Jannis Marwitz

Works

Installation View
*Onions*
Damien & The Love Guru
2021
Brussels, BE

*L’Oiseau Decoré*
2021
Tempera on wood panel
32 × 24 cm
^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

*Fall of the Rebel Angels over Grand Place*
2021
Tempera on wood panel
35 × 25 cm
^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

*Self Portrait as a Burning Shed/Watteau’s “Spring” (1717/1718) Burned in 1996*
2021
Tempera on wood panel
30 × 20 cm
^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

*Untitled*
2021
Tempera on wood panel
25 × 20 cm
^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

*6 Drawings*
2021
Ink on paper (framed)
35 × 72 cm
^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

Installation View
*Diananess*
Le Berceau
2021
Marseille, FR

*Under The Table*
2021
Wax, wire, wood, fabric and sheep hair
30,5 × 28 × 20 cm

Installation View
*The Raid*
Barbara Weiss
2021
Berlin, DE
^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

*3 Geese*
2021
Oil on linen
170 × 110 cm
^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

*The Raid*
2021
Oil on linen
80 × 115 cm
^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

*Displays*
2021
Oil on oxidised copper
40 × 30 cm
^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

Untitled
2021
Oil on oxidised copper
15 × 10 cm
^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

Statement

Even among an extraordinary generation of figurative painters, Marwitz stands out for his distinctive, challenging visual idiom. Elegiac, myth-laden motifs, often borrowed from Greco-Roman funerary reliefs, stage a disturbing feast of physicality. The Brussels based artist uses a caustic palette and a painting style that combines old techniques with contemporary appeal.

Education

De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015
MA Fine Art, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
Diploma in Fine Arts, Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, 2012

Solo & duo exhibitions

Onions 2, The Tail, Brussels, 2024
Doorbell rings - all paintings hide, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2023
Onions, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2021
Diananess, with Christiane Blattmann, Le Berceau, Marseille, 2021
The Raid, Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2021
ROD, with Raphaela Vogel, Kantine, Brussels, 2021
Kündigung, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2020
Slug’s Arrest, Sundy, London, 2019
Narch till June, Kunstverein Dortmund, 2019
Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2018
Like Unhappy Fruit, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2018
D.E.L.F, Vienna, 2017
The Year Is Over Now, Marwan, Amsterdam, 2016
Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Twenty Years, Berlin, 2015
Forehead, Bad Bentheim, 2014
Baby Birds, with Christiane Blattmann, Dorothea Schlueter, Hamburg, 2015
New State Of The Birds, with Christiane Blattmann, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2015

Selected group exhibitions

Palai, Lecce, 2023
Art Cologne, Clages and Damien & The Love Guru, Cologne, 2022
a proie et l’ombre, Crèvecoeur, Paris, 2022
Mural session #3 with Marta Riniker Radich and Max Ruf, Geneva, 2022
Look, Lightning Has Struck the Flowers, SUNDY, London, 2022
(conceived by Christiane Blattmann & Jannis Marwitz)
Pooky’s Reform, Kunsthalle Fribourg, 2022
Sweet Lies, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, 2021
Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, 2021
Guten Morgen, Europa!, A Tale Of A Tub, Rotterdam, 2019
Where Do Streams Run To?, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru and Lucas Hirsch, Conceptual Fine Arts, Milan, 2019
The Chasm, Franz-Josefs Kai 3/17, Vienna, 2019
Don Quixote, Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2018
Metamorphoseon, Sultana, Paris, 2018
Friend of a Friend, hosted by Lucas Hirsch for FOAF, Chert Lüdde, Berlin, 2018
SM, Sans Titre 2016, Marseille, 2018
B-sides & Rarities, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2017
Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bilderatlas, 8. Salon, Hamburg, 2017
Augury, BQ, Berlin, 2016
Aby Warburg Mnemosyne Bildatlas, ZKM Karlsruhe, 2016
Grand Café, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2016
Micro Celebrities, Just Married, Brussels, 2016
Function Creep, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015
Plus Jamais Seul, Standards, Rennes, 2013
Collision Course, Sodom & Gomorrah, Amsterdam, 2013
Exclusively für Alle, Prince of Wales, Munich, 2013
De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2013
Say My Name, Say My Name, MMK, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
Erection Painting, Beyoncé, Amsterdam, 2013
Kunstraum München, Munich, 2012
Afraid to be Good, Lost Projects, Quezon City, 2012
Schlagstock durch Aura kaufen, Kunstkammer, Schlieren, 2012

Grants and awards

Bad Bentheim Ruisdael Stipend, 2014
Städelschule Linklaters Award, Frankfurt a.M., 2013

Related activities

Co-organiser of exhibition, with Christiane Blattmann, Sundy, London, 2022
Project in Public Space, “Betongalerie / Towers of Hope”, with Christiane Blattmann, Hamburg, 2011–2013
Co-organiser of screening “Dieter Froese”, with Christiane Blattmann, Rome, 2012
Co-founder of exhibition space “Die Reliktion”, with Christiane Blattmann, Golden Pudel Club, Hamburg, 2009–2013

Publications

Let’s All Become Me!, with Christiane Blattmann, edition Kunstwegen, 2015
Say my Name, Say my Name, published by MMK, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
Vandel 7: Sozialgestaltung: Liebe plus Friedhof, edited by Helmut A. Müller, published by Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, 2011

Published work

Mainstream, Pfeil #10, edited by Anja Dietmann, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2018
Function Creep, published by De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015
Zeigefinger, Pfeil #1, edited by Anja Dietmann, published by Montez Press, Hamburg, 2012
Serie, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2010
Vandel #5, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2009
Vandel #1, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2008

Press

Seeing & Believing: Christian Imagery in Painting Now, Art in America, 2022
‘Paris+ Art Fair Opens: More Corporate, Less French’, New York Times, 2022
Pooky’s Reform, Art Viewer, 2022
Onions, Mousse Magazine, 2021
Onions, GalleriesNow, 2021
Onions, Agenda Brussels, 2021
Matchmaker, Art Viewer, 2021
‘Jannis Marwitz, The Raid’, Jens Asthoff, KUNSTFORUM International, 2021
Kündigung, Contemporary Art Daily, 2020
‘Jannis Marwitz at Dortmunder Kunstverein’,Moritz Scheper, Art Review, 2020
‘Myth Kissed and Foam-Born: Jannis Marwitz’, Moritz Scheper, Mousse Magazine, 2019
‘Three Writings on Jannis Marwitz’, Piero Bisello, Contemporary Fine Arts, 2019
‘Slanted and Enchanted: Oriane Durand on the Year in Shamanism and Superstition’, Oriane Durand, Frieze, 2018
‘https://www.frieze.com/article/jannis-marwitz’, Mitch Speed, Frieze, 2017
The Year Is Over Now, Critic’s Guide, Gabriela Acha, Frieze, 2016

Installation View, Onions, Damien & The Love Guru, 2021, Brussels, BE

L’Oiseau Decoré, 2021, Tempera on wood panel , 32 × 24 cm, ^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

Fall of the Rebel Angels over Grand Place, 2021, Tempera on wood panel, 35 × 25 cm, ^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

Self Portrait as a Burning Shed/Watteau’s “Spring” (1717/1718) Burned in 1996, 2021, Tempera on wood panel, 30 × 20 cm, ^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

Untitled, 2021, Tempera on wood panel, 25 × 20 cm, ^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

6 Drawings, 2021, Ink on paper (framed), 35 × 72 cm, ^{Documentation by Kristien Daem}

Installation View, Diananess, Le Berceau, 2021, Marseille, FR

Under The Table, 2021, Wax, wire, wood, fabric and sheep hair, 30,5 × 28 × 20 cm

Installation View, The Raid, Barbara Weiss, 2021, Berlin, DE, ^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

3 Geese, 2021, Oil on linen, 170 × 110 cm, ^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

The Raid, 2021, Oil on linen, 80 × 115 cm, ^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

Displays, 2021, Oil on oxidised copper, 40 × 30 cm, ^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}

Untitled, 2021, Oil on oxidised copper, 15 × 10 cm, ^{Documentation by Galerie Barbara Weiss}