Marc Remus

Marc Remus

Marc Remus (born November 28, 1969 in Frankfurt am Main , Hessen ) is a German neo-pop art artist, painter, illustrator and writer. He works mainly in mixed media , acrylic , watercolor, tea and coffee. Remus is known for his city views. He painted over a hundred predominantly European and North American cities.

Life and education

Marc Remus grew up mostly in Germany, but in his early years he often traveled to the USA, as many of his relatives live in Arizona. In 1987 he moved to the United States, where he graduated from the School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio . In the early 1990s, he went to Japan where he learned Sumi-E painting and Japanese color woodblock prints while studying Japanese at the Sendagaya Japanese Institute. After his stay, he moved back to the USA and studied at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. There he made his art degree in 1996 (Bachelor in Illustration).

Artistic career

Catrinas - skeleton ladies from the day of the dead

In 1996 Remus moved to Honduras for a year , where he spent his time writing and illustrating children's books. When he came back to Germany in 1998, he began to illustrate freelance for European and American companies. He drew various covers of children's magazines. In 2002 Remus began creating his first series of City Views , which he titled City Impressions . In 2006 Remus changed his painting style from a more traditional, realistic painting style to a colorful neo-pop art style and focused on metropolises around the world. He painted German, American, European and Japanese cities and called the collection Fun Cities . In 2009 he expanded both the paintings in the series and the title, which was now called Fun Cities & Countries . Today Remus is still working in the neo-pop art style. In 2014, Remus processed the experience he had gained in Honduras. He started a new series called La Catrina , Skeleton Ladies, which comes from the Latin American holiday, Day of the Dead . He associated this idea with German personalities.

Exhibitions

African gray parrot , abstract painting

Remus has exhibited his work for over 15 years. In recent years he has had solo exhibitions in the pop art gallery The Dream Factory, Frankfurt, 2014 & 2013; in the Mexican Consulate General, Frankfurt, 2013; Frankfurt City Library, 2013; Galerie Kunst-Etage Hartmann, Gelnhausen, 2011. The artist has also participated in many group exhibitions, including the Spanish Cultural Institute, Instituto Cervantes , Frankfurt, 2013; The Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, USA, 2008; Galerie Krüger, Rödermark, 2008 and many more. Remus has also exhibited at art fairs such as Art Fair Europe, Bad Salzuflen, Germany, 2009. Remus' work can be found in private collections worldwide in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Great Britain, Honduras, Italy, Japan, Canada, Croatia, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Mexico, the Netherlands , Norway, Austria, Portugal, Romania, Switzerland, Spain, Sudan, Hungary, USA, Venezuela and the United Arab Emirates. His works are also exhibited in the following galleries: Galerie an der Zitadelle, Jülich; Galerie Guntermann, Düsseldorf; Galerie Dittman, Bergisch Gladbach; Pop-Art Gallery, The Dream Factory, Frankfurt am Main; Gallery Wehr, Pulheim; Gallery Das Atelier, Bensheim & Schwetzingen; Art dealer in Marktstrasse, Erfurt; Gärtner Gallery, Groß-Gerau; Art & Bijou Gallery, Cologne; Galerie Glück, Dachau.

Awards

• 2014: Art Ascent Art art magazine
• 2014: Richeson 75 award winner
• 2013: The Artist's Magazine, “Incite 2 - Color Passion”, award winner.
• 2013: "Acrylic Works - Best of Acrylic painting", award winner.

Works

• Children's illustrations, mixed media (from 1998)
• City impressions, watercolor, acrylic, tea & coffee (from 2002)
• Abstract paintings, acrylic (from 2004)
• Fun Cities and Countries, Acrylic (from 2006)
• Catrinas - Day of the Dead (from 2014).

Private life

Remus now lives in Arizona and Germany. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, but defeated the disease by 2009. This experience changed his artistic career and led to a break in style, from which the series Fun Cities & Countries emerged .

Gallery presentation

• Art & Bijou / Cologne
• Gallery Wehr / Pulheim
• Pop Art Gallery The Dream Factory / Frankfurt am Main
• Mainberg / Heppenheim Gallery
• Gallery Guntermann / Düsseldorf
• Gallery at the Citadel, Jülich

Web links

• Marc Remus website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ B. Tzschentke, J. Knabe: With the brush around the world . In: Frankfurter Rundschau . February 1, 2010. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015. Retrieved July 16, 2015.
2. ↑ Annette Wollenhaupt: The Frankfurt Marc Remus draws award-winning cityscapes . In: Wiesbaden Courier . March 12, 2015.
3. ^ Meet the Writers . In: Kids Holiday Craft Magazine . December 2003.
4. ↑ Cosmopolitan shows impressive cityscapes . In: Regiomelder.de . April 27, 2013.
5. ^ Rhein-Main TV report on the exhibition . In: Rhein-Main TV . October 28, 2013.
6. ↑ Henriette Nebling: Enchanted Pictures . In: Journal Frankfurt . October 23, 2012.
7. ^ Rhein Main TV report on the exhibition . In: Rhein-Main TV . 17th April 2013.
8. ^ Hessenschau report on Marc Remus . In: Hessischer Rundfunk . April 29, 2013.
9. ↑ http://www.frankfurter-koepfe.de/koepfe/Marc_Remus/
10. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
11. ↑ http://richeson75.com/pages/landscape/loilgal.html
12. ↑ http://www.createmixedmedia.com/editors-picks/congratulations-to-the-incite-2-color-passions-selected-artists
13. ↑ http://www.artistsnetwork.com/medium/acrylic/acrylicworks_winners
14. ↑ Annette Wollenhaupt: Don't be afraid of death . In: Die Welt Kompakt . February 2, 2015.
15. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
16. ↑ http://www.galerie-wehr.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=206&edit=265
17. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ - ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
19. ↑ http://www.einrahmung-guntermann.de/index-Dateien/Page1386.htm
20. ↑ http://www.galerie-an-der-zitadelle.de/