Marco Grieser-Ronnevig - Biography

Bike Art 2000 Afrika

Paa Ya Paa Art Centre

Biography

English

Marco was born in Munich in 1973. After school he went to live in Ireland and Britain.

He studied painting in Cardiff and Falmouth, UK. In 1999 he met his future wife Eva Rønnevig at an exhibition in Oslo.

In 2000 he was selected for the the UNESCO-Aschberg bursary for a residency at the Paa Ya Paa Art Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.

The resulting work was exhibited at the UN Headquarters in Gigiri.

He then organised BIKE ART AFRIKA with Eva, in which they and 3 local artists cycled from Nairobi to Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.

They worked together with the National Museum, and the Nyumba Ya Sanaa (House of Art).

After their return they opened Galerie Lebenskunst, near Munich, Germany.

In 2002 Eva and Marco were walking with a mule in the Andes in Ecuador for a few months.

They then spent some years living on a houseboat in the South-West of Britain, in Cornwall.

There Marco returned to painting on canvas, after years of exploring metal sculpture, installations, and ornamental photography.

In 2007 they moved to the South of France, close to the Spanish border, near Perpignan. There they also met and joined the colourful brass band Fanfarfelue, together they shared many magical moments of music.

Through the birth of their 2 sons the focus shifted to the daily wonders of family life. With the children everyday events transformed into great adventure expeditions within a tiny radius.

Marco’s paintings are a festival of colours, inspired by his life in constant movement, by music and dance, and his passion for different languages, cultures and ways of living.

His work is exhibited at Galerie Kersten (Munich, Germany), Fire&Iron Gallery (London, UK), Galerie Plurielle (Sète, France), Galerie Hantho (Haugesund, Norway), Métiers d’art St Roch (Céret, France), artAmore (Sitges, Barcelona), The Picture House Galleries (Cornwall, UK), Atishoo Gallery (Charlestown, UK), and others,

and also at his own Gallery/Studio Atelier Artpunch (Latour-de-France, France)

Biographie

Français

Marco Grieser naît à Munich en 1973. Après l’école, il habite en Irlande et en Grande-Bretagne.

Il poursuit ses études aux Beaux-Arts de Cardiff et à Falmouth (UK).

En 1999, il rencontre sa future épouse, Eva Rønnevig, à une exposition sur Oslo, ceci marque le début de leur collaboration sur beaucoup de projets passionnants.

En 2000, il reçoit la bourse d’etude de l’UNESCO-Aschberg pour une résidence au centre d’art de Paa Ya Paa à Nairobi (Kenya). Le travail qui en résulte est exposé au siège social de l’ONU à Gigiri.

Marco organise avec Eva Bike Art Afrika, manifestation dans laquelle eux mêmes et trois artistes locaux parcourent un circuit de Nairobi à Dar es Salaam (Tanzanie). Ils collaborent avec le Musée National et le Nyumba Ya Sanaa (Maison d’Art).

À leur retour en Europe, ils créent la Galerie Lebenskunst à Munich.

En 2002, Eva et Marco randonnent à pied pendant plusieurs mois dans les Andes (Equateur), en compagnie de leur mule, sans quitter un instant leurs carnets de croquis et leurs instruments de musique.

Le couple passe alors plusieurs années aux Cornouailles et vit sur une péniche dans le sud-ouest de la Grande-Bretagne,

C’est alors que Marco revient à la peinture sur toile, après des années d’exploration de la sculpture sur métal, d’installations, et de photographie d’art.

Depuis 2007, ils vivent dans le sud de la France, proche de Perpignan. Là, ils rencontrent aussi la Fanfarfelue. Ensemble, ils partagent de nombreux moments magiques en musique.

Ensuite, la naissance de leurs deux fils met l’accent sur les merveilles de la vie familiale. Avec les enfants, les petits événements quotidiens se transforment en grands voyages de découverte.

Les peintures de Marco sont un festival de couleurs, inspirées par sa vie en mouvement, la musique et la danse, et sa passion pour différentes langues, cultures et modes de vie.

Il expose à :

Galerie Kersten (Munich, Germany), Fire&Iron Gallery (London, UK), Galerie Plurielle (Sète, France), Galerie Hantho (Haugesund, Norway), Métiers d’art St Roch (Céret, France), artAmore (Sitges, Barcelona), The Picture House Galleries (Cornwall, UK), Atishoo Gallery (Charlestown, UK), etc,

et aussi chez lui à Atelier Artpunch (Latour-de-France, France)

Biographie

Deutsch

Marco kam 1973 in München zur Welt. Nach dem Abitur ging er nach Irland und Großbritannien.

Er studierte Malerei in Cardiff und in Falmouth (UK). 1999 lernte er seine zukünftige Frau Eva Rønnevig auf einer Ausstellung in Oslo kennen.

2000 wurde er für das UNESCO-Aschberg Stipendium ausgewählt, für eine Residency im Paa Ya Paa Art Centre in Nairobi (Kenia).

Die daraus resultierenden Arbeiten wurden u.a. im UNO-Hauptsitz in Gigiri ausgestellt.

Er organisierte dann Bike Art Afrika mit Eva, in der sie und 3 lokale Künstler von Nairobi nach Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania) radelten. Sie arbeiteten mit dem Nationalmuseum und dem Nyumba Ya Sanaa (Haus der Kunst) zusammen.

Nach ihrer Rückkehr eröffneten sie Galerie Lebenskunst, bei München.

In 2002 packten sie ihre Instrumente und Skizzenbücher und spazierten einige Monate mit einem Maultier in den Anden in Ecuador.

Danach lebten sie einige Jahre auf einem Hausboot im Südwesten von Großbritannien, in Cornwall. Dort kehrte Marco zur Malerei zurück, nach Jahren von Metallskulpturen, Recycling-Installationen und ornamentaler Photographie.

Seit 2007 leben sie in Südfrankreich, nahe der spanischen Grenze bei Perpignan. Dort haben sie auch die Fanfarfelue kennengelernt, mit denen sie seitdem viele magische Momente der Musik teilen durften.

Mit der Geburt ihrer 2 Söhne verlagerte sich der Fokus auf die täglichen Wunder des Familienlebens. Mit den Kindern wurden alltägliche Ereignisse zu grossen Entdeckungs-reisen auf kleinstem Raum.

Marcos Bilder sind ein Fest der Farben inspiriert von seinem Leben in Bewegung, von Musik und Tanz und von seiner Leidenschaft für verschiedene Sprachen, Kulturen und Lebensweisen.

Er stellt aus in:

Galerie Kersten (Munich, Germany), Fire&Iron Gallery (London, UK), Galerie Plurielle (Sète, France), Galerie Hantho (Haugesund, Norway), Métiers d’art St Roch (Céret, France), artAmore (Sitges, Barcelona), The Picture House Galleries (Cornwall, UK), Atishoo Gallery (Charlestown, UK), und anderen,

und auch bei sich zu Hause in der Galerie AtelierArtpunch (Latour-de-France, France)

Aventura Artistica Ecuador

Galerie Lebenskunst

Exhibitions/ Expositions

2014Galerie Zeitgeist, Nuremberg (Germany)

Galerie Impasto, Oslo (Norway)

Galerie Kersten, Munich (Germany)

Galerie Hantho, Haugesund (Norway)

2013Hotel de Ville Oberhaching, Munich (Germany)

Galerie Plurielle, Sète (France)

Galerie Kersten, Munich (Germany)

Galerie Hantho, Haugesund (Norway)

2012Galerie Impasto, Oslo (Norway)

Metiers d’Art St Roch, Cérét (France)

Galerie Kersten, Munich (Germany)

Galerie Hantho, Haugesund (Norway)

Galerie Plurielle, Sète (France)

2011Galleri Impasto, Oslo (Norway)

Dock Sud, Sète (France)

Galerie Kersten, Munich (Germany)

Galleri Hantho, Haugesund (Norway)

Galerie Plurielle, Sète (France)

Agithé, Le Barcarès (France)

Galerie des deux clochers,

St Génis-des-Fontaines (France)

2010Galleri Impasto, Oslo (Norway)

Metiers d’Art St Roch, Cérét (France)

Galerie Kersten, Munich (Germany)

Smia Galleri, Oslo (Norway)

Maria Dos, Cérét (France)

The Front Falmouth (UK)

Le Violon Vert, Le Faouet (France)

2009 Galerie Kersten, Munich (Germany)

Metiers d’Art St Roch, Cérét (France)

Centre d’Art Contemporaine,

Gruissan (France)

Office de Tourisme, Cucugnan (France)

Petite Galerie, Cascastel (France)

2008 Opening of Atelier ArtBonBon,

Tuchan (France)

Metiers d’Art St Roch, Cérét (France)

Galerie Profils, Collioure (France)

Domaine de Rolland, Tuchan (France)

Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

Fête des Peintres,

St. Rémy-de-Provence (France)

2007 Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

Pihl & Pihl, Fjenneslev (Denmark)

Le Violon Vert, Le Faouet (France)

Picture House Galleries, Cornwall (UK)

Demelza’s Gallery, Falmouth (UK)

Cofro, Mevagissey (UK)

2006 Royal Cornwall Hospital, Truro (UK)

Waterfront, Falmouth (UK)

Picture House Galleries, Cornwall (UK)

Cofro, Mevagissey (UK)

Demelza’s Gallery, Falmouth (UK)

Crow’s Nest Gallery, Cornwall (UK)

2005 Picture House Galleries, Cornwall (UK)

Cofro, Mevagissey (UK)

Columbia Road Gallery, London (UK)

Demelza’s Gallery, Falmouth (UK)

Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

2004 Falmouth Arts Centre (UK)

“Last Christmas I gave you my Art”

Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

2003 Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

2002 Galleri Iskunst, Oslo (Norway)

Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

2001 Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

Opening, with Evanson Kangethe

2000 Nyumba Ya Sanaa (House of Art), Dar-Es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Final exhibition of Bike Art 2000 Afrika

Kikuyu Homestead Garden, National Museum, Nairobi (Kenya)

Flagging off show, Bike Art 2000 Afrika

Goethe Institut, Nairobi (Kenya)

“Worlds together, worlds apart”, with Wanjohi Nyamu

UN Headquarters, Gigiri, Nairobi (Kenya)

Opening, with Evanson Kangethe

1999 Camden Lock Market, London (UK)

Volapuek Kultursenter, Oslo (Norway)

Candid Gallery, London (UK)

1991-1999 various exhibitions in Germany, Ireland, U.K.

Public & Private Collections, Permanent Exhibitions

Since 2010 Galerie Impasto Art, Oslo (Norway)

Since 2009 Metiers d’Art St Roch, Cérét (France)

Galerie Kersten, Munich (Germany)

Toulouges Prix Public, (France)

Since 2007 ErsteEtage, Munich (Germany)

Teknos (Denmark)

Dyrup (Denmark)

J. Tham, Cornwall (U.K.)

Since 2006 The Front, Falmouth (U.K.)

Since 2005 Picture House Galleries, Cornwall (U.K.)

Cofro, Mevagissey(U.K)

Since 2003Demelza’s Gallery, Falmouth(U.K)

2002-05Town Council House Oberhaching, Munich (Germany)

Since 2001 Galerie Lebenskunst, Munich (Germany)

Since 1999 Fire & Iron Gallery, London (U.K.)

1999- 2004 Maverick’s Restaurant,Falmouth (U.K.)

Adventure Art Projects

2002 Aventura Artistica

Walking with a mule through the Andes in Ecuador, together with E. Rønnevig

2001 Bike Art Germany

Cycling from Munich (Germany) to Oslo (Norway).

Exhibitions and music performances on the way

2000 BIKE ART 2000 AFRIKA

Cycling from Nairobi (Kenya) to Dar-Es-Salaam (Tanzania)

Exhibitions and music performances on the way (Moshi, Arusha, Weru-Weru, Kitengela, Bagamoyo, etc)

Bursaries, Prizes

2009 Prix Public, Concours de Peinture, Toulouges, (France)

2000Artist in Residence at Paa Ya Paa Art Center, Nairobi (Kenya)

under UNESCO-Aschberg bursaries for artists programme

Education

1995-1998 BA(Hons) Fine Art (Painting) at Falmouth College of Arts

1994-1999 Foundation Studies at Cardiff Institute for Higher Education

1990-1992 German Abitur (=A-Levels), Art, Latin, Maths, Geography

Story of my life

1973 Born in Munich (Germany), thanks to my parents. First impression overwhelming.

1974 – 1976 Crying and shouting performances. First experimental playing with shapes and colours.

1977 – 1978 Kindergarten with my mum. Traditional arrangements and installations (castles and cowboys)

1979– 1983 Creative writing, memorising of pictures. Playing with natural materials in forest and garden. Influence and inspiration from mother and grandmother.

1984 – 1992 School. Traditional drawing and art history. Hardly any time to concentrate on my own work.

1992 Abitur, then Ireland adventure. First contact with the big, blue sea. Lots of landscape paintings in Drimnalough, Donegal. Birth of passion for exploring new countries and cultures.

1993 – 1994 Working at day care centre, Munich. Drawing and playing with disabled kids.

1994 – 1995 Painting in Wales (u.k.), Foundation in art and design in Cardiff IHE. Playing by the cliffs.

1995 – 1998 Moving to Cornwall. BA (Hons) degree in painting at Falmouth College of Arts. Living on a houseboat. Photographs of water-reflections. Playing with found objects from the beach.

1999 ”flotsam and jetsam”, Cornwall. Living and working in Norway.

Exhibitions in London, Oslo, Munich, and Cornwall.

2000 Living in Kenya. UNESCO-Aschberg bursary, “90 days in the ruins” at Paa Ya Paa art centre.

Organising Bike Art Afrika, cycling from National Museum in Nairobi to the Nyumba ya Sanaa in Dar-es-salaam (Tanzania).

2001 Journey to Spain. Opening Galerie Lebenskunst in Munich with my brother. Winter in Norway.

2002 Walking with a mule in the Andes, Ecuador. Summer in Norway. Moving back to Falmouth. New boat. Painting on maps: “Planet of Friends”.

2003 - 05 Flocks of rusty metal birds. Playing folk music in pubs. Painting flying birds, mainly outside on the quay. New band, new studio. Painting my life in Cornwall. Getting married to my beautiful wife Eva.

2006 Fixing up our boat , the “Ranger of Lune.” Following the migrating birds to the Pyrenees, in autumn.

2007 Three giant steel birds, made in Lamorna. Then art delivery Europe tour.

Cornwall-Munich-Copenhagen-Oslo-Kristiansand-Zurich. And finally back in Southern France for the planting season.

2008 Working on house&land. Eva is pregnant. Opening of Atelier ArtBonBon. Birth of Tamino.

Atelier ArtBonBon Tuchan