Markus Vater

Markus Vater (born 1970 in Düsseldorf) is a German artist. He studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and the Royal College of Art, London . He’s exhibited his works across Germany and internationally including at the Museum Franz Gertsch in Switzerland and the Royal Academy of Arts in London. He won the Villa Romana Prize in 2003 and was a founding member of the art collective hobbypopMUSEUM. He’s currently a professor at The Hochschule der bildenden Künste (HBK) Essen in Germany.

Exhibitions, installations (selection)

Solo exhibitions (selection) 2022, "Mary sees the sun", Sprengel Museum, Hanover 2017, "Sitting in a hole that has the shape of a frightened cat", Union Gallery, London 2015, "I imagine how You imagine I imagine You", Galerie Rupert Pfab, Düsseldorf 2010, “Das Metapherproblem", Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf 2007, “Projekt Passanten”, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg 2006, “Markus Vater", Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf 2002, "Markus Vater", Vilma Gold Gallery, London 1996, "Wir tarnen uns für die Sintflut", Galerie 102, Düsseldorf

Group exhibitions (selection) 2023, “20 Years Union Gallery”, Union Gallery, London 2022, “Summershow”, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2021, “Videocitta - Video Art Program 3rd Edition", Videocittà, Palazzo dei Congressi, Rome 2020, “UNSTILLED LIFE: Artist Animations 1980-2020”, Ron Mandos Gallery, Amsterdam 2019, “Zwischen Nähe und Distanz: Konstruktion von Wirklichkeiten. Von Goya bis Picasso”, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf 2018, “Bild und Blick – Sehen in der Moderne", Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rein 2014, "Hands", Museion, Bolzano 2010, "Linea, Line, Linie", Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn 2010, "Shudder", Drawingroom, London 2007, “Black Mountain”, Museum Baden, Solingen 2007, “frisch gestrichen”, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf 2006, “Metropolis Rise: New Art from London”, temporarycontemporary, 798 Art District, Beijing 2005, "Direct painting", Kunsthalle Mannhein, Mannheim 2004, "Year Zero", Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sutherland 2001, “Death to the fascist insect...", Anthony D'Offay Gallery, London 2000, "Paintings", Timothy Taylor Gallery, London 1999, “Live Marslandung", hobbypopMUSEUM, Düsseldorf