Mark Manders (

Volkel Volkel (Brabantian: ''Vollekul'') is a village in the Netherlands. It is situated in the north-east corner of the province of North Brabant, south-east of the town of Uden. On 1 January 2021, Volkel had 3,435 inhabitants. It used to be part of th ...

, 1968) is a

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artist An artist is a person engaged in an activity related to creating art, practicing the arts, or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse refers to a practitioner in the visual arts only. However, th ...

, currently living and working in Ronse,

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. His work consists mainly of installations, drawings and

sculptures Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

.Janet Koplos, "Mark Manders at Greene Naftali - New York," ''Art in America'', April 2003.] He is probably best known for his large bronze figures that look like rough-hewn, wet or peeling clay. Typical of his work is also the arrangement of random objects, such as tables, chairs, light bulbs, blankets and dead animals.Melissa Gronlund, "Mark Manders review," ''Frieze'', Issue 100, June - August 2006.

Biography

Working as a graphic designer in his late teens, Manders studied at the ArtEZ University of Arts, Hogeschool voor de Kunsten in

Arnhem Arnhem ( or ; german: Arnheim; South Guelderish: ''Èrnem'') is a city and municipality situated in the eastern part of the Netherlands about 55 km south east of Utrecht. It is the capital of the province of Gelderland, located on both ban ...

(now ArtEZ Academy of Art & Design) from 1988 to 1992.Mark Manders; male/Dutch, Belgian; sculptor, painter, installation artist, cinematographer, draftsman, publisher
at rkd.nl. Accessed 2017-01-10 During his studies, his fascination for design and language, and particularly poetry, further developed into a visual language of his own, where words were substituted by objects. His work soon gained widespread interest and in 1992, upon graduating from the academy, the artist was awarded the second prize at the Dutch

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in the category Art & Public Space. Together wit
Roger Willems
an
Marc Nagtzaam
he founde
Roma Publications
1988, 'as a platform to produce and distribute autonomous publications made in close collaboration with a growing number of artists, institutions, writers and designers'. Looking for an affordable larger studio, Manders emigrated to Belgium in 2007, where he found an abandoned small station building in Ronse. Manders is represented b
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in New York City & Los Angeles
an
Gallery Koyanagi in Tokyo

Work

Since 1986 Manders has been making ''Self-portrait as a building''. The first of this series of fictional architectural plans was ''Inhabited for a Survey, (First Floor Plan from Self Portrait of a Building)'' (1986), where the plan is drawn on the floor of the gallery using pencils, crayons and other markers.
The fictional building represents a fictional artist, "Mark Manders", an alter-ego distinct from the artist Mark Manders. This fictitious character is described by the artist as a, "Neurotic, sensitive individual who can only exist in an artificial world." Each of his exhibitions includes an evolving floor plan of the self-portrait building along with various art works. Manders uses this architecture to drive his work and allow it to make the decisions, calling it a "machine", but at the same time bringing objects to a standstill as he develops these memory spaces. Despite creating this fictional space, he insists on using "real objects" in the "real world" to make his sculptures.

I don’t often show my work in the public domain, rather in museums where people choose to go to see art. But since 1991 I always test a work that I’ve just finished in a supermarket. I just imagine a new work there and I check if it can survive where it doesn’t have the label of an artwork. It is just a thing that someone placed in a supermarket. Now I am sure that all of my works can stand in that environment.”'' He often feels alien to the real world and its institutional art settings. He insists that his work stays the same throughout its exhibitions but gets re-contextualized each time it enters the "real world".Mark Manders in 2013 interview, cited in
Dutch entry 2013
at mondriaanfonds.nl, 2013. Accessed 11.01.2017.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibition

Manders solo show ‘''Parallel Occurrences / Documented Assignments''’ travelled from the

Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur ...

in Los Angeles (2010) to the

Aspen Art Museum Founded in 1979, the Aspen Art Museum (AAM) is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in Aspen, Colorado. AAM exhibitions include drawings, paintings, sculptures Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in thr ...

in Aspen (2011),

Walker Art Center The Walker Art Center is a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in the Lowry Hill neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is one of the most-visited modern and contemporary art museums in the United States and, to ...

in Minneapolis (2011) and

Dallas Museum of Art The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA) is an art museum located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas, along Woodall Rodgers Freeway between St. Paul and Harwood. In the 1970s, the museum moved from its previous location in Fair Park to the Art ...

(2012). Another show, ‘''The Absence of Mark Manders''’, toured from Kunstverein Hannover (2007) to Kunsthall Bergen (2008), S.M.A.K. in Ghent (2008) and

Kunsthaus Zürich The Kunsthaus Zürich is in terms of area the biggest art museum of Switzerland and houses one of the most important art collections in Switzerland, assembled over the years by the local art association called '. The collection spans from the Midd ...

(2009). Other major solo exhibitions by the artist include: *

Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo The is a contemporary art museum in Koto, Tokyo, Japan. The museum is located in Kiba Park. It was opened in 1995. Collections *''Marilyn Monroe'' by Andy Warhol (1967) *'' Girl with Hair Ribbon'' by Roy Lichtenstein (1965) *''Honey-pop'' by ...

(2021) *Duo-exhibition with

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at the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa (2020) * Bonnefanten in Maastricht (2020) * Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea in Santiago de Compostela (2014) *

Collezione Maramotti The Collezione Maramotti is the private collection of contemporary art of Achille Maramotti, who founded Max Mara Max Mara (Italian aks 'ma:ra is an Italian fashion business. It markets up-market ready-to-wear clothing. It was establish ...

in Reggio Emilia (2014) * De Vleeshal in Middelburg (2014) * Carré d’Art – Musée d’art contemporain in Nîmes (2012) *

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in Dublin (2005) * The Art Institute in Chicago (2003) *

The Renaissance Society The Renaissance Society, founded in 1915, is a leading independent contemporary art museum located on the campus of the University of Chicago, with a focus on the commissioning and production of new works by international artists. The kunsthalle- ...

in Chicago (2003) * Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich (2003)

Biennials

The artist represented the Netherlands at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia in 2013, where he showcased ‘''Room with Broken Sentence''’, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti (1972). His work also featured in the Ateliers de Rennes in 2016, the Athens Biennial of 2007,

Manifesta Manifesta, also known as the European Nomadic Biennial, is a European pan-regional contemporary cultural biennale. History Manifesta was founded in 1994 by Dutch art historian Hedwig Fijen. The first edition took place in Rotterdam. One of t ...

in 2004 and the

Venice Biennial The Venice Biennale (; it, La Biennale di Venezia) is an international cultural exhibition hosted annually in Venice, Italy by the Biennale Foundation. The biennale has been organised every year since 1895, which makes it the oldest o ...

of 2001.

Group exhibitions

Amongst many others exhibitions, Manders work has featured in numerous exhibitions around the world, including *

(2019) * Fondazione Prada in Milan (2018) * Museu Berardo in Lisbon (2018) *

MARTa Herford MARTa Herford is a contemporary art museum in Herford, Germany. Building and history The idea for the museum formed in 2000, drawing from Herford's status as a German center of furniture and home furnishing production. The name ''MARTa'' is a ...

(2017) * Wiels in Brussels (2017) * Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar (2016) *

Kunstmuseum Bonn The Kunstmuseum Bonn or Bonn Museum of Modern Art is an art museum in Bonn, Germany, founded in 1947. The Kunstmuseum exhibits both temporary exhibitions and its collection. Its collection is focused on Rhenish Expressionism and post-war German ...

(2016) * Louvre in Paris (2015) * S.M.A.K. in Ghent (2015) *

Guggenheim Museum in New York The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, often referred to as The Guggenheim, is an art museum at 1071 Fifth Avenue on the corner of East 89th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is the permanent home of a continuously e ...

(2015) * Palais de Tokyo in Paris (2014) * 21er Haus in Vienna (2014) * The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford (2012) * The Menil Collection in Houston (2012) * David Roberts Arts Foundation in London (2012) * MoMA in New York (2012) * ICA in Philadelphia (2011) * DESTE Foundation in Athens (2011) *

Kunsthalle Bern The Kunsthalle Bern is a ''Kunsthalle'' (art exposition hall) on the Helvetiaplatz in Bern, Switzerland. It was built in 1917–1918 by the Kunsthalle Bern Association and opened on October 5, 1918. Since then, it has been the site of numerous ex ...

(2010).

Awards

Manders work has been awarded with numerous prizes, including the Dr. A.H Heineken Prize for Art in 2010, the Philip Morris Art Prize in 2002, the Vordemberge-Gildewart Award, Switzerland in 2000, the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte in Italy in 1994, the Touche Prize, The Netherlands, also in 1994, and both the

and the Prix Nouvelles Images in The in 1992.

Collections

Public collections

Manders' work is held in numerous public collections around the world, including:

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(JP),

Art Gallery of Ontario The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Bev ...

(CA),

Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

(US),

Bonnefantenmuseum The Bonnefanten Museum is a museum of fine art in Maastricht, Netherlands. History The museum was founded in 1884 as the historical and archaeological museum of the Dutch province of Limburg. The name Bonnefanten Museum is derived from the Frenc ...

(NL),

Carnegie Museum of Art The Carnegie Museum of Art, is an art museum in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally known as the Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute and was at what is now the Main Branch of the Carnegie Library of Pittsbu ...

(US),

Centraal Museum The Centraal Museum is the main museum in Utrecht, Netherlands, founded in 1838. The museum has a wide-ranging collection, mainly of works produced locally. The collection of the paintings by the Northern Mannerist Joachim Wtewael is by a lon ...

(NL),

(IT),

(US),

David Roberts Art Foundation The Roberts Institute of Art, formerly operating as David Roberts Art Foundation (DRAF), is a non-profit contemporary arts organisation based in London. It commissions pioneering performance art, collaborates with national partners on exhibitions ...

(GB)
The Donum Estate
US)

(CN), Fondation Louis Vuitton (FR)
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo
(IT), FRAC Bourgogne (FR), Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea (IT),

Guggenheim Museum The Guggenheim Museums are a group of museums in different parts of the world established (or proposed to be established) by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation. Museums in this group include: Locations Americas * The Solomon R. Guggenhei ...

(US), Kistefos Museum and Sculpture Park (NO),

(US),

Henry Art Gallery The Henry Art Gallery ("The Henry") is a contemporary art museum located on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington. Located on the west edge of the university's campus along 15th Avenue N.E. in the University District, it wa ...

(US)
Hudson Valley for Contemporary Art
US), IMMA, Irish Museum of Modern Art (IE), Julia Stoschek Collection (DE),

(CH),

(DE)
Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall
SE), M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art (BE), Moderna Museet (SE), Museum of Contemporary Art (US), MOT, Museum of Contemporary Art (JP), MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York (US),

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Municipal Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen () is an art museum in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The name of the museum is derived from the two most important collectors of Frans Jacob Otto Boijmans and Daniël George van Beuningen. It is located ...

(NL), Museum of Contemporary Art Santiago de Compostela (ES),

Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Chicago is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in downtown Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The museum, which was established in 1967, is one of the world's largest contemporar ...

(US),

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), is an art museum located in the Houston Museum District of Houston, Texas. With the recent completion of an eight-year campus redevelopment project, including the opening of the Nancy and Rich Kinder Buil ...

(US)
Museum Hedendaagse Kunst De Domijnen
NL), Museum voor Moderne Kunst, Arnhem (NL),

Museum Voorlinden Museum Voorlinden () is an art museum in Wassenaar in the Netherlands. It was founded and is privately owned by Joop van Caldenborgh. It was opened on 10 September 2016 by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands Willem-Alexander (; Willem-Al ...

(NL), Mu.ZEE (BE), National Gallery of Art Washington D.C (US), Noordbrabants Museum 's Hertogenbosch (NL), Olbricht Collection (DE), Over Holland Collection (NL), PAMM, Perez Art Museum (US),

Philadelphia Museum of Art The Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMoA) is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The main museum building was completed in 1928 on Fairmount, a hill located at the northwest end of the Benjamin ...

(US), Pinnell Collection, Dallas (US),

Pinakothek der Moderne The Pinakothek der Moderne (, ''Pinakothek of the Modern'') is a modern art museum, situated in central Munich's '' Kunstareal''. Locals sometimes refer to it as the ''Dritte'' ("third") ''Pinakothek'' after the Old and New. It is one of the world' ...

(DE), Rabobank Collection (NL),

Rubell Museum The Rubell Museum, formerly the Rubell Family Collection, is a private contemporary art museum with locations in the Allapattah neighborhood of Miami, Florida, and the Southwest Waterfront neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Opened to the public i ...

(US),

Sammlung Goetz The Goetz Collection (Sammlung Goetz) is a private collection of contemporary art in Munich, Germany. It opened in 1992. The collection is owned and continually being enlarged by the former gallery dealer Ingvild Goetz, who presents the collectio ...

(DE), S.M.A.K., Municipal Museum of Contemporary Art (BE), SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (US),

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

(NL),

Stedelijk Museum De Lakenhal Museum De Lakenhal is the city museum of fine art and history in Leiden, Netherlands. One highlight is its collection of fijnschilder paintings from the Dutch Golden Age. Just like the city, the museum combines a classical appearance with a contemp ...

(NL), Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum (NL), The Margulies Collection at the Warehouse (US), The Menil Collection (US), Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art (US),

(US).

Work in the public domain

* In 2019

Public Art Fund Public Art Fund is an independent, non-profit arts organization founded in 1977 by Doris C. Freedman. The organization presents contemporary art in New York City's public spaces through a series of highly visible artists' projects, new commissions, ...

commissioned Mark Manders to create a large public sculpture for the Doris C. Freedman Plaza in

Central Park, New York Central Park is an urban park in New York City located between the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. It is the fifth-largest park in the city, covering . It is the most visited urban park in the United States, with an estimated 42 ...

. * In 2017 Manders created two large sculptures for Walker Art Center in Minneapolis (2017) and for the Rokin Square in Amsterdam (2017).

References

External links

*
Artist page from Zeno X Gallery, Antwerp

Artist page from Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York City , Los Angeles

Fox/Mouse/Belt, 1992, MOMA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Manders, Mark 1968 births Living people Dutch conceptual artists Dutch contemporary artists Dutch ceramists People from Uden Winners of the Heineken Prize 21st-century ceramists