Marcus Antonius Jansen (born 1968) is an American painter.

Early life and education

Jansen was born and raised in

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. He attended the Kunstgewerbe Schule Berufskolleg für Technik und Medien am Platz der Republik in

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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

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deployment, Jansen later became an artist.

Art

Jansen's solo museum exhibitions include the

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, Italy, the Museum Zitadelle,

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, Germany, the Baker Museum in

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, and the Rollins Museum of Art in

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. He is represented by

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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, ''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.

Books about Jansen

* Marcus Jansen; Steve Lazarides;

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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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, ,

Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art opened in 1994 in Kansas City, Missouri. With a $5 million annual budget and approximately 75,000 visitors each year, it is Missouri's first and largest contemporary museum. Founders The core of the museum's perm ...

, Housatonic Museum of Art,

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, Ulyanovsk Museum Fine Arts,

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, Russia,

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, Art in Embassies Program,

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in Paris, France.

Awards

* 2013: Finalist, Fleurieu Art Prize, Australia * 2013:

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, Venice, Italy * 2012: Dave Bown Prize, Dave Bown Projects, United States

References

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