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Born in Blackpool, UK, 1971
Lives and works in Berlin

education
1988-90 Blackpool and Fylde College
1990-94 Glasgow School of Art
1994-96 De Ateliers, Amsterdam

solo exhibitions

2008
Paintings, Galerie Hammelehle und Ahrens, Köln
Hotel Grande Abyss, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam

2007
Michael Kirkham Exhibition, July 12 / October 28, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Den Haag

2006
Ecstasis, Galerie Jan Wentrup, Berlin
Open Space, Art Cologne at Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Cologne

2005
Paintings and Ceramics, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam
Final Presentation, European Ceramic Work Centre, Den Bosch

2003
The Neurasthenics, Drawings and Paintings, Gallery and Publishers Hein Elferink, Staphorst

2002
When Power Streamed…, Gallery Sabine Wachters, Brussels

2001
Paintings, Aschenbach & Hofland Galleries, Amsterdam

2000
Recent paintings, Gallery Sabine Wachters, Brussels

1999
Drawings and Paintings, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam

1998
Art Brussels, Booth solo, Gallery Sabine Wachters, Brussels

1997
Lightning 3, De Beyerd, Municipal Centre for Contemporary Art, Breda
First Exhibition, Gallery Sabine Wachters, Brussels

1996
Final Exhibition, De Ateliers, Amsterdam


group exhibitions

2008
Diana + Actaeon, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Mask of Medusa, KFA Gallery, Berlin
In Between, Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum, Leiden
Lanzarot, Keith Talent Gallery, London
Cobra To Contemporary, A selection of works from ´Eclectic Contemporary´, The collection of Hugo and Carla Brown, Artnews Projects, Berlin

2007
Leve de Schilderkunst, Kunsthal, Rotterdam
Songs of Innocence and Aggression, National Gallery of Macedonia, Skopje
The Full Nelson, West Germany, Berlin
Unsere Affekte Fliegen aus den Bereich der Menschlichen Wirklichkeit heraus, Galerie Sandra Bürgel, Berlin

2004
Im sofortigen eingeständnis falsches gedanken und taten liegt unsere wachsende unabhängigkeit, Galerie Antik, Berlin

2003
Wet Paint, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam
Prix de Nouvelles Images, Nouvelles Images Gallery, Den Haag

2002
Desire, Museum of Modern Art, Bologna

2001
Urgences de Figuration, Centre Culturel Français de Turin, Turin
Desire, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal,
10 x Dutch Art, Centre for Contemporary Art, St. Petersburg
Reflexive Figurations, Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten, Amsterdam
Arte Fiera Bologna, Gallery Sabine Wachters, Brussels

1998
Morning Glory, De Ateliers, Amsterdam
5 years of Ateliers 63, Ateliers 63, Amsterdam

1997
Lightning, De Beyerd, Breda
Gallery Sabine Wachters, Brussels/Knokke

1996
Pump up the cherry, Galerie Cokkie Snoei, Rotterdam

1994
Unbuilding, Gallery 99, Glasgow
East 94, Norwich Gallery, Norwich


Selected Publications and Articles

2008
Kees Keijer, Garaffineerd spel met rollen, Het Parool March 8. article
Gringo, The Story Of Black Glove, magazine

2007
Kunsthal, Leve de Schilderkunst, catalogue
Ernst van Alphen, Michael Kirkham Exhibition July 12 / October 28, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, catalogue
Rutger Pontzen, Beeld van het lege levensgevoel, de Volkskrant August 7, article
Erik Quint, Dode zielen op vieze matras in kaal landschap, Algemeen Dagblad July 28, interview
Manon Braat, Seks en bandeloosheid uit verveling, NRC Handelsblad August 5, article
Edo Dijksterhuis, Achter die verveelde blik, Financieel Dagblad, July 21, article,
Rogier Ormeling, Erotic Redemption, de Groene, september 10, article,

2006
Corrina Daniels, Ecstasis eines Engländers bei Jan Wentrup, Die Welt, article

2005
Kwak van Daalen en Ronday Printers, SOLO (Michael Kirkham), catalogue
Xandra de Jongh, Onpeilbare verveling die intrigeert, de Volkskrant November 28, article

2003
Gallery and Publishers Hein Elferink, The Neurasthenics (Michael Kirkham), catalogue
Kees Keijer, Michael Kirkhams werk is verraderlijk knap gemaakt, het Parool article

2000
Galerie Ferdinand van Dieten – d’Eendt, Reflexive Figurations (group), catalogue
Hans den Hartog Jager, Reflexive Figurations, NRC Handelsblad, article
Els Fiers, Pinocchio’s Liefje, Knack Magazine, article
Claude Lorent, Realism Pictural, La Libre Belgique, article
Stéphane Rey, Moins de Trente Ans, L’Echo de la Bourse, article
Jan Florizoone, Beter dan Barbie, De Standaard, article

1998
Guy Gilsoul, Trois jeunes artistes, Le Vif L’Express, article
Die Pariser Kunstmesse FIAC, Haar uberm Sofarand, Kölner Stadt Anzeiger, article
Guy Gilsoul, De l’Adolescence à l’âge adulte, Art Brussels, article

1997
Ernst van Alphen, The Skin of Light (Michael Kirkham), Lightening 3, catalogue