Marcus Jansen Studios

"They say at that time there will be villages in this land so great that when you stand in the villages you will not be able to see out, and in the prophecies these are called "villages of stone", or "prairies of stone". At the center of each and every one of these villages will be Native people, and they will walk as "hollow" shells upon a "prairie of stone".
- Hopi Indian Prophecies
AMERICAN BORN PAINTER - 1968 - NEW YORK, NY
Marcus Antonius Jansen had his first exhibition in 1974 at New York City's Park Avenue Lever House at age six. He began his professional career as a commercial painter in Germany. Jansen is no a retired Sergeant and Gulf War Veteran who dedicated his life to the arts.
A master of Exressionism, his works can be now found in the Smithsonian Institution, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art Taiwan and the Moscow Museum of Modern Art (MMOMA) Russia. He has been awarded his place in Who's Who in American Art, Who's Who in Visual Art and Who's Who in International Art alongside some of the most noteworthy men and women in today's art world.
Educated in Europe and the US, Jansen grew up speaking English, German and conversational Dutch. Mother from the westindies and father from germany, Jansen has traveled extensively throughout Western and Eastern Europe and lived in places such as SW and SE Asia. He grew up between New York City and Germany were movements of Expressionism, Abstract Expressionism and Graffiti Art had their roots. He was awarded the Angel of the Arts Award in the category New Artist of the Year.
Jansen has over the last decade managed to transform his life from a soldier at War to becoming a catalyst behind "Modern Expressionism". This according to art historian Jerome A. Donson who discoverd Jansens work in 2003. "His work is reminiscent of the American style of the ash can school" says Donson. Donson directed shows at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) arranging traveling exhibitions for some of Americas greatest action painters such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Oskar Kokoshka and Franz Kline.
Jansens Biennials include the 12th International Print & Drawing Biennial in Taiwan. The Intl Jury included David Kiehl from the Whitney Museum of Art and recently the International 8th. Contemporary Art Biennale "Dialogues" in St. Petersburg Russia, Curator: Larisa Skobkina.
He is represented worldwide by Museum Works Galleries New York - Aspen and Gogo Gallery Miami Florida his works can be seen at major international Museum exhibitions, Biennials and tradefairs.
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