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Marcus Antonius Jansen, is known as the inovator of Modern Urban Expressionism. A native of New York City and converted Gulf War Veteran who was educated in Europe and the United States while studieng painting and design in Germany. Jansen managed to transform his life in 1997 after his eight year Military service, from a Sergeant in the US Military to now an internationally acclaimed painter. Jansen has had international exhibitions with his first exhibition taking place in New York Cities prestigious Park Avenue Lever House at 6 years old. In less them three years, Jansen became a significant contributor to the contemporary artscene while residing in Fort Myers Florida appearing on virtually every major media magazine and newspaper in the region including making the covers of: Fort Myers Magazine, Expressions Magazine WGCU Arts Edition, The News-Press, News Star,Tampa Tribune and Rivers Weekly Captiva Island. Listed in Who's Who in American Art publication, Jansen left his mark winning “Best of artists and artisians” competition for the State of Florida with Kennedy Promotion Books and recently was included in the Tampa Museum Biennial Florida state wide competition “under/current/over/view 8” at the Tampa Museum of Art. His work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian Anacostia Museum in Washington D.C. and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art. The Southwest Florida Museum of History who commissioned Jansen for 11 works and featured his unique modern urban expressionism in a solo show called “Fort Myers an Urban Perspective” in 2005. Jansens noteriety does not stop within US boarders. A Winner of the Primio “ALBA 2007 Award” in Ferrera Italy, an inclusion in the 14th edition of Flavio Puviani-International Encyclopedia Dictionary of Modern & Contemporary Art among many renowned art names. Jansen made his permanent mark in Europe in 2005 with the exclusive Jansen Gallery that opened in March, in the prestigious Le Marais art district of Paris the American Art Gallery ran by Gallerist and ex TV Producer Jean Marc Pontet who is the artist’s soley committed Gallery and has permanent ongoing exhibitions and recently held a solo show called Voice of a Generation, that gained media attention from French CNN LCI TV that broadcasted a two minute interview with the artist on French Television as well as various other media outlets throughout France. Referred by the media in Paris as the American “Pope” of Urban Expressionism, Jansen is also a finalist at the International Biennial Print & Drawing Exhibition and in the permanent collection of the National Museum of Fine Art Taiwan since 2006. He is included in the recently published Book “Famous 100 Contemporary artist’s” published by World of Art Books London UK that includes reviews by Pierre Restany and other internationally renowned art critics. Books on Jansen can be found at amazon.com or his official website marcusjansen.com. Modern Urban Expressionism, The Art of Marcus Antonius Jansen is available for collectors, colleges, Galleries and Museums.