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Marc Schmitz
Marc Schmitz (1963-2023) was a mulitidiscipinary artist based in Berlin. Marc studied Philosophy and Fine Art in Munich and Berlin. Marc participated in several Art Biennials such as Busan Biennial 2004, Beijing Biennale, the Sculpture Quadrennial in Latvia, Trio Bienal of Rio de Janeiro, Nakanojo Biennial in Japan, Marrakech Biennial 6 and Venice Biennial beside others.
Marc e was honored with solo exhibitions at venues such as TEDA Contemporary Art Museum Tianjin, the Zendai MoMA in Shanghai and the Concert Hall in Perth, Australia. Schmitz was residence artist on several occasions as in Korea, at Peace Art Hotel Shanghai or Goethe Institute Hong Kong. His work was awarded with the first prize for Art For Expo 2000 World Expo and with the prize of the jury at the 10th Cairo Biennial 2006, and the special award of the Busan Biennial 2004.
His work is presented in international collections such as the National Art Gallery Beijing, The Swatch Collection Shanghai, Nord/LB, and others more.
Marc Schmitz is an initiator and director of the Biennial Land Art Mongolia.
Marc e was honored with solo exhibitions at venues such as TEDA Contemporary Art Museum Tianjin, the Zendai MoMA in Shanghai and the Concert Hall in Perth, Australia. Schmitz was residence artist on several occasions as in Korea, at Peace Art Hotel Shanghai or Goethe Institute Hong Kong. His work was awarded with the first prize for Art For Expo 2000 World Expo and with the prize of the jury at the 10th Cairo Biennial 2006, and the special award of the Busan Biennial 2004.
His work is presented in international collections such as the National Art Gallery Beijing, The Swatch Collection Shanghai, Nord/LB, and others more.
Marc Schmitz is an initiator and director of the Biennial Land Art Mongolia.
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Postpartum solo exhibition - Past
MARC SCHMITZ
Selected exhibition history
2020
SIMLPLY EXTRAORDINARY, Numthong Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
Entre 4 Yeux - M68 Berlin, Germany
A Chronicle of Life at Home, La Chapelle, Shanghai, China
Silent Symphony, Art 23 Contemporary, Guangzhou, China
2019
Spaces for Open Minds, Sea World Art Center, Shenzhen, China
2018
Bangkok Art Biennale BACC Bangkok, Thailand
Tavan Tolgoi, Greengrassi Gallery & Corvi- Mora, London, UK
Responding 1, NICA, Nihonbashi Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo, Japan 天幕坠落 - The genesis of an image, Ding Shun Arts Museum, Fujian, China (s.e.) Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, (s.e.)
2017
Double Edge, Folkestone Triennial, UK KINOSHO KIKAKU contemporary, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (s.e.)
Jeju Biennale, Jeju Museum of Art, South Korea
Out of Khentii, Khentii Art Gallery, Chingges City, Mongolia
GNAP, Port Izmir Triennial
2016
Marrakech Biennale 6, Morocco 和谐 国际当代艺术展/天津 Tianjin Art Museum, China
4th Land Art Mongolia Biennial,
3rd International Biennial of Muralism and Public Art, Cali, Colombia
2015
TEDA Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China (s.e.)
56th Venice Biennial, Palazzo Zorzi, Venice, Italy
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany (s.e) TRIO Bienal, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Nakanojo Biennale, Japan
Ghetto Biennial, Port au Prince, Haiti
2014
Goethe Institute, Hong Kong, China (s.e) Faces & Traces, Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
3rd Land Art Mongolia Biennial, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany
2013
Moproo Gallery (M50), Shanghai (s.e.) Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
55th Venice Biennial, Il Palazzo Enciclopedico , Venice, Italy
UBE Biennale, Tokinawa Museum, Ube, Japan
2012
Creative Cities, Olympic Fine Arts, The Barbican Center, London, England
Turgut Pura Art Prize, Sculpture & Paintings Museum, Izmir, Turkey
Galerie am Damm, Dresden, Germany (s.e.) 2nd Land Art Mongolia, National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Art & Politics, Museo de Arquitectura Leopold Rother, Bogotá, Columbia (s.e.)
Art Ignites Life - Hongqiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China Zhuqizhan Art Museum, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2011
Eden, Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
Condensation, Museo Borgo di Clauiano, Trivignano, Italy
2010
Concert Hall Perth, Berlin Dayz, Perth Western Australia (s.e.)
1st Land Art Mongolia Biennial, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Art Center Koldo, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Neue Räume, Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, Germany
Indian Blend, Gallery Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
2009
Richard Levy Gallery, Land/Art New Mexico, USA
National Academy of Arts, Baku, Azerbaijan (s.e.)
The Mobile Spaces - Border, Concentart Berlin, Germany
Geumgang Biennale, Museum of Gongju, South Korea
Galerie Ulf Wetzka, Berlin, Germany
2008
Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga 2008, Latvia
2007
10th International Cairo Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
2006
Galerie Kai Hilgemann Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
Transitory Operations, UMA Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar Project, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2004
Busan Biennial 2004, Busan, South Korea
File 2004 Galerie de Arte do Sesi, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Kunstoffice Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
2003
FILE-2003 Paco das Artes/ British Council , Sao Paulo, Brasil
2002
Art on the Net, Michida City Museum Tokyo Japan
Notodo Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
Zebra Poetryfilm Award, literaturWERKstatt Berlin, Germany Fluxus, Belo Horizonte Brasil
2000
Beijing-Berlin, Jintai Exhibition Hall, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
Art for Expo (first prize award), German House UN - Plaza New York, USA
Goethe Institute, Singapore, German Pavilion,
Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Latvia
1999
Festival junger experimenteller Kunst, ehem. Postfuhramt Berlin, Germany
Marc Schmitz paintings, Creation Gallery, Beijing China (s.e.)
1998
Painting after Nicéphore Niépce, Gallery Dorow, Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
1997
Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, USA
1996
Exploseum, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
TWA 800 Kunsthalle Stuttgart, Germany
The forth generation Hackesche Höfe Berlin, Germany
Schmidl & Haas Gallery Frankfurt, Germany
X. Freiburger Film & Video Forum, Germany
1994
La Idea Galleria (Aktion) Wewerka Gallery Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
AEOLUS II Videoinstallation, Jade Park Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Highquell Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland(s.e.)
SIMLPLY EXTRAORDINARY, Numthong Art Space, Bangkok, Thailand
Entre 4 Yeux - M68 Berlin, Germany
A Chronicle of Life at Home, La Chapelle, Shanghai, China
Silent Symphony, Art 23 Contemporary, Guangzhou, China
2019
Spaces for Open Minds, Sea World Art Center, Shenzhen, China
2018
Bangkok Art Biennale BACC Bangkok, Thailand
Tavan Tolgoi, Greengrassi Gallery & Corvi- Mora, London, UK
Responding 1, NICA, Nihonbashi Institute of Contemporary Arts, Tokyo, Japan 天幕坠落 - The genesis of an image, Ding Shun Arts Museum, Fujian, China (s.e.) Arosita Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria, (s.e.)
2017
Double Edge, Folkestone Triennial, UK KINOSHO KIKAKU contemporary, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (s.e.)
Jeju Biennale, Jeju Museum of Art, South Korea
Out of Khentii, Khentii Art Gallery, Chingges City, Mongolia
GNAP, Port Izmir Triennial
2016
Marrakech Biennale 6, Morocco 和谐 国际当代艺术展/天津 Tianjin Art Museum, China
4th Land Art Mongolia Biennial,
3rd International Biennial of Muralism and Public Art, Cali, Colombia
2015
TEDA Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China (s.e.)
56th Venice Biennial, Palazzo Zorzi, Venice, Italy
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany (s.e) TRIO Bienal, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Nakanojo Biennale, Japan
Ghetto Biennial, Port au Prince, Haiti
2014
Goethe Institute, Hong Kong, China (s.e) Faces & Traces, Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai, China
3rd Land Art Mongolia Biennial, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany
2013
Moproo Gallery (M50), Shanghai (s.e.) Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany Sculpture by the Sea, Aarhus, Denmark
55th Venice Biennial, Il Palazzo Enciclopedico , Venice, Italy
UBE Biennale, Tokinawa Museum, Ube, Japan
2012
Creative Cities, Olympic Fine Arts, The Barbican Center, London, England
Turgut Pura Art Prize, Sculpture & Paintings Museum, Izmir, Turkey
Galerie am Damm, Dresden, Germany (s.e.) 2nd Land Art Mongolia, National Mongolian Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Art & Politics, Museo de Arquitectura Leopold Rother, Bogotá, Columbia (s.e.)
Art Ignites Life - Hongqiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai, China Zhuqizhan Art Museum, Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
2011
Eden, Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
Condensation, Museo Borgo di Clauiano, Trivignano, Italy
2010
Concert Hall Perth, Berlin Dayz, Perth Western Australia (s.e.)
1st Land Art Mongolia Biennial, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Art Center Koldo, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Neue Räume, Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin, Germany
Indian Blend, Gallery Alexandra Saheb, Berlin, Germany
2009
Richard Levy Gallery, Land/Art New Mexico, USA
National Academy of Arts, Baku, Azerbaijan (s.e.)
The Mobile Spaces - Border, Concentart Berlin, Germany
Geumgang Biennale, Museum of Gongju, South Korea
Galerie Ulf Wetzka, Berlin, Germany
2008
Zendai MoMA, Shanghai, China Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga 2008, Latvia
2007
10th International Cairo Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Cairo, Egypt Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
2006
Galerie Kai Hilgemann Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
Transitory Operations, UMA Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Ulaanbaatar Project, Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
2004
Busan Biennial 2004, Busan, South Korea
File 2004 Galerie de Arte do Sesi, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Kunstoffice Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
2003
FILE-2003 Paco das Artes/ British Council , Sao Paulo, Brasil
2002
Art on the Net, Michida City Museum Tokyo Japan
Notodo Film Festival, Madrid, Spain
Zebra Poetryfilm Award, literaturWERKstatt Berlin, Germany Fluxus, Belo Horizonte Brasil
2000
Beijing-Berlin, Jintai Exhibition Hall, Chaoyang, Beijing, China
Art for Expo (first prize award), German House UN - Plaza New York, USA
Goethe Institute, Singapore, German Pavilion,
Expo 2000, Hannover, Germany Gallery Vartai, Vilnius, Latvia
1999
Festival junger experimenteller Kunst, ehem. Postfuhramt Berlin, Germany
Marc Schmitz paintings, Creation Gallery, Beijing China (s.e.)
1998
Painting after Nicéphore Niépce, Gallery Dorow, Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
1997
Angel Orensanz Foundation, New York, USA
1996
Exploseum, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland
TWA 800 Kunsthalle Stuttgart, Germany
The forth generation Hackesche Höfe Berlin, Germany
Schmidl & Haas Gallery Frankfurt, Germany
X. Freiburger Film & Video Forum, Germany
1994
La Idea Galleria (Aktion) Wewerka Gallery Berlin, Germany (s.e.)
AEOLUS II Videoinstallation, Jade Park Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Highquell Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland(s.e.)
Finalist Pulic Art Award IAPA Hong Kong 2015 Prize of Turgut Pura Foundation 2012
Prize of the Jury for realized work, 10th Cairo Int. Biennale, 2006
Special Selection - Busan Biennale Organizing Committee 2004
1. Prize ART FOR EXPO 2000 (international Goethe Institute Award)
VII China Art Exposition International (1998)
Prize of the Jury for realized work, 10th Cairo Int. Biennale, 2006
Special Selection - Busan Biennale Organizing Committee 2004
1. Prize ART FOR EXPO 2000 (international Goethe Institute Award)
VII China Art Exposition International (1998)
National Art Gallery Beijing
Swatch Collection Shanghai
Perth Concert Hall Western Australia Amman / Dunke Frankfurt Zürich Klier & Ott Berlin
NORD/LB Hannover
W.S.I. - Vienna
several private collections n.n.
Swatch Collection Shanghai
Perth Concert Hall Western Australia Amman / Dunke Frankfurt Zürich Klier & Ott Berlin
NORD/LB Hannover
W.S.I. - Vienna
several private collections n.n.
Bangkok Art Biennale 2018 Engl. Thai ISBN 9786161826451
Folkestone Triennial 2017, Engl. (2017) ISBN 978-1-78808-871-8
Jeju Biennale 2017, Tourism Kor. Engl. (2017) ISBN 979-11-953887-1-4
ART WORKS, Nakanojo Biennale, Jap/ Eng, Nakanojo Jp. (2016)
Eclipse, TEDA contemporary art museum, Tianjin, CHIN/Engl. (2015)
The paintings, Moproo London Shanghai, Engl. (2014) ISBN 978 0 9573593 14
L‘Officiel Art, Paris Winter / World Sculpture News, Hong Kong Autumn (2014)
Yishu Magazine May/June/ (2013)
Shifting Gravity, World Biennial Forum, Ute Meta Bauer, Hatje Canz (2013)
ISBN 978-3-7757-3693-0
Land Art Mongolia 360°, 2nd land Art Biennial, Engl. /Mng. (2012)
A Non Linear Perspective, Engl. Perth, WA (2010)
Land Art Mongolia 360°, 1st land Art Biennial, Engl. /Mng. (2010)
Land Art New Mexico, Radius Books, Engl.(2010) ISBN 978-1-934435-17-5
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale Engl. /Kor.(2009) ISBN 978-89-93531-11-4
Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2008, Latvian/ Engl. (2008)
Intrude Art & Life, Zendai MOMA Shanghai, Engl. /Chin. (2008)
In Transition Cyprus (Engl.) 2007 ISBN: 978-9963-8932-1-8
Yatoo Biennale, National Museum Gongju, South Korea (Kor. /Engl.2007)
10th Cairo Int. Biennale, Arab. /Engl. (2006) Land Art Mongolia 2006, Mng. /Engl. (2006)
2nd Beijing int. Art Biennale, Chin. /Engl. (2005) ISBN 7-102-03459-8
Busan Biennale, Kor. /Engl. (2004)
File 2004, Engl. /Port. Sao Paulo (2004) ISBN 85-89730-02-6
File 2003, Engl. /Port. Sao Paulo (2003) Expomat, Zürich Ger. (2002) ISBN 3-905509-41-5 Ortsbestimmung, Ger. Berlin (2001)
signs eficiency & wonders, Engl. /Ger./Chin. Beijing (2000)
ART FOR EXPO, World Expo 2000, Hanover Engl. / Ger. (2000)
Ab die Post, Festival experimenteller Kunst, Engl. / Ger. Berlin (1999)
X China Art Exhibition Chin. /Engl. (1998)
Kunsthalle Stuttgart, ongoing business, Ger. Stuttgart (1999)
Folkestone Triennial 2017, Engl. (2017) ISBN 978-1-78808-871-8
Jeju Biennale 2017, Tourism Kor. Engl. (2017) ISBN 979-11-953887-1-4
ART WORKS, Nakanojo Biennale, Jap/ Eng, Nakanojo Jp. (2016)
Eclipse, TEDA contemporary art museum, Tianjin, CHIN/Engl. (2015)
The paintings, Moproo London Shanghai, Engl. (2014) ISBN 978 0 9573593 14
L‘Officiel Art, Paris Winter / World Sculpture News, Hong Kong Autumn (2014)
Yishu Magazine May/June/ (2013)
Shifting Gravity, World Biennial Forum, Ute Meta Bauer, Hatje Canz (2013)
ISBN 978-3-7757-3693-0
Land Art Mongolia 360°, 2nd land Art Biennial, Engl. /Mng. (2012)
A Non Linear Perspective, Engl. Perth, WA (2010)
Land Art Mongolia 360°, 1st land Art Biennial, Engl. /Mng. (2010)
Land Art New Mexico, Radius Books, Engl.(2010) ISBN 978-1-934435-17-5
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale Engl. /Kor.(2009) ISBN 978-89-93531-11-4
Sculpture Quadrennial Riga 2008, Latvian/ Engl. (2008)
Intrude Art & Life, Zendai MOMA Shanghai, Engl. /Chin. (2008)
In Transition Cyprus (Engl.) 2007 ISBN: 978-9963-8932-1-8
Yatoo Biennale, National Museum Gongju, South Korea (Kor. /Engl.2007)
10th Cairo Int. Biennale, Arab. /Engl. (2006) Land Art Mongolia 2006, Mng. /Engl. (2006)
2nd Beijing int. Art Biennale, Chin. /Engl. (2005) ISBN 7-102-03459-8
Busan Biennale, Kor. /Engl. (2004)
File 2004, Engl. /Port. Sao Paulo (2004) ISBN 85-89730-02-6
File 2003, Engl. /Port. Sao Paulo (2003) Expomat, Zürich Ger. (2002) ISBN 3-905509-41-5 Ortsbestimmung, Ger. Berlin (2001)
signs eficiency & wonders, Engl. /Ger./Chin. Beijing (2000)
ART FOR EXPO, World Expo 2000, Hanover Engl. / Ger. (2000)
Ab die Post, Festival experimenteller Kunst, Engl. / Ger. Berlin (1999)
X China Art Exhibition Chin. /Engl. (1998)
Kunsthalle Stuttgart, ongoing business, Ger. Stuttgart (1999)