Thomas Müller works exclusively in the medium of drawing. The use of paints and colored surfaces reveal the openness of his practice. He develops his pictorial language while forming new elements and using paper as a field for experimentation. Using pencil, ink, or crayon, Müller opens up structures and creates tension between the form and its setting. These images establish networks among spatial experiments rather than specific shapes or references. Through his process, Müller’s work relies above all on two qualities: a sensitive, lyrical sense of abstraction and a fidelity to its own rigor.
Thomas Müller (born 1959, Frankfurt, Germany) is considered as one of Germany’s most important contemporary draftsmen. He attended both Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design and the University of Stuttgart. Müller has had numerous international exhibitions at Patrick Heide Contemporary Art (London, UK), Kunstmuseum Bonn (Bonn, Germany), and Galerie Wenger (Zurich, Switzerland). A major point in his career was his stay as Artist in Residence and corresponding exhibition at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, Texas (2003). His works are included in the public collections of the Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris, The Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation for Art, Hamburger Kunsthalle, and Staatliche Museen zu Berlin among many others. Müller is based in Stuttgart, Germany where he is represented by Galerie Michael Sturm.
