From 1967 to 1970, he apprenticed as a technical draftsman, receiving his state license as an engineering draftsman.
From 1971 to 1975 he studied visual communication at the university in Düsseldorf. During the this period, he was a conscientious objector from military service and spent his time in civil service working at a foster home. Following his service, he worked as a freelance graphic designer at Grey Advertisement and BBDO Advertisement.
From 1976 to 1981 he attended the Kunstakademie of Fine Art in Düsseldorf—studying as a master-class student under Erwin Heerich (1922-2004).
After leaving the Kunstakademie in 1981 he was awarded a Cité des Artes Scholarship, Paris, France and received the Grand Price for Fine Arts of the City of Düsseldorf in 1983, and the German Industry Endowment of the Arts in 1985. He was selected to be part of the exhibitions Dimensionen IV and Dimensionen V which were shown throughout Germany between 1984-1987. He was one of seven German artists of the inaugural exhibition Boñ Angeles supported by Goethe-Institut, Lufthansa, IBM and the City of Los Angeles to open the new Santa Monica Museum of Art. Since then Müller works as a sculptor in Düsseldorf, Germany and Los Angeles, California.

Recent selected solo and group exhibitions include:
Not from Here, ROSEGALLERY, Los Angeles, 2017;
Objects Are Closer Than They Appear, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2014;
Framing Abstraction: Mark, Symbol, Signifier, Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2011; Heliotropo, Galería López Quiroga, Mexico City, Mexico, 2010

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017    Not from Here, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA
2016    New Oxid Yellow Cycle, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA
2015    Object Prelude, Lippischer Kunstverein, Detmold, Germany
2014    Objects Are Closer Than They Appear, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011    ML Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2010    Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
–           Heliotropo Galería López Quiroga, Mexico City, Mexico
2008    Hidden Cache No. 1, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA
2007    New Work, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
–            Works on Paper, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA
2006    CONTRATO, Mike Karstens Galerie, Münster, Germany
–            Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
2003    Human Conditions: The Body Shop, The Fisher Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA
–            ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA
2001    Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999    Palacio de Memoria, Museo de Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City, Mexico
1998    Hete A. M. Hünermann Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1997    Sculpture and Drawing, Form Zero Architecture Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1996    Current Work: Sculpture and Paperworks, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
1995    New Objects and Sketches, Hete A. M. Hünermann, Düsseldorf, Germany
1994    Tunnelvision, Site Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
–           Transformer: A Change of Past Perceptions, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA;
–            traveled to Open Space, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1993    The Exchange, Hete A. M. Hünermann Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1992    Sculptural Events, Mandeville Gallery, University of California, San Diego, CA
–          The Lights at the End of the Tunnel, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
1991     New Paperworks, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
–           Cabinettpiece, Hete A. M. Hünermann Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
1989    Paperobjects, Galerie Carol Johnssen, Munich, Germany
1988    Sketches and Paperworks, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
1986    Wallpiece, Galerie Christian Fochem, Krefeld, Germany
1985    Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
–           Waiting in the Windshade, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1984    Stadtmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2015        Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, New York, NY
2011        Framing Abstraction: Mark, Symbol, Signifier, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2010        SHOPWEAR, ROSEGALLERY, Santa Monica, CA
2008        Reflections from the Artist’s Eye: Contemporary Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art,
Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA
2007        Made in California: Contemporary California Art from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine
–              University, Malibu, CA
–              The Eclectic Eye: Pop and Illusion—Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Fine Arts Center Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
2006        LA Art Scene: Selections of California Artists from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Beverly Hills Municipal Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA
2005        Group Exhibition for Art Chicago, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
–                  Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
2004-13    INCOGNITO, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1995-96    LA Current: Works on Paper, Armand Hammer Museum, Art Rental and Sales Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1995          10 European Artists, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994          Current Abstractions, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
–                In Reference to the Vessel, Mount St. Mary’s College Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993–97    Venice Art Walk, Venice Beach, CA
1993          Peter’s Friends, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
1992          Für Karl Ernst Jöllenbeck, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
Triennale of Small Sculpture, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
–                 Triennale Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany
1990          Fusion, Wilkes University Gallery, Wilkes-Barre, PA
–                 La Jeune Sculpture, Quai d’Austerlitz, Paris, France
–                Cicero, Kronprinzenstrasse 27, Düsseldorf, Germany
1989          BonAngeles, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
1988          Figurationen: Der Zusammenhang der Dinge, Flottmann Hallen, Herne, Germany
–                Auszugsweise, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
–               Meine Zeit, Mein Raubtier, Museum Kunstpalast,     Düsseldorf, Germany
–                   Ucronos, Faux Mouvement, Metz, France
1987           Paperworks, T. G. Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
–                  Ucronia, Sermig, Piazza Borgo Dora, Turin, Italy
–                 IBM Deutschland, Düsseldorf, Germany
–                 Sub aqua, Peter-Lauten-Strasse, Krefeld, Germany
1985          Die sich verselbständigenden Möbel, Wuppertaler Kunstverein, Wuppertal, Germany
–                Mitten im Werktag, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
–                Dimensionen V, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
–               Dimensionen V, Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
–               Dimensionen V, Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany
–              Thun Naturell, Kunstmuseum, Thun, Switzerland
–              Kranz ohne König, Südhaus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1984          Dimensionen IV, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
–                 Dimensionen IV, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
–                 Dimensionen IV, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
–                Forum Junger Kunst, Wüttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
–               Forum Junger Kunst, Kunsthalle, Mannheim, Germany
–              Forum Junger Kunst, Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
–              Vielleicht fiel viel Schatten, Studio Ratherstrasse Collective, Düsseldorf, Germany
–                 Drunter und Drüber in Aorta, Aorta, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1983          Standort Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
–                 Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
1982          Between 9, Bild der Abschreckung, Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
–                Junge Bildhauer in Düsseldorf, Skulpturenpark Seestern, Düsseldorf, Germany
1981           Plastische Versuche, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
–                 Reine Weste, Tote hose, Studio Ratherstrasse Collective, Düsseldorf, Germany
–                Pflüger auf Grund, Börnestrasse construction site, Düsseldorf, Germany
–                  Perspektiven 2, Kunstverein NRW, Düsseldorf, Germany
1980          Artistes Allemands à Paris, Goethe Institut, Paris, France
1979          Projekt Wupper, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
–                Weisser Saal Kunstverein, Bern, Switzerland

SELECTED PUBLIC ARTWORKS

2002     When a Person Plants a Tree . . ., public installation, Civic Center and Library, Agoura Hills, CA
2000     Ringrotsiebzehngrad (ringredseventeendegrees), Universität Münster, commissioned by the city of Münster, Germany
1998     Twilight and Yearning, installation beneath the Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA
1997     Rosso Rotondo, first prize sculpture for permanent display in the city of Münster, commissioned by the County NRW, Germany
1988     Vom Verteilen der Lasten, first prize sculpture for permanent display in public place, commissioned by the Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany