Maximilian Prüfer

1986 born in Germany

2010 – 2013
Master Design und Kommunikationsstrategie, Technische Hochschule Augsburg

2008
Accademia di belle Art di Bologna, Italy

2006 – 2010
Kommunikationsdesign Technische Hochschule Augsburg

 

Grants

2025
STRABAG Art Award

2022
Working Grant, Stiftung Kunstfonds

2021
Bavarian Art Award (Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis)

2020
DG Kunstpreis, Art Prize of the German Society for Christian Art (Deutsche Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst)

2018
EHF Artist Grant, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

2017
Art Prize of the District of Swabia

2014
Art Promotion Award of the City of Augsburg

2013
Debutant Promotion Grant, funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Science and Research Special Award of the Franz Schmid Foundation / Künstlerhaus Marktoberdorf

Solo Exhibitions

2025

STRABAG Art
Ein Bild findet Gnade

2024

Rockefeller University, CS Art Partners, Greenwich CT / NYC, US
Field and Lab Treasures

2023

Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, AT
First Alphabet

Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, AT
Fruits of Labour

2021

SEXAUER Showroom, Berlin, DE
Interactions 5 (with Jeewi Lee)

Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, AT
Inwelt

2020

DG Kunstraum, Munich, DE
Doppelpass IV – Everything will be alright (with Andreas Greiner)

Kugelmühle, Mühlbach, AT
WIR

2019

Galerie Kandlhofer, AT
Tier

2018

Museum Villa Rot, Sotheby’s Munich, DE
Vieh

Sotheby’s Munich, DE
Nest

2017

Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, AT
Brut

2016

Neue Galerie im Höhmannhaus, Augsburg, DE
EI

Sp-Arte, Solo Booth, São Paulo, BR

2015

LisaBird Contemporary, Vienna, AT
FLUG

2014

MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen, DE
Artefakte (with Nikola Irmer)

2013

MAUSER Debutant Exhibition, funded by the Bavarian State Ministry
for Science and Research, Augsburg, DE


Group Exhibitions (Selection)

2025

Chiostro del Bramante, Rome, IT
Flowers Forever

Museum Giersch der Goethe University, Frankfurt, DE
FIXING FUTURES

Kunsthal Rotterdam, NL
Flowers Forever

2024

Germanische Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, DE
Hello Nature!

Brucerius Kunstforum Hamburg, DE
Flowers Forever

2023

Kunsthalle Munich, DE
Flowers Forever

Draiflessen Collection, Mettingen, DE
The State of Things?

ERES Stiftung Munich, DE
„More Yellow than Gold“

Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, DE
Fantastic Animal Worlds

Mewo Kunsthalle, Memmingen, DE
On the Brink of Extinction
(with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & Gil Shachar)

2022

Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, DE
Beneat Auction Exhibition

Mewo Kunsthalle (with Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg & Gil Shachar), Memmingen, DE
On the Brink of Extinction

2021

MAK, Vienna, AT
Vienna Biennale for Change 2021

ICA Shanghai NYU, CN
ponds among ponds – an exhibition of threshold behavior & nested life

Galerie der Künstlerinnen, Munich, DE
Bavarian Art Awards Exhibition

2020

Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, DE
Art for Animals. A Perspective Shift for Humans

Museum Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg, DE
Flügelschlag

2019

Museum Sinclair Haus, Bad Homburg, DE
Artenreich

2018

Leopold Museum, Vienna, AT
Egon Schiele, Reloaded

Galerie Lisa Kandlhofer, Vienna, AT
I Followed You To The Sun (curated by Ala Glaser)

Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AT
Nach der Natur

2017

H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst Augsburg, DE
Bilder Fragen

2016

Gallery Site 131, Dallas, US
Site 131: Black Paintings: a response to Jackson Pollock