Born 1986 in Freiburg i. Br., lives in Berlin. From 2012 to 2015, Manuel Kirsch studied at the Weißensee art academy in Berlin and at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul and was a Meisterschüler under Friederike Feldmann, taking part in her master class programme. His works have been exhibited internationally, including at ‘It’s Just a Phase’, curated by Rhea Dall and Elmgreen & Dragset at the KUK in Trondheim, Norway in 2021; ‘deine Kunst: Mensch, der / Körper der, die das’, curated by Studio Michael Müller, Wolfsburg Municipal Gallery (Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg); and ‘Late Breakfast’, a BurzKirsch collaboration with Marlene Zoë Burz at the Palais Thurn and Taxis in Bregenz.