Works
Installation view Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle
2018
Installation view Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle
2018
untitled 2017
Oil on paper
46,5 x 47 cm / 18.3 x 18.5 in (framed)
Summer as a Button Vendor
2018
Oil on canvas, buttons
80 x 65 cm/ 31.5 x 25.5 in (framed)
untitled
2018
Oil on canvas, button
30 x 35 cm / 11.8 x 13.7 in
Installation view Narch till June / Närz bis April
2019 – 2020
Dortmunder Kunstverein
The Net
2019
Oil on canvas
80 x 130 cm / 31.5 x 51.2 in
Untitled
2019
Oil and tempera, paper on canvas mounted on board
65 x 50 cm / 25.6 x 19.7 in
Untitled
2019
Oil on board
60 x 40 cm / 23.6 x 15.7 in
Die Frösche
2019
Oil on canvas
160 x 100 cm / 63 x 39.3 in
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 phisicality. The Brussels based artist uses a caustic palette and a painting style that combines old techniques with contemporary appeal.
CV
Education
2013 – 15
- DeAteliers, Amsterdam, NL
2012 – 13
- Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
2007 – 12
- Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, DE
Exhibitions
Upcoming
2021
- Kantine, duo show with Raphaela Vogel, Brussels, BE
- Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, DE
Solo Exhibitions
2019
- Sundy, London, UK
- Kunstverein Dortmund, DE
2018
- Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien and the Love Guru, Brussels, BE
2017
- Like unhappy fruit, Lucas Hirsch, Düsseldorf, DE
- D.E.L.F., Vienna, AT
2016
- The year is over now, Marwan, Amsterdam, NL
2015
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, twenty years, Berlin, DE
2014
- Forehead, Burg Bentheim, Bad Bentheim, DE
Group Exhibitions
2019
- Guten Morgen, Europa!, A Tale Of A Tub, Rotterdam, NL
- Where Do Streams Run To?, Damien & The Love Guru x Lucas Hirsch, CFAlive, Milan, IT
- The Chasm, Franz-Josefs Kai 3 / 17, Vienna, AT
2018
- Don Quixote, Barbara Weiss, Berlin, DE
- Metamorphoseon, Sultana, Paris, FR
- FOAF, ChertLüdde, Berlin, DE
- SM, Sans Titre 2016, Marseille, FR
2017
- B-Sides and Rarities, Damien and the Love Guru, Brussels, BE
- Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bilderatlas — Künstlertafeln, 8. Salon, Hamburg, DE
2016
- Augury, BQ, Berlin, DE
- Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bildatlas, ZKM Karlsruhe, DE
- Grand Café, Apes & Castles, Brussels, BE
- microcelebrities2, justmarried.one, Brussles, BE
2015
- Baby Birds, Dorothea Schlueter, Hamburg, DE
2013
- Plus Jamais Seul, Standards, Rennes, FR
- Collision Course, Sodom&Gomorrah, Amsterdam, NL
- Exclusively für Alle, Prince of Wales, München, DE
- Group Show, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
- Say my Name, Say my Name, MMK, Frankfurt, DE
- Erection Painting, Beyoncé, Amsterdam, NL
2012
- Kunstraum München, München, DE
- Afraid to be Good, Lost Projects, Quezon City, Philippines, PH
- Schlagstock durch Aura kaufen, Kunstkammer, Schlieren, Switzerland, CH
Related Activities
2011 – 2013
- Betongalerie — Exhibition project in public space, conceived with Christiane Blattmann, Hamburg, DE
2012
- Jannis Marwitz and Christiane Blattmann present Dieter Froese — Screening homevideo # 7, Rom
2009 – 2011
- Die Reliktion — Artist run space in the Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg, DE
Grants and Awards
2014
- Ruisdael Stipend, Bad Bentheim, DE
2013
- Linklaters Award, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, DE
Publications
2015
- Function Creep, catalog, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, DE
2014
- LET‘S ALL BECOME ME!, Edition kunstwegen/raumsichten
2013
- Say my Name, Say my Name, catalog, MMK, Frankfurt, DE
- Influence, 1m3, Lausanne, CH
2012
- Der Pfeil / Zeige nger — Magazin, Montez Press, London/Hamburg
2011
- Vandel 7: Sozialgestaltung: Liebe plus Friedhof, Edition Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, DE
2010
- Serie, Karto elverlag, Hamburg, DE
2009
- VANDEL # 5, Karto elverlag, Hamburg, DE
2008
- VANDEL # 1, Karto elverlag, 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