Germany.

2024

Greene Naftali, Ground Floor, New York, USA

Two Person Exhibitions

2022

Oswald Weiner, Michael Krebber, Galerie Daniel Bucholz, Cologne, Germany

2020

Kippenberger/Krebber, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Munich, Germany

2018

Michael Krebber and Albert Oehlen, Works on Works on Paper, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, Germany

2015

R. H Quaytman and Michael Krebber, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2010

Morror, Michael Krebber and Michaela Eichwald, International Project Space, Birmingham, UK.

Group Exhibitions

(C) denotes that a catalogue was published in conjunction with the exhibition.

2024

The Workers, Haugar Kunstmuseum, Sandelfjord, Norway

2023

Monochromes, Mehdi Chouakri, Berlin, Germany

Critical Melancholia, Galerie Buchholz, New York, USA

2021

The Sun Also Rises, Jenny’s, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Andy Warhol’s L’Amour, 1972, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany
From Disco to Disco, Greene Naftali, New York, NY, USA

2020

Ice and Fire: A Benefit Exhibition in Three Parts, The Kitchen, online exhibition
Drawing 2020, Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
No Dandy, No Fun, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
00’s. Cranford Collection: the 2000’s, MO.CO., Hôtel des collections, Montpellier, France
Spot On: Books from the Brandhorst Collection, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany

2019

Die Bucklige Verwandtschaft, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Cologne, Germany

2018

Works on Works on Paper, Michael Krebber and Albert Oehlen, Galerie Buchholz, Berlin
Cómics: una nueva lectura, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Hölle, Galerie Buchholz, New York, NY, USA
Force and Form, De la Cruz Collection, Miami, USA
Michael Krebber, Win McCarthy, Josephine Pryde, Trevor Shimizu, Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain
Optik Schröder II, MUMOK – Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, Austria
Jump Into The Future – The Borgmann Donation, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands

2017

Infected Foot, Greene Naftali, New York City, USA
Social Surfaces: A Fundraising Exhibition, Artists Space, New York
CHILDREN’S GAMES, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis, ADN Collection, Bolzano,
Italy

2016

Progressive Praxis, De La Cruz Collection Contemporary Art Space, Miami, Florida, USA
Art Month, Sydney March 2016, Collectors Space, Sydney, Australia
Fine Young Cannibals, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York City, NY USA
curated by_vienna, Galerie Gabriele Senn, Vienna, Austria

2015

Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany (touring)
to expose, to show, to demonstrate, to inform, to offer, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
The Unknown Masterpiece, Meyer Kainer, Vienna, Austria
Call and Response, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
Works on Paper, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA

2014

Fiona Banner selects from the V-A-C Collection, Stamp Out Photographie, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
On Radical Juxtaposition, Halle fuer kunst Lueneburg, Luenburg, Germany
The Novel that Writes Itself, Green Naftali, New York, USA
Abandon the Parents, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
We not, Galerie Buchholz, Cologne, Germany.
The Hawker, dépendance at Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
La Chose Encadrée, SWG3 Gallery, Glasgow International, Glasgow, Sctoland
Concept Store, NEST, The Hague, Nertherlands
Über Das Radikale Nebeneinander, Halle für Kunst, Germany.

2013

Out of House, Cranford Collection, Sala de Arte Santander, Madrid, Spain
Festival der Kleinskulptur, Halle für Kunst e.V., Lüneburg, Germany
Chat Jet, Painting ‹Beyond› The Medium, Künstlerhaus, der Halle für Kunst und Medien, Graz, Austria

2012

Hamlet, Mise-En-Scène, Jack Smith in Frankfurt, Portikus, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Bilderladen, Galerie Christian Nagel , Köln, Cologne
Bilderladen DuMont-Carré, Galerie Fiebach & Minninger, Cologne, Germany
Family Theater (II), Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Family Theater (I), Brandenburgischer Kunstverein, Potsdam, Germany
Needles In The Camel’s Eye, Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Context Message, Zach Feuer Gallery (LFL), New York City, USA
The Happy Fainting of Painting, Zwinger Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2011

Dystopia, CAPC, musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Provisional Painting, Modern Art, London, UK
Quodlibet III – Alphabets and Instruments, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin, Germany
Jahresgaben 2011, Halle für Kunst, Lüneburg,Germany
making and art, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Austria
Held Up By Columns, Leslie Fritz Gallery, New York City, USA
Films & Filming, Bischoff Projects, Frankfurt/Main, Germany

2010

Julian Göthe, Nairy Baghramian, Cerith Wyn Evans, Henrik Olesen, Michael Krebber, Cosima von Bonin, John Kelsey, & Reena, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Köln, Cologne, Germany
Gambaroff, Krebber, Quaytman, Rayne, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Germany©
Morror, International Project Space, Birmingham, UK
Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool, Martos Gallery, New York City, USA
Picture Industry (Goodbye to All That), Regen Projects, Los Angeles, USA
The invisible colour, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands
The Nice Thing About Castillo/Corrales…, castillo/corrales, Paris, France
Interactive Visual History Compression (The Ks), Michael Lett, Auckland, Australia
Sur le Dandysme Aujourd´Hui, CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

2009

Cave Painting, organised by Bob Nickas, PSM Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Quodlibet II, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany.
Kunst × 80 I Jahr × 80, Künstlerhaus Graz am Joanneum, Graz, Austria
The Audio Show, Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York City, USA
My Summer Show, Galerie Lelong – New York, New York City, USA

2008

Painting Now and Forever Part II, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
27 november – 21 january 2009, Dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Entrechambrage horizontale , Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Belgium
Works on Paper, The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, USA
…In The Cherished Company of Others…(1648-2036), de Appel Boys’ School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Degree Zero, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA

2007

Conditions of Display, The Moore Space, curated by Gean Moreno, Miami, USA
Degree Zero, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Dracularising, Neue Alte Brucke, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Fit to Print, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane Gallery, Paris. France.
It Takes Something to Make Something: The Rausch Collection, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Shandismus, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Genesis I´m Sorry, The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, USA
Make Your Own Life: Artists In And Out Of Cologne, (touring) MOCA at Goldman Warehouse, Miami, USA; Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, USA; The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; ICA, Institute of Contemporary Art – University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
Conditions of Display, Locust Projects, Miami, USA
Shandyismus. Autorschaft als Genre – Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
For the People of Paris, Sutton Lane, Paris, France

2006

The Most Contemporary Picture Show, Actually, Kunsthalle Nuernberg, Germany.
…:ICAL KRBBR PRODLY PRSNTS GART JAS, JON KLSY, JOSF STRA, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, curated by Michael Krebber, (C).
Michael Krebber / Sean Paul, Sutton Lane, Paris, France.
Make Your Own Life: Artists In and Out of Cologne, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA, curated by Bennett Simpson.
Travelin‘Light, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Grey Flags, Sculpture Center, New York, USA, curated by Anthony Huberman and Paul Pfeiffer, (C).
Beware Of A Holy Whore, Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France.
Drapeaux gris, CAPC, Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Group Show, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
Duett, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Optik Schröder, Werke aus der Sammlung Alexander Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany Salon, The Greene Naftali Gallery, New York City, USA

2005

Painters Without Paintings & Paintings Without Painters, Orchard, New York, USA
The Top Room/ A Retrospective, Chelsea Space, London, UK, (C).
Roy Arden, Michael Krebber, John Miller, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
POST-MoDERN, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA

2004

Formalismus, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany.
dépendance, Brussels, Belgium.
Rhinegold: Art from Cologne, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK

2003

Outlook, Cultural Olympiad, Athens, Greece.
Hands up, Baby Hands up, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany.
The State of the Upper Floor: Panorama, Kunstverein Münich, Germnay.
Malerei II Ausstellung Nulldrei, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany.

2002

Hier ist dort 2, Secession, Vienna, Austria, (C).

2001

Musterkarte. Modelos de Pintura en Alemania 2001, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain.

1999

Superca…, Stedelijk Museum, Bureau Amsterdam, The Netherlands, (C).
Malerei, INIT-Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany.
Tegenvleug / Á Rebrousse-Poil, Kunstcentrum Sittard (Faltblatt), Netherlands.

1998

Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne, Germany.

1997

Das erweiterte Feld: Transformation des Bildes, Kunstverein Münich, Germany.
Symposion, ICEBOX / Venetia Kapernekas, Athens, Greece.

1996

museum in progress, Fond Régional D´Art Contemporain Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France.
Sammlung Volkmann zeigt: Faustrecht der Freiheit, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germnay.
Fuoriuso, Pescara, Italy, (C).
More than Real, Palazzo Reale, Caserta, Italy.

1995

Aufforderung in schönster Weise, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne.
Icons, Ladengalerie Lothringer Str. 13, Münich, Germany.

1994

Europa ‘94, Munich Order Center, Münich, Germany.
Metro Pictures, New York, USA
Sammlung Volkmann, Berlin, Germany.
Unbound: Possibilities in Painting, Hayward Gallery, London, UK, (C).

1993

The Best of, Galerie & Edition Artelier, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Grafica 1, Innsbruck, Austria.
Project Unité, Firminy, France, (C).
Diese Ausstellung hat keinen Titel, P.S.1 Museum, New York, USA; Goethe House, New York, USA; Kunsthaus Welker, Heidelberg, Germany, (C).

1992

SS. ss. R., Galerie Bärbel Grässlin, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Wohnzimmer/Büro, Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Germany.
Albenda, Berkowski, Krebber, A.Oehlen, Pettibon; Thea Westreich, New York + Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany.
Nikdo nepomuze nikomu – Das Gute muß gut sein, Galerie Hlavniho Mesta Prahy, Prague, Czech Republic.

1991

Fallen und Fallenlassen, Carpenter, Kippenberger, Krebber, Strothjohann; Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria.
36e Salon de Montrouge, Paris, France, (C).
Carpenter, Herold, Kelley, Kessler, Kippenberger, Krebber, Noland; Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York, USA
Armaly, Bonin, Krebber, Müller, Kunstraum Daxter, Münich, Germany.
Gullivers Reisen, Galerie Sophia Ungers, Cologne, Germany, (C).
Jack Hanley/Trans Avant-Garde Gallery, San Francisco, USA

1990

7a, Zürich, Galerie Bleich Rossi, Graz, Austria.
Galerie Christian Nagel, Germany.
The Köln Show, Cologne, Germany (“Nachschub”).

1989

Eurobummel – Curated by Martin Kippenberger, Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, Germany.
Galerie PPS, Hamburg, Germany.
Galerie Bleich-Rossi, Graz, Austria.
Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Cologne, Germany, (C).
Melancholia, Galerie Greta Insam, Vienna, Austria, (C).

1988

Galerie Sylvana Lorenz, Paris, France.
Skulpturenprojekt Dürr, Galerie Christoph Dürr, Münich, Germany.
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1987

Broken Neon, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria, (C).
Diedrich Diederichsen, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria, (C).

1980

Aktion Pisskrücke (Geheimdienst am Nächsten), Künstlerhaus Hamburg, Germany.

Films

2000

Cosima von Bonin’s Film, 2:06 min., Michael Krebber, Cosima von Bonin, Justus Köhncke.

1981

Grützefilm und Kameratanz, zusammen 60 min., Bärbel Freund, ael Krebber.

Solo Publications

2022

Michael Krebber, Catalogue Raisonné, Volume 1, Ed. Sanchez, Michael, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, Köln, Germany

2017

Michael Krebber, The Living Wedge, Part I & II, Serralves, Porto, Portugal; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

2014

KREBBER, Galerie Nagel Draxler, Düsseldorf

2012

Michael Krebber, Les escargots ridiculisés, The ridiculized snails,CAPC musée d’art contemporain de Bordeaux

2008

Respekt Frischlinge Je Suis La Chaise London Condom, Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Galerie Chantal Crousel and Maureen Paley
Michael Krebber: Puberty in Teaching, Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co

2007

Ical Krbbr Prodly Prsnts Gart Jas, Jon Klsy, Josf Stra, Portikus, Frankfurt / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

2005

Außerirdische Zwitterwesen / Alien Hybrid Creatures, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln
Michael Krebber, Secession / Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, Köln

2000

Michael Krebber, Kunstverein Braunschweig / Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg

1987

PANAMA, Galerie Bleich–Rossie, Graz

Selected Bibliography

2023

Pablo Larios, On Jargon, Mousse Magazine, N°84, Summer, 2023, p.38-47

2022

​​Tatol, Sean, Michael Krebber Catalogue Raisonné Vol. 1, Manhattan Art Review 2022

Block, Louis, Michael Krebber: New Work, ArtSeen, brooklynrail.org, 2022
Butler, Sharon, Michael Krebber: The poetry in painting?, twocoatsofpaint.com,13 January 2022
Ewing, Margaret, Isolation Play, Margaret Ewing on Michael Krebber at Greene Naftali, New York, textezurkunst.de, 11 February 2022

2021

Echakhch, Latifa, Krebber, Michael, Nanxing, Xie, Pils, Tobias and Sikander, Shahzia, Five Painters on their favourite publications, Frieze, Issue 222, October 2022, p. 202; Painters On the Books Every Artist Must Read, (Online) frieze.com, 3 November 2021
Echakhch, Latifa, Krebber, Michael, Nanxing, Xie, Pils, Tobias and Sikander, Shahzia, Painters On the Books Every Artist Must Read, frieze.com, 22 September 2021
Hudson, Suzanne, Contemporary Painting, World of Art, Thames & Hudson Ltd, London, UK, 18 March 2021, p. 90
Martin, Hannah, Inside a Spirited West Village Townhouse Designed by Julie Hillman, architecturaldigest.com, 20 March 2021

2020

Berardini, Andrew, Pleasure Dome, artforum.com, 25 February 2020
Vistrup Madsen, Kristian, The Many Patterns of Susanne Paesler, frieze.com, 21 February 2020
Westall, Mark, Ice And Fire A Benefit Exhibition In Three Parts For The Kitchen, fadmagazine.com, 12 November 2020
–––, Museum Brandhorst, e-flux.com, 25 April 2020
–––, Openings: Trevor Shimizu, artforum.com, 2 April 2020

2019

Johnson-Wheeler, Lara, The Finishing Touch, Buffalo Zine, Issue 10, AW19, pp. 146-151
Bienstock, Alex, Reviews: Michael Krebber, artinamericamagazine.com, 1 February 2019
Jeppesen, Travis, All that Scrawl: Toward a Wild Writing, Mousse Magazine #69, pp. 204-211
Wurtz, B., Degrees of Mystery: B. Wurtz on Exhibitions Around New York, artnews.com, 27 February 2019

2018

–––, Michael Krebber, 30 Jun — 2 Sep 2018 at Morena di Luna in Hove, United Kingdom, wsimag.com, 2 August 2018.
–––, Michael Krebber at Morena di Luna, Hove, blouinartinfo.com, 23 August 2018.
–––, The Weekender, galleriesnow.net, 21 August 2018.

2017

Jeffrys, Tom, Critic’s Guide: Paris, frieze.com, 16 May 2017.
Rosenmeyer, Aoife, Michael Krebber, The Living Wedge, Kunsthalle Bern, Art Review., 69(3), April 2017, p 110.
Sherman, Sam, Michael Krebber ,Kunsthalle Bern, Artforum, Summer 2017, pp.375 – 376.

2016

Krebber, Michael, R.H. QUAYTMAN, interviewmagazine.com, 13 October 2016.
Rottman, André, Previews – “Michael Krebber: The Living Wedge”, Artforum, vol.55, no.1, September 2016, p.181.
Demircan, Saim, Painting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age, Art Monthly, February 2016, pp. 22 – 24.

2015

Contag, Lisa, The Impossibility of Painting: R.H. Quaytman and Michael Krebber in Cologne, blouinartinfo.com, 14 April 2015
Douglas, Caroline, Friday Dispatch: On Herald Street, Contemporary Art Society Newsletter, 18 September 2015
Forbes, Alexander, Wolfgang Hahn Prize Winners R.H. Quaytman and Michael Krebber Show Polke’s Lasting Influence, artsy.net, 22 April 2015
Jeppesen, Travis, Critics’ Picks: Michael Krebber, artforum.com, October 2015
Lanay, Aude, Michael Krebber, R.H. Quaytman, 2015 Wolfgang Hahn Prize, 02, Summer 2015, N°74, pp.74 – 75.
Wolkoff, Julia, Awards, Art in America, Feb: 2015, p. 120.
Zakiewicz, Neil, Michael Krebber, Art Monthly, October 2015, pp. 28-29
——, The glittering prizes, The Art Newspaper, April 2015, p.15
——, Preview: Highlights at Art Cologne 2015, blouinartinfo.com, 13 April 2015

2014

Pogrebin, Robin, Influences and Exhibitions, The New York Times 29 November: AR4.
Prince, Mark, Michael Krebber: Systemic Relevance, ArtReview: September p. 194
Contemporary Art in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Black Dog Publishing, London
——, Michael Krebber “Systemic Relevance” at Galerie Buchholz, Berlin, moussemagazine.it, 22 July 2014
——, Michael Krebber at Daniel Buchholz, artwritingdaily.com, 21 August 2014
——, Fiona Banner Curates Rarely Seen V-A-C collection Works At The Whitechapel, artlyst.com, 6 November 2014

2013

Goldstein, Andrew M., 15 of the Best Artworks at Frieze London, artspace.com, 17 October.
Fontaine, Claire, Krebber in Bordeaux, Texte zur Kunst March: 192-96.
Mclean-Ferris, Laura, Michael Krebber: Maureen Paley, London, Frieze May:
233.
Morton, Tim, Nobody’s Fool, Frieze d/e March: 68-77.
Schlegell, Mark von. Friend of the Devil, May Oct: 158-72.
Vaerslev, Fredrik, The Artists’ Artists, Artforum, Dec: 116

2012

Graw, Isabelle, Michael Krebber’s Perspective, Kaleidoscope, Winter 2012/13. pp.60-70.
Vall, Michael Krebber, Elephant, Winter 2012/13. pp.22

2011

Barnes, Daniel, Michael Krebber – Funny Cide at Maureen Paley, spoonfed.co.uk, 21 January 2011.
Howe, David Everitt, Michael Krebber, Art Review, January – February 2012, pp.120-121.
Scoccimarro, Antonio, Diary: Michael Krebber, Mousse, February – March 2011, p.212.
Smyth, Cherry, Reviews – Exhibitions, Art Monthly, June 2011, pp.33-34.
Wilson, Helen, Michael Krebber Review, whereartyou.co.uk 18 February 2011.

2010

Herbert, Martin, Now See This: Michael Krebber, Art Review, Summer 2010, pp.26-27.
Krebber, Michael, & O’Connell, Ruri, Stars In Her Lies, Mousse, September 2010, pp. 232-233.
Rottmann, André, Michael Krebber, Artforum, November 2010, p.275.

2009

Hirsch, Faye, Michael Krebber, Art in America, January 2009, pp.107-108.
Rubinstein, Raphael, Provisional Painting, Art in America, May 2009, pp.122-135.

2008

Brunner, Bettina, Michael Krebber, frieze, March 2008, p.184.
Krebber, Michael, What Is Courbet?, Artforum, May 2008, pp.348-355.
Krebber, Michael, Puberty in Painting, Novel, 2008, p.3.

2007

Krebber, Michael, The Artist’s Artists, Artforum, December 2007, p.125.
Krebber, Michael, Project, Texte zur Kunst, June 2007, pp.108-111.
Pearson, Tony, Reviews: Michael Krebber, Time Out, 5 December 2007, p. 41.
Morris, Jane, Maureen Paley: Gallery Profile, Art World, December 2007, pp.52-55.
Gronemeyer, Wiebke, Michael Krebber @ Maureen Paley, whitehotmagazine.com, December 2007.

2006

Heubach, Fridr. Wolfr., “Karl Valentin, Michael Krebber, Pablo Picasso, “ Grey Flags, 2006
Smith, Roberta, Michael Krebber: Connecting Sugar With Hollywood, The New York Times, 28 April, 2006.
Smith, Roberta, Cologne as Mythic Hot Spot (Cue the Background Music), The New York Times, 2 June 2006, pp.27&30.
Saltz, Jerry, Dandy, The Village Voice, April – May, 2006.
McMullen, Troy, The Rising Cost of Cologne, The Wall Street Journal, 21 April 2006.
Hainley, Bruce, No Child Left Behind, Whitney Biennial 2006, New York: Abrams, 2006.
Michael Krebber, Blind Date, 2006, p25 & 211.

2005

Goldstein, Ann, “Best of 2005,” Artforum, December 2005, p.246.
Graw, Isabelle, Best of 2005, Artforum, December 2005, pp.256-257.
Birnbaum, Daniel, Secret Sharer, Artforum, October 2005.
Kelsey, John, Stop Painting Painting, 2005.
Morgan, Jessica, Formal Education, 2005.
Davis, Nicole, A New Lease On Painting, artnet.com, 9 February 2005.
Dath, Dietmaer, Elektronische Kindermusik, Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitlung, 16 April 2005.
Bell, Kristy, Formalism. Modern Art, Today Frieze, March 2005.
Panhans-Buhler, Ursula, Formalismus – Modern Kunst, heute, Texte zur Kunst, March 2005.
Diedrichsen, Diedrich, Formalismus, Artforum, March 2005.
Michael Krebber, Secession, 2005.

2004

Briegleb, Till, Art Deco, Helmut Berger, Dieter Roth, Suddeutsche Zeitung, 7 December 2004.
Unruh, Rainer, Formalismus. Modern Kunst heute, Kunstforum International, November – December 2004.
Seidel, Martin, Deutschland sucht, Kunstforum International, September – October 2004.

2003

Grubbs, David, Bestellt und Nicht Abgeholt, Text zur Kunst, December 2003.
Don’t Miss, Time Out New York, 6-13 November 2003.
Williams, Gregory, Michael Krebber: Greene Naftali Gallery, Artforum International, Summer 2003.
Smith, Roberta, Michael Krebber, The New York Times, 18 April 2003.
Don’t Miss, Time Out New York, 10-17 April 2003.
Niklaus, Laila, Michael Krebber in der Galerie Christian Nagel. Auf der Suche nach den Koordinaten der Welt, Die Welt – Berliner Kunstmarkt – 31 January 2003.

2002

Diederichsen, Diedrich, Die Dämonen der neuen Romantik, Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, 3 November 2002.
Koegel, Alice, Weisse Karten, Stadtrevue, Nr. 5, May 2002.
LvB, Michael Krebber, Kraftwerk, Golf aktuell, Heft 2, May 2002.
Hess, Barbara, Michael Krebber, Flash Art, March – April 2002.

2001

Frangenberg, Frank, Der Künstler im Steinbruch der Tradition, Kölner Stadtanzeiger, 24-25 November 2001.
Coomer, Martin, Michael Krebber: Interim Art, Time Out New York, 3-10 October 2001.
Searle, Adrian, Never trust a painter, The Guardian Europe, Dienstag, 25 October 2001.
Kempkes, Anke , Playful Turn, Texte zur Kunst, March 2001.
Wiensowski, Ingeborg, Michael Krebber, Kultur Spiegel, Heft 3, March 2001.
Graw, Isabelle, Die Zweifel des Malers, Die Zeit, No. 8, 15 February 2001.
Podeschwa, Isabel, Isabel Podeschawa über Michael Krebber, Artist Kunstmagazin, No. 2, May-July 2001.

2000

Eichwald, Michaela, “Tourist-Hochtourist-Junior. Wat willte witten. Vom Michael Krebber, 1993 (für die Ausstellung Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin) Abdruck bei: dieselbe: Gewärtigen gegenwärtigen. 10, 2000.

1999

Althoff, Kai, “Text für die Ausstellungsbroschüre der Ausstellung in der Galerie Meyer Kainer, (noch nicht gedruckt), 1999.

1997

Müller, Christopher, Michael Krebber in der Villa Arson, Nizza, Texte zur Kunst, No. 26, June 1997.

1995

Pryde, Josephine, Standreview Michael Krebber bei Christian Nagel, Texte zur Kunst, No. 19, August 1995.

1994

Ohrt, Roberto, Künstlerränke (Intriguing Artists), Parkett, No. 42, 1994.

1993

Graw, Isabelle, Durchschläge. Eine Ausstellung und drei Kataloge, Artis, December 1992 – January 1993.

1992

Diederichsen, Diedrich, Mein Material ist der Papagei. Diedrich Diederichsen im Gespräch mit Michael Krebber, Jahresring, No. 37, München 1990, 1992.
Wiederabdruck in Noema, No. 38, January 1992.

1991

Wulffen, Thomas, Krebber’s Punch and Judy Show, Flash Art, October 1991.

1990

Koether, Jutta, Michael Krebber, Galerie Christian Nagel, Artforum International, December 1990.
Weaver, Frank, Michael Krebber, Sylvana Lorenz, Artscribe, May 1990.

1989

Graw, Isabelle, Eurobummel, Flash Art, No. 137, June 1989.
Schmitt, Paula, General Idea, Galerie Meyer-Hochmeister, Karlsruhe und Krebber, Michael, Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Stuttgart, Artis, January 1989.

1988

Metzger, Rainer Arbeiten am Selbstverständlichen: Michael Krebber, Wolkenkratzer.

1986

Albert Oehlen, Michael Krebber. Zäsur in der Biographie eines Kritiksüchtigen, Szene Hamburg, February 1986

Writing

2021

A Note on Jack Smith, Michael Krebber, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY, USA, May 2021

Public Collections

Sammlung Grässlin, St. Georgen, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum of Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
CAPC Musée d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany