Onions
Damien & The Love Guru
2021
Brussels, BE
Onions
Damien & The Love Guru
2021
Brussels, BE
2021
Tempera on wood panel
32 × 24 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
2021
Tempera on wood panel
35 × 25 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
2021
Tempera on wood panel
30 × 20 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
2021
Tempera on wood panel
25 × 20 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
2021
Ink on paper (framed)
35 × 72 cm
Documentation by Kristien Daem
Diananess
Le Berceau
2021
Marseille, FR
2021
Wax, wire, wood, fabric and sheep hair
30,5 × 28 × 20 cm
The Raid
Barbara Weiss
2021
Berlin, DE
Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss
2021
Oil on linen
170 × 110 cm
Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss
2021
Oil on linen
80 × 115 cm
Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss
2021
Oil on oxidised copper
40 × 30 cm
Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss
2021
Oil on oxidised copper
15 × 10 cm
Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss
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.
Education
- De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015
- MA Fine Art, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
- Diploma in Fine Arts, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, 2012
Upcoming
- Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf (solo)
Solo & duo exhibitions
- Onions, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2021
- Diananess, with Christiane Blattmann, Le Berceau, Marseille, 2021
- The Raid, Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2021
- ROD, with Raphaela Vogel, Kantine, Brussels, 2021
- Kündigung, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2020
- Slug’s Arrest, Sundy, London, 2019
- Narch till June, Kunstverein Dortmund, 2019
- Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2018
- Like Unhappy Fruit, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2018
- D.E.L.F, Vienna, 2017
- The Year Is Over Now, Marwan, Amsterdam, 2016
- Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Twenty Years, Berlin, 2015
- Forehead, Bad Bentheim, 2014
- Baby Birds, with Christiane Blattmann, Dorothea Schlueter, Hamburg, 2015
- New State Of The Birds, with Christiane Blattmann, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2015
Selected group exhibitions
-
Palai, Lecce, 2023
- Art Cologne, Clages and Damien & The Love Guru, Cologne, 2022
- a proie et l’ombre, Crèvecoeur, Paris, 2022
- Mural session #3 with Marta Riniker Radich and Max Ruf, Geneva, 2022
- Look, Lightning Has Struck the Flowers, SUNDY, London, 2022
(conceived by Christiane Blattmann & Jannis Marwitz) - Pooky’s Reform, Kunsthalle Fribourg, 2022
- Sweet Lies, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, 2021
- Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, 2021
- Guten Morgen, Europa!, A Tale Of A Tub, Rotterdam, 2019
- Where Do Streams Run To?, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru and Lucas Hirsch, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2019
- The Chasm, Franz-Josefs Kai 3/17, Vienna, 2019
- Don Quixote, Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2018
- Metamorphoseon, Sultana, Paris, 2018
- Friend of a Friend, hosted by Lucas Hirsch for FOAF, Chert Lüdde, Berlin, 2018
- SM, Sans Titre 2016, Marseille, 2018
- B-sides & Rarities, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2017
- Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bilderatlas, 8. Salon, Hamburg, 2017
- Augury, BQ, Berlin, 2016
- Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bildatlas, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2016
- Grand Café, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2016
- Micro Celebrities, Just Married, Brussels, 2016
- Function Creep, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015
- Plus Jamais Seul, Standards, Rennes, 2013
- Collision Course, Sodom & Gomorrah, Amsterdam, 2013
- Exclusively für Alle, Prince of Wales, Munich, 2013
- De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2013
- Say My Name, Say My Name, MMK, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
- Erection Painting, Beyoncé, Amsterdam, 2013
- Kunstraum München, Munich, 2012
- Afraid to be Good, Lost Projects, Quezon City, 2012
- Schlagstock durch Aura kaufen, Kunstkammer, Schlieren, 2012
Grants and awards
- Bad Bentheim Ruisdael Stipend, 2014
- Städelschule Linklaters Award, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
Related activities
- Co-organiser of exhibition, with Christiane Blattmann, Sundy, London, 2022
- Project in Public Space, “Betongalerie / Towers of Hope”, with Christiane Blattmann, Hamburg, 2011–2013
- Co-organiser of screening “Dieter Froese”, with Christiane Blattmann, Rome, 2012
- Co-founder of exhibition space “Die Reliktion”, with Christiane Blattmann, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg, 2009–2013
- Let’s All Become Me!, with Christiane Blattmann, edition Kunstwegen, 2015
- Say my Name, Say my Name, published by MMK, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
- Vandel 7: Sozialgestaltung: Liebe plus Friedhof, edited by Helmut A. Müller, published by Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, 2011
Published work
- Mainstream, Pfeil #10, edited by Anja Dietmann, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2018
- Function Creep, published by De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015
- Zeigefinger, Pfeil #1, edited by Anja Dietmann, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2012
- Serie, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2010
- Vandel #5, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2009
- Vandel #1, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2008
- Seeing & Believing: Christian Imagery in Painting Now, Art in America, 2022
- ‘Paris+ Art Fair Opens: More Corporate, Less French’, New York Times, 2022
- Pooky’s Reform, Art Viewer, 2022
- Onions, Mousse Magazine, 2021
- Onions, GalleriesNow, 2021
- Onions, Agenda Brussels, 2021
- Matchmaker, Art Viewer, 2021
- ‘Jannis Marwitz, The Raid’, Jens Asthoff, KUNSTFORUM International, 2021
- Kündigung, Contemporary Art Daily, 2020
- ‘Jannis Marwitz at Dortmunder Kunstverein’,Moritz Scheper, Art Review, 2020
- ‘Myth Kissed and Foam-Born: Jannis Marwitz’, Moritz Scheper, Mousse Magazine, 2019
- ‘Three Writings on Jannis Marwitz’, Piero Bisello, Contemporary Fine Arts, 2019
- ‘Slanted and Enchanted: Oriane Durand on the Year in Shamanism and Superstition’, Oriane Durand, Frieze, 2018
- ‘https://www.frieze.com/article/jannis-marwitz’, Mitch Speed, Frieze, 2017
- The Year Is Over Now, Critic’s Guide, Gabriela Acha, Frieze, 2016
