Michail Pirgelis

Traumfänger II, 2008, original parts of airplane

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1976 born in Essen, raised in Xanthi/Greece

1995-1996 Geodesist, Advanced Technical College,Bochum

2004-2009 Academy of Fine Arts Düsseldorf, student of Rosemarie Trockel
2009 Masterclass of Rosemarie Trockel
2009 Akademiebrief

Awards
2007 Villa Romana fellow

2008 Adolf Loos-Award
2005 Deutsche Bank "Förderpreis für Skulptur"

Lives and works in Cologne, Germany

About his work

Michail Pirgelis creates his sculptures from materials at hand; recently he has often been using aeroplane parts. Using precise cuts, surface treatments, displacements and duplications he transforms the material into autonomous sculptures which despite all their perfection testify to current values and loss (of utopia). Michail Pirgelis’ sculptures have attracted attention in recent years in various exhibitions in Europe, USA and Asia.