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
www.thedifficulturist.blogspot.co.at/
*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
www.thedifficulturist.blogspot.co.at/
