Moritz Moll

About

Lives and works in Munich, Germany

Born in Munich in 1991, Moritz studied Fine Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, from which he graduated in 2021. Even at his young age, Moritz has been exhibiting for more than six years and with growing success.

Through a characteristic combination of two- and three-dimensionality, the artist specialized in the figurative aesthetic using personal photographs, archive images and screenshots of television events as reference material. An ingenious way of contemporaryising portrait painting, making us wonder to what extent we are not faced with the representation of a still life, rather than the portrait painting to which history has accustomed us.

This curious ability to idolize mundane activities with an innocent vision and soft pastel colors, makes his work stand out among other portraitists. Almost like family snapshots, his almost unfinished aesthetic is able to take the spectator on a journey of homesickness and nostalgia.

From athletes in the midst of routine to a fascination with sleep, the artist orchestrates a perfect process of freezing an exact momentum forever on the canvas, allowing the viewer to access an almost intrusive spectacle, enhancing the appeal of observing the other person with subtle detachment. Sweet, genuine, and sketch-like, his work promises to show a different take on portrait painting.

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EDUCATION
Diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (2021)
Studies of fine art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (AdBK) (2015-2021)

SELECTED SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS
GO! Kunst bewegt, Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (2023)
Postions Art Fair, Flughafen Tempelhof Hangar 5 & 6, Berlin, Germany (2023)
Summer Daze, Maddox Gallery, London, UK (2023)
Stripes, La Causa Galería, Madrid, Spain (2023)
DIALOGUE – Shaped Colours, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany (2023)
Interlocking Colors, Galleria Nicola Pedana, Caserta, Italy (2022)
Postions Art Fair, Flughafen Tempelhof Hangar 5 & 6, Berlin, Germany (2022)
Bienvenue Art Fair, Galerie Biesenbach, Paris, France (2022)
Zoom in, Prior Art Space, Berlin, Germany (2022)
Mix & Match, Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne, Germany (2022)
Solo presentation, Alzueta Gallery, Barcelona, Spain (2021)
MAX 33 = DIVERS, MINI Pavillon, Munich, Germany (2021)
Art Sunday, PANGU Pop up Store 21, Munich, Germany (2021)
Jahresausstellung »Kunst Aktuell«, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany (2021)
Solo presentation, Alzueta Gallery, Palau de Casavells, Girona, Spain (2021)
Sonntag am Wasser, Vier8l, Munich, Germany (2021)
Graduation exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany (2021)
Kunstsalon 2020 »Gestern-Heute-Morgen«, Ägyptisches Museum, Munich, Germany (2021)
Jahresausstellung »Kunst Aktuell«, Kunstverein Rosenheim, Rosenheim, Germany (2020)
19 Duitse academies – 55 Werken, Villa de Bank, Enschede, Netherlands (2020)
Rituale, Irkutsk, Munich, Germany (2020)
Annual exhibition, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany (2015-2020)