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Biography
Thomas Mailaender is a French multimedia artist living and working between Paris and Marseille. Known for his use of a wide range of techniques including ceramic, photography, collage and installation, he employs diverse materials, often re-appropriating images from the internet or his own huge archive. One of Mailaender's attributes is his ingenuity and ability to conceive curious and creative exhibitions using everyday materials and his curated shows teem with humour and originality.
In 2017, along with Eric Kessels, Mailaender curated Photo Pleasure Palace, an exhibition in conjunction with Unseen Photography fair in Amsterdam. Both artists are compulsive collectors of photographs and keen observers of sociological patters. Additionally, they both take the absurd and ridiculous very very seriously. In this exhibition, Kessels and Mailaender welcomed visitors to their weird-and-wonderland, a place where pleasure is guaranteed and photos are in imminent danger.
Mailaender's work is held in public collections worldwide including the Musée National de l'histoire de l'Immigration, Paris, FNAC (Fond National d'Art Contemporain), Paris and MONA museum, Tasmania. He has exhibited widely in exhibitions such as Do Disturb (Palais de Tokyo in Paris, 2017), Iconoclasts: Art Out of the Mainstream (Saatchi gallery, London, 2017-8), Performing for the Camera (Tate Modern, 2016), From Here On (Rencontres d'Arles, 2011), Paris Photo, and Back to the Future show (FOAM, Amsterdam, 2018). In 2015 he was awarded the PhotoBook of the Year in the 2015 edition of the Aperture Foundation PhotoBook Awards.
Exhibitions
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Paris Photo 2022
Grand Palais Éphémère • Stand D27 10 - 13 Nov 2022For this year’s edition of Paris Photo, the Michael Hoppen Gallery has curated an exhibition of exquisite, unique works. The term ‘unique’ has become ubiquitous, but we use it here...Read more -
Emerging Contemporaries
Group Show 8 Sep - 1 Dec 2020Emerging Contemporaries, our most recent exhibition, celebrates new work created by contemporary artists, who we have worked with since early in their careers. This show, currently hanging in our ground...Read more -
Photo London 2019
Somerset House • Booth C1 16 - 19 May 2019Exhibited Artists: • Peter Beard • Cecil Beaton • Will Connell • Sian Davey • Eamonn Doyle • Lee Friedlander • Masahisa Fukase • Colin Jones • O. Winston Link...Read more -
PHOTO LONDON 2018
SOMERSET HOUSE 17 - 20 May 2018A brief look at what Michael Hoppen Gallery will be presenting at Somerset HouseRead more -
THOMAS MAILAENDER
ONLINE 17 May - 17 Jun 2018To accompany his exhibition 'The Fun Archaeology' Thomas Mailaender has made a group of 9 small lava pieces to be included in a concurrent online show of the same title.Read more -
Thomas Mailaender
The Fun Archaeology 18 Apr - 26 May 2018The Michael Hoppen Gallery is delighted to announce its first solo show with multimedia artist Thomas Mailaender.Read more -
Aipad 2018
New York • Booth 206 5 - 8 Apr 2018Michael Hoppen Gallery will be exhibiting upcoming artists alongside acknowledged 20th and 21st century masters.Read more
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PARIS PHOTO 2017
Grand Palais • Booth C10 9 - 12 Nov 2017Michael Hoppen Gallery will be at Paris Photo, 2017, booth C10.Read more
News
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Paris Photo 2022
Michael Hoppen's Highlights November 1, 2022Michael Hoppen Gallery is delighted to share a preview of our Paris Photo presentation. The fair opens at the Grand Palais Éphémère in the grounds...Read more -
Winter Newsletter '19
Highlights and news from our artists and team in Paris and Japan November 7, 2019Our solo exhibition at the gallery in London, Tim Walker: Wonderful People , continues alongside the artist's major solo exhibition at the Victoria & Albert...Read more -
Hitchcock remade and fake IDs: Paris Photo's altered reality
PARIS PHOTO REVIEW, GUARDIAN ONLINE November 13, 2018Michael Hoppen Gallery artists highlighted in Guardian review on GuardianRead more -
Summer Newsletter '18
A review of the past few months at Michael Hoppen Gallery June 28, 2018The Michael Hoppen Gallery Summer newsletter 2018Read more
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