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Biography
Miki Bunge (born 1963 in Brussels, Belgium) is a German publisher and the founder of Goliath Books.
Career
After graduating from high school in 1982, Bunge began his career as a painter near Deisenroth and actively worked as an independent artist. He was the winner of the European Short Film Prize in 1983. After studying medicine, in 1992 he passed his final medical studies examination and moved to New York City where he continued his work as an artist. This was followed by several exhibitions and projects, such as the RIP Projects with Mic Murphy of The System and artist Hoyt Brown.
After various group and solo exhibitions he curated the First Independent Art Fair in 1994 and KunstArt in 1996, both in Frankfurt, Germany.
With images found at flea markets, Bunge published his first books, “UFO” by Richard Brunswick and “Bondage” by Laura Manson Stansfield, as part of an art project. He founded his publishing company, Goliath Books in 1997. In 2003 the Goliath Books moved from New York to London, England. In 2004 another branch opened in Barcelona, Spain. Since 2006 the Goliath’s headquarters has been located in Berlin, Germany. To date Goliath has published more than 80 titles about photography and two magazines BuschBusch and Wallpaper Of Fame.
Curated exhibitions
1994 First Independent Art Fair - Frankfurt, Germany
1996 Kunstart - Frankfurt, Germany
Curated artists
- Matthew Cusick (Pavel Zoubok Gallery, NYC)
- Brian Conley (Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn)
- Maike Fress (Gallery Eva Hober, Paris)
- Peter Garfield (Feigen Contemporary, NYC)
- Gudrun Kampl (Gallery Judith Walker, Austria)
- Yoichiro Kawaguchi (Digital Art, Venice Biennale)
- Marthe Keller (Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, NYC)
- Peter Knabl (Kulturbüro Dr. Raimund Kast, Ulm)
- Bodo Korsig (Gallery Borchardt, Hamburg)
- Yvette Helin (Pedestrian Project, NYC)
- Axel Lischke (Gallery Vostell, Berlin)
- Luke Murphy (Gallery Canada, NYC)
- Raphael Auguste Opstaele (Mass Moving, Venice Biennale)
Published artists and photographers (abbreviated)
- Fred Berger (Desperado, Pulp Fetish)
- Bob Coulter (Bad Girls Hotel)
- Gerg Friedler (Mattress)
- Charles Gatewood (Badlands)
- Peter Gorman (Apartment 7)
- Eamma Delves-Broughton (Kinky Nature)
- Christine Kessler GodsGirls
- Walter Kundzicz (Champion)
- Dave Naz (Legs)
- Pierre Radisic (P-scape)
- Holly Randall (E.Dream G.)
- Derek Ridgers (Stare)
- Paul M. Smith (Paul M. Smith)
- Jean Van Cleemput (Beluga)
- Charlie Van Cleemput (Charlie White)
Filmography
Baba (1983)
Im Lauf der Zeit (1984)
Bonaza Family (1984)
Girls smoking weed (2010)