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