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Marc Schmitz
Marc Schmitz (* 1963 in Hamburg) is a German Artist who lives and works in Berlin, Gemany. He studied Philosophy in Munich and Berlin and Art at the Art Academy in Munich and multimedia the new media academy in Berlin. Over the last years Marc Schmitz was developing Art projects internationally with priority in Asia. His work series Spaces was exhibitted at the Busan Biennale 2004 in Korea,2005 in Mongolia, at the Sculpture Quadrennial in Latvia, the Zendai MoMA in Shanghaiart & life 2008, Land/Art New Mexico in the USA and in Baku, Azerbaijan 2009. 2009 he was artist in residence (A.I.R.) at Yatoo Geumgang Biennial. His work was supported by institutions as Das Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V. (ifa) and awardet with the first prize for Art For Expo 2000 World Expo in Hannover, Germany, and in Cairo, with the special prize of the jury, 10th Cairo Biennial (Museum of Modern Egyptian Art) amongst others.

Artist statement
Any typical space is constructed by typical social conditions. Every part of consciousness is included. Images of space are dreams of society. My work addresses the fragility of knowledge dynamics, and the underlying threads of uncertainty that underpin the current system. My recent projects have focused on finding 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.

As I usually work on several bodies of work for indoor and outdoor, I have developed beside the sculptural body a series of monochrome-paintings and works that operate with blank signs/screens. This encompasses basic aspects of visibility, orientation, auto navigation and emotional correspondence. Operating with surfaces balances down the rational activity toward a new and unexpected knowledge that is less predicted by mind.

Exhibitions
2009 Space N° 6, Land/Art New Mexico, Richard Levy Gallery, New Mexico, USA 2008 Spaces (KUN), Zendai MoMA Shanghai 2007 10th International Cairo Biennale, Museum of Modern Art, Cairo Egypt 2006 Spaces, Kai Hilgemann Gallery, Berlin 2005 BIAB 2nd International Beijing Biennial, Beijing China 2003 FILE-2003 Paco das Artes/ British Council, Sao Paulo Brasil 2002Art on the Net, Michida City Museum Tokyo 2001 Ortsbestimmung, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Berlin 2000 Beijing-Berlin, Jintai Exhibition Hall, Chaoyang Beijing China
 * Spaces N° 5, National Academy of Arts Baku
 * The Mobile Spaces - Border, Concentart Berlin
 * ART INTERNATIONAL, Mongolian National Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
 * Geumgang Biennale,Yatoo Museum of Gongju, South Korea
 * Sculpture Quadrennial, Riga 2008, Latvia
 * Here We Are, Kai Hilgemann Gallery, Berlin
 * Contemporary, Art Fair Istanbul
 * Beyond Transparency, Galerie Seitz & Partner, Berlin Mitte
 * In Transition, Lanitis Foundation, Limassol, Cyprus
 * EHF 2010, Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin
 * Transitory Operations, UMA Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 * Int. Art 2006, Zanabazar Fine Art Museum, UB, Mongolia
 * 2004 Busan Biennial 2004, South Korea
 * FILE-2004 GALERIA DE ARTE DO SESI, Sao Paulo, Brasil
 * Zwischenwasser, Kunstverein Bad Aibling
 * Galerie der Künste, Berlin
 * Zebra Poetryfilm Award, literaturWERKstatt Berlin
 * Fluxus, Belo Horizonte Brasil
 * Art for Expo (award of the first prize)
 * German House New York
 * Goethe Institut, Singapore
 * Expo Hannover German Pavillon, Expo 2000  Hannover

Awards

 * Special 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-Institut award)
 * VII China Art Exposition International (1998) Beijing

Weblinks

 * personal Website of Marc Schmitz
 * Profile Marc Schmitz on artfacts.net
 * Marc Schmitz Spaces byJaiyant Cavale
 * Artreview Marc Schmitz