Marcus Antonius Jansen (born 1968) is an American painter.
Early life and education
Jansen was born and raised in
New York City
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. He attended the Kunstgewerbe Schule Berufskolleg für Technik und Medien am Platz der Republik in
Mönchengladbach
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, Germany in 1985, where he spent his adolescence. The city was also his father's birthplace. After his military service and
Gulf War
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deployment, Jansen later became an artist.
Art

Jansen's solo museum exhibitions include the
Triennale di Milano
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,
Milan
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, Italy, the Museum Zitadelle,
Berlin
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, Germany, the
Baker Museum
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in
Naples, Florida
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, and the
Rollins Museum of Art
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in
Winter Park, Florida
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.
He is represented by
Almine Rech Almine Rech Ruiz-Picasso ( Rech) is a French art dealer and owner of the eponymous contemporary art gallery. The gallery has exhibition spaces in Paris, Brussels, London, New York and Shanghai. The gallery opened in 1997 in Paris.
Early life and ed ...
in Paris, London, Shanghai, Brussels and New York as well as by Richard Beavers Gallery in Brooklyn and Soho in Manhattan.
Jansen is the author of the book ''Modern Urban-Expressionism, the art of Marcus Antonius Jansen'' published in 2006.
Film
A documentary film by
John Scoular
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Amateur career
He went to St. Bees school in Cumbria.
He then went to Cambridge University where he studied at St. Johns ...
, ''Marcus Jansen Examine and Report'', had its world premiere at the Fort Myers Film Festival, and was awarded Best Art TV Pilot Documentary by the East Hampton TV Festival. The film is available on
Amazon Prime Video
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.
Books about Jansen
* Marcus Jansen;
Steve Lazarides
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Early life
Steve Lazarides grew up in Bristol, ...
;
Noah Becker
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; Paul Manazza; Brooke Lynn McGowan, ''Marcus Jansen: Decade'', Skira Editore, 2015,
*Cordula Gielen; Elmar Zorn, ''Marcus Jansen: Aftermath'', Hirmer Verlag GmbH, 2017,
Collections
Public collections include the
The Bronx Museum of the Arts
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,
University of Michigan Museum of Art
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,
New Britain Museum of American Art
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A total of 72,000 visits were made to the museum in the year ending June 30, 20 ...
, ,
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
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The core of the museum's perm ...
,
Housatonic Museum of Art
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C ...
,
Moscow Museum of Modern Art
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,
Ulyanovsk Museum Fine Arts,
National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
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,
Perm Museum of Contemporary Art
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, Russia,
Smithsonian Institution
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,
U.S. Department of State
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,
Art in Embassies Program Art in Embassies, an office within the U.S. Department of State, promotes cultural diplomacy through exhibitions, permanent collections, site-specific commissions and two-way artist exchanges in more than 200 U.S. Embassies and Consulates around the ...
,
UNESCO
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in Paris, France.
Awards
* 2013: Finalist,
Fleurieu Art Prize, Australia
* 2013:
Arte Laguna Prize
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, Venice, Italy
* 2012: Dave Bown Prize, Dave Bown Projects, United States
References
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1968 births
Living people
20th-century American painters
American male painters
21st-century American painters
21st-century American male artists
People from Laurelton, Queens
20th-century American male artists
Neo-expressionist artists