2010 February 26 Schwarzwald, Noordkap. Curator: Arno Coenen and Katja Diallo, Dordrecht, (NL)
Schwarzwald is a collaborative artwork in the form of a dark forest. It represents primal human urges through painting, sculpture, video, photography, collage, performance, storytelling, opera, electro and heavy metal.
In European culture and art the forest is an emotionally charged subject; it can stand for fear, danger, strength and beauty at the same time. Author Elias Canetti connected the symbolic idealization of the forest to the rise of national socialism. In the feature film Antichrist (2009) by Lars Von Trier the main character regards the forest, and consequently nature, as a destructive force...[read more>> ]
Made Possible thanks to generous funding by the Mondriaan Stichting and Noordkaap.
NATURansichten. Galerie Alte Schule. Curator: Matheos Pontikos, Berlin. Opens 19th March. 20:00
(March 19th – April 25th)
Made possible with generous funding by the FBKVB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL), as well as the Netherlands, Israeli, and Columbian Embassy.
THE PERIPHERY RISING: New Drawings. Berlin. (DE) [s]
Vernissage: Febr. 19th 19:00
Finnisage: March 7th 15:00
February 19 – March 7
Dienstag – Freitag: 12-18 Uhr.
Kunst in Kreuzberg e. V. presents the American-born Dutch artist Michael Markwick (1974) who has been living and working in Berlin since 2005. Stepping outside his usual painting medium, Markwick presents an unusual solo exhibition of recent, large-scale charcoal drawings based increasingly on his investigations of wooded landscapes that seem both… [read more>> ]
Made possible with generous funding by the FBKVB The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam (NL).
Babette/ Sa.16.01.2010 20:00 Uhr
Berlin. Book Launch
Adriana Molder/ Mark Lammert/Michael Markwick/Stephan Balleux/Tom Liekens/Alex Tennigkeits
Katharina Ziemkes /”Family Jewels”/
+ Dj’s Special
Kosmetiksalon Babette
Bar in der Karl-Marx-Allee 36
10178 Berlin
2009 Salon, Pictura, Dordrecht (NL)
Annual member exhibition and Pictura Prize.
ANONYMOUS DRAWINGS N°10 [read more>> ]
+++Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien+++
December, 12th 2009 – January 17th 2010
opening reception: December, 11th, 2009 / 7 pm
closed on December 25./26. & Dezember 31. & Januar 1st 2010
Summer an abdundance of forms, Galerie In Vorm, Belgium
Michael Markwick: drawings and small paintings, Portfolio Peripheral Press + monotypes
Michael Markwick presents his new book: Collisions: Earth-trees-bones-sky.Talk on his process of creativity. (English)
Mark Verstockt: de genesis van de vorm van chaos tot geometrie + THIS IS NOT A BOOK
Peter Royen: paintings
Denis Schneider: paintings/Dissonances, artist book
Josephine Sloet: works on paper
Gerard Verdijk: works on paper
Albert Verkade: sculptures
Disturbed Nature: Drei Künstler am Rande des Natürlichen at CLUSTER, Berlin Germany [read more>>]
May 1 – 23 Opening May 1st, 2009/ 18:00 Curated by Jurriaan Benschop Artists: Jeroen Jacobs, Anja de Jong, Michael Markwick read more >>
Over-leven Sur-vivre Sur-vive I: Gallery Invorm Hasselt, Belgium (Near Brussels) Opening March 22nd, 2009
Gerard Verdijk
Juliette Rousseff
Michael Markwick
Josephine Sloet
Mo Ramakers
Ronny Delrue
Opposites Attract (Dialectica) 2009 8 Jan – 15 Feb 2009/ De Veemvloer Amsterdam [read more >>]
Opposites Attract – On Dialectics toont werken met een dialectisch karakter van kunstenaars die enerzijds raken aan de Platoonse versie van Dialectiek (het debatteren vanuit tegenstellingen op zoek naar een hoger inzicht) en anderzijds werk maken dat associaties oproept met Hegels uitleg (een metafysica, volgens welke zowel het denken als de wereld verandert en zich ontwikkelt ten gevolge van tegenstellingen).
October 15 to November 15, 2008: Safety Archtecture, Martin Art Gallery Allentown, PA . U.S.A.
Safety Architecture October 15 – November 15, 2008 Guest curator: Lou Joseph- group exhibition with 2-d and site-specific installations Reception: Oct. 15, 4:30 – 6:00/ Catalog Available at Exhiibition
Dutch Mountain Films >>
Dutch Mountain Films uses work in new film: Het Leven Uit Een Dag Directed by Mark de Cloe. Work in film included other contemporary netherlands artists. View Photos >>
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ART AMSTERDAM 2008 Tanya Rumpff of Haarlem /Stand 71 [meer lezen >>]
Art Amsterdam is een vijfdaags kunstevenement (meestal in mei) in de RAI in Amsterdam. Het is een beurs voor hedendaagse kunst. In 2006 (22e editie) is de naam veranderd van KunstRAI in Art Amsterdam. Van 9 tot 13 mei 2007 vond de Art Amsterdam plaats in de RAI. Er waren meer bezoekers (in totaal 17.790), deelnemers en een hogere omzet dan in 2006. In 2008 wordt het gehouden van 7 tot en met 12 mei met als thema “kunst en het verzamelen”. Er komen vele galeries uit binnen- en buitenland naar deze beurs. Er is een breed aanbod aan informatie over beeldende kunst en over kunstenaars zoals kunstschilders en beeldhouwers, en er zijn stands van kunsttijdschriften en musea.
Support; Ambassade van het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden
Deeper/ After Relocation Dordrechts Museum: Artist In Residence 2008 >>
For four months new large paintings were created.The final project is a formal exhibition and presentation of the artists new work, and recent work out of Berlin. Included in the exhibition will be the work “Heavy Jacket” which was exhibited recently as part of the Royal Dutch Painting Prize Exhibition. The project has been extended for March and possibly April due to strong interest of the viewing public. Weekends, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday the museum will open for 12-17:00. Special viewings upon request to museum.
Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst 2007- Jan 2008. Gemeente Museum Den Haag, The Netherlands >>
Michael Markwick has been nominated for the Royal Dutch Painting Prize. His work will be exhibited from October 20, 2007, until January 6, 2008, in the Gementee Museum of The Hague. In 2007 zonden, in reactie op advertenties in diverse media, 238 kunstenaars dia’s en documentatie in. Ruim 1100 dia’s passeerden de revue. Aan 96 kunstenaars werd gevraagd twee schilderijen in te zenden voor de tweede ronde. De jury bestond dit jaar uit: Suzan Drummen, Lisette Pelsers, Marien Schouten, Gé-Karel van der Sterren, Wilma Sütö, Pietje Tegenbosch (voorzitter) en Barbara Visser. Traditioneel wordt de Prijs uitgereikt in het Koninklijk Paleis te Amsterdam. Dit jaar biedt het Gemeentemuseum in Den Haag onderdak omdat het Paleis wegens renovatie niet beschikbaar is. De prijsuitreiking en de tentoonstelling vinden plaats onder auspiciën van de Stichting Koninklijk Paleis te Amsterdam. The members of this year’s jury are: Suzan Drummen, Lisette Pelsers, Marien Schouten, Gé-Karel van der Sterren, Wilma Sütö, Pietje Tegenbosch (chair) and Barbara Visser [ read more >>]
Historia/ Pictura Dordrecht 2007 >>
“Historia” New drawings based on memories of wandering in American nomans land or suburbia and woods of Michigan and historical images.Michael Markwick merges real experiences of the darkness and fiction in a series of ink drawings on paper. The series titled simply the “history series” is on display in Pictura. [ read more >>]
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Quiet Apocalypse: 2yk Gallery Kunstfabrik Berlin, Germany 2005- 2006 >>
Quiet Apocalypse is the artists first solo exhibition in Berlin after a six month residency at the renowned Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben with receipt of scholarship. [ read more >>]
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Artist In Residence / Kunstfabrik Berlin, Germany 2005-06 >>
