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Milena Büsch

*1980, Weingarten, DE
Lives and works in Berlin, DE

Media

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Milena Büsch, Dead Duck, 2024, Oil on paper on wood, varnish, lacquered metal artist’s frame, 130 × 116 × 5 cm (51 1/8 × 45 5/8 × 2 in)

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Milena Büsch, Dead Duck, 2025, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Dead Duck – Zange, 2024, Oil on paper on wood, varnish, lacquered metal artist’s frame, 116 × 130 × 5 cm (45 5/8 × 51 1/8 × 2 in)

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Milena Büsch, Dead Duck, 2025, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Dead Duck, 2025, Installation views, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Dead Duck – Säge, 2024, Oil on paper on wood, varnish, lacquered metal artist’s frame, 116 × 130 × 5 cm (45 5/8 × 51 1/8 × 2 in)

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Milena Büsch, Dead Duck, 2025, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, A Poem Is Being Written, 2024, Installation view, University Gallery of the Angewandte Heiligenkreuzerhof, Vienna, AT

Milena Büsch
Kühe auf der Weide, 2015
Oil on plastic canvas
80 × 80 cm (31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in)

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JUBG Editions
Thomas Fehlmann and Milena Büsch
HOSE, UMGEDREHT, 2024
12“ Vinyl LP
Music by Thomas Fehlmann, produced by Thomas Fehlmann, published by Flow Publishing, cover artwork Herrenhosen by Milena Büsch
Ed. 10 + 5 AP

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Milena Büsch, Real Abstraction, 2024, Installation view, Temples, Los Angeles, US

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Milena Büsch, Real Abstraction, 2024, Installation view, Temples, Los Angeles, US

Milena Büsch
Fleisch und Wurst #3, 2024
Oil on paper
36 × 60 cm (14 1/8 × 23 5/8 in)

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Milena Büsch, Hoi Köln - Teil 3: Albtraum Malerei, 2024, Installation view, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
Photo: Mareike Tocha

Milena Büsch
Blumenwiese, 2015
Oil on plastic canvas
80 × 80 cm (31 1/2 × 31 1/2 in)

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Milena Büsch, Hoi Köln – Teil 2: Im Bauch der Maschine, 2023, Installation view, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE

Milena Büsch
Content 200, 2023
Oil on paper, frame
103 × 45 cm (40 1/2 × 17 3/4 in)

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Milena Büsch, Hoi Köln – Teil 1: Begrüßung des Raumes, 2023, Installation view, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE

Milena Büsch
Freizeit, 2022
Oil on magazine pages mounted on cardboard, artist's frame
144.8 × 111.3 cm (57 × 43 7/8 in)

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Milena Büsch, on affairs, 2023, Installation view, HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark, Graz, AT
Photo: kunst-dokumentation.com

Milena Büsch
Auto Motor Sport, 2022
Oil on magazine pages mounted on cardboard, artist's frame
142,8 × 110,8 cm (56.220 × 43.622 in)

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Milena Büsch, Auto Freizeit Motor Sport, 2022, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Auto Freizeit Motor Sport, 2022, Installation View, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Freizeit, 2022, Oil on magazine pages mounted on cardboard, artist's frame, 144,8 × 111,3 cm (57.001 × 43.819 in)

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Milena Büsch, Freizeit, 2022 (Detail), Oil on magazine pages mounted on cardboard, artist's frame, 144,8 × 111,3 cm (57.001 × 43.819 in)

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Milena Büsch, Auto Motor Sport, 2022, Oil on magazine pages mounted on cardboard, artist's frame, 142,8 × 110,8 cm (56.220 × 43.622 in)

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Milena Büsch, Auto Motor Sport, 2022 (Detail), Oil on magazine pages mounted on cardboard, artist's frame, 142,8 × 110,8 cm (56.220 × 43.622 in)

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Milena Büsch, Adel privat, 2022, Oil on magazine page, ca. 28.5 × 22.5 cm (approx. 11.220 × 8.858 in)

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Milena Büsch, Adel aktuell, 2022, Oil on magazine page, ca. 28 × 22.0 cm (approx. 11.023 × 8.666 in)

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Installation view, Milena Büsch, Restaging Geld, Tiny Mutual Admiration Societies, University of Applied Arts, Vienna, 2022

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Milena Büsch, Restaging Geld, 2022 (Detail), Wooden miniature exhibition space, neon light, wooden miniature bench, Oil on plush chicken and cardboard, plastic, 171 × 148,5 × 104 cm (67.323 × 85.465 × 40.945 in)

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Paris Internationale 2021, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Milena Büsch, Installation view

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Milena Büsch, The Great, 2021, Oil on posters, 4 parts
left to right: 55,5 × 42 cm (21.850 × 16.535 in), 84 × 59 cm (33.071 × 23.228 in), 84 × 59 cm (33.071 × 23.228 in), 42 × 27 cm (16.535 × 10.629 in)
Overall dimensions:
approx. 84 × 240 cm (33.071 × 94.488 in)

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Milena Büsch, The Great, 2021 (Detail), Oil on poster, 84 × 59 cm (33.071 × 23.228 in)

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Milena Büsch, The Great, 2021 (Detail), Oil on poster, 84 × 59 cm (33.071 × 23.228 in)

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Paris Internationale 2021, FELIX GAUDLITZ presenting Milena Büsch, Installation view

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Milena Büsch, The Great, 2021, Oil on posters, 4 parts
left to right: 70 × 46,5 cm (27.559 × 18.307 in), 70 × 46,5 cm (27.559 × 18.307 in), 52 × 42 cm (20.472 × 16.535 in), 55 × 35,5 cm (21.654 × 13.976 in)
Overall dimensions:
approx. 70 × 230 cm (27.559 × 90.551 in)

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Milena Büsch, The Great, 2021 (Detail), Oil on poster, 70 × 46,5 cm (27.559 × 18.307 in)

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Milena Büsch, The Great, 2021 (Detail), Oil on poster, 70 × 46,5 cm (27.559 × 18.307 in)

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Milena Büsch, The Great, 2021 (Detail), Oil on poster, 55 × 35,5 cm (21.654 × 13.976 in)

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Milena Büsch, Simon Lässig, Vera Lutz, KOW Joint Ventures, 2021, Installation view

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Milena Büsch, Untitled, 2021, Oil on paper, 2 parts, ca. 28,5 × 45 cm (11.220 × 17.717 in)

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Milena Büsch, Für andere die Arbeit machen 1–7, 2021
Installation view, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, AT

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Milena Büsch, Für andere die Arbeit machen 1/7, 2020/2021, Oil on paper, frame, 34 × 32,5 cm (13.386 × 12.795 in)

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Milena Büsch, Für andere die Arbeit machen 2/7, 2020/2021, Oil on paper, 30 × 30 cm (11.811 × 11.811 in)

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Milena Büsch, Keep Your Engine Clean, 2020, Oil on poster, 90 × 60 cm (35.433 × 23.622 in)

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Milena Büsch, Installation view, The Obvious, 2020, Organized by Attilia Fattori Franchini and Felix Gaudlitz, Art at Michael’s, Santa Monica

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Milena Büsch, Blumenmix, 2017, Oil on paper napkin, 16 × 16 cm (6.299 × 6.299 in)

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Milena Büsch, Rassehunde Jagdhunde Hunde dogs ALISTOR, 2017, Oil on paper napkin, 16 × 16 cm (6.299 × 6.299 in)

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Milena Büsch, Installation view, MILK, 2019, Édouard Montassut, Paris

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Milena Büsch, Pferde 2, 2017, Oil on paper napkin, 16 × 16 cm (6.299 × 6.299 in)

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Milena Büsch, Battle Royale, 2019, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Biene Maja / Maya blau, 2018, Oil on carpet, 150 × 198 cm

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Milena Büsch, Battle Royale, 2019, Installation view, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Milena Büsch, 2019, Installation view, Geld, London

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Milena Büsch, Biofino, 2018, Oil on plush chicken and carboard, plastic, 30 × 19 × 10 cm (11.811 × 7.480 × 3.937 in)

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Milena Büsch, 2017, Installation view, Die Welt 2017, Berlin

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Milena Büsch, Eisbären, 2017, Oil on paper napkin, 16 × 16 cm (6.299 × 6.299 in)

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Milena Büsch, 2017, Installation view, Die Welt 2017, Berlin

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Milena Büsch, Wellensittiche & Kanarienv..., 2017, Oil on paper napkin, 16 × 16 cm (6.299 × 6.299 in)

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Milena Büsch, Sonnenblumen 2, 2017, Oil on paper napkin, 16 × 16 cm (6.299 × 6.299 in)

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Milena Büsch, 2015, Installation view, Diana Lambert, Vienna

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Milena Büsch, Blumenwiese, 2015, Oil on canvas print, 80 × 80 cm (31.496 × 31.946 in)

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Milena Büsch, Blumenwiese, 2015 (Detail), Oil on canvas print, 80 × 80 cm (31.496 × 31.946 in)

CV

Education

2005-2011 
HfBK Städelschule, Frankfurt, Prof. Michael Krebber

2010 
Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien, Prof. Heimo Zobernig

2011 
Meisterschülerin, HfBK Städelschule, Frankfurt, Prof. Michael Krebber


Solo exhibitions

2025
Dead Duck, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT 

2022
Auto Freizeit Motor Sport, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT
Restaging Geld, Tiny Mutual Admiration Societies, Vienna, AT

2021
The Great, Paris Internationale 2021, w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Paris, FR

2020
Auftragsarbeit, Forgo, Berlin, DE

2019
Battle Royale, FELIX GAUDLITZ, Vienna, AT
Milena Büsch, Geld, London, UK

2017
Milena Büsch, Die Welt 2017, Berlin, DE

2015
Milena Büsch, Diana Lambert, Vienna, AT


Group exhibitions

2025
Turning Pages – Artists Books of the Present, MAK – Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT (upcoming)
miart 2025 w. FELIX GAUDLITZ, Milan, IT (upcoming)

2024
INTIMATE STRANGERS, X–Erinnerungen, Tangente St. Pölten, St. Pölten, AT
JUBGWGGS #2, JUBG, Cologne, DE
Real Abstraction, Temples, Los Angeles, USA 
Pastoralia, kettles, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Hoi Köln, Teil 3: Albtraum Malerei, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE

2023
Hoi Köln, Teil 2: Im Bauch der Maschine, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
Hoi Köln, Teil 1: Begrüßung des Raumes, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, DE
on affairs, Halle für Kunst Steiermark, Graz, AT

2021
Joint Ventures, FELIX GAUDLITZ at KOW, Berlin, DE
Riposo, Villa Schifanoia, Firenze, IT
Floater, Galerie der Stadt Schwaz, Schwaz, AT

2020
Relax–it’s all online, Lars Friedrich, Berlin, DE
The Obvious, Art at Michael’s, Santa Monica, US

2019
MILK, Édouard Montassut, Paris, FR

2017
SIIEW, Anette Freudenberger, Vienna, AT

2016
The Gardeners Digest, Tibilisi, GE

2015
SIEW, Basis Projektraum, Frankfurt a.M. DE

2014
Maulwurf, WhiskyBar, Basis, Frankfurt a.M., DE

2013
The Cage, curated by Mark Von Schlegell, Nagel/Draxler, Cologne, DE


Publications

2021
Möbel und Lampen, saxpublishers, Vienna, DE

2016
Zeichnungen I, Bauer Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., DE

2014
Archiv der guten Sätze I, Bauer Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., DE

2012
Ghosts From The Crypt, Pure Fiction, Mark von Schlegell, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., DE 
Tales From The Crypt, Pure Fiction, Mark von Schlegell, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., DE


Press
Müller, Vanessa Joan, Milena Büsch at FELIX GAUDLITZ, Review,  ARTFORUM, February 2023, Vol. 61, NO.6.
Tarasoff, Sabrina, Primavera (An Elegy), MOUSSE Magazine, Summer 2020. 
Feldmann, Max L., Milena Büsch’s Large Paintings Parody Consumer Culture, HYPERALLERGIC, 2019.

News

Milena Büsch in Pastoralia, Opening and Finissage Wednesday April 17, 2024, 6 pm, kettles, Dürerstrasse 10, 90596 Frankfurt am Main, DE

17. 4. 2024

Milena Büsch, Artist Talk, Class of Megan Francis Sullivan, Kunsthochschule Mainz, Mainz, DE

23. 5. 2023

Milena Büsch in RIPOSO, Villa Schifanoia at Via Boccaccio, 121, 50133 Florence

10. 6. 2021

12. 12. 2019 – 25. 1. 2020

Publications

2021
Möbel und Lampen, saxpublishers, Vienna, AT

2016
Zeichnungen I, Bauer Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., DE

2014
Archiv der guten Sätze I, Bauer Verlag, Frankfurt a.M., DE

2012
Ghosts From The Crypt, Pure Fiction, Mark von Schlegell, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., DE 
Tales From The Crypt, Pure Fiction, Mark von Schlegell, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., DE

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