Marcus Jansen
B. 1968, New York, NY
Works in Bronx, New York and Fort Myers, Florida.
Education
1985 – 1986 Gewerbliche Schulen der Stadt Moenchengladbach, Berufskolleg für Technik und Medien, Fachrichtung, Gestaltung
1986 - 1989 Gewerbliche Schulen der Stadt Moenchengladbach, Berufsschule fuer Maler u. Lackierer
Mentor: Jerome A. Donson, Director of the American Vanguard Exhibitions, 1961, MOMA
Selected Upcoming Exhibitions
2021
The Baker Museum, First US Mid-Career Survey
2020
Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Marcus Jansen, E Pluribus Unum, US
2020
Stirner Modern, Marcus Jansen, US
Museum solo Exhibitions
2020
Cornell Fine Arts Museum at Rollins College, Marcus Jansen, E Pluribus Unum, US
2018
New Horizons. Museum Zitadelle, Marcus Jansen/, Berlin, Germany
2017
Ecce Creatura (four solo artists), Kallmann Museum, Ismaning (Munich), Germany
2016
DECADE, Museum La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
Selected Exhibitions
2020
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Hide Out, new acquisition, Michigan
Taipei Dangdai Art Fair, Galerie Danysz, Taiwan
Cobb Museum of Art, Metro Montage, Marietta, GA
Galerie Danysz, Venit Occursum, Shanghai
Susan Eley Fine Art, AMERICANA II, New York, NY
2019
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Hide Out, new acquisition, Michigan
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, “Deconstructing Marcus Jansen,” MO
Art021 Shanghai, Galerie, Danysz, China
Galerie DANYSZ, "Stop, Look and Listen," Paris France
Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton TV Festival, East Hampton, NY
2018
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, “Deconstructing Marcus Jansen,” MO
Museum Zitadelle, Marcus Jansen / New Horizons, Berlin, Germany
Aspen Art Museum / ArtCrush, Casterline Goodman Gallery, Aspen, CO
2017
Kallmann Museum, „Ecce Creatura“, (four solo artists) Ismaning, Munich, Germany
Galerie Kellermann, Post-True-Realities, Dusseldorf, Germany
2016
La Triennale di Milano Museum, Marcus Jansen / DECADE, Milan, Italy
Lazarides, Rathbone, Still Here - A Decade of Lazarides, London, UK
Berry Campbell Gallery, Something, New York, NY
2015
Cityleaks Urban Art Biennale, Cologne, Germany
2014
U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies, UNESCO, Paris France
Baker Museum, Florida Contemporary, Naples, FL
Lazarides, Marcus Jansen - Whistleblower, London, UK
2013
Boca Raton Museum of Art, All Florida, Boca Raton, FL
Housatonic Museum of Art, "Eye on the storm", Bridgeport, CT
Rush Arts Gallery, “Art with a purpose,” Chelsea, NY
2012
Museum of Contemporary Art PERMM, Anonymous, PERMM, Russia
Naples Museum of Art, Incognito, Naples, FL
NOVA Festival de Cultura Contemporanea, Absolut Blank Campaign, Brazil,
2011
Naples Museum of Art, Florida Contemporary, Naples, FL
Absolut Vodka, New Generation of Artists, Sweden
2010
New Britain Museum of American Art, collection, New Britain, CT
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, collection, Kansas, MO
101 Exhibit, Marcus Jansen Zeitgeist, Miami, FL
Texas National 2010, Gwen Cole Art Center, Austin, TX
2009
FIFA World Cup Fine Art Exhibition, International Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
FDIM Museum, Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, California
2008
Yeiser Art Center, Marcus Jansen, Paducah, Kentucky
2007
Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA), collection, Moscow, Russia
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, 12th Intl Print & Drawing, Biennial, Taiwan
Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, 12th Intl Print & Drawing, Biennial, Taiwan
Center for the study for Political Graphics, Propaganda World Tour III Los Angeles, CA
2006
Tampa Museum of Art, under/current/over/view 8 Biennial, Tampa, FL
Angel Art Gallery, 12th International Print & Drawing Biennial,Taiwan
2005
Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Arts for Act, Florida
2004
Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, Arts for Act, Fort Myers, FL
2003
Charles H. Wright Museum, Ford Motor Company Paintings, Dearborn, Michigan
2002
Stricoff Fine Arts, Chelsea, NY
1999
Madison Square Garden, International Independent Film Festival, New York, NY
Monographs / Books
2017 Marcus Jansen AFTERMATH, published by Hirmer Verlag, Munich, Germany. Foreword by Art Historian, Prof Dr Dieter Ronte, Director Kunst Museum Bonn and Vienna
2016 Marcus Jansen DECADE, published by Skira Editore, Milan, Italy. Foreword by Steve Lazarides.
2004 Modern Urban-Expressionism, the Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen, published by American Art Gallery, Paris, France. Foreword by Art Historian, Jerome A. Donson, Director of the American Vanguard Exhibitions 1961, MOMA New York
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)
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)
2011
New American Paintings No. 94
Cover artist selected by curator Dan Cameron.
2007
12th International Print and Drawing Biennial, (Curators include: David Kiehl, Whitney Museum of Art,
Honorable Mention), National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art, Taiwan
Upcoming International Fairs
Art Wynwood, Burgess Modern + Contemporary Miami
Selected International Art Fairs
2020 Taipei Dangdai Art Fair, Galerie Danysz, China
2019 Art021, Galerie DAnYSZ, Shanghai, China
2018 Art Miami, Casterline Goodman Gallery, Art Basel Miami Beach
2018 Art New York, Lichtfeld Gallery
2018 Art Chicago, Casterline Goodman Gallery
2017 Art Karlsruhe, Galerie Kellermann
2016 Art Verona, Galeria Bianca Maria Rizzi and Matthias Ritter
2014 Art 14, London, Lazarides Gallery
2012 Texas Contemporary - 101/Exhibit, Miami2012 Art Platform L.A. - 101/Exhibit, Miami
2012 Hamptons Art South Hampton, NY - 101/Exhibit
2011 Art Chicago - 101/Exhibit
2010 LA Art Show - 101/Exhibit
2010 Art Hamptons - 101/Exhibit
2010 Sanfrancisco Art MRKT - 101 Exhibit
Selected Public Collections
University of Michigan Museum of Art
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, (MMOMA)
New Britain Museum of American Art
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
Ulyanovsk Museum Fine Arts
PERMM Museum of Contemporary Art
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art
Housatonic Museum of Art
Smithsonian Institution
Duke Ellington School of the Arts
Selected Private Collections
Selected Corporate Commissions
Absolut Vodka
Warner Brothers
Illuminum
FIFA World Cup
Ford Motor Company
Films/Documentary
2016
Marcus Jansen - Examine and Report
New York Premiere East Hampton TV Festival
World Premiere Fort Myers Film Festival
A documentary film by 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.
Selected Media
Architectural Digest, US
Project61, Video Interview, US
New York Times, US
The Epoch Times, US
Black Art in America, US
The International Review of African American Art, US
The Independent, US
Artillery Magazine, US
Handelsblatt, Germany
Resident, Hampton, NY
Rheinische Post, Germany
Wall Street International
Suddeutsche Zeitung, Germany
Kunstzeitung, Lindinger + Schmid
Rolling Stone magazine, Italy
La Repubblica magazine, Italy
Arte, Italy
Skin Magazine, Dubai Media City
New American Paintings No. 94, US
Cambridge University Press, UK
Vanity Fair, Italy
Whitewall magazine, US
Widewalls magazine, CH