Mario Reis

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Mario Franz Maria Reis (born December 24, 1953 in Weingarten , Germany) is an international visual artist . His work groups are: natural watercolors , blind drawings , train tracks and salt works .

education

Reis studied from 1973 to 1978 at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf . From 1978 to 1979 he was a master student of Prof. Günther Uecker .

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Natural watercolors

For the group of natural watercolors, Reis developed a concept of using water as a painting medium by letting the flowing water guide the brush. Reis installs a stretcher frame covered with cotton cloth in specially selected rivers, so that their sediments are deposited on the cloth , giving it structure and coloring. After a period of time determined by Reis, the frame is lifted out of the water and the surface is dried, tensioned and sealed.

Mario Reis started the series of natural watercolors in 1977. Since then this work has developed into a worldwide project. He carried out the following natural watercolor projects, among others: (2007) waters from the Neandertal, (2004) natural watercolors North America: California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Alberta, British Columbia, Canton Schwyz, Switzerland. (2001) Natural Watercolors North America: Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, North Dakota, Montana, Idaho, Utah. (1997) The Haller level, Baden-Württemberg. (1995) Carinthia, Austria. (1994) North America Project: Alaska and Canada. (1993) North America Project: 30 states east of Kansas City, Ks and Hawai'i, USA. (1992) North America Project: 18 states west of Kansas City, Ks, USA. (1991) North America Project: Mexico. (1990) Japan, GDR project. (1988) Africa: Algeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Niger, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire, Central Africa, Champagne, France. (1987) Iceland. (1986) The tributaries of Lake Constance, Germany, Austria, Switzerland. (1985) England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. (1984) Sweden / North Cape: Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. (1982) Worpswede / Teufelsmoor. (1978) Tiber, Rome, Italy, 24 hour project: Wupper, Wuppertal. (1977) First natural watercolor, Seine, Paris, France.

Blind drawings

For his blind drawings , Reis blindfolded his eyes and drew with two pens and with both hands. As an extension of this technique, Reis then attached 5 or 10 pens to his fingers, sometimes working with the right, sometimes with the left, sometimes with both hands.

The title of the work Manifest der Impulse as well as the drawing technique used bring these works close to automatism , whereby the artist is primarily inspired by the noise of the pens on the paper.

Train tracks

Mario Reis lets train wheels roll over metal surfaces, so that abrasions, breaks and deformations occur. He understands the resulting works from the train tracks as printed graphics .

Salt work

The small-format, abstract works made of salt have a crystalline surface and a block-like format.

Awards

  • 1972 grant from the city of Gelsenkirchen
  • 1976–1977 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris scholarship
  • 1978 Casa Baldi, Italian grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • 1979 Prize of the State. Art Academy Düsseldorf
  • 1979–1980 DAAD scholarship to Paris
  • 1981 Art Prize of the City of Gelsenkirchen
  • 1982 Barkenhoff scholarship
  • 1990 Osaka Triennial Silver Prize, Japan
  • 1995 Gelsenkirchen Foundation, publication funding
  • 1996 Suntory Prize, Osaka, Japan

Working in public collections

Selection Albuquerque (USA), Albuquerque Museum. Berlin, State. Museums Prussian cultural heritage, Kupferstichkabinett. Billings (USA), Yellowstone Art Museum. Biel (CH), Kunstverein Biel, Center Pasqu'Art. Boise (USA), Boise Art Museum. Calgary (CAN), Glenbow Museum. Chicago (USA), Gerling Credit Insurance Company. Colorado Springs (USA), Colorado Springs Fine Art Center. Dresden, State. Dresden Art Collections, Kupferstich-Kabinett. Essen, RWE AG. Frankfurt, Deutsche Bundesbank, Deutsche Bank / Graf. Collection. Friedrichshafen, Städt. Lake Constance Museum. Karlsruhe, Städt. Gallery Prinz-Max-Palais. Cologne, Gerling Group. Kyoto (J), Modern Art Museum Kyoto. Lethbridge (CAN), University of Alberta, University Art Gallery, City of Lethbridge. Osaka (J), Contemporary Art and Culture Center. Paris (F), Ville de Paris, Direction des Affaires Culturelles. Sante Fé (USA), Museum of Fine Arts. Schwäbisch Hall, Städt. Schwäbisch Hall Gallery. Stuttgart, Ministry for Science and Art of the State of Baden-Württemberg. Takayama (J), Vell Aoyama Takayama Museum. Taos (USA), Harwood Museum of Art. Toronto (CAN), Prudential Insurance. Ulm, Ulm Museum. Vancouver (CAN), University of British Columbia, Architecture Gallery.

Exhibitions

Numerous solo and group exhibitions at home and abroad, including in Chicago (USA), Osaka (J), Paris (F), San Francisco (USA), Milan (I), Houston (USA), Venice (I), Ketchum (USA), Bregenz (A), Hafnarfjoerdur (ISE), Aachen, Pfäffikon (CH), Sydney (AUS), Toronto (CAN), Santa Fe (USA), Düsseldorf, Mexico City (MEX), Sharjah (UAE) , Gent (B), Denver (USA), Hamburg, Cologne, Munich, Darmstadt, Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Mainz, Calgary (CAN), Essen, Colorado Springs (USA), Penang (Malaysia), Santa Monica (USA) , Taos (USA), Rotterdam (NL), Nara (J), Regensburg, Heidelberg, Berlin, San Jose (USA), Seattle (USA), Recklinghausen, Crest (F), Münster, Boulder (USA), Bilbao (E ), Ulm, Guadalajara (MEX), Hanover, Bremen, Minneapolis (USA), Bremerhaven, Valence (F), Takayama (J), Gelsenkirchen, Liége (B), Karlsruhe, Salt Lake City (USA), Kyoto (J) , El Paso (USA).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stefanie Lucci: The Phenomenon of Time . Unpublished lecture, Stinnes (1999).

Literature (selection)

  • Mario Reis. Salzufler chunks. Catalog raisonné, edited by art-consulting claus-dieter tholen, Blurb online publisher, 2012.
  • Mario Reis in: What drives us ... eight artists from düsseldorf in the wgz bank. Ed. WGZ Bank, Damm and Lindlar Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-9812268-6-7 .
  • Wulf Herzogenrath and Dorothea van der Koelen: Documents of Our Time XXXIII: Panta Rhei , Chorus-Verlag, Mainz 2005, ISBN 3-926663-33-2
  • Mario Reis in: Wilderness in the art laboratory. Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen 2004, (exhibition catalog), ISBN 3-929292-37-8 .
  • Mario Reis. Retrospective 50-20-25. Documents of Our Time XXXII, Dorothea van der Koelen Gallery, Chorus Verlag, Mainz 2004 (exhibition catalog), ISBN 3-926663-32-4 .
  • Mario Reis. From landscape to abstraction. Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld 2000 (exhibition catalog).
  • Mario Reis. Natural watercolors, salt work. Städtische Galerie Schwäbisch Hall, Schwäbisch Hall 1998 (exhibition catalog).
  • Mario Reis. Natural watercolors, North America project, 1991-1994. a publication by the Gelsenkirchen Foundation, Bonn 1995, ISBN 3-931135-12-8 .
  • Mario Reis. Works 1986-1989. Municipal Museum of Lake Constance, Friedrichshafen 1990 (exhibition catalog), ISBN 3-926162-96-1 .
  • Mario Reis. Naturaquarelle Island 1987. Düsseldorf 1987.

Complete bibliography at artists.de.

Most of the information in this article comes from:

  • Stefanie Lucci: The Phenomenon of Time , unpublished lecture, Stinnes (1999).

In addition, the following sources were used:

  • Ludwig Wittgenstein: Comments on the colors. Edited by GEM Anscombe. Paragraph 55, Baden-Baden 1979, ISBN 3-518-01616-4 , p. 22.
  • Stefanie Lucci: The momentum of power. In: NIKE, New Art in Europe. No. 49, Nov / Dec 1993.
  • Honor / Fleming: World History of Art. Munich 1983, ISBN 3-7913-1179-4 , p. 256.

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personal data
SURNAME Rice, mario
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Reis, Mario Franz Maria (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Vineyard