Works

Statement

Even among an extraordinary generation of figurative painters, Marwitz stands out for his distinctive, challenging visual idiom. Elegiac, myth-laden motifs, often borrowed from Greco-Roman funerary reliefs, stage a disturbing feast of physicality. The Brussels based artist uses a caustic palette and a painting style that combines old techniques with contemporary appeal.

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Education

• De Ateliers, 2013 – 15, Amsterdam, NL
• Städelschule, 2012 – 13, Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Hochschule für Bildende Künste, 2007 – 12, Hamburg, DE

Solo & Duo-Exhibitions

• The Raid, Galerie Barbara Weiss, 30. April – 12. June 2021, Berlin, DE
• Rod, duo show with Raphaela Vogel, Kantine, 20. March  – 8. May 2021, Brussels, BE
• Sundy, 2019, London, UK
• Kunstverein 2018, Dortmund, DE
• Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien and the Love Guru, 2018, Brussels, BE
• Like unhappy fruit, Lucas Hirsch, 2017, Düsseldorf, DE
• D.E.L.F., 2017, Vienna, AT
• The year is over now, Marwan, 2016, Amsterdam, NL
• Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, twenty years, 2015, Berlin, DE
• Forehead, Burg Bentheim, Bad Bentheim, 2014, DE

Group Exhibitions

• Sweet Lies – Fiktionen der Zugehörigkeit, Ludwig Forum, 2021, Aachen, DE
• Guten Morgen, Europa!, A Tale Of A Tub, 2019, Rotterdam, NL
• Where Do Streams Run To?, Damien & The Love Guru x Lucas Hirsch, CFAlive, 2019, Milan, IT
• The Chasm, Franz-Josefs Kai 3/17, 2019, Vienna, AT
• Don Quixote, Barbara Weiss, 2018, Berlin, DE
• Metamorphoseon, Sultana, 2018, Paris, FR
• FOAF, ChertLüdde, 2018, Berlin, DE
• SM, Sans Titre 2016, 2018, Marseille, FR
• B-Sides and Rarities, Damien & The Love Guru, 2017, Brussels, BE
• Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bilderatlas — Künstlertafeln, 8. Salon, 2017, Hamburg, DE
• Augury, BQ, 2016, Berlin, DE
• Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bildatlas, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2016, DE
• Grand Café, Apes & Castles, 2016, Brussels, BE
• microcelebrities2, justmarried.one, 2016, Brussles, BE
• Baby Birds, Dorothea Schlueter, 2015, Hamburg, DE
• Plus Jamais Seul, Standards, 2013, Rennes, FR
• Collision Course, Sodom&Gomorrah, 2013, Amsterdam, NL
• Exclusively für Alle, Prince of Wales, 2013, München, DE
• Group Show, De Ateliers, 2013, Amsterdam, NL
• Say my Name, Say my Name, MMK, 2013, Frankfurt, DE
• Erection Painting, Beyoncé, 2013, Amsterdam, NL
• Kunstraum München, 2012, München, DE
• Afraid to be Good, Lost Projects, Quezon City, 2012, PH
• Schlagstock durch Aura kaufen, Kunstkammer, 2012, Schlieren, CH

Related Activities

• Betongalerie, Exhibition project in public space, conceived with Christiane Blattmann, 2011 – 2013, Hamburg, DE
• Jannis Marwitz and Christiane Blattmann present Dieter Froese, Screening homevideo #7, Rom, 2012
• Die Reliktion, Artist run space in the Golden Pudel Club, 2009 – 2011, Hamburg, DE

Grants and Awards

• Ruisdael Stipend, 2014, Bad Bentheim, DE
• Linklaters Award, Städelschule, 2013, Frankfurt am Main, DE

Publications

• Function Creep, catalog, De Ateliers, 2015, Amsterdam, DE
• LET‘S ALL BECOME ME!, Edition kunstwegen/raumsichten, 2014, DE
• Say my Name, Say my Name, catalog, MMK, 2013, Frankfurt, DE
• Influence, 1m3, 2013, Lausanne, CH
• Der Pfeil / Zeige nger — Magazin, Montez Press, 2012, London/Hamburg, UK/DE
• Vandel 7: Sozialgestaltung: Liebe plus Friedhof, Edition Hospitalhof, 2011, Stuttgart, DE
• Serie, Karto elverlag, 2010, Hamburg, DE
• VANDEL #5, Karto elverlag, 2009, Hamburg, DE
• VANDEL #1, Karto elverlag, 2008, Hamburg, DE

Press

• https://contemporaryartdaily.com/2020/09/jannis-marwitz-at-lucas-hirsch/
• artreview.com/ar-march-2020-review-jannis-marwitz
• moussemagazine.it/jannis-marwitz-moritz-scheper-2019
• conceptualfinearts.com/cfa/2019/02/19/jannis-marwitz-writings
• frieze.com/article/slanted-and-enchanted-oriane-durand-year-shamanism-and-superstition
• montezpress.com/catalogue/pfeil/mainstream
• frieze.com/article/jannis-marwitz
• frieze.com/article/critics-guide-amsterdam
• cargocollective.com/tanjaritterbex/Function-Creep-De-Ateliers-Amsterdam
• staedelschule.de/en/information/publications/say-my-name-say-my-name
• montezpress.com/catalogue/pfeil/zeigefinger

News

Jannis Marwitz
Onions
MOUSSE Magazine

Christiane Blattmann & Jannis Marwitz
Diananess
by Hospitality, Le Berceau, Marseille
Opening 28 August 2021
5–9 pm

Jannis Marwitz
The Raid
Galerie Barbara Weiss