American / Netherlands, b. 1974
Education
2002
M.F.A. Masters of Fine Arts, Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A.
1998
B.F.A. Bachelors of Fine Arts, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Awards, Honors, Stipends (Selection)
2024
Working Stipend, SilvrettAtelier Montafon, Gaschurn, Austria. (Invitation-only residency and symposium)
2021
Neustart für Bildende Künstlerinnen und Künstler. Neustart Kultur Stipend, Stiftung Kunstfonds, Bonn, Germany
2020
Sonder-Stipendium; Senate Department for Culture and Europe; Berlin, Germany
2011
Basisstipendium; Mondriaan Fonds; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2009
Werk Budget; Mondriaan Fonds; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
Nomination, Wim Izaks Prize; Dordrechts Museum; Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2007
Nomination, Netherlands Royal Painting Prize; The Hague, The Netherlands
2006
Basisstipendium; Mondriaan Fonds; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005
Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany Residency Stipend awarded by Centrum Beeldende Kunst (CBK) Dordrecht, NL
Residencies (Selection)
2024
SilvrettAtelier Montafon; Silvretta Montafon, Austria – Invited Artist
2008
Frans Masereel Center; Kasterlee, Belgium – Invited Artist
2007
Dordrechts Museum; Dordrecht, The Netherlands – Invited Artist
2006
Frans Masereel Center; Kasterlee, Belgium – Invited Artist
2005
Kunstfabrik Am Flutgraben, Berlin, Germany – Invited Artist (CBK Dordrecht)
Amsterdam Grafische Atelier; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica; Venice, Italy – Invited Artist
Amsterdam Grafische Atelier; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Scuola Internazionale di Grafica; Venice, Italy – Invited Artist
2002
ToosNeger Artist Residency – Invited Artist
Selected Exhibitions
2025
Mum, Do Caterpillars Go To Heaven? Michael Markwick, Cu at Sadka, Krakow, Poland (SOLO)
SilvrettAtelier Montafon 2024, Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis, Bregenz, Austria
40 × 30, Galerie.Z, Hard, Austria. Curator: Robert Muntean
SilvrettAtelier Montafon 2024, Kunstforum Montafon, Schruns, Austria
2023
LAST LAUGH, nationalmuseum; Berlin, Germany
Why Paintings Work, Kourd Gallery, Curator: Jurriaan Benschop; Athens, Greece
Berlin, A 10-Year Itch/Am Flutgraben, Teekengenootschap Pictura; Dordrecht, The Netherlands
2021
A Grammar Of Gestures, Kourd Gallery, Curator: Jurriaan Benschop; Athens, Greece
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, Curator: Jurriaan Benschop; Berlin, Germany
Long Loud Silence, Parallel Vienna; Vienna, Austria
Long Loud Silence, Botschaft Berlin; Berlin, Germany
2016
Gallery Artists, Galerie Born; Born a. Darss, Germany
Long Loud Silence, Parallel Vienna; Vienna, Austria
Long Loud Silence, 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
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.
The Legend of the Shelves, Autocenter Berlin; Berlin, Germany
2012
Michael Markwick, The WYE; US Embassy Event, Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
2011
Under Pressure: Current Trends in Printmaking, Kresge Gallery at Lyon College; Batesville, Arkansas, U.S.A.
2010
Michael Markwick: Periphery Rising – New Drawings, Kunst in Kreuzberg e.V./ Atelierhof Kreuzberg; Berlin, Germany (SOLO)
BLICK OHNE ENDE: Niederländer in Berlin, CBK Dordrecht, The Netherlands
BLICK OHNE ENDE: Niederländer in Berlin, Autocenter Berlin; Germany
Art Prize, The Grand Rapids Art Museum; Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.
Schwarzwald, Kunst Vlaai Art Fair; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hier gibt es keine falschen Hasen, Forgotten Bar Project; Berlin
Schwarzwald, Noordkaap; Dordrecht, The Netherlands
NATURansichten, Gallery Alte Schule; Berlin, Germany
2009
Salon, Teekengenootschap Pictura; Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Disturbed Nature: Three Artists at the Edge of Nature, Gallery Cluster; Berlin, Germany
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
Opposites Attract – On Dialectics, De Veemvloer; Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2008
ART AMSTERDAM, Gallery Tanya Rumpff, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Michael Markwick: Deeper/After Relocation, Dordrechts Museum; Dordrecht, The Netherlands (SOLO)
2007
Historia: New Drawings and Objects, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Crossing Boundaries, Hong Kong Graphic Arts Festival, Hong Kong
Penang International Print Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery, Malaysia
2006
Netherlands Royal Painting Prize, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, The Netherlands
Salon, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
Rise, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Derde Zaal, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Safety Architecture, Martin Art Gallery, Allentown, PA, USA
Papier, Gallery Röhr und Ripkin, Berlin, Germany
Berliner Kunstsalon: Metamorphose, Gallery Gillian Morris, Berlin, Germany
Kunstoffice-Ziell I, Kunstoffice, Berlin, Germany
Rise, Teekengenootschap Pictura, Derde Zaal, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (SOLO)
Collections (Selection)
- Vorarlberg Museum; Bregenz, Austria
- 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.
Catalogs / Books (Selection)
2024
Karlheinz Pichler. SilvrettAtelier Montafon 2024. Design by Angelika Wittwer-Grabher, SilvrettAtelier Montafon / Kunstforum Montafon, 2024. ISBN: 978-3-200-10537-9, 25–28.
2023
Jurriaan Benschop, translation: Susan Ridder, “Why Paintings Work.” Garret Publications, Helsinki. 2023, Idea Books, ISBN: 978-952-7222-17-1, 208-215.
2019
Prof. Dr. Damian Dombrowski, “Michael Markwick: Natur und Zeit,” Michael Markwick: New Songs to Learn and Sing, Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg, Germany, 2019. J.H. Röll Verlag. ISBN: 9783897545328, 10-14.
Prof. Dr. Catrin Gersdorf, “Grußwort des Lehrstuhls für Amerikanistik,” Michael Markwick: New Songs to Learn and Sing, Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg, Germany, 2019. J.H. Röll Verlag. ISBN: 9783897545328, 9.
Sophie Renninger, “Of Bones and Light,” Michael Markwick: New Songs to Learn and Sing, Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg, Germany, 2019. J.H. Röll Verlag. ISBN: 9783897545328, 15-27.
Prof. Dr. Catrin Gersdorf, “Grußwort des Lehrstuhls für Amerikanistik,” Michael Markwick: New Songs to Learn and Sing, Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg, Germany, 2019. J.H. Röll Verlag. ISBN: 9783897545328, 9.
Sophie Renninger, “Of Bones and Light,” Michael Markwick: New Songs to Learn and Sing, Martin von Wagner Museum, Würzburg, Germany, 2019. J.H. Röll Verlag. ISBN: 9783897545328, 15-27.
2018
Dr. Karin Schulze, Serious Play: Lucy Teasdale / Michael Markwick; Galerie Born-Berlin; Berlin, Germany, 2018, 3-4, 19, 20.
Press (Selection)
2024
Pichler, Karlheinz. “SILVRETTATELIER: EIN KUNSTLABOR IM HOCHALPINEN GELÄNDE,” kulturzeitschrift (September 11).
2014
Ross, Marie. “Michael Markwick,” The Fidelio Podcast (Episode 7) June 2, 2014.
2013
Isabel Hoving, “Creative Writing and Arts Section Editorial,” Ecozon@: European Journal of Literature, Culture and Environment, May, 2013.
2012
Jurriaan Benschop, “‘Nieuwe’ schilderkunst uit Berlijn (“New” Painting from Berlin),” Kunstbeeld Magazine (12-2011 / 1-2012).
2011
“9/11 Memorial Collectors Edition,” B.Z., September 11, 2011.
“Atelier Bezoeken met Kunst Beeld in Berlijn,” Kunstbeeld Magazine (NR 7/8).
“Atelier Bezoeken met Kunst Beeld in Berlijn,” Kunstbeeld Magazine (NR 7/8).
2010
Ine Poppe, “Bos vol Blut & Boden Symboliek,” NRC Handelsblad: Kunst, The Netherlands, September 9.
Jurriaan Benschop, exhibition text “Tussen De Bomen,” Kunst in Kreuzberg e.V./ Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin.
Jurriaan Benschop, exhibition text “Tussen De Bomen,” Kunst in Kreuzberg e.V./ Atelierhof Kreuzberg, Berlin.
2009
Jesper Dalmose, “En Bid Af Kunstens Kaos,” Magasinet Kunst, København, Danmark (Nr. 3 / 2009).
2008
“Leven uit een Dag,” work used in film, by filmmaker Mark de Cloe, Dutch Mountain Films BV.
2007
“Michael Markwick: Dordrecht Museum,” Television Interview, Rijnland Televisie, Dordrecht, November 29.
Gert van Engelen, “Het was een eer om mee te doen,” Teekengenootschap Pictura Blad, November.
Gert van Engelen, “Het was een eer om mee te doen,” Teekengenootschap Pictura Blad, November.
2006
“Michael Markwick exposeert in Teekengenootschap Pictura,” Dordtenaar: RISE, Week 19, 2006.
2005
“Post Consumption,” Venezia News, Venice, Italy, March.