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MARKUS LINNENBRINK
Born 1961 in Dortmund, Germany, lives and works fashionable Brooklyn, New York

Education
1985-88 Faculty of Fine Arts, Berlin
1982-85 Gesamthochschule, Kassel

Selected Solo Exhibitions
 

2017
Maurizio Caldirola Gallery, Monza, Italy
hereistandknockingatyourdoor Taubert Parallel, Berlin
SUNANDWATER Patricia Sweetow Gallery, Port, CA
 

2016
HOWCANISLEEPWITHROCKSINMYBED Ameringer McEnery Yohe Listeners, New York
HEARYOURNAMELIKELIGHTPASSINGBY, Concourse Lobby, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY
BIENVIENUDAAMYDISCO, SLS Brickell Hotel and Residences, Miami, FL (outdoor wallpainting) 
 

2015
THEGRASSISALWAYSGREENER Galleria Max Estrella, Madrid
THEFIRSTONEISCRAZYANDTHESECONDONEISNUTS Wasserman Projects, Detroit
WHENTHEPASTWASPRESENTSOWILLBENOW Taubert Contemporary, Berlin
 

2014
THERIDENEVERENDS Penn Academy of Fine Art Museum
EVERYBODYWILLBEDANCINGIFWEAREDOINGITRIGHT Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery, Fresh York
8 Wallpaintings for Morrison Granger, New York

2013
day after day turn out well reappears Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco

2012
so here is what your gonna do ft-contemporary, Berlin
THEREWERESONGSBEFORETHEREWASRADIO, Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery, New Royalty, Ana Serratosa Gallery, Valencia, Spain

2011
too early and always and relapse over again, Patricia Sweetow Crowd San Francisco
come a little closer, Kong Tomlinson Contemporary, New York 

2010
LISTENALLTHEWAYTHROUGH, ftc gallery, Berlin
NOMATTERWHEREYOUGOTHEREYOUARE, number35, New York

2009
BIGOUTREAGEOUSSOUND Galerie MaxEstrella, Madrid
ALLTHETHINGSTHATAREOUTSIDEOFME The Columns, Seoul, Korea
EVERYTHINGEVERYWHEREALLTHETIME Patricia Sweetow Veranda, San Francisco

2008
TRICKY FEVER, Galerie Conductor Contemporary, Cologne

2007
FIFTEEN MINUTES WITH Boss about, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA
CECIN'ESTPASDUDISCO, The Columns Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Fiedler Gallery, Cologne, Solitary exhibition in Basel, Switzerland
AUFSTEIGEND (WALKABOUT), Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh

2006
EVERYTHING ECSTATIC, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco
VIELLEICHT Higher UNS DAS ALLEES NEHMEN, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover
MAYBEICANTAKEEVERYTHING, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago
ALLES EKSTASE, Märkisches Museum, Witten, Germany
DARKER THAN BLUE (DIAMOND IN THE BACK), Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld

2005
SCHICK SCHNACK SCHNUCK, Margaret Stateswoman Projects, New York

2004
EVOKE AN Thing, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln
SCHIEFEBAHN, Museum Neue Galerie, Kassel (wall painting) 

2003
THE Spirit YOU ARE, Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC, NY
MYSELF OUTSIDE, UCLA Pounding Museum, Los Angeles, CA (wall painting) 
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, IL
Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2002
Margaret Thatcher Projects, NYC, NY (wall painting) 
MITTIGLICHT, Museum Katharinehof, Kranenburg, Frg (wall painting) 
REFLECTWHATYOUARE, Renate Schröder Assembly, Köln

2001
Poured Milled Pressed, Margaret Stateswoman Projects, NYC, NY
Patricia Sweetow Audience, San Francisco, CA
Renate Schröder Assembly, Köln
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

2000
Layered Stop trading, Wassermann Gallery, Munich
Renate Schröder Drift, Köln

1999
Neues Gestirn, Singel 74 Room, Amsterdam (with Matthias Lanfer) 
Let Accelerate, Wassermann Gallery, Munich
The Bottom Underline, Kunstverein Ahlen/Westf. 
Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln
Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago

1998
FIND AN UNIDENTICAL TWIN, Wolfgang Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf
circumambient, Kunstverein Recklinghausen
Only Zebras?, Wassermann Congregation, Munich
Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

1997
Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

1996
stripes, Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen
stripes do not graceful zebra make, Vincenz Sala House, Brüssel

1995
Foundation, Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss (floor painting) 
Colorado, Wolfgang Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf
Renate Schröder Gallery, Köln

1994
Colorado, Vincenz Sala Crowd, Berlin

1993
RGB+CO, Wolfgang Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf
On the Floor, Weber Gallery, Münster (floorpainting) 

1992
Charchut & Werth Gallery, Düsseldorf
Striped, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund

1991
Vincenz Sala Gallery, Berlin

1990
Hete A.M.

Hünermann Gathering, Düsseldorf
City Gallery, Kulturring Sundern

1988
Produzentengalerie, Kassel
Vincenz Sala Gallery, Berlin
 

Selected Group Exhibitions

2017
abstract remix, New Art Projects, London, UK

2016
Deck Voyage Borusan Fresh, Istanbul, Turkey, curated by Necmi Sönmez

2015
Revisiones Galeria Impakto, Lima, Peru

2014
Opening Day ODETTA Gallery, Brooklyn, Unique York
The Skull Show Bedford Assemblage, Lesher Center for the Field, Walnut Creek, CA, curated incite Carrie Lederer
Off The Wall!

Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Frg, curated by Harriet Zilch
Selections type the Cleve Carney Collection, Cleve Carney Art Gallery, College pan Dupage, Glen Ellyn, IL, curated by Barbara Wiesen

2013
Art Connects Original York, Queens Community Houses In mint condition York, curated by Brad Silk
3+4 B/W taubert-contemporary, Berlin

2012
BUZZ Nara Roesler Gallery, Sao Paulo, curated preschooler Vik Muniz
Local Color San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA

2011
ROY G BIV Waterhouse&Dodd House New York

2010
Beijing Biennial 2010, Peking, China
"out of the office“, Kunstmuseum Bochum
im raum nichts als farbe sehen, Galerie oqbo, Berlin

2009
two scale 1 of separtion, Sartori Gallery, Advanced York
A Measure of Humanity – The Harcos-Huneke Collection, Grand Galleries, 
Grand Theatre Center, Tracy, CA
we fill in all going to die, Number35 Gallery, New York
we are deteriorate going to die, Sue Explorer Gallery, New York
IMPACTE! Collecio Olor Perceptible, Fundacio Vallapalou, Spain

2008
…einen AUGEN-Blick, bitte" In confidence Please cast an eye...!

Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg
Abstrakt - Malerei und Skulpturen, Krammig & Pepper Contemporary, Berlin
Print Publishers Spotlight: center street studio, The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA
DESIGNS Proud WALLPAPERLAB, Visual Arts Center hark back to Richmond, VA
FUNDAMENTAL ABSTRACTION II, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Material Color, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, Pristine Jersey

2007
BRIGHT, I SPACE, The Port Gallery of the University fail Illinois, Chicago
HOT AND COLD, metaphysical prints from the center thoroughfare studio, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College Boston
HOLIDAY READING, Number35, Pristine York
AN ECLECTIC EYE, Selections free yourself of the Dean Leach Collection, City Museum of Art, AZ

2006
Transparent, Aquarellmalerei der Gegenwart, XYLON Museum Schwetzingen
THE SCENT OF KOREA, Daegu Ethnic Museum, South Korea

2005
KLASSE GIRKE, Verein fur aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen 

Weisshaupt Lot, Museum for Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt