Micha Cattaui

Born April 8, 1972 in Lausanne Switzerland by Egyptian and Greek parents. Works and lives in Athens, Greece. 1995 BA Industrial Design, Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA 1996 BID (Professional degree of Industrial Design), Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, USA Studied painting under Swiss Artist William Borloz Studied drawing under American Artist, Thomas L. Mills Studied design under famous designer Mark Harrison Awards - Distinctions 1995 Virtual I/O, 1st place, Industry sponsored design competition RISD 1995 Rubbermaid Inc, 1st place, Industry sponsored design competition RISD 1996 Recipient of the “Fred M. Roddy Scholarship” 1996 “Thomas Lamb Award” for excellence in design and invention 2001 Boiling sink cooking system for a kitchen - United States Patent 6192791 Group Exhibitions: 1998 New York, USA – “Universal Kitchen” group exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2010 Porto Heli (Brinies), Greece - “Art in the Countryside”, Group Exhibition, curator: Iris Kritikou) 2011 Athens, Greece - Skoufa Gallery - Group Exhibition 2012 Athens, Greece - “Treno Sto Rouf” - Group Exhibition 2012 Athens, Greece - Posidonia - Group Exhibition 2012 Athens, Greece - Skoufa Gallery - Group Exhibition 2012 Frankfurt, Germany - EcoArt Frankfurt - Group Exhibition 2013 Cologne, Germany - mirko mayer / m-Projects Gallery 2013 Thessaloniki, Greece, Sate Museum of Contemporary Art, 4th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art Tradition – Reversal, curator: Katerina Koskina Participating artists: Nikos Alexiou, Stephen Antonakos, Filippo Berta, Micha Cattaui, Lizzie Calligas, Vlassis Caniaris, Nikos Charalampides*, Lydia Dambassina, Christoph Draeger, Yioula Hatzigeorgiou, Khaled Hafez, Niki Kanagini, Antigoni Kavvatha, Evangelia Kranioti, Nikolaj Bendix Skuym Larsen, Maria Loizidou, Dimitris Merantzas, Oliver Musovik, Irfan Önürmen, Dennis Oppenheim, Leda Papaconstantinou, Natassa Poulantza, Eugenio Tibaldi, Giorgos Tserionis, Costas Tsoclis, Costas Varotsos, Constantin Xenakis, Dimitris Xonoglou, Yang Yonglan 2014 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina – 30th Winter Art Festival 2014 Athens, Greece – “Art Athina Contemporaries: Statement Made”, Group Exhibition, curator: Artemis Potamianou 2015 New York, USA - Art Academy Mansion - Holiday House Show Curated by Iris dankner and under the aegis of Leonard Lauder 2016 Cologne, Germany - mirko mayer / m-Projects Gallery 2016 Piraeus, Greece – Enia Gallery, “back to basics: Uncanny” Group Exhibition, curator: Artemis Potamianou Participating artists: Lanfranco Aceti, Aggelos Antonopoulos, Micha Cattaui, Kalo & Klio, Simon MacEwan, Elisabeth Penker , Augustus Veinoglou, Vasilis Zorafos, Ioannis Savvidis 2017 Mykonos, Greece– “On the edge of photography” (municipal art gallery), Group Exhibition, curator: Mirko Mayer Participating artists: Jurgen Klauke , Clegg & Gutmann, Rineke Dijkstra, Colin Cook, Micha Cattaui, Raplh Baiker, Hans Georg Esch, Harald F. Müller, Stefan Heyne, Dan Dubowitz, Mia Boysen, Platino, Tobias Grewe, Pasi Orrensalo 2018 Cologne, Germany – “Masterpieces & Personalities” mirko mayer / m-Projects Gallery Participating artists: Caroline Achaintre, Ralph Baiker, Daniela Brahm, Micha Cattaui, Billy Childish, Clegg & Guttmann, George Condo, Colin Cook, Julia Gunther, Martin Kippenberger, H.F. Müller, Pasi Orrensalo, Eglè Otto, Wolfgang Tillmans, Tobias Zielony Solo Exhibitions: 2012 Athens, Greece - Skoufa Gallery, Solo Exhibition “an awakening” 2014 Cologne, Germany - mirko mayer / m-projects Gallery, Solo Exhibition “great expectations” 2015 Athens, Greece - Skoufa Gallery, Solo Exhibition “scars & scares” 2015 Cologne, Germany - mirko mayer / m-projects gallery, Solo Exhibition “masterpieces in bits & pieces” 2015 Amsterdam, The Netherlands - mirko mayer / UNSEEN, Solo Exhibition 2016 Mykonos, Greece – mirko mayer / (municipal art gallery), Solo Exhibition “Found & Lost” 2018 Cologne, Germany – mirko mayer / m-projects gallery, Solo Exhibition “ANTIQUITY 2.0” 2018 Piraeus, Greece – DL Gallery, Solo Exhibition “ANTIQUITY 2.0” 2018 Piraeus, Greece – DL Gallery, Duo Exhibition with Pasi Orrensalo “Clash of Clans”