Marc Schmitz

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the German journalist, see Marc Schmitz (media manager) .

Marc Schmitz (* 1963 in Hamburg ) is a German artist who lives and works in Berlin .

Life

Marc Schmitz works as an artist and curator in the media of painting, installation , object, video and land art . Schmitz studied philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, and at the FU Berlin as well as free art ( multimedia ) at the art academy in Munich with Klaus vom Bruch (2000) and (multimedia) at the academy for new media in Berlin (2001) . Since taking part in the China Art Exposition International in Beijing in 1998 , his activities have initially focused on Asian countries such as Japan (Machida City Museum Tokyo 2002) Korea ( Busan Biennale 2004), Mongolia (FEEL FELT 2005) and China (BIAB 2nd Beijing International Art Biennale 2005). Marc Schmitz has also curated international projects such as Signs Efficiency and Wonders Berlin Beijing crossover 2000 , Chaoyang Culture Center Beijing, Transitory Operations , UMA Gallery Ulan Bator. Marc Schmitz is the initiator and artistic director of the Mongolia 360 ° Biennale . Land Art Mongolia - LAM360 °. Land Art Mongolia was founded in 2010 and the 5th edition was last held in 2018.

Marc Schmitz researches the fundamentals of the various media he uses and pushes them to their limits. Central themes of the artistic work are space and time. The international ongoing project Spaces examines perception in the relationship between space and the human body, with exhibitions on Sculpture Quadrennial Riga and Zendai MoMA in Shanghai (2008), Land Art New Mexico USA (2009), Trio Bienal, Rio de Janeiro (2015) Nakanojo Biennial, Japan (2015) and Marrakech Biennale, Awalnart Morocco (2016).

In his painting, layers of color document the processual nature of time. His works convey sensuality and reflection and invite the viewer to enter into a mutually constructive dialogue while addressing the limitless space with all of the viewer's senses.

Marc Schmitz has been awarded various international prizes, including a. with the first prize of the world exhibition EXPO 2000 in Hanover (art for expo), with the jury prize of the 10th Cairo Biennale and the special award of the Busan Biennale 2004. Works by Marc Schmitz are represented in collections such as the National Art Gallery Beijing, Swatch Collection, Peace Art Hotel Shanghai or WSI New York.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

• 2001: Dorow Gallery, Berlin
• 2004: Kunstoffice Berlin
• 2005: Ulaan Baatar Project SpacesN ° 2; Mongolia
• 2006: Kai Hilgemann Gallery, Berlin - Spaces-
• 2008: Zendai MOMA Shanghai
• 2009: Spaces N ° 5, National Academy of Arts, Baku , Azerbaijan
• 2010: Berlin Frames - A Non Linear Perspective Perth Concert Hall, Australia
• 2011: EDEN Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin
• 2012: Galerie am Damm, Dresden
• 2013: Moproo, Shanghai
• 2014: Goethe Institute Hong Kong
• 2015: ECLIPSE, TEDA Contemporary Art Museum Tianjin, China
• 2017: Kinosho Kikaku Contemporary, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan
• 2018: Ding Shun Arts Museum, Pingnan, Fujian China
• Museo de Arquitectura Leopold Rother, Bogotá
• Yatoo Biennale, Gongju Museum, South Korea

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

• 1996: EXPLOSEUM, Lucerne Art Museum
• 2000: Art for Expo, Expo 2000 Hannover, German House New York, Goethe institut Singapore (award winner)
• 2001: Location determination, Academy of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation , Berlin
• 2004: Busan Biennale , South Korea
• 2005: 2nd Beijing International Art Biennale , Beijing China
• 2007: 10th International Cairo Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Cairo Egypt
• 2010: Land Art Biennale, Mongolia 360 ° Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulan Bator
• 2011: Condensation, Museo Borgo di Clauiano, Trivignano, Italy
• 2012: Creative Cities, Olympic Fine Arts, Barbican Center , London
• 2013: Sculpture by the Sea Aarhus , ARoS Art Museum, Aarhus Denmark
• 2014: FACES & TRACES , Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
• 2015: TRIO Bienal, Rio de Janeiro
• 2016: Marrakech Biennale 6, Awalnart, Marrakech, Morocco
• 2017: Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, England
• 2018: Bangkok Art Biennale, Bangkok BACC, Thailand
• 3d International Biennial of Muralism and Public Art, Cali, Colombia
• 56th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Zorzi
• Art Center Koldo, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2010
• Art Ignites Life, Hongqiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
• Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin
• Il Palazzo Enciclopedico, 55th Venice Biennale , Giardini, Swatch booth
• Jeju Biennale, Jeju Art Museum, Jeju-Do, South Korea
• Land Art Mongolia, 4th Biennial, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
• Turgut Pura art prize, Sculpture & Paintings Museum, Izmir
• UBE Biennale, Tokinawa Museum, Ube Japan
• 和谐 - 国际 当代 艺术 展 / 天津 Tianjin Art Museum, China

Awards, prizes

• Special Prize of the Jury for realized work, 10th Cairo International Biennale , 2006
• Special Selection - Busan Biennial Organizing Committee 2004
• 1st Prize ART FOR EXPO 2000 (international Goethe-Institut competition)

literature

• Kunsthalle Stuttgart, ongoing business, Catalog Stuttgart (1996)
• Ab die Post, Festival of Experimental Art, Catalog, Berlin (1999)
• Signs, Efficiency & Wonders, catalog engl.deut.chin. Beijing (2000)
• Expomat, Zurich (2002) ISBN 3-905509-41-5
• 2nd Beijing int. Art Biennale, Chin. / Engl. (2005) ISBN 7-102-03459-8
• Intrude Art & Life, Zendai MOMA Shanghai, Engl. Chinese, catalog 2008
• Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2008, Latvian, Engl. Catalog (2008)
• Geumgang Nature Art Pre Biennale (2009) ISBN 978-89-93531-11-4
• Nature and Peace, Cor. English catalog (2009)
• A Non Linear Perspective, Engl. Perth, WA (2010)
• Land Art Mongolia 360 °, 1st land Art Biennial, Engl. Mng. (2010)
• Land Art New Mexico, Radius Books, Engl. (2010) ISBN 978-1-934435-17-5
• Shifting Gravity, World Biennale Forum, Gwangju Biennale, Hatje Cantz, Verlag (2013) ISBN 978-3-7757-3693-0
• Marc Schmitz, The paintings, Zuid Limburg Zuid London, Shanghai 2014 ISBN 978-0-9573593-14
• ECLIPSE, A fabric of time, Zuid Limburg Zuid London, Shanghai 2015
• Folkestone Triennial 2017, Engl. (2017) ISBN 978-1-78808-871-8
• Jeju Biennale 2017, Tourism Kor. Engl. (2017) ISBN 979-11-953887-1-4

Web links

• Personal website Marc Schmitz
• Tagesspiegel 4/2011
• Article Jaiyant Cavale: Marc Schmitz Spaces for Open Minds
• Photostream flickr, Spaces N ° 5 / N ° 6 / Mobile Spaces
• Profile at Artfacts.net
• Catalog for the exhibition in Perth, Australia (PDF; 1.7 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Land Art Mongolia, LAM 360 °
2. ↑ Cinese contemporary art database
3. ↑ Review Jaiyant Cavale: Marc Schmitz Baku Spaces N ° 5
4. ^ Berlin Dayz Goethe Institute Australia
5. ↑ Article The West Australian / Marc Schmitz Solo Exhibition at Concert Hall Perth ( Memento of the original from July 1, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) 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. 
6. ↑ DNN exhibition review (PDF; 3.3 MB)
7. ↑ review Global Times China
8. ↑ Exhibition at Art Center Hong Kong during AIR May 2014
9. ↑ Artedge database of TEDA exhibitions ( Memento of the original from February 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. 
10. ↑ Ding Shun Arts Museum
11. ↑ Geumgang Nature Art Biennale
12. ↑ Folkestone Triennial
13. ↑ Bangkok Art Biennale
14. ↑ Universe in Universes / Kyrgyztan 2010
15. ↑ TAGESSPIEGEL from June 1, 2013
16. ^ Peace Art Hotel Shanghai
17. ↑ UBE Tokiwa Museum Japan ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
18. ↑ Catalog Preview