Markus Vater
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Markus Vater is a German
artist. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
and the Royal College of Art
, London
. As of 2008 Vater lives with his wife and child in London.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
artist. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
The Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, formerly Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, is the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf. It is well known for having produced many famous artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Demand, and Andreas Gursky...
and the Royal College of Art
Royal College of Art
The Royal College of Art is an art school located in London, United Kingdom. It is the world’s only wholly postgraduate university of art and design, offering the degrees of Master of Arts , Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy...
, London
London
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. As of 2008 Vater lives with his wife and child in London.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2010 "Das Metapherproblem" , Spot on 05, Animated-Installation, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
- 2009 "Heute denke ich mich in ein Blatt hinein" , Rudolf Scharpf Galerie des Wilhelm Hack Museums, Ludwigshafen am Rhein
- 2007 "At the end of the world", art agents gallery, Hamburg
- 2006 Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
- 2005 agents gallery, Hamburg
- 2004 Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
- 2002 "The Dandileon-fairy-mass-suicide", Vilma Gold Gallery, London _At the end of the world_, Escale, Düsseldorf
- "Drawings and Films", Sies + Höke Gallerie, Düsseldorf
- 2000 "The Hans Albers Project", SITE Ausstellungsraum, Düsseldorf
- "Zeichnungen + Video", Diehl Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin
- 1998 "her hands smell of architecture", Ginsa, Tokio
- 1997 "Malerei", Galerie Geviert, Berlin
- "Vaterboy leckt Mutterboy (mein Gehirn sagt Guten Tag)", Mehrwert, Aachen
- 1996 "Wir tarnen uns für die Sintflut", Galerie 102, Düsseldorf
- "Büro für konkrete Symmetrie", Künstlerhaus, Düsseldorf
External links
- Homepage
- Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf: Markus Vater, biography, bibliography, works
- Studio Voltaire, London: http://www.studiovoltaire.org