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Marc Remus (born 1969) is a German Neo-pop artist, painter, illustrator and author. He works mainly in mixed media, acrylic, watercolor, tea and coffee. Remus is known for his cityscapes and has painted over hundred cities, mainly in Europe and North America.

Early life
Marc Remus grew up mainly in Germany but travelled back and forth to the United States at an early age due to part of his family living in Arizona. He moved to the United States in 1987 where he graduated from School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. In the early 90s he moved to Japan where he practiced Sumi-E painting and woodblock printing while studying Japanese at Sendagaya Japanese Institute. On his return to the United States he was accepted into Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and in 1996 he graduated with a BA in Illustrations.

Career
In 1996 Remus moved to Honduras for one year where he spent time writing and illustrating picture books. On his return to Germany in 1998 he started free-lancing for European and American companies. He illustrated various covers for children's magazines.

In 2002 Remus began his first series of cityscapes called Impressions of Cities and Countries. He has also created paintings of German, American, European, and Japanese cities.

In 2006 Remus changed his painting style from more traditional, realistic painting to the colorful, vivid Neo-pop art and began to focus on big cities around the world. He named the collection Fun Cities. He expanded the series to countries in 2009 and named it Fun Cities & Countries. He continues to work in this Neo-pop art style. In 2014 the experience he had previously gathered in Honduras influenced his work. Remus added so called Catrinas, skeleton ladies from the Latin American holiday Day of the Dead, to the series and mixed them together with German characters.

Exhibitions
Remus has been exhibiting for over 15 years. In recent years, solo shows have been held at Pop-Art Gallery The Dream Factory, Frankfurt, 2014, The Mexican Consulate General, Frankfurt, 2013, the Frankfurt Public Library, 2013, and Gallery Kunst-Etage Hartmann, Gelnhausen, 2011. As well, the artist has also participated in numerous group shows including The Spanish Cultural Institute, Instituto Cervantes, Frankfurt, 2013;The Brewery Art Walk, Los Angeles, USA, 2008; Galerie Krüger, Roedermark, 2008 and many others. Remus has also participated in art fairs such as Art Fair Europe, Bad Salzufflen, Germany, 2009.

Remus’ work is found in private collections around the world including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mauritius, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sudan, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela. His work is also to be seen at various galleries such as Galerie an der Zitadelle, Jülich, Galerie Guntermann, Düsseldorf, Galerie Dittman, Bergisch Gladbach, Pop-Art Gallery, The Dream Factory, Frankfurt am Main, Galerie Wehr, Pulheim, Galerie Das Atelier, Bensheim and Schwetzingen, Kunsthandlung in der Marktstrasse, Erfurt Galerie Gärtner, Groß-Gerau, Galerie Art and Bijou, Cologne, Galerie Glück, Dachau.

Awards

 * 2014 Art Ascent Art Magazine
 * 2014 Richeson 75 Award Winner
 * 2013 The Artist’s Magazine, “Incite 2 –Color Passion.”
 * 2013 Acrylic Works –Best of Acrylic painting

Work
Children's Illustrations, Mixed Media (starting in 1998) Impressions of Cities and Countries, Watercolors, Acrylics, Tea & Coffee (starting in 2002) Abstract paintings, Acrylics (starting in 2004) Fun Cities and Countries, Acrylics (starting in 2006) Catrinas – Day of the Dead (starting in 2014).

Personal Life
Remus currently lives between Arizona and Germany. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2006 but in 2009 won his battle against it. His experience with cancer altered his artistic outlook and triggered his painting series “Fun Cities & countries.”

External Link
Marc Remus

Galleries representing Remus
Art & Bijou/Cologne, Germany Gallery Wehr/Pulheim, Germany The Dream Factory/ Frankfurt,Germany Gallery Mainberg/Heppenheim, Germany Gallery Guntermann/Duesseldorf,Germany Gallery Zitadelle, Juelich,Germany