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BIO
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Maximilian Gutmair (he/him) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in ceramics, drawing, and performance. In his artistic practice, Gutmair creates a narrative cosmos that shifts between abstraction and figuration. An essential element of his often installation-based work is the creation of immersive atmospheres that engage multiple senses and lead visitors into a feeling of timelessness. Guided by intuition and a precise attention to detail, his works explore transformation, queerness, sexuality, nature, emotion, and spirituality.
Gutmair was born in Bamberg and raised in Isny im Allgäu, in southern Germany, where he grew up surrounded by nature and plants in his family’s nursery. Seeking greater freedom and a vibrant queer community, he moved to Munich, which has been his home for over a decade. After completing his training as a floral designer in 2016, Gutmair began studying Fine Arts at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, where he will graduate with a diploma in February 2026. A formative Erasmus year at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome further enriched his sculptural and material practice.
Gutmair is a member of Queerraum, a Munich-based queer artist collective. His works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Munich, Marseille, and Panama.
Gutmair was born in Bamberg and raised in Isny im Allgäu, in southern Germany, where he grew up surrounded by nature and plants in his family’s nursery. Seeking greater freedom and a vibrant queer community, he moved to Munich, which has been his home for over a decade. After completing his training as a floral designer in 2016, Gutmair began studying Fine Arts at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, where he will graduate with a diploma in February 2026. A formative Erasmus year at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Rome further enriched his sculptural and material practice.
Gutmair is a member of Queerraum, a Munich-based queer artist collective. His works have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Munich, Marseille, and Panama.
EDUCATION
2026
Diploma of fine arts, Academy of fine arts, Munich
2016
Florist , Brandl Blumen, Munich
CV
2026
“Spilling Zoë”, solo exhibition, diploma exhibition, vestibule, Academy of fine arts, Munich
2025
“Testing Facility” , group exhibition, former Siemens laboratory, Munich
“EGO. Kunst, Gesellschaft und das Ich” , group exhibition, Denkraum Deutschland, Pinakothek der Moderne , Munich
“EGO-DEATH POSTHEDONICNIHILISM” , solo exhibition, anual exhibition, ceramic workshop, academy of fine arts, Munich
“Body of Resistance”, performance , Glink&Gutmair, anual exhibition queer:raum - collective, Farbenladen, Munich
“Formen des Widerstands” , group exhibition, anual exhibition queer:raum- collective, Farbenladen, Munich
“Sorry Bella” , group exhibition, Glockenbachbienale , Architekturgalerie, Munich
“TAF. step through” , group performance, Haus der Kunst, Munich
“Tropicalität - Performance Dinner” , group performance, Studio Milko Delgado, Panama City
2024
“What if i was a flower?” , performance , IVVCCO, Frankfurt
“Jahresausstellung queer:raum”, group exhibition, Farbenladen, Munich
“HIV SCIENCE AS ART - MUNICH” , group exhibition, Messestadt West, Munich
“Live Drawing - What will it take to end the HIV epidemic? A Global Village at AIDS 2024”, performance, Holiday Inn, Munich
“TAF live im Werkraum” , performance, Concert TAF, Kammerspiele, Munich
2023
“Performance Duo Leyma G.” , group performance, annual exhibition, academy of fine arts, Munich
“Where we relieve or hold” , group exhibition, annual exhibition, academy of fine arts, Munich
“Vegan Wild Cat Meet Cute Fruits” , performance, queer:raum x Rote Sonne, Rote Sonne, Munich
“Am Muttertropf” , solo exhibition, Curt Wills Stiftung, Werksviertel, Munich
“Isolationsfluss” , solo exhibition, Akademie-Galerie, Munich
2022
“Salon Différance #2, Queeres Leben in Deutschland - eine Selbsterfahrung” , performance, Denkraum Deutschland “LOVE&PEACE. KUNST KONFLIKT UND FRIEDEN.”, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
“Salon Différance #1, Queeres Leben in München” , performance, Nicole Gnesa Galerie, Munich
“ROMA AMOR”, solo exhibition, APARTAMENTO, Marseille, France
2021
“Fragen an die Echokammer. 100 Jahre Frauen an der Akademie” , group exhibition, Akademie Galerie, Munich
2019
“ROMA AMOR”, solo exhibition, APARTAMENTO, Marseille, France
2021
“Fragen an die Echokammer. 100 Jahre Frauen an der Akademie” , group exhibition, Akademie Galerie, Munich
2019
“Spiegelblume”, solo exhibition, Brandl Blumen, Munich
2017
2017
“Samenraub”, solo exhibition, AMEN-Store, Munich