
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, 2015, Amsterdam, NL
- MA Fine Art, Städelschule, 2013, Frankfurt, DE
- Diploma in Fine Arts, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, 2012, Hamburg, DE
Solo & Duo Exhibitions
- Onions, Damien & The Love Guru, 2021, Brussels, BE
- Diananess, with Christiane Blattmann, Le Berceau, 2021, Marseille, FR
- The Raid, Barbara Weiss, 2021, Berlin, DE
- ROD, with Raphaela Vogel, Kantine, 2021, Brussels, BE
- Kündigung, Lucas Hirsch, 2020, Dusseldorf, DE
- Slug’s Arrest, Sundy, 2019, London, UK
- Narch till June, Kunstverein Dortmund, 2019, Dortmund, DE
- Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien & The Love Guru, 2018, Brussels, BE
- Like Unhappy Fruit, Lucas Hirsch, 2018, Dusseldorf, 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, Bad Bentheim, 2014, Bentheim, DE
- Baby Birds, with Jannis Marwitz, Dorothea Schlueter, 2015, Hamburg, DE
- New State Of The Birds, with Jannis Marwitz, Apes & Castles, 2015, Brussels, BE
Selected Group Exhibitions
- Art Cologne, Clages and Damien & The Love Guru, 2022, Cologne, DE
- a proie et l’ombre, Crèvecoeur, 2022, Paris, FR
- Mural session #3 with Marta Riniker Radich and Max Ruf, 2022, Geneva, CH
- Look, Lightning Has Struck the Flowers, SUNDY, 2022, London, GB
(conceived by Christiane Blattmann & Jannis Marwitz) - Pooky’s Reform, Kunsthalle Fribourg, 2022, Fribourg, DE
- Sweet Lies, Ludwig Forum, 2021, Aachen, DE
- Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, 2021, Munich, DE
- Guten Morgen, Europa!, A Tale Of A Tub, 2019, Rotterdam, NL
- Where Do Streams Run To?, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru and Lucas Hirsch, Conceptual Fine Arts, 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
- Friend of a Friend, hosted by Lucas Hirsch for FOAF, ChertLüdde, 2018, Berlin, DE
- SM, Sans Titre 2016, 2018, Marseille, FR
- B-sides & Rarities, Damien & The Love Guru, 2017, Brussels, BE
- Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bilderatlas, 8. Salon, 2017, Hamburg, DE
- Augury, BQ, 2016, Berlin, DE
- Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bildatlas, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2016, Karlsruhe, DE
- Grand Café, Apes & Castles, 2016, Brussels, BE
- Micro Celebrities, Just Married, 2016, Brussels, BE
- Function Creep, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015, NL
- Plus Jamais Seul, Standards, 2013, Rennes, FR
- Collision Course, Sodom & Gomorrah, 2013, Amsterdam, NL
- Exclusively für Alle, Prince of Wales, 2013, Munich, DE
- De Ateliers, 2013, Amsterdam, NL
- Say My Name, Say My Name, MMK, 2013, Frankfurt, DE
- Erection Painting, Beyoncé, 2013, Amsterdam, NL
- Kunstraum München, 2012, Munich, DE
- Afraid to be Good, Lost Projects, 2012, Quezon City, PH
- Schlagstock durch Aura kaufen, Kunstkammer, 2012, Schlieren, CH
Grants and Awards
- Bad Bentheim Ruisdael Stipend, 2014, DE
- Städelschule Linklaters Award, Frankfurt, 2013, DE
Related Activities
- Co-organiser of exhibition, with Christiane Blattmann, Sundy, 2022, London, UK
- Project in Public Space, “Betongalerie / Towers of Hope”, with Christiane Blattmann, 2011-2013, Hamburg, DE
- Co-organiser of screening “Dieter Froese”, with Christiane Blattmann, 2012, Rome, IT
- Co-founder of exhibition space “Die Reliktion”, with Christiane Blattmann, Golden Pudel Club, 2009-2013, Hamburg, DE
- Let’s All Become Me!, with Christiane Blattmann, edition Kunstwegen, 2015, DE
- Say my Name, Say my Name, published by MMK, 2013, Frankfurt, DE
- Vandel 7: Sozialgestaltung: Liebe plus Friedhof, edited by Helmut A. Müller, published by Hospitalhof, 2011, Stuttgart, DE
Published Work
- Mainstream, Pfeil #10, edited by Anja Dietmann, published by Montez Press, 2018, Hamburg, DE
- Function Creep, published by De Ateliers, 2015, Amsterdam, NL
- Zeigefinger, Pfeil #1, edited by Anja Dietmann, published by Montez Press, 2012, Hamburg, DE
- Serie, Kartoffelverlag, 2010, Hamburg, DE
- Vandel #5, Kartoffelverlag, 2009, Hamburg, DE
- Vandel #1, Kartoffelverlag, 2008, Hamburg, DE
- 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
