American/ Dutch,  b. 1974 

M.F.A. Masters of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A., 2002

B.F.A. Bachelors of Fine Arts, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A., 1998

AWARDS, HONORS, STIPENDS/  AUSZEICHNUNGEN, EHRUNGEN, STIPENDIEN (AUSWAHL)

2021

Deutscher Künstlerbund e.V. -Stipendium / Neustart für Bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler

2020

Sonder-Stipendium; Senate Department for Culture and Europe; Berlin, Germany

2009

Werk Budget; Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2008

Nomination, Wim Izaks Prize; Dordrechts Museum, The Netherlands

2007

Nomination, Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst (Netherlands Royal Painting Prize); The Hague, The Netherlands

2006

Basisstipendium; Mondriaan Fonds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2023

Why Paintings Work, Kourd Gallery, Athens, Greece. Curator: Jurriaan Benschop

Berlin, A 10-Year Itch/ Am Flutgraben,  PICTURA, Dordrecht, The Netherlands

2021

A Grammar Of Gestures, Kourd Gallery, Athens, Greece. Curator: Jurriaan Benschop
A Sense of Possibility, Michael Markwick, Robert Muntean, Galerie Born, Born a. Darss, Germany

2020

Exhibitionisms, Tiger Strikes Asteroid – Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Michael Markwick: Sunshine for a Long Midnight; Galerie Born-Berlin; Berlin, Germany (Solo) >

2019

Michael Markwick: New Songs to Learn and Sing; Martin von Wagner Museum; Würzburg, (Solo) >
Long Loud Silence; Robert Gfader, Michael Markwick, Robert Muntean; Galerie am POLYLOG; Wörgl, Austria

2018

Serious Play: Lucy Teasdale / Michael Markwick; Galerie Born-Berlin; Berlin, Germany

2017

Michael Markwick: New Paintings; Galerie Born – Projektraum Heiddorf; Neu Kaliß, Germany (Solo) >
Re: Imagining Europe; Box Freiraum; Berlin, Germany. Curator: Jurriaan Benschop
Loud Silence; Robert Gfader , Michael Markwick , Robert Muntean; Parallel Vienna; Vienna, Austria
Loud Silence; Robert Gfader , Michael Markwick , Robert Muntean; Botschaft Berlin; Berlin, Germany

2016

Gallery Artists; Galerie Born; Darß, Germany
Loud Silence; Robert Gfader , Michael Markwick , Robert Muntean; Parallel Vienna; Vienna, Austria
Loud Silence; Robert Gfader , Michael Markwick , Robert Muntean; nationalmuseum; Berlin, Germany

2015

Robert Gfader / Michael Markwick / Robert Muntean; Kunstverein Steyr; Steyr, Austria

2014

It Never Happened: 10 Years Noordkaap; Noordkaap; Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Curators: Katja Diallo and Jan Kryzons
Reflections on Life Earthbound; Galerie In Vorm; Hasselt, Belgium

2013

Geist und Form: Ten Painters from Berlin; Grunwald Gallery of Art; Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.; Curator: Jurriaan Benschop 
The Legend of the Shelves; Autocenter Berlin; Berlin, Germany

2012

Michael Markwick, The WYE; US Embassy Event, The WYE, Berlin, Germany (Solo)

2011

Under Pressure: Current Trends in Printmaking; Kresge Gallery at Lyons College, Batesville, Arkansas, U.S.A.; Curator: Carly Dahl

2010

Michael Markwick: Periphery Rising – New Drawings; Kunst in Kreuzberg e.V./ Atelierhof Kreuzberg; Berlin, Germany (Solo)
BLICK OHNE ENDE: Niederländer in Berlin; Centrum Beeldende Kunst Dordrecht; Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Curator: Jurriaan Benschop
BLICK OHNE ENDE: Niederländer in Berlin; Autocenter Berlin; Germany. Curator: Jurriaan Benschop
Art Prize; The Grand Rapids Art Museum; Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Schwarzwald; Kunst Vlaai Art Fair, Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek; Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Curator: Arno Coenen
Hier gibt es keine falschen hase!; Forgotten Bar Project – Galerie im Regierungsviertel; Berlin, Germany
Schwarzwald; Noordkaap; Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Curators: Arno Coenen and Katja Diallo
NATURansichten; Gallery Alte Schule; Berlin, Germany. Curator: Matheos Pontikos

2009

Salon; Pictura; Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Disturbed Nature: Three Artists at the Edge of Nature; Gallery Cluster; Berlin, Germany. Curator: Jurriaan Benschop
Summer An Abundance of Forms; Gallery Invorm; Hasselt, Belgium
Over-leven Sur-vivre Sur-vive I; Gallery Invorm; Hasselt, Belgium
Youth Cult; Dada Post Gallery; Berlin, Germany. Curators: Howard Mc Calebb and Lou Andrea Savoir
Opposites Attract – On Dialectics; De Veemvloer; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Curator: Christine Sluysmans

2008

ART AMSTERDAM; Gallery Tanya Rumpff; Amsterdam, The Netherlands (Solo)
Michael Markwick: Deeper/After Relocation, New Excavations and Paintings; Dordrechts Museum; Dordrecht, The Netherlands (Solo)
Koninklijke Prijs voor Vrije Schilderkunst; Gemeentemuseum Den Haag; The Hague, The Netherlands


COLLECTIONS / SAMMLUNGEN

Selection (AUSWAHL)

Martin von Wagner Museum; Würzburg, Germany
Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten; Antwerp, Belgium
Frans Masereel Center; Kasterlee, Belgium
Calvin College; Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Hong Kong Graphic Arts Center; Hong Kong
Indiana University Print Archive; Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.
John Beck Collection; Indiana University Museum of Art; Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.A.
University of the Arts; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Purdue University; West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S.A.
Mary Baldwin College; Staunton, Virginia, U.S.A.
South Carolina University; Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.


RESIDENCIES (SELECTION) / KÜNSTLERRESIDENZ (AUSWAHL)

2008 

Frans Masereel Center; Kasterlee, Belgium

2007 

Dordrechts Museum; Dordrecht, The Netherlands

2006 

Frans Masereel Center; Kasterlee, Belgium

2005

Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany
Amsterdam Grafische Atelier; Amsterdam, The Netherlands / June 2005
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica; Venice, Italy / April 2005


LECTURES / TEACHING / INTERVIEWS (SELECTION)

2020

Artist Talk: Sunshine for a Long Midnight; Galerie Born-Berlin; Berlin, Germany

2019

Artist Talk: New Songs to Learn and Sing: Martin von Wagner Museum; Würzburg, Germany

2017 

Artist Talk: (IFCEAS) Universität Würzburg, Germany

2016 

EASLCE Conference Talk: Discordant Harmonies and Imagined Wildness: A Painter’s Open Creative Space; Université Libre de Bruxelles; Brussels, Belgium

2016 

Guest Panelist, Federal Academy of Security Policy in Berlin; Berlin, Germany

2015 

Public Interview with gallery director Dr. Enrico Savio; Kunstverein Steyr, Austria

2014 

Visiting Artist Lecturer, The Hong Kong Open Printshop, The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre; Hong Kong

2013 

Visiting Artist Lecturer, The Hong Kong Open Printshop, The Jockey Club Creative Arts Centre; Hong Kong

2013

Visiting Artist, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.
Visiting Artist , University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.A.
Visiting Artist, Lyon College, Batesville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
Visiting Artist , Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A.
Visiting Artist, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A

2010 

Public Interview with Dr. Heinz Stahlhut (Leiter der Sammlung Bildende Kunst an der Berlinische Galerie); Autocenter; Berlin, Germany