Marcus Jansen

Biography


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Born 1968 in New York City, US 
Lives and works in Bronx, New York and Fort Myers, Florida 


Education

1986 
Gewerbliche Schulen der Stadt Moenchengladbach, Berufsfachschule, Gestal- tung, Germany

1989 
Gewerbliche Schulen der Stadt Moenchengladbach, Berufsschule fuer Maler u. Lackierer, Germany

1961 
Mentor: Jerome A. Donson, Director of the American Vanguard Exhibitions, MOMA 


Solo Exhibitions

2023
'In the Land of Silhouettes', Almine Rech, Shanghai, China 

2022
'Victims and Victors', Almine Rech, London, UK
Art Paris Art Fair, Almine Rech, Marcus Jansen, Paris, France 

2021
‘Power Structures’, Almine Rech, Paris, France
The Baker Museum, Naples, Florida

2020 
‘E Pluribus Unum’, Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Florida, USA

2019 
‘Stop, Look and Listen’, Galerie DANYSZ, Paris, France 
‘Marcus Jansen’, Galerie Amart, Recon, Vienna, Austria 
‘Merchants of Babylon’, Burgess Modern & Contemporary, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US

2018 
‘Marcus Jansen/New Horizons’, Museum Zitadelle, Spandau Berlin, Germany 
‘Marcus Jansen, Now and then’, Casterline Goodman Gallery, Aspen Art Muse- um / ArtCrush, Aspen, CO 
‘Absolut Jansen’ Galerie Kellermann, Dusseldorf, Germany

2017 
‘Ecce Creatura’ (four solo artists), Kallmann Museum, Ismaning (Munich), Germany 
‘Post-True-Realities’, Galerie Kellermann, Dusseldorf, Germany 
‘Marcus Jansen’, Joerg Heitsch Galerie, Aftermath, Munich, Germany 
‘Kunst & Kultur zu Hohenaschau e.-V.“, Marcus Jansen’, Kunsthalle Aftermath, Aschau at the Lake Chiemsee, Germany 
‘Marcus Jansen, Obscure Line Between Fact and Fiction’, Weinstein Gallery, San Francisco

2016 
‘Marcus Jansen Decade’, Museum La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy 
‘Marcus Jansen’, Galeria Bianca Maria Rizzi & Matthias Ritter, Milan, Italy

2014 
‘Marcus Jansen - Whistleblower’, Lazinc, London, UK 
‘Marcus Jansen - Future Ground’, Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, New York, NY 
‘Marcus Jansen - Veni Vidi Succumbe’, Roberta Britto Gallery, Sao Paulo, Brazil

2012 
‘Marcus Jansen - Frontline Report’, Galleri Urbane, Dallas, TX

2011 
‘A Painters Allegory’, Sidney and Berne Davis Art Center, Fort Myers, FL 2010 ‘Marcus Jansen Zeitgeist’,101 Exhibit, Miami, FL

2009 
‘Marcus Jansen’, Museum Works Galleries, Aspen, CO

2008 
‘Marcus Jansen - Urban Expressionism’, Stolen Space Gallery, London, UK 
‘Marcus Jansen ‘, Museum Works Galleries, Aspen, CO 

2007 
‘Marcus Jansen’, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky

2003 
‘Dear born’, Charles H. Wright Museum, display of the Ford Motor Company Paintings, Michigan


Group Exhibitions

2022
Center of International Contemporary Art, Through our eyes – Resonance and Illusion in Contemporary Portraits, Vancouver, Canada
Christie's, Post War and Present Auction, New York
Frieze, LA, Almine Rech, Los Angeles 
Art Basel Hong Kong, Almine Rech

2021
Art 021,Almine Rech, Shanghai, China 
Frieze, London, Almine Rech, UK
'Salon de Peinture', Almine Rech, New York, USA 
‘Un Hiver à Paris’, Almine Rech Gallery, Paris, France

2020 
‘Marcus Jansen’, Almine Rech, Paris, France
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan 
‘Metro Montage’,Cobb Museum of Art, Marietta, GA 
‘Deep Insights’, Galerie Kellermann, Dusseldorf, Germany

2019 
‘Deconstructing Marcus Jansen’, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, MO 
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Michigan 
‘TV Festival’, Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY

2018 
‘ArtCrush’, Casterline Goodman Gallery, Aspen, CO

2017 
‘My collection’, MOCADA Museum, Brooklyn, NY 
‘Observation’, Richard Beavers Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2016 
‘Still Here - A Decade of Lazarides’, Lazarides, Rathbone, London, UK 
‘Something’, Berry Campbell Gallery, New York, NY

2015 
Cityleaks Urban Art Biennale, Cologne, Germany

2014 
‘Florida Contemporary’, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL 
‘Art in Embassies’, U.S. Department of State, UNESCO, Paris France 
West Harlem Art Fund, New York, NY 
‘The Outsiders Newcastle’, Recollection, Lazinc., London, UK 
‘Art 14’, London, Lazinc. Gallery, London, UK

2013 
‘All Florida’, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL 
‘Eye on the storm’, Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT 
‘Protest’, Richard Beavers Gallery, Brookyn, NY 
‘Art with a purpose, Rush Arts Gallery, Chelsea, NY 
Romanian Institute for Arts and Culture and Research, Venice, Italy

2012 
‘Anonymous’, Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM, PERMM, Russia 
‘Incognito’, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL 
‘Absolut Blank Campaign’, NOVA Festival de Cultura Contemporanea, Brazil

2011 
‘Florida Contemporary’, The Baker Museum, Naples, FL 
‘New Generation of Artists’, Absolut Vodka, Sweden

2010 
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT 
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas, MO

2009 
‘FIFA World Cup Fine Art Exhibition’, International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa 
FDIM Museum, Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, California

2008 
‘Warner Bros Anniversary’, FDIM Museum, Los Angeles, CA

2007 
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) Collection, Moscow, Russia 
‘12th Intl Print & Drawing’, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Biennial, Taiwan 
‘12th Intl Print & Drawing’, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Biennial, Taiwan 
‘8th International Biennial’, Central Exhibition Hall Manege, St. Petersburg, Russia

2006 
‘Under/current/over/view 8 Biennial’, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, FL 
‘49th Festival’, Société des Beaux Arts de Garches, France 
‘12th International Print & Drawing Biennial’, Angel Art Gallery, Taiwan

2005 
‘Arts for Act’, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Fort Myers, Florida

2002 
Stricoff Fine Arts, Chelsea, NY 

2000 
‘Subway u. Andere’, Kunsthandlung Schonen, Aachen, Germany

1999 
‘International Independent Film Festival’, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY

1974 
‘PS: 156 Art School selection first exhibition’,W The Lever House, NY


Public Collections 
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY, US
The Baker Museum, FL, US 
Fundación Calosa, Guanajuato, MX
Rollins Museum of Art, FL, US
University of Michigan Museum of Art, MI, US 
The Alfond Collection of Contemporary Art, Rollins College, FL, US
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia
New Britain Museum of American Art, CT, US
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, MO, US
Ulyanovsk Museum Fine Arts, Russia 
PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art, Perm Krai, Russia 
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan 
Housatonic Museum of Art, CT, US
Smithsonian Institution, D.C., US
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, D.C., US 


Films/Documentary

2016 
Marcus Jansen - Examine and Report 
New York Premiere East Hampton TV Festival, (Awarded Best TV Art Documen- tary pilot) 
World Premiere Fort Myers Film Festival, (Awarded Best local Film). A documen- tary film by Emmy Award winning filmmaker John Scoular featuring: Marcus Jansen, Steve Lazarides, Manfred Schneckenburger, WEST Rubinstein, Noah Becker, Brooke Lynn Mcgowan, Dieter Rampl, Hans Jansen, Richard Beavers, Liane Niedheidt and John Loscuito. 


Awards

2019 
Art Olympia, Honorable Mention, (Curators include Hauser & Wirth, Yuko Hasehawa, 
Curator for the Museum Of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Vice President Of the 
Tokyo University Of the Arts 
Zheng Lin, Founder of Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing

2013 
Arte Laguna Art Prize, Venice,Italy, Juror Sabine Schaschl, (Director and Curator of Kunsthaus Basel, Switzerland) 
Fleuieu Art Prize 
Australia, semifinalist, Juror UK Saatchi Gallery Director Nigel Hurst

2012 
Dave Bown Projects, 5th Semiannual Grand Prize Winner award, United States 
Curated by Andrea Karnes (Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth)

2008 
8th. International Contemporary Art Biennale “Dialogues”, St. Petersburg, Russia, (Honorable mention, Curator Larisa Golubeva.)

2007 
12th International Print and Drawing Biennial, (Curators include: David Kiehl, Whitney Museum of Art, Honorable Mention), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan

2006 
Tampa Museum of Art, under/current/over/view 8 Biennial, winner, Juried by Dr. Jeffrey Grove, The Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary, Tampa, FL