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Mike Bouchet
Kidman Bust (Trixie) 2011
Mike Bouchet is an American artist who currently lives and works in Germany. Bouchet is a multi-media artist without a defined practice, working in painting, sculpture, installations, and films as well as performance, living sculptures and dedicated projects whether it be a commune, a travel agency, tire manufacturing, designing jeans or producing his own diet cola.He culls material from the everyday; the urban landscape; human consumption. His interests, no matter how varied, often claim exactly equal cultural value. Consumerism is regularly at the core of his practice, in which he may layer images and references from popular culture to create a nuanced reading informed by the current state of Western capitalism.
The smashed bust of Nicole Kidman is created through a process of making, destroying and then remaking. In so doing Bouchet highlights the brittle and damaging ideals of modern celebrity and female beauty, whilst simultaneously conjuring up the ancient art of Kintsugi, the Japanese tradition of repairing whilst embracing the flawed or imperfect; highlighting the cracks and repairs as simply an event in the life of an object rather than allowing its service to end at the time of its damage or breakage.
Bouchet is the recipient of the 1822 Kunstpreis der Stadt Frankfurt in 2014.
Mike Bouchet’s solo shows include Lustre, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, 2021; Bounty, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE, 2016; Flood, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, US, 2013; Argento Lawn Chairs, Art Basel Design Fair, Cumulus Studios, Basel, CH, 2011; 16×9 Action Film, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR, 2008; Shitrock Crate and Tapestry Cartoons, The Box, Los Angeles, 2007. Bouchet’s work has been included in numerous group shows such as Sanguine/Bloedrood, curated by Luc Tuymans, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, 2018; The Hierophant, Nicodim, Bucharest, RO, 2017; Impromptu, The Box, Los Angeles, US, 2016; Commercial Break, presented by GARAGE Center of Contemporary Culture (Moscow), 2011; Rotating Vie, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO, 2009;5 Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris , FR, 2006; Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK, 2006.
Mike Bouchet has works in multiple notable institutional collections including Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Belvedere Museum, Vienna, AT; Bernard Arnault Collection, Paris; CAPC, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; DekaBank, Frankfurt; Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt;
Permanent Floor at Deutsche Bank; DZ Bank, Frankfurt; FNAC, Fonds National D’Art Contemporain, Paris; Francois Pinault Collection, Venice; The Jumex Collection, Mexico City; LVMH Collection, Paris; The Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida; Sammlung Boros, Berlin, DE; Sammlung Axel Haubrok, Berlin.
Mike Bouchet is currently represented by Peres Projects HQ.
Mike Bouchet is an American artist who currently lives and works in Germany. Bouchet is a multi-media artist without a defined practice, working in painting, sculpture, installations, and films as well as performance, living sculptures and dedicated projects whether it be a commune, a travel agency, tire manufacturing, designing jeans or producing his own diet cola.He culls material from the everyday; the urban landscape; human consumption. His interests, no matter how varied, often claim exactly equal cultural value. Consumerism is regularly at the core of his practice, in which he may layer images and references from popular culture to create a nuanced reading informed by the current state of Western capitalism.
The smashed bust of Nicole Kidman is created through a process of making, destroying and then remaking. In so doing Bouchet highlights the brittle and damaging ideals of modern celebrity and female beauty, whilst simultaneously conjuring up the ancient art of Kintsugi, the Japanese tradition of repairing whilst embracing the flawed or imperfect; highlighting the cracks and repairs as simply an event in the life of an object rather than allowing its service to end at the time of its damage or breakage.
Bouchet is the recipient of the 1822 Kunstpreis der Stadt Frankfurt in 2014.
Mike Bouchet’s solo shows include Lustre, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt, 2021; Bounty, Peres Projects, Berlin, DE, 2016; Flood, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, US, 2013; Argento Lawn Chairs, Art Basel Design Fair, Cumulus Studios, Basel, CH, 2011; 16×9 Action Film, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FR, 2008; Shitrock Crate and Tapestry Cartoons, The Box, Los Angeles, 2007. Bouchet’s work has been included in numerous group shows such as Sanguine/Bloedrood, curated by Luc Tuymans, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, Antwerp, 2018; The Hierophant, Nicodim, Bucharest, RO, 2017; Impromptu, The Box, Los Angeles, US, 2016; Commercial Break, presented by GARAGE Center of Contemporary Culture (Moscow), 2011; Rotating Vie, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, NO, 2009;5 Billion Years, Palais de Tokyo, Paris , FR, 2006; Uncertain States of America, Serpentine Gallery, London, UK, 2006.
Mike Bouchet has works in multiple notable institutional collections including Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo; Belvedere Museum, Vienna, AT; Bernard Arnault Collection, Paris; CAPC, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FR; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; DekaBank, Frankfurt; Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt;
Permanent Floor at Deutsche Bank; DZ Bank, Frankfurt; FNAC, Fonds National D’Art Contemporain, Paris; Francois Pinault Collection, Venice; The Jumex Collection, Mexico City; LVMH Collection, Paris; The Margulies Collection, Miami, Florida; Sammlung Boros, Berlin, DE; Sammlung Axel Haubrok, Berlin.
Mike Bouchet is currently represented by Peres Projects HQ.
