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Marco Schmitt
*1976 Mosbach (Germany)

Studied sculpture with a focus on video, film, installation and performance at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design
with Christian Jankowski, at the California College of the Art San Franciso and clandestinely the at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
After his graduation in 2011 he was awarded a post graduate scholarship by the country of Baden-Württemberg. 
Marco currently lives and workes in Mexico-City, New York City an Berlin.


Selected Filmography

2016 Xterminating Badges CH/DE
2014 Panopticonthera Subobscura MEX/AT/DE
2012 A Sign on the road said: Take US to Madre USA/DE
2012 Viva la Liberacion Transparente MEX/DE
2012 Independiente Independencia MEX/DE
2011 The Free Aesthetic Meditation DE
2011 From Institution to Cave DE
2010 The Resurrection of dead Artists DE
2010 Weird not Wired DE
2010 Gladiators en Vogue I/DE
2009 Dasein and Eis AUS/DE
2008 Breathing Bridge USA/DE
2008 Playing Michael Jackson Pollock USA/DE
2008 Crying at the Beach because everything is so beautiful USA/DE

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Shows

2013    Künstlerhaus Stuttgart. “Ich- I”
2013    Bikini Wax Gallery, Mexico Stadt.
2012    Helper Projects, New York City: “A sign on the road said: Take US to Madre!”
2012    Galerie Oberwelt, Stuttgart: “From Institution to Cave”
2012    Galerie ADM, Mexico Stadt: “From Institution to Cave”
2012    Galerie Self Service, Stuttgart: “Independent of a revolutionary dream”
2009    White Heat Gallery, Stuttgart: “Da Da Da sein”

Group Shows

2016    Manifesta 11, Zürich
​2015    Material Art Fair 2015, Mexico-City with Helper Gallery, NYC, USA
2014    REH-transformer, Berlin. “Panopticonthera Subobscura”
2014    Senatsreservespeicher, Berlin, „Blue Monday“
2014    Gasser&Gruner Gallery, NYC. "Helper Dungeon"
2013    Haus der Kunst, München, „Festival of Independents“
2013    helper projects, New York City: “Cat Camp”
2013    Front Galeria, Merida, "Donde el lenguaje es el material" 
2013    Embros Theatre Athen, Griechenland. "Lord Byron 2021"
2013    Zona Taxi – Fine Art in Taxis, Centro Banamex, Mexico City
2013    ISI Berlin; “Le Flair de LÁir”
2012    Casa del Lago Museum, Mexico-City: "Donde el lenguaje es el material" 
2012    Wiensowski & Harbord, Berlin. “Neue Klasse”             
2012    Asociacion Libre, Mexico Stadt. “Strange Encounters of the Fith Kind”                                                                                                   
2012    Kunst Messe Karlsruhe, “UND 7”                                                 
2011    Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart, Diplomausstellung: “The Free Golden Artist - The Free Golden Aestetic Art Meditation”                        
2010    Speranza Lions-Club, Rom: “Rome is our Gallery”                                
2010    Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart: Cult                       
2010    secondhome projects, Berlin: “Doing the Frida Kahliago Sierra" 
2010    Kunstbezirk, Stuttgart: “Urban Visions”                            
2010    “De Lagune van Amsterdam”, Amsterdam                                  
2010    Kunstmuseum Stuttgart: “Playing Michael Jackson Pollock”   
2009    Kunstverein Heidelberg: “Übermorgen Künstler”                          
2009    Invisible Exports, New York City: “Summer Reading”    
2009    Hauptbahnhof Stuttgart: “Dasein and Eis”                                      
2009    Golden Pudel Klub Hamburg: “Three times Three”                   
2009    SF Camerawork, San Francisco: “Ersatz”                                   
2009    Versatel, Stuttgart: “SUPERFLUXUS”                                              
2009    Studio Jankowski Berlin: “America´s Next Topmodel”          
2008   Staatsgalerie Stuttgart: “KunstFilm / FilmKunst”                      
2008    Kunstmesse Stuttgart: “Play It”                                              
2008    upbar projectspace Berlin: “Manual CC”                                     
2008    Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart: “ISR-Institute of Social Research                                                                                 
2008    Richmond Art Center, Richmond: “ISR and the Discovery of Art God”                                                                                                
2007    PLAySPACE Gallery, San Francisco: “Notebook Show”                 
2006    Staatsgalerie Stuttgart: “Beuys-Make the secrets productive” 
2006    Maccarone Inc., New York City, USA, “Coming out of the Maultasche”                                                                                  
2006    Staatsgalerie Stuttgart: “Film Klassiker und Video Neuheiten”

Website

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