Onions
Damien & The Love Guru, 2021
Onions
Damien & The Love Guru, 2021
2021
Tempera on wood panel
32 × 24 cm
2021
Tempera on wood panel
35 × 25 cm
2021
Tempera on wood panel
30 × 20 cm
2021
Tempera on wood panel
25 × 20 cm
2021
Ink on paper
35 × 72 cm (framed)
2021
Oil on linen
170 × 110 cm
2021
Oil on linen
80 × 115 cm
2021
Oil on oxidised copper
40 × 30 cm
2021
Oil on oxidised copper
15 × 10 cm
Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien & The Love Guru, 2018
Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien & The Love Guru, 2018
Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien & The Love Guru, 2018
Bonaventura Jannis Marwitzle, Damien & The Love Guru, 2018
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
- Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M., 2012–2013
- Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, 2007–2012
Solo & duo exhibitions
- Trautwein Herleth, Berlin, 2025 (upcoming)
- Damien & The Love Guru, Zurich, 2025 (upcoming)
- Onions 2, The Tail, Brussels, 2024
- Doorbell rings - all paintings hide, Lucas Hirsch, Dusseldorf, 2023
- Onions, Damien & The Love Guru, Brussels, 2021
- The Raid, Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2021
- ROD, with Raphaela Vogel, Kantine, Brussels, 2021
- Diananess, with Christiane Blattmann, Le Berceau, Marseille, 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
- Baby Birds, with Christiane Blattmann, Dorothea Schlueter, Hamburg, 2015
- New State Of The Birds, with Christiane Blattmann, Apes & Castles, Brussels, 2015
- Forehead, Bad Bentheim, 2014
Selected group exhibitions
- Painting after Painting, S.M.A.K., Gent, 2025 (upcoming)
- 9th Biennial of Painting, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, 2024
- Collectie van M, Museum M, Leuven, 2024
- An Account of the Luck and Misfortunes of ______, Etablissement d’en Face, Brussels, 2024
- Various Small Paintings, Lore Deutz, Cologne, 2023
- Palai, Lecce, 2023
- Ugly Painting, Nahmad Contemporary, New York, 2023
- Elizabeth Costello, Louis Reed, New York, 2023
- la proie et l’ombre, Crèvecoeur, Paris, 2022
- Look, Lightning Has Struck the Flowers, SUNDY, London, 2022
- La réforme de Pooky, Kunsthalle Fribourg, 2022
- Jahresgaben, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Dusseldorf, 2021
- Sweet Lies, Ludwig Forum, Aachen, 2021
- Matchmaker, hosted by Damien & The Love Guru for Various Others, Loggia, Munich, 2021
- Jahresgaben, Kunstverein Dortmund, 2019
- 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
- Skeletons of Beer, Pablo Gallery, Manila, 2011
- Moment gewonnen, Ventilazione, Vienna, 2011
- Berlin Klondyke, The Odd Gallery, Dawson, 2011
- EST-EST-EST, Lacoste, France, 2011
- Attraktiv.Editionen, Prince of Wales, Munich, 2011
Art fairs
- Art Basel, invited by Trautwein Herleth, 2024
- Liste Art Fair Basel, invited by Lucas Hirsch, 2024
- Art Cologne, invited by Clages and Damien & The Love Guru, 2022
Grants and awards
- Bad Bentheim Ruisdael Stipend, 2014
- Städelschule Linklaters Award, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
Related activities
- Artist-run space “Marais/Moeras,” Brussels, since 2023
- Co-organiser of exhibition, with Christiane Blattmann, Sundy, London, 2022
- Exhibition project in public space “Betongalerie,” 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
- Pfeil magazine #18, magazine contribution, Montez Press, London, 2024
- Le Chauffage, Issue 3, Brussels/Vancouver, magazine contribution, 2024
- Ghost Image, exhibition catalog, Galerie Judin, Berlin, 2024
- Der Körper selbst ist auch schon ein Raum, exhibition catalog, Dortmunder Kunstverein, 2024
- Ugly Painting, exhibition catalog, Nahmad Contemporary, New York, 2023
- Various Small Paintings, exhibtion catalog, Lore Deutz, Edition Taube, Cologne, 2023
- Jannis Marwitz – The Raid, exhibition catalog, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, 2021
- Jannis Marwitz – Narch Till June / Närz bis April, exhibition catalog, Dortmunder Kunstverein, 2020
- Pfeil magazine #10, magazine contribution, Montez Press, London, 2018
- i apologize #1, magazine contribution, 2018
- Augury, exhibition catalog, BQ Publication, Berlin, 2016
- Function Creep, exhibition catalog, De Ateliers, Amsterdam, 2015
- Christiane Balttmann, Jannis Marwitz – LET‘S ALL BECOME ME!, Edition kunstwegen/raumsichten, 2014
- Say my Name, Say my Name, exhibition catalog, MMK, Frankfurt a.M., 2013
- Der Pfeil / Zeigefinger Magazin #1, magazine contribution, Montez Press, London / Hamburg, 2012
- Vandel 7: Sozialgestaltung: Liebe plus Friedhof, Edition Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, 2011
- Serie, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2010
- VANDEL #5, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2009
- VANDEL #1, Kartoffelverlag, Hamburg, 2008
- ‘Jannis Marwitz at Lucas Hirsch,’ by Moritz Scheper, Artforum, 2024
- 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
- ‘A Minibar Mascot and Other Berlin Gallery Weekend – Highlights by Camila McHugh,’ Mousse Magazine, 2021
- Onions, Mousse Magazine, 2021
- Onions, GalleriesNow, 2021
- Onions, Agenda Brussels, 2021
- Matchmaker, Art Viewer, 2021
- ‘Jannis Marwitz, The Raid,’ Jens Asthoff, KUNSTFORUM International, Bd. 275, 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, Conceptual Fine Arts, 2019
- ‘Portait by Dietrich Roeschmann,’ Artline, 2019
- ‘Slanted and Enchanted: Oriane Durand on the Year in Shamanism and Superstition,’ Oriane Durand, Frieze, 2018
- ‘https://www.frieze.com/article/jannis-marwitz,’ by Mitch Speed, Frieze Magazine, #193, 2017
- The Year Is Over Now, Critic’s Guide, Gabriela Acha, Frieze Magazine, 2016
