Biography
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
2024 Hawk Galleries – Columbus, Ohio, USA
2024 Etienne Gallery – Oisterwijk, Netherlands
2023 Glass Museum Frauenau – Frauenau, Germany
2022 Habatat Detroit Fine Art – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2021 Sandra Ainsley Gallery – Toronto, Canada
2019 Achilles Foundation – Hamburg, Germany
2019 Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
2018 Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
2017 Habatat Galleries – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2017 Etienne Gallery – Oisterwijk, Netherlands
2015 Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
2014 Etienne Gallery – Oisterwijk, Netherlands
2012 Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
2010 De Glorie Gallery – Oosterbeek, Netherlands
2010 Van Loon & Simons – Vught, Netherlands
2008 Ernsting Foundation – Coesfeld, Germany
2008 Hélène Porée Gallery – Paris, France
Public Collections
Basch Collection, Ringling College Galleries – Sarasota, Florida, USA
Palmer Museum of Art – State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Seven Bridges Foundation – Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Fort Wayne Museum of Art Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum – Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
Imagine Museum – St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Novotný Museum – Nový Bor, Czech Republic
MusVerre – Sars-Poteries, France
MAKK, Museum of applied Arts – Cologne, Germany
Glass Museum Immenhausen – Immenhausen, Germany
Museum of Modern Glass – Öhringen, Germany
Glass Museum Frauenau – Frauenau, Germany
Glass Museum Lauscha – Lauscha, Germany
Achilles Foundation – Hamburg, Germany
Ernsting Foundation – Coesfeld, Germany
Kunstpalast – Düsseldorf, Germany
Honors & Scholarships
2022
Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Science,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,
Photographic exploration of the creative power of nature and human influence
– a contrast study
2021
Scholarship form the Ministry of Culture and Science,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,
Sculptural analysis of the creative power of nature
– New Series Random Shapes
2020
Scholarship form the Ministry of Culture and Science,
North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany,
Socio-critical analysis of the fundamental irreparable change of nature by human being
– Evolution Series
2018
Collector’s Award, 46th Annual International Invitational Award Exhibition,
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2017
Imagine Museum of Glass Award, 45th Annual International Invitational Award Exhibition,
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2014
Charles Shepard Fort Wayne Award,
42nd Annual International Invitational Award Exhibition,
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2013
Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, Selected Entries, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2013
Frederic Meijer Sculpture Award, 41st Annual International Invitational Award Exhibition,
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2012
Collector´s Award, 40th Annual International Invitational Award Exhibition,
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2011
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts Award, 39th Annual International Invitational Award Exhibition,
Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
2009
State Prize for Sculpture, North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, Selected Entries, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Museum Group Shows
The National Liberty Museum – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park – Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Palmer Museum of Art – State College, Pennsylvania, USA
Seven Bridges Foundation – Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Fort Wayne Museum of Art – Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Bergstrom-Mahler Museum – Neenah, Wisconsin, USA
Imagine Museum – St. Petersburg, Florida USA
National Glass Museum Leerdam – Leerdam, Netherlands
Michelangelo Foundation, Homo Faber – Venice, Italy
Novotný Glass Museum – Nový Bor, Czech Republic
National Gallery, Kvadrat 500 – Sofia, Bulgaria
MusVerre – Sars-Poteries, France
Kunstpalast – Düsseldorf, Germany
MAKK, Museum of applied Arts – Cologne, Germany
Glass Museum Immenhausen – Immenhausen, Germany
German Museum of Glass Painting – Linnich, Germany
Glass Museum Rheinbach – Rheinbach, Germany
Glass Museum Frauenau – Frauenau, Germany
LWL-Industry Museum – Gernheim, Germany
Glass Museum Lauscha – Lauscha, Germany
Achilles Foundation – Hamburg, Germany
Ernsting Foundation – Coesfeld, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
PAN Amsterdam with Etienne Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Continuum Gallery, In the heat of the night – Königswinter, Germany
52th International Award Exhibition, Habatat Fine Art Detroit – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Masters of Modern Glass, Shaw Gallery – Naples, Florida, USA
Galerie Stölting – Hamburg, Germany
Plateaux Gallery – London, Great Britain
Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Raven Gallery Aspen, Colorado, USA
2023
In the heat of the night, Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
PAN Amsterdam, Etienne Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art Hofburg, Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
National Gallery, IGB-Kvadrat 500 – Sofia, Bulgaria
Glass Museum Rheinbach, 25 Years Glass Art Society NRW – Rheinbach, Germany
Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, USA
51st International Award Exhibition, Habatat Fine Art Detroit – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Masters of Modern Glass, Shaw Gallery – Naples, Florida, USA
Schantz Galleries – Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
2022
Art Hofburg, Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
LWL-Museum Gernheim, InterRegional,– Petershagen, Germany
Achilles-Fundation, Reopening, Sculpture Week – Hamburg, Germany
50th International Award Exhibition, Habatat Fine Art Detroi – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Masters of Modern Glass, Shaw Gallery – Naples, Florida, USA
Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
Sandra Ainsley Gallery – Toronto, Canada
Etienne Gallery – Oisterwijk, Netherlands
2021
Art & Antique Hofburg Vienna with Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
German Museum of Glass Painting Linnich, Glas Hat Uns – Linnich, Germany
Glass Museum Frauenau, InterRegional – Frauenau, Germany
PAN Amsterdam with Etienne Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
National Glass Museum Leerdam, United Collected – Leerdam, Netherlands
Habatat Galleries, 50th Anniversary – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Continuum Gallery, In the heat of the night – Königswinter, Germany
2020
Art Palm Beach with Habatat Galleries – Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Schantz Galleries – Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Sandra Ainsley Gallery – Toronto, Canada
Plateaux Gallery – London, Great Britain
Etienne Gallery – Oisterwijk, Netherlands
Schiepers Gallery – Hasselt, Belgium
2019
Schantz Galleries – Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries – Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sandra Ainsley Gallery – Toronto, Canada
Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
PAN Amsterdam with Etienne Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stölting Gallery – Hamburg, Germany
2018
Homo Faber, Michelangelo Foundation – Venice, Italy
Art Palm Beach, with Habatat Galleries – Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Schantz Galleries – Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Fort Wayne Museum of Art – Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
MaMa Salvadore Gallery – Venice, Italy
Schiepers Gallery – Hasselt, Belgium
2017
SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries – Chicago, Illinois, USA
Schantz Galleries – Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA
Sandra Ainsley Gallery – Toronto, Canada
Plateaux Gallery – London, Great Britain
MaMa Salvadore Gallery – Venice, Italy
Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
2016
Sandra Ainsley Gallery – Toronto, Canada
Art Palm Beach with Habatat Galleries – Palm Beach, Florida, USA
Ernsting Foundation, New Acquisitions – Coesfeld, Germany
Plateaux Gallery – London, Great Britain
Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
2015
PAN Amsterdam with Etienne Gallery – Amsterdam, Netherlands
Habatat Galleries – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Sandra Ainsley Gallery – Toronto, Canada
Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
2014
Fort Wayne Museum of Art – Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
Habatat Galleries – Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Pismo Galleries – Denver, Colorado, USA
Etienne Gallery – Oisterwijk, Netherlands
Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
2013
Frederik Meijer Sculpture Park – Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Ernsting Foundation – Coesfeld, Germany
Kunstpalast – Düsseldorf, Germany
Pismo Galleries – Denver, Colorado, USA
Sikabonyi Gallery – Vienna, Austria
2012
Pismo Galleries – Denver, Colorado, USA
Leon Salet Gallery – Maastricht, Netherlands
LWL – Museum, Glashütte Gernheim – Gernheim, Germany
2011
SOFA Chicago with Habatat Galleries – Chicago, Illinois, USA
Continuum Gallery – Königswinter, Germany
2010
Bullseye Gallery – Portland, Oregon, USA
Kunstpalast – Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
Etienne Gallery – Oisterwijk, Netherlands
Hélène Porée Gallery – Paris, France
2008
Leon Salet Gallery – Maastricht, Netherlands
Hélène Porée Gallery – Paris, France
Projects and teaching experience
2024–2010
Kiln Casting Techniques, Bremers & Behrens, Düsseldorf, Germany
2023
Lights of the Sea, Costa de la Luz, photographic project between Santander and A Coruña, Spain
2023
GAS Conference Detroit with Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Michigan, USA
since 2022
also Focus on photographical work the Horizon Series.
These large-scale color photographs will document the horizons of the seas.
2022
Photographic exploration of the creative power of nature, road trip to different coasts,
Black Sea, Adriatic Sea, Aegean Sea and the Ionian Sea.
2019
Into the Wild – inspirational travel to the Amazonas & Manaus,
Chapada Diamantina and Fernando de Noronha, Brazil
2018
GAS Conference Venice, with MaMa Salvadore Gallery, Murano, Italy
2013
SAP Pinnacle Award – Finalist, Walldorf, Germany
since 2011
Main focus on own sculptural work, objects of the series Evolution,
Seaforms and Landscapes,
Concept creation for solo exhibitions for galleries and museums
2009
IGS – International Glass Symposium, selected artist, Nový Bor, Czech Republic
2009
Project management sculptural kiln-casting techniques, Arte Vetro, Damascus, Syria
2008/2009
Lectureship on sculptural figures, Technical University of Darmstadt,
Faculty of Architecture, Darmstadt, Germany
2004/2007
Project management abstract sculpting, model and mould making,
PUM Netherlands Senior Experts, Den Haag,
Netherlands – Ethiopian Reflections, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
2004
Ateliers MusVerre, workshop glassblowing and hot glass techniques, Nicolas Morin,
Sars-Poteries, France
2002
Royal Leerdam Crystal & Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts, glassblowing workshop,
Peter Bremers and Neil Wilkin, Leerdam, Netherlands
Artist in Residence
2010 Artista Forum, Schott AG, Grünenplan, Germany
2009 TGK Glass, IGS Glass Symposium, Nový Bor, Czech Republic
2008 Artista Forum, Schott, Grünenplan, Germany
2007 Uroboros Glass Studios, Portland, Oregon, USA
2006 Artista Forum, Schott, Grünenplan, Germany
Selected publications
2023
Michael Behrens, Earth
Authors: Andrew Page, Karin Rühl, Dr. Susann Behrens, Timo Herget
Publisher: Glasmuseum Frauenau, Frauenau
Book Softcover 108 Pages, German/Englisch
ISBN 978-3-9818626-8-3
2023
International Biennale of Glass
Autors: Prof. Konstantin Valchev and Lyubomira Valcheva
Publisher: New Bulgarien University – Sofia, Bulgaria
Catalog softcover 175 pages, English/Bulgarian, Behrens page 148
ISSN 2815-5203
2022
Adrift – Michael Behrens
Autors: Aaron Schey, Dr Susann Behrens
Publisher: Habatat Detroit Fine Art, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Catalog softcover, solo exhibition, 42 pages, English
ISBN 978-1-928572-06-0
2021
Glas Hat Uns – Chatched by Glass – Glass Art Society NRW
Authors: Luzia Schlösser, Korbinian Stöckle
Publisher: German Museum of Glass Painting Linnich
Book Softcover 112 Pages, German, pages 16-19
ISBN 978-3-946278-05-4
2021
International Biennale of Glass
Autors: Prof. Konstantin Valchev and Lyubomira Valcheva
Publisher, New Bulgarien University – Sofia, Bulgaria
Book softcover 267 pages, English/Bulgarian, Behrens page 110
ISBN 978-619-233-180-1
2021
Glas: Sammlung Renate und Dietrich Götze
Authors: Dietrich Götze, Kirsten Limberg
Publisher: Dietrich Götze, Heidelberg
Book hardcover 360 pages, German, Behrens Page 267
ISBN 978-3-00-067953-7
2019
Phoenix & Seaforms – Michael Behrens,
authors Dr. Susann Just, Britt Heinker
Continuum Gallery, Königswinter, Germany
Catalog softcover, solo exhibition, 48 pages
ISBN 978-3-9820728-0-7
2019
New Series of Works, Phoenix – Michael Behrens,
author Dr. Markus Klingenberg
New Glass – Neues Glas, Art & Architecture, published by Klotz,
Köln, Germany
Magazine 1/2019, article, pages 32-35
ISSN 0723-2454
2017
Solid Thoughts – Michael Behrens,
author Corey Hampson
Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Catalog softcover, solo exhibition, 48 pages
ISBN 978-1-928572-07-7
2017
Next – 45th Annual International Award Exhibition,
authors Corey Hampson, Aaron Schey
Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Catalog softcover, group exhibition, page 14
ISBN 978-1-928572-06-0
2016
… Who would have thought it! (…Wer hätte das gedacht!)
Glass Museum Alter Hof Herding,
authors Dr. Ulrike Hoppe-Oehl, Lilly Ernsting, Julia Geldmann
Published by Ernsting Foundation, Coesfeld, Germany
Book hardcover, main catalog of the collection, pages: cover, 49, 58
ISBN: 978-3-00-053374-7
2014
Seaforms and Landscapes – Michael Behrens,
interview Dr. Markus Klingenberg
Etienne Gallery, Oisterwijk, Netherlands
Catalog softcover, solo exhibition, 32 pages
2013
Visions – 41st Annual International Award Exhibition,
authors Ferdinand Hampson, William Warmus
Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Catalog softcover, group exhibition, page 13
ISBN 978-1-928572-01-5
2013
Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award, selected entries,
author Dr. Dedo Kerssenbrock-Krosigk Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
New Glass – Neues Glas, published by Ritterbach, Köln, Germany
Magazine 4/13, article, page 76
ISSN 0723-2454
2012
Inspiration from the Deep Sea and Outer Space,
author Dr. Helmut Ricke, Düsseldorf, Germany
New Glass – Neues Glas, published by Ritterbach, Köln, Germany
Magazine 3/12, article, page 36-43
ISSN 0723-2454
2012
Seaforms & Landscapes – Michael Behrens,
author Dr. Helmut Ricke, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Continuum Gallery, Königswinter, Germany
Catalog softcover, solo exhibition, 48 pages
2012
Rotation SiO2 – 200 Jahre Glashütte Gernheim,
authors Dr. Katrin Holthaus, Michael Funk
Publisher LWL- Industry Museum and Klartext, Essen, Germany
Book hardcover, group exhibition, pages 12-13
ISBN 978-3-38375-0774-4
2011
Expressions – 39th Annual International Award Exhibition,
author Ferdinand Hampson
Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Catalog softcover, group exhibition, pages 16-17
ISBN 978-1-4276-5143-3
2010
Glaspekte, Artists from North Rhine-Westphalia in a dialogue,
author Dr. Dedo von Krosigk
Publisher Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Book hardcover, group exhibition, pages 6-7
2010
E-Merge, A Showcase of Rising Talents in Kiln-Glass,
author Lani McGregor
Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA
Catalog softcover, group exhibition, pages 39
2009
Recent acquisitions of glass sculpture
at the Glasmuseum Hentrich, Düsseldorf,
author Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany
The Burlington Magazine Publications Limited, London, Great Britain
Magazine, Nr. 1275, Vol. 151, article, Juni 2009, page 394f.
ISSN 0007-6287
2008
Underwater-World and Icebergs, Michael Behrens and Peter Bremers,
author Dr. Helmut Ricke, Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Ernsting Foundation, Coesfeld, Germany
Catalog softcover, group exhibition, pages 1-24