Marc Schmitz
Marc Schmitz (born 1963 in Hamburg) is an artist and curator living in Berlin and Shanghai.
Life and education
Schmitz studied philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.
Work
In his artistic practice, Schmitz is mostly interested in the openness of space. He uses a variety of media and materials (painting, installation, video).
On the occasion of the Busan Biennial in South Korea (2004), Schmitz developed a walk-in sculpture that allowed for a new and unusual experience of space within a vibrant environment. He received support from institutions including the Goethe Institute, the Art Council Korea and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Among other awards, he has received the first prize for Art For Expo 2000 World Expo in Hanover, Germany, the special prize of the jury at the 10th Cairo Biennial and the Turgut Pura Art Prize at the Museum of Sculpture Izmir 2012. In 2006, Schmitz founded the Land Art Biennial in Mongolia, Land Art Mongolia LAM 360°(2010 / 2012).[1]
Artist statement
My recent projects have focused on fnding and interpreting unclaimed or contested public space(s), and on reading the importance of the spatial relationship to both personal and shared- cultural memory. The stories told in those contested spaces reveal alternate possibilities for the human experience – and particularly our experience of urban zones. My work is oriented toward the public realm, is collaborative more than it is ‘interactive,’ relies on ethnographic and art-historical research, and takes advantage of both contemporary and historical forms of artistic media.[2]
Solo exhibitions (selected)
- 2005 Ulaanbaatar project Spaces N° 2; Mongolia
- 2006 Kai Hilgemann Gallery, Berlin - Spaces-
- 2008 Zendai MOMA Shanghai[3]
- 2009 Spaces N° 5, National Academy of Arts, Baku, Azerbaijan[4]
- Geumgang Nature Art Biennial, Gongju museum, South Korea[5]
- 2010 Berlin Frames[6] - A Non Linear Perspective Perth Concert Hall, Australia[7]
- 2011 EDEN Galerie Kai Hilgemann, Berlin
- 2012 Galerie am Damm, Dresden
- Museo de Arquitectura Leopold Rother, Bogotá
- 2013 Moproo Shanghai[8]
- 2014 Goethe Institut Hong Kong
- 2015 ECLIPSE, TEDA Contemporary Art Museum, Tianjin, China[9]
Group exhibitions (selected)
- 2004 Busan Biennial, South Korea
- 2005 2nd Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing China
- 2007 10th International Cairo Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Cairo Egypt
- 2010 Land Art Biennial, Mongolia 360°[10] Mongolian National Modern Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
- Art Center Koldo, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan 2010[11]
- 2012 Creative Cities, Olympic Fine Arts, The Barbican Center, London
- Turgut Pura Art Prize, Sculpture & Paintings Museum, Izmir, Turkey
- Art Ignites Life, Hongqiao Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai
- 2013 Sculpture by the Sea, ARoS Kunstmuseum, Aarhus Denmark
- Il Palazzo Eciclopedico, 55. Venice Biennale Swatch booth[12]
- 2014 FACES & TRACES, Art Peace Hotel, Shanghai
- Land Art Mongolia, 3rd Biennial
- Galerie Seitz & Partner (with Wong Shun Kit)
- 2015 Nakanojo Biennale,[13] Japan
- 56. Venice Biennial, Palazzo Zorzi[14]
- TRIO Bienal, Rio de Janeiro[15]
- Ghetto Biennale, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
- 2016 Marrakech Biennale 6
- Bienal de Muralismo y Arte Público de Colombia, Cali, Colombia
Collections
- National Museum of China
- Swatch Collection Shanghai
- Klier & Ott Berlin
- WSI N.Y.
Bibliography
- Marc Schmitz, The paintings, Zuid Limburg / London (2014) ISBN 978-0-9573593-14
- Shifiting Gravity, World Biennale Forum, Gwangju Biennale, Hatje Cantz,(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)[16]
- 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
- Intrude Art & Life, Zendai MOMA Shanghai, Engl. /Chin. (2008)
- In Transition Cyprus (Engl.) 2007 ISBN 978-9963-8932-1-8
- 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
- File 2004, Engl. /Port. São Paulo (2004) ISBN 85-89730-02-6 File 2003, Engl. /Port. São Paulo (2003)
- Expomat, Zürich Ger. (2002) ISBN 3-905509-41-5
References
- ↑ YISHU Magazine Land Art Mongolia
- ↑ Marc Schmitz: Life and education (online at america.pink/marc-schmitz_2857126.html)
- ↑ Cinese contemporary art database
- ↑ Review Jaiyant Cavale: Marc Schmitz Baku Spaces N° 5
- ↑ Geumgang Nature Art Biennale
- ↑ Berlin Dayz Goethe Institut Australien
- ↑ "Marc Schmitz Solo Exhibition at Concert Hall Perth", The West Australian, 25 November 2010
- ↑ Ewa Manthey, "About Schmitz", Global Times China, 25 April 2013
- ↑ TEDA contemporary art museum
- ↑ Land Art Mongolia 360°
- ↑ Universe in Universes / Kyrgyzstan 2010
- ↑ Peace Art Hotel Shanghai
- ↑ Empty Garden Nakanojo Biennale
- ↑ Venice
- ↑ TRIO Bienal
- ↑ Dr. Jürgen Schilling/Rajath Suri, Catalogue Perth WA 2010