Mike Meiré
Born in Darmstadt, Germany, 1964
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany
Mike Meiré describes his work as a continued investigation into life's evolutionary processes, which the artist interprets in three phases, birth, biography and death. Central to all of Meiré's work is a delicate interplay between highly refined against mundane everyday materials. The intriguing juxtaposition of organic often sexually explicit or gender-orientated objects with anodyne geometric elements play an increasingly important role in Meiré's work. These evoke a sense of ambivalence towards modernity. Within Meiré's continuing work as a creative director, he has for many years navigated and in some cases deliberately trespassed the boarders between Advertising, Design and Fine Art. Within this capacity as a designer Meiré's has worked on several installation-based projects, which were commissioned by a variety of commercial companies as subversive means of product placement. However more recently Meiré has clearly defined his practice as an independent artist. As one line of work continues to inform the other Meiré's art-works reveal a profound understanding of popular culture. It is this knowledge, which allows the artist to explore the deep-rooted neurotises that inhibit today's societies and in turn challenge these through his work.
Biography
Mike Meiré was born in 1964 in Darmstadt, Germany, and lives and works in Cologne. His practice spans painting, sculpture, ceramics, installation, and performance, and he has described his work as a continued investigation into life's evolutionary processes, which he interprets in three phases: birth, biography, and death. Central to his work is an interplay between highly refined and mundane everyday materials and a juxtaposition of organic objects with geometric elements. Within an ongoing practice as a creative director, Meiré has navigated the borders between advertising, design, and fine art, including installation-based projects commissioned by commercial companies.
His work includes the *CAR TIRE PAINTINGS* series (2014–2019), produced through a performative act in which a car tyre is slammed onto canvas, and ceramics made intuitively as a means of engaging with what he terms the psychological "blind spot." Works in bronze, industrial foils, silkscreen, acrystal, and lacquer paint on newspaper also feature across his output.
Meiré has exhibited at venues including Bartha Contemporary, London; von Bartha, Basel; Galerie Gisela Clement, Bonn; Museum of Contemporary Art, Monterrey; Museion, Bozen; and the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn. His work is held in the Sammlung Schroth collection.
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Mike Meiré
RECORDING THE DISAPPEARANCE, 2025
Polished Bronze
48 × 35 × 2 cm
18 ⅞ × 13 ¾ × ¾ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
FRAGMENTS OF A NARRATIVE, 2025
Nickel Silver
50 × 35 × 2 cm
19 ⅝ × 13 ¾ × ¾ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
INNER CONSTITUTION, 2025
Bronze
50 × 35 × 2 cm
19 ⅝ × 13 ¾ × ¾ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
THE WEATHER REPORT, 2023
Oil on carpet
200 × 400 cm
78 ¾ × 157 ½ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
LAST GENERATION, 2013
Lacquer paint on cut-out newspapers
68 × 14 cm
26 ¾ × 5 ½ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
WORKING GLOVE SERIES HOUSEHOLD MODEL NO. 10, 2017
Glazed ceramic
5 × 12 × 28 cm
2 × 4 ¾ × 11 in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
GREENPEACE, 2023
Lacquer paint on screen print (monotype) on paper
70 × 50 cm
27 ½ × 19 ⅝ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
THE HARVESTERS, 2023
Lacquer paint on screen print (monotype) on paper
70 × 50 cm
27 ½ × 19 ⅝ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
GREEN NEW DEAL, 2023
Lacquer paint on screen print (monotype) on paper
70 × 50 cm
27 ½ × 19 ⅝ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
FORTUNA, 2023
Glazed ceramic
37 × 30 × 27 cm
14 ⅝ × 11 ¾ × 10 ⅝ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
AFTER THE FLOOD, ASH, EARTH & SALT, 2023
Glazed ceramic
31 × 24 × 26 cm
12 ¼ × 9 ½ × 10 ¼ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
THE NEXT 100,000 YEARS, 2023
Glazed ceramic
40 × 33 × 22 cm
15 ¾ × 13 × 8 ⅝ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
LA DERNIÈRE ROSE, 2016
Laquer-paint on newspaper
50 × 36 cm
19 ⅝ × 14 ⅛ in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
Script of Life, 2016
Lacquer-paint on newspaper
50 × 35.5 cm
19 ⅝ × 14 in
Price on request
Mike Meiré
WHITEOUT, 2014
Acrylic paint on Newsprint
50 × 35 cm
19 ⅝ × 13 ¾ in
Price on request
