SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2012 “Cambodian Ghosts”, Meta House Phnom Penh, Cambodia 2001 “Auf der Jagd nach dem KSM” (Hunting the KSM), Literatur Moths, Munich 1997 “Der Groteske Raum” (The Grotesque Room), Domagk-Ateliers, Munich 1995 “Photo works” on the occasion of the art convention “Candid Camera”, Łódź , Poland
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2012 “Venice Art Walk”, invited since 2007 to participate in the yearly fundraiser 2011 “In The Electron Salon”, LACDA, Los Angeles 2011 “Energy”, juried group exhibition, OCCCA, Santa Ana 1997 Art Fair “Eigenart”, Wamsler Hallen, Munich
BIBLIOGRAPHY Vachon, Michelle, “Silent Memories – Photographer Michael Detto captures the unspoken emotions of Long Beachʼs Cambodian community”, The Cambodia Daily,
November 24-25, 2012, pp. 8-9 (illus.) Samuel Bartholin, “les fantomes de lʼhistoire: Berlin-Los-Angeles-Phnom-Penh”, lepetitjournal.com,
EXHIBITION CATALOGS “Cambodian Ghosts”, Meta House Phnom Penh, 2012 “Herausforderung Tier – von Beuys bis Kabakov”, Prestel Publ., 2000 “Späte Freiheiten. Geschichten vom Altern”, exhibition commissioned by the SIEMENS Kulturprogramm, Prestel Publ., 2000 “Talk. Show – Die Kunst der Kommunikation in den 90er Jahren”, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Prestel Publ., 1999
GRANTS AND AWARDS 2012 Goethe-Institut Jakarta sponsored the exhibition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (framing of fifty-one images, printing and advertising costs, opening) 1998 Rialto Film GmbH, Berlin, sponsored the post-production of “Żertwa” with DM 20,000.
EDUCATION 2012 “Type 25”, Typography class, UCLA Design Media Arts Department, Los Angeles, lecturer Noa Kaplan2010–present Photography Certificate Program (will be completed in May 2013), Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles 1994–1996 postgraduate studies, film school in Łódź, Poland; final work was being producer, director, screenwriter of the film Żertwa, jeśli chcecie (35 mm, color and B/W, 35 min.) 1984–1988 humanities major studies in art history and Romance philology; not finished