*1971 Haan/ Rheinland, lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
1992 – 98 Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Masterclass of Jannis Kounellis
2008-2012 Co-Director, Kunstverein Schwerte, GER (with C. Freudenberger)
2013 Guest Professor/ Research Fellow, Newcastle University, UK
2014-2017 Visiting Professor, Academy of Fine Arts Munich, GER
since 2017 Professor for Fine Art Ceramic, IKKG, University of Applied Science Koblenz
RESEARCH
2021 Research Fellow Holt/Smithson Foundation, “Robert Smithson im Ruhrgebiet, 1968/1969”, together with Dr. Eva Schmidt
GUEST TEACHING AND LECTURES
2013 Newcastle University, UK
2015 De Ateliers, Amsterdam, NL
2015 CERCCO, HEAD, Geneva, CH
2017 Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
2021 Münster Lecture, Kunstakademie Münster, D
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2019 Tagundnachtgleiche – Norbert Prangenberg,
cocurated with M.Heinzelmann, Kunstraum am Limes, Hillscheid, GER (Cat.)
2016 Corridor Plateau VI, cocurated with C. Freudenberger, DREI, Köln, GER
2014 Moondog’s Candor, cocurated with C. Freudenberger,
H. Ander, Volker Zander, Glasmoog, KHM, Köln, GER
2013 Corridor Plateau V, cocurated with C. Freudenberger, Autocenter, Berlin, GER
Corridor Plateau IV, cocurated with C. Freudenberger,
The Northern Charter, Newcastle, UK
Corridor Plateau III, cocurated with C. Freudenberger, DREI, Köln, GER
2012 Corridor Plateau II, cocurated with C. Freudenberger, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK
2010/11 Solitärgemeinschaft, K21, Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf co-curated with D. Krystof (Cat.)
2008-12 12 exhibitions at Kunstverein Schwerte, codirector with C. Freudenberger, GER (Cat.)
2005 Besides Popularity is…, Site, cocurated “pattern”- part with Elke Denda, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, (Cat.)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
1998/99 DAAD New York City, USA
2002 Else-Heiliger-Fond, Berlin, GER
2005 Gastatelier Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, GER
2006 Working grant Kunststiftung NRW, GER
2007/08 Art Commission Project Subway Birkenstr, City of Dusseldorf, GER
2009 Catalogue grant, WestLB & Catalogue grant, Kunststiftung NRW, GER
2010 Artist in Residence, Centro Cultural Andratx, Spain
2011 Project Grant for 1 Year/ 3+1 exhibitions at Kunstverein Schwerte, Stiftung Sparda Bank West
2013 Lipman Artist in Residence, Newcastle University, UK
2014 Casa Baldi, Deutsche Akademie Villa Massimo, Rom
2014 Artist in Residence, Beyond Entropy, Sardinia
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Replikanten Echos Twins, Wewerka Pavillon, Academy of Fine Arts Münster
Made in Düsseldorf #5: Markus Karstieß / Donja Nasseri / Peter Piller, NRW-Forum, Stiftung Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf
2022
The Power of Wonder – Der Neue Materialismus in der Kunst, Museum Unter Tage, Bochum
Dirty Work – curated by William Cobbing and The Art Station, Saxmundham, UK
2021
Arcadia, curated by Wilko Austermann, Malkastenpark, Düsseldorf
2020
Elementum, CCA, Andratx, Spain
2019
Raum der Stille, (Permanent Installation) Tersteegenhaus, Diakonie Düsseldorf
Lust & Rätsel, Christian Jendreiko & Gäste, Museum Folkwang, Essen, GER
Landschaft, die sich erinnert, Sint Lucas, Brussels, BE
Abstract by Nature, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
Prangenberg, Brehm, Karstieß, Musuem De Pont, Tilburg
2018
Landschaft, die sich erinnert, Muzeul National de Arta Contemporana – MNAC, Bucharest, Rumania
Liquid Days, mit Rosilene Luduvico und Hauschka, Kunstmuseum Solingen, GER
Not to See the Sun, Van Horn, Düsseldorf, GER
Landschaft die sich erinnert, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, GER
Was die Erde sieht (Rom), COLLI, Rom, IT
Es dauert. Es ist riskant. Es bleibt …,Arp Museum Bahnhof Rolandseck, GER
Es dauert. Es ist riskant. Es bleibt …, Forum Alte Post, Pirmasens, GER
2017
Sammlung mit losen Enden 03: 21. Jh., Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster, GER
Fragile Beauty, curated by Barthélémy Toguo, Galerie Nelly Wandji, Paris, FR
Die Insel, Polke/Karstieß, Sammlung Ciesielski, Hillscheid, GER
Asphalt & Boxes, Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden, NL
Turning to Speak, Hetjens Museum Düsseldorf, GER
Be happy. We will not forget you, curated by Veit Loers, Sammlung Zander, Schloss Bönnigheim, GER
implicit touch, Kunstverein Bamberg, GER
15/LOVE, De School, Amsterdam, NL
2016
Corridor Plateau VI, Drei, Cologne, GER
Irden, Siza Pavillon, Stiftung Insel Hombroich, Neuss, GER (solo)
DROP CITY CENTRE, Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Sublime Bastards, Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
House of Cardboards, VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, GER
New Sculpture from Germany, Goethe Institut Hong Kong, China
LUSTRE-Clay in Sculpture Today, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg NL
2015
Markus Karstieß, Bruce Haines Mayfair, London, UK
Skulptur 2015, Sculpture Museum Glaskasten Marl, GER
Soft Revolution II, at Sculpture Museum Glaskasten Marl, GER (with Chr. Jendreiko)
Soft Revolution, Drop City, Newcastle, UK (with Chr. Jendreiko)
Terrapolis, Whitechapel Gallery London & NEON, Athens, GR
House of Pain, curated by Veit Loers, Martinetz, Cologne
Was die Erde sieht/ With the eyes of the earth, Abate, Smithson, Karstieß, VAN HORN Düsseldorf, GER
Singularity University, Paul Maciejowski & Markus Karstieß, Adler, Düsseldorf, GER
2014
Keramische Räume – Fontana, Prangenberg, Trockel, Schütte, Karstieß, Museum Morsbroich Leverkusen, GER
Living in the Material World, Haus Lange/Esters Krefeld, GER
Living in the Material World, Taxis Palais, Insbruck, Austria
A Poem for Raoul and Agnes, curated by Sherman Sam, Ancient & Modern, London, UK
Hello Darkness, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, UK (solo/cat.)
Boxes & Corners, Hatton Gallery Newcastle, UK (solo/cat.)
Mediterranean Kunsthalle, Beyond Entropie, Sardinia (solo)
just came to say HELLO, curated by Alexej Meschtschanow, Klemm’s, Berlin, GER
2013
Corridor Plateau III, DREI , Köln
Corridor Plateau IV, The Northern Charter Newcastle, UK
Corridor Plateau V, Autocenter, Berlin
Aperture Parasol, curated by Heike v.d. Valentyn, Kunstwerke, Köln, GER
Phosphene, curated by Gabor Gyory, Twelve Around One, China Shop Oxford, UK
2012
Seltene Erden/ Rare Earth, Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, GER (solo)
Mirror fall down mirror gone down, Ancient & Modern, London, UK (solo)
Weekend, Collection Philara, Düsseldorf, GER (two-person show)
2011
Corridor Plateau II, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK (cat.)
Doom Mood, VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, GER (solo)
Red Hot – Ceramic in Contemporary Art, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, GER (cat.)
Art in the City, Egmont Park, Brussels, BE
The Secret Life of Abstract Forms, curated by B. Scheuermann, Hopstreet Gallery, Brussels, BE
Stage Sculpture for „Death Fragments – Büchner 23 years old“, with T.Furudate, Edwin van der Heide, Theatre Bielefeld, GER
Sculpture Garden, curated by Doris Krystof and Markus Karstieß, K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf, GER
Entropia, Collection Philara, Düsseldorf, GER
2010
Neues Rheinland.Die postironische Generation, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, GER (cat.)
Curie Kabinett, VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, GER
Larger Than Life – Stranger Than Fiction, 11. Triennale Fellbach, GER (cat.)
The Fate of Irony, Kai 10 – Arthena Foundation, Düsseldorf, GER (cat.)
Curie Cabinet, Kunstverein Schwerte, GER
Silent Revolution, curated by Doris Krystof and Markus Karstieß & Moritz Wesseler, K21 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf, GER
Ida Ekblad & Markus Karstieß, Nymphius Projekte, Berlin, GER (two-person show)
NOTHING IS WRONG IF IT FEELS GOOD, Mike Poetter Projects, Cologne, GER
2009
Private view, Städt. Galerie Villingen-Schwenningen, GER (cat.)
Nacht Ego, Museum Baden, Solingen, GER (solo, cat.)
Cocks & Tails, VAN HORN, Düsseldorf, GER (solo)
Augensterne, Ausstellungsraum Ursula Werz, Tübingen, GER (solo)
Flowerpower, Villa Giulia, Verbano, Italy (cat.)
Special Presentation at VAN HORN, Art Forum Berlin, GER (with Georganne Deen)
2008
Supernatural, Kunsthalle Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, curated by Friederike Nymphius
VAN HORN at LISTE 08, Special presentation (with Georganne Deen), Liste Basel, CH
pilot projekt_1, pilot e.V., Duesseldorf, GER
2007
La Specola, VAN HORN, Dusseldorf, GER (solo)
Special Presentation at VAN HORN, Art Forum Berlin (with Alexander Esters)
Maybe its a sign of death, Interfood-Vitrine, Aachen, GER (solo)
Regarding Düsseldorf II, 701 e.V., Dusseldorf, GER, curated by Pia Witzmann
2006
Construction is our Business, Worringer-103, Dusseldorf, GER
displace, Galerie Barbara Oberem, Bonn, GER
Casa Mia, Laden, Dusseldorf, GER
brachsenke, Moema, Moenchengladbach, GER
Der letzte Schnitt 2, Malkasten Dusseldorf, GER
Gui `06, Mintropstr.11, Dusseldorf, GER
2005
Schickeria Tombola, Berlin, GER
IMA, FIH Raketenstation Hombroich, GER
SITE 8, Nachtfoyer Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, GER
Bergische Kunstaustellung, Museum Baden, Solingen, GER
Bergische Kunstaustellung, Staedtische Galerie Remscheid, GER
Casa Mia, mmki, Kunstsalon Berlin, GER
Freudenberger Karstiess, Kunstverein Schwerte, GER
2004
10 Jahre Laden, Dusseldorf, GER
Private View, P.S.1/MoMA, New York, USA
Besides, Popularity is…, Site, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, GER
Trendwaende, Kunstraum Dusseldorf, GER
Teufel Newspaper, Berlin, GER
2003
Kadmiumsekunden, Villa de Bank, Enschede, NL (solo)
Tokyo Expressway Remix, Japan
1. Int. Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam, NL
Vor der Arbeit, Eller Bahnof, Dusseldorf, GER um, Laden, Dusseldorf, GER (solo)
EHF, Berlin, GER
FIH Festival, Raketenstation Hombroich, GER
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