BIOGRAPHY
| Born | 16th October 1952 in Erlangen |
| 1969 | first oil paintings |
| 1973 | graduated at the Humanistisches Gymnasium, Erlangen |
| 1973 - 1978 | student at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nuremberg |
| 1974 - 1980 | annual study stays with the artist Matthijs Röling at Ezinge, North Holland |
| 1976 | Cultural encouragement award (Kulturförderpreis) of the town Erlangen |
| 1978 - 1980 | Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, master class of Rudolf Hausner |
| 1987 | marriage with Ilse Fath |
| 1989 | Assistance with Rudolf Hausner |
| 1991 | member of the Special Association of Artists of Germany, Today's Realism (Künstlersonderbund Deutschland, Realismus der Gegenwart), |
| 1993 - 2005 | member of the Association du Salon d'Automne, Paris |
| 1997 | award of appreciation of the Nürnberger Nachrichten |
| 2001 | „Recherche de la Qualité“, decoration of the Order de Saint Fortunat |
| since 1996 | living in Erlangen |
EXHIBITIONS
| 1975 | Sevrugian und Bahls Gallery, Heidelberg |
| 1978/1985/1988 | Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich |
| 1988 | Old Barn, Kulturtreff e.V., Forchheim |
| 1990 | City museum Erlangen |
| 1993 | Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich |
| 1994 | Hausers Tafel Gallery, Erlangen |
| 1998 | New Gallery, art association, Erlangen |
| 2000 | Two tendencies of realistic painting – an exhibiton with Michael Engelhardt and Peter König, Kunsthaus Nuremberg |
| 2002 | Michael Engelhardt, 35 years of painting, art museum Erlangen e.V. |
| 2005 | Michael Engelhardt, Gallery Akum, Vienna |
| 2010 | Michael Engelhardt. Precision of Feelings, art association, Erlangen |
| 2011 | Michael Engelhardt, Adlitz castle, Adlitz |
| 2012 | Michael Engelhardt. Scenes of Poesy, city theatre, Fürth |
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
| 1974 - 1984 | Exhibition room Munic; Art festival of Erlangen; Infeld Gallery, Vienna; and many more. |
| 1986 | Rudolf Hausner and Pupils, art association, Ulm |
| 1987/1989/1991 | Contemporary Art in Franconia, at Weißenstein castle, Pommersfelden |
| 1988 | International Chess Exhibition, at Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich |
| Arik Brauer, Rudolf Hausner and Pupils at Mock Gallery, Ulm | |
| 1989 | Homage to the English Garden, at Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich |
| Collection Marienfeld, at Marienfeld Gallery, Frankfurt | |
| 1991 | Art 91, house of art, Munich |
| Salon d'Automne at the Grand Palais, Paris | |
| 1992 | 25 years of Rutzmoser Gallery, jubilee exhibition at Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich |
| International Realism - Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, City-Center Fürth | |
| 33 Artists from Franconia - Exhibition of an selection of the most important artists of | |
| realistic painting in Franconia, Schönberg Gallery, Schönberg near Lauf | |
| Salon d'Automne, Paris | |
| 1993 | Artists paint for Europe, Europaunion, Fürth |
| 1. Realismus-Triennale, Special Association of Artists of Germany, Martin-Gropius-edifice, | |
| Berlin | |
| Rendezvous at Fürth, Salon for International Realism e.V., Fürth | |
| Salon d'Automne, Paris | |
| Le Triomphe du Trompe-l'oeil, Salon des Indépendants, Paris | |
| Le Trompe-l'oeil Contemporain, Boulet Gallery, Paris | |
| 1994 | Art-Expo, New York, represented by Boulet Gallery, Paris |
| Realism Today. Painting-Graphic arts-Sculpture, city museum Erlangen | |
| Book-Art, Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich | |
| Michael Engelhardt, Jan Kits und Matthijs Röling, Allersmaborg, Ezinge (Holland) | |
| Consumentart '94, Nuremberg. | |
| Triumph of the Art, Nuremberg | |
| Ninety Years of Art Erlangen, city museum Erlangen | |
| 1995 | Salon Comparaisons, Paris |
| Art salon in the Reitstadel, Neumarkt | |
| 1996 | The Strength of Art, Special Association of Artists of Germany, |
| Martin-Gropius edifice, Berlin | |
| Salon d'Automn, Paris | |
| Art Prize of the Nürnberger Nachrichten, Germanic National Museum, Nuremberg | |
| 1997 | Art an sculpture of Franconian artists, Weißenstein castle, Pommersfelden |
| The Realism Project, Neuhaus castle, Salzburg | |
| 30 years Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich | |
| Gallery Schaller, Speikern | |
| 1998 | Salon Comparaisons, Paris |
| Rudolf Hausner and the Fantastic Realism in the 20th century, Gallery at the theater, Nuremberg, | |
| Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich | |
| 1999 | Gallery at the theater, Nuremberg, |
| Forum, at Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich | |
| 2000 | Salon Comparaisons, Paris |
| Phantasmality at the End of Time, city museum Erlangen | |
| 2001 | Man – Existence – Vision, Special Association of Artists of Germany, Berlin |
| Object, at Pasinger Factory, Munich | |
| Change – Goodbye to the DM, at Rutzmoser Gallery, Munich | |
| 2002 | Salon Comparaisons, Paris |
| Labyrinths – the world as mystery, at Honhardt castle, Honhardt | |
| 2003 | Summer Show, at Albemarle Gallery, London |
| Forum, at Rutzmoser Gallery, Munic | |
| 2004 | Salon Comparaisons, Paris |
| Labyrinths and mazes, at Honhardt castle, Honhardt | |
| George Sand Interpretations 2004, les Musées de Châteauroux | |
| Forum, at Rutzmoser Gallery, Munic | |
| 2005 | Phantastic Worlds, citadel Spandau |
| Kythera – The secret of the Invisible, Special Association of Artists of Germany, Berlin | |
| Forum Rutzmoser, Munic | |
| 2006 | Salon des Indépendants, Paris |
| Aesthetic Messages – The Postcard as Work of Art, Special Association of Artists of Germany, | |
| Berlin | |
| Salon Comparaisons, Paris | |
| Forum Rutzmoser, Munic | |
| 2007 | Perspective – artistic reflections of urban features, Kitzingen |
| Art-imaginary 2007, international biennial of fantastic and visionary art, | |
| cultural center Herrenhof, Neustadt-Mußbach | |
| Forum Rutzmoser, Munic | |
| 2008 | Signs of Life – Contemporary Realism, Special Association of Artists of Germany, Coburg |
| Exhibition to the NN-Artistic Prize 2008, Art House Nuremberg; | |
| Kitsch Biennial Exhibition 2008, Pasinger Factory, Munic | |
| The Art of the Portrait, city museum Erlangen | |
| Forum Rutzmoser, Munic | |
| 2009 | Art - imaginary 2009, international biennial of fantastic and visionary art, |
| cultural center Herrenhof, Neustadt-Mußbach | |
| Forum Rutzmoser, Munic | |
| 2010 | Illusion of reality, Villa August, Roth |
| The potency of phantasy, Riegersburg castle, Riegersburg | |
| Real – Surreal – Irreal. Figurative painting in Europe, Essen | |
| Object: Realism, Special Association of Artists of Germany, Berlin | |
| 2011 | Real – Surreal – Irreal. Figurative painting in Europe, Mainz |
| The Seduced Viewer, Grandel Gallery, Bad Rappenau | |
| Art - imaginary 2011, international biennial of fantastic and visionary art, | |
| cultural center Herrenhof, Neustadt-Mußbach | |
| Paths and Lines of Life, Dornum | |
| 2012 | Night – Exihibition of Realistic Art, Special Association of Artists of Germany, Berlin |
PUBLIC PURCHASES
| by | the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Munic; |
| the Bavarian Ministry of Education and the Arts; | |
| Clinical Center Franconian Switzerland; | |
| Erlangen City Museum; | |
| Fürth City Museum; | |
| the Mannheimer Insurances; | |
| the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen; | |
| the Museum of Bread culture, Ulm; | |
| the Siemens AG SRE E; | |
| the Non Operative Center of Erlangen University, Erlangen; | |
| the Erlangen Museum of Art, registered society, Graphic Art Collection, Nuremberg; | |
| Institute for Manufacturing Automation and Production Systems, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg |
BIBLIOGRAPHIE
| Martin Monestier, Trompe-l'oeil contemporain, Les maîtres du réalisme, Mengés, Paris 1993, [2002, 2006, 2009] | |
| Jean Monneret, Le Triomphe du Trompe-l'oeil, Mengés, Paris 1993 | |
| Medizin + Kunst (Hrsg.), Malerei heute, München 1994 | |
| Stadtmuseum Erlangen (Hrsg.), Realismus heute, Erlangen 1994 | |
| Comparaisons – L’art actuel, Paris 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 und 204 | |
| Phantastik am Ende der Zeit, Hrsg. Stadtmuseum Erlangen, Erlangen 2000 | |
| Michael Engelhardt, Nürnberg 2002 | |
| George Sand Interprétations 2004, Nantes 2004 | |
| Sei (k)ein Narr, Charlotte Heinrich, Wien 2005 | |
| Künstlersonderbund 2005, Berlin 2005, dasselbe: 2006, 2007, 2008 | |
| Die Kunst des Porträts, Aus Erlanger Sammlungen, Stadtmuseum Erlangen, 2008 | |
| Boesner Produktkatalog 2009/2010 | |
| Künstlersonderbund 2010, Berlin 2010 | |
| art imaginär, Kulturzentrum Herrenhof, Mussbach-Neustadt 2011 | |
| Michael Engelhardt POIESIS. Träume, Reisen, Bilderwelten. Malerei und Zeichnungen, Erlangen 2012 | |
| Nacht. Realismus der Gegenwart. Malerei, Grafik, Plastik, Künstlersonderbund in Deutschland 1990 e. V. Realismus der Gegenwart, Berlin 2012 | |
| Athene. Blätter der Deutsch-Griechischen Gesellschaft Berlin, Dezember 2012 | |
| Krieg und Frieden. Malerei-Graphik-Plastik, Künstlersonderbund in Deutschland 1990 e.V., Berlin 2014 | |
| Wasser. Realismus der Gegenwart. Malerei-Graphik-Plastik, Künstlersonderbund in Deutschland 1990 e.V., Berlin 2016 | |
| Thomas Steer, Michael Engelhardt, Moira. Gedichte Bilder, J.H. Röll Verlag, Dettelbach, 2016 |