Michael Najjar

19 November, 2024

new artwork "arctic streams"

"arctic streams", 132 x 276 cm / 52 x 108.7 in and 67 x 141 cm / 26.4 x 55.5 in, edition of 6

Michael Najjar just released a new work in his "cool earth" series. The work "arctic streams" visualizes the process of darkening of the Greenland Ice Sheet and the formation of massive meltwater rivers.

The triptych consists of several palimpsest-like layers of images that weave together micro and macro perspectives. The foundation is a series of aerial photographs taken by the artist during multiple helicopter flights over the ice sheet. These are partially blended with close-up and detailed images of the ice surface. Electron microscope images of algae collected from the ice sheet float in spherical form above the ice. These microorganisms are responsible for the widespread color transformation of the ice. The dark, cracked ice surface, crisscrossed by glacier crevasses, contrasts with the turquoise-blue, crystal-clear meltwater rivers that meander through the endless ice landscape. Like branching veins, they wind through the ice, their deep blue tones standing out sharply against the gray shades of the ice.

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting at an unprecedented rate due to climate change. In recent years, hundreds of billions of tons of ice have been lost, causing the ice cap to retreat and global sea levels to rise—a process that is becoming increasingly difficult to reverse.

new artwork "arctic streams"

Michael Najjar nominated for Prix Pictet

Greenland Expedition documentary

Art Basel Miami Beach

Exhibition views Fotografiska Stockholm

Solo presentation at Paris Photo

Exhibition at Fotografiska Stockholm

Residency at Shanghai Museum of Glass

Lecture Astronomy Museum Shanghai

DEEP PURPLE - Scientific Expedition to Greenland

Exhibition at Kunsthalle Bahnitz

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Exhibition JUT Art Museum, Taipei

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ARCO Madrid

Exhibition "A Constant State of Transformation", Melbourne

Podcast "FotoPsychoLogisch"

Symposium "Enter the Future"

Exhibition at Caixa Forum, Madrid

Exhibition at ArtScience Museum, Singapore

"orbital ascent" special edition

Exhibition at BANK Gallery, Shanghai

Podcast "Fotografie neu denken"

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Nanjing Artfair, China

Wired UK magazine

Ars Electronica Festival - Who owns the truth?

Final test flight of Spaceship Unity

Civilization exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, London

Michael at the Starbase

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ART SG Singapore

"cool earth" exhibition at Studio la Città Gallery

Screening at COP27

Lecture at Deutsche Museum München

CIVILIZATION exhibition at Museo San Domenico

Frieze Seoul

Arctic expedition

Galería Juan Silió presents "cool earth" exhibition

New series "cool earth"

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New book "outer space v2"

Exhibition at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg

Historic Spaceflight of VSS Unity

"Overview Effect" exhibition at Museum for Contemporary Art, Belgrade

Solo Exhibition "outer space" in Beijing

National Air and Space Museum aquires 3 artworks for permanent collection

New publication "Space is the Place - Current Reflections on Art and Architecture"

"outer space | portfolio box 2020" is now available

"New Classics of Mountains and Seas" Exhibition at Zhejiang Museum, China

"FUTURO" exhibition at Galleri d'Italia, Vincenza

"Space Works" exhibition at Tampere Art Museum, Finland

"CIVILIZATION" at Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand

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Large scale mural "lunar explorers"

skype interview with curator Benjamin Weil

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"terraforming" video on view at Studio National des Arts Contemporains

VSS Unity spaceship transferred to Spaceport America

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Video interview on "outer space"

"Beyond the Horizon" - exhibition at Wittenstein Innovation Factory

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"terraforming" exhibition at Galería Juan Silio, Spain

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Photo shooting at CERN

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"intergalactic" exhibition at BNKR in Munich

SpaceX Falcon Heavy launch

Shooting of Soyuz rocket launch in French Guiana

CIVILIZATION exhibition opened at the UCCA Beijing

Lecture at the European Space Research and Technology Center

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VSS Unity - Welcome to Space !