Markus Linnenbrink - Biography
| 1961 | born in Dortmund, Germany |
| 1982 - 1985 | studies in painting at the Gesamthochschule Kassel |
| 1985 - 1988 | studies at the Hochschule der Künste Berlin |
| lives and works in Brooklyn, New York | |
Solo Exhibition
| 2012 | Ameringer McEnery Yohe Gallery, Ney York, USA |
| 2011 | too early and always and all over again, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
| „come a little closer“, Tomlinson Kong Contemporary, New York, USA | |
| 2010 | LISTENALLTHEWAYTHROUGH, Galerie ftc., Berlin, D |
| NOMATTERWHEREYOUGOTHEREYOUARE, numberthirtiyfive, NYC, USA | |
| 2009 | BIGOUTREAGEOUSSOUND, Galerie Max Estrella, Madrid, ES |
| ALLTHETHINGSTHATAREOUTSIDEOFME, The Columns, Seoul, KR | |
| EVERYTHINGEVERYWHEREALLTHETIME, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, USA | |
| The Columns, Seoul, KR | |
| Galerie Max Estrella, Madrid, ES | |
| 2008 | TRICKY FEVER, Galerie Fiedler Contemporary, Cologne, D |
| 2007 | FIFTEENMINUTESWITHYOU, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
| AUFSTEIGEND(WALKABOUT), Kunstverein Gütersloh, D | |
| CECINESTPASDUDISCO, The Columns Gallery, Seoul, KR | |
| 2006 | EVERYTHING ECSTATIC, Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, USA |
| VIELLEICHT LASS UNS DAS ALLES NEHMEN, Galerie Robert Drees, Hannover, D | |
| ALLES EKSTASE, Märkisches Museum, Witten, D | |
| DARKER THAN BLUE(DIAMOND IN THE BACK), Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, D | |
| MAYBEICANTAKETHEEVERYTHING, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, USA | |
| 2005 | SCHNICK SCHNACK SCHNUCK, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, USA |
| SKY WAS CAN DY, Galerie Renate Schröder, Mönchengladbach, D | |
| 2004 | SCHIEFEBAHN, Neue Galerie, Kassel, D |
| Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln, D | |
| EVOKE AN OBJECT, Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, USA | |
| 2003 | MYSELF OUTSIDE, UCLA - Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, USA |
| Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, USA | |
| THE BEAUTY YOU ARE, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, USA | |
| Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, USA | |
| 2002 | Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, USA |
| MITTIGLICHT, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg, D | |
| Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln, D | |
| 2001 | Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York, D |
| Patricia Sweetow Gallery, San Francisco, USA | |
| Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, USA | |
| Renate Schröder Galerie, Köln, D | |
| 2000 | Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln, D |
| ÜBERSTREIFEN, Waßermann Galerie, München, D | |
| 1999 | Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln, D |
| IM GRUNDE, Kunstverein Ahlen/Westf., D | |
| ca.257, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Köln, D | |
| LAUFEN LASSEN, Waßermann Galerie, München, D | |
| Neues Gestirn, Galerie Singel 74, Amsterdam (mit Matthias Lanfer), NL | |
| Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, USA | |
| 1998 | FIND AN UNIDENTICAL TWIN, Galerie Wolfgang Werth, Düsseldorf, D |
| Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln, D | |
| drumherum, Kunstverein Recklinghausen, D | |
| ONLY ZEBRAS?, Waßermann Galerie, München, D | |
| 1997 | Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln, D |
| 1996 | streifen, Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen, D |
| stripes do not a zebra make, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Brussels, BE | |
| 1995 | Galerie Renate Schröder, Köln, D |
| GRUND & BODEN, Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss, D | |
| COLORADO, Galerie Wolfgang Werth, Düsseldorf, D | |
| 1994 | COLORADO, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, D |
| 1993 | RGB+CO, Galerie Wolfgang Werth, Düsseldorf, D |
| AM BODEN, Galerie Weber, Münster, D | |
| 1992 | Galerie Werth, Düsseldorf, D |
| GESTREIFTES, Museum am Ostwall (Studio), Dortmund, D | |
| 1991 | Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, D |
| 1990 | Galerie Hete A.M. Hünermann, Düsseldorf, D |
| Städtische Galerie, Sundern, D | |
| 1988 | Produzentengalerie Kassel, D |
| Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, | |
Group Exhibitions
| 2011 | ROY G BIV, Waterhouse & Dodd Gallery, New York, USA |
| 2010 | Beijing Biennial, CH |
| out of the office, Kunstmuseum Bochum, D | |
| im raum nicht als farbe sehen, Galerie oqbo, Berlin, D | |
| 2009 | summer group show, ftc. fiedler taubert contemporary, Berlin, D |
| we are all goin' to die, Number35 gallery, New York, USA | |
| we are all goin' to die, Sue Scott Gallery, New York, USA | |
| IMPACTE! Collecio Olor Visual, Fundacio Vallapalou, Spain, ES | |
| two degrees of separation, Sartori Gallery, New York, USA | |
| A measure of Humanity - The Harcos-Huneke Collection, Grand Galleries and Grand Theatre Center, Tracy, USA | |
| 2008 | …einen AUGEN-Blick, bitte" / Please cast an eye...! Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth e.V., Bodenburg, D |
| Abstrakt - Malerei und Skulpturen, Krammig & Pepper Contemporary, Berlin, D | |
| Print Publishers Spotlight: center street studio, The Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA | |
| DESIGNS FROM WALLPAPERLAB Visual Arts Center of Richmond, USA | |
| FUNDAMENTAL ABSTRACTION II, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA | |
| Material Color, Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, USA | |
| 2007 | BRIGHT I space, the Chicago Gallery of the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA |
| HOT AND COLD, abstract prints from the center street studio, Trustman Art Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, USA | |
| HOLIDAY READING, Number35, New York, USA | |
| AN ECLECTIC EYE, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, USA | |
| 2006 | THE SCENT OF KOREA, Daegu, KR |
| 2005 | KLASSE GIRKE, Verein für aktuelle Kunst, Oberhausen, D |
| Sammlung Weißhaupt, Museum für Konkrete Kunst, Ingolstadt, D | |
| COLOR THEOR, Schweinfurt Memorial Art Center, Auburn, New York, USA | |
| 2004 | PRIVATGRÜN, Köln im Schreibergarten, D |
| ABSTRACTION PURE & IMPURE, Fine Arts Center Galleries, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, USA | |
| THE COLOR LINE, Islip Museum of Art, Long Island, New York, USA | |
| STOP & STORE Luxe Projects, New York, USA | |
| Kunsthalle St. Annen Lübeck, D | |
| 2003 | CHILUFIM Kunstmuseum Bonn, Haus Esters Haus Lange, Krefeld, D |
| FLOOR TO CEILING, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, USA | |
| PAPERWORKS Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, AU | |
| 2002 | CHILUFIM Herzliya Museum of Art, Herzliya, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, IS |
| Kunstverein Heinsberg, D | |
| SUMMER COLOR, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, USA | |
| STRATA, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, USA | |
| 2001 | Bilder ohne Bilder, Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss, D |
| Preziosen, Kunstverein Lingen, D | |
| XS, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, D | |
| Kunst auf Rezept, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, D | |
| 2000 | Galerie La Ferronnerie, Paris, FR |
| Die Farbe hat mich, Verein für aktuelle Kunst e.V., Oberhausen, D | |
| SEEMS, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA | |
| ABSRTAKT I, Galerie Fahnemann, Berlin, D | |
| 1999 | ÜBERGÄNGE, Ausstellungen in Kirchenräumen, Recklinghausen, D |
| Ideen III (Kunst im öffentlichen Raum), Galerie Rieker, Heilbronn, D | |
| 1998 | Bauausstellung, Wetter, D |
| Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago, USA | |
| Lage der Dinge, Gustav-Lübke-Museum, Hamm, D | |
| 1997 | what you missed in `96, Galerie Vincenz Sala, Brussels, BE |
| 1985 - 1997 | Verein für aktuelle Kunst e. V., Oberhausen, D |
| 1996 | Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Stefan Rasche, Münster, D |
| 1993 | Vorschläge zur Malerei I, Galerie Weber, Münster, D |
| 1992 | "1986", Galerie Vincenz Sala, Berlin, D |
| 1991 | QUERBEET, Karl-Ernst-Osthaus Museum, Hagen, D |
| Märkisches Stipendium, Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, D | |
| 1989 | 6. Ausstellung der Jürgen Ponto Stiftung, Kunstverein Frankfurt, D |
| Galerie Pels Leusden Berlin, D | |
| 1988 | PLAY OFF, Hochschule der Künste, Berlin, D |
Projects
| 2011 | Tunnel Painting, JVA, Düsseldorf Rath, Germany |
| 2007 | Floor and ceiling painting, Kunstverein Gütersloh, |
| Wall painting, The Columns Art Center, Seoul, Korea | |
| 2006 | Wall painting, Kunstverein Münsterland, Coesfeld, Bodenbild |
| Märkisches Museum, Witten | |
| Wall paintings BKK Hannover | |
| 2004 | Wall painting, Public Restaurant, New York, Bodenbild Privatgrün |
| Köln, Wandmalereien Privatsammlungen New York/Chicago | |
| 2003 | Wall painting Kunstmuseum Bonn, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum Krefeld, Haus Esters |
| Wall paintings, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles | |
| Wall paintings, Hotel Luise, Berlin, Wandmalerei | |
| Centercourt, Den Haag | |
| 2002 | Ceiling Painting, Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut, |
| Wall painting, Margaret Thatcher Projects, New York | |
| Wall paintings, Museum Katharinenhof, Kranenburg | |
| Wall painting, Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel | |
| 2001 | Wall painting, Privatsammlung San Quintin, Mexiko, Bodenbild, Galerie Artiscope, Brüssel |
| 2000 | Wall painting, Grund- und Hauptschule Heumaden, Stuttgart |
| Wall painting and sculpture, Block Museum of Art, Northwestern University, Evanston/Illinois | |
| Floor painting, Erweiterungsbau der Erich Klausener Schule, Münster (mit Ruprecht Dreher) | |
| 1999 | Wall painting, Staatsbad Salzuflen (BWZ) Bad Salzuflen, |
| Floor painting und wallpainting, Kunstverein Ahlen, wall painting, Kunstraum Fuhrwerkswaage, Köln, | |
| Wall painting, Privatsammlung, Chicago | |
| 1998 | Wall painting, Kunstverein Recklinghausen |
| Floor painting, Bauausstellung Wetter | |
| 1997 | Floor and wall painting and coulour concept, Grundschule und Sporthalle Amorbach/Neckarsulm (mit Ruprecht Dreher) |
| 1996 | Wall painting, Hörsaal Fachhochschule Niederrhein, Mönchengladbach |
| 1995 | Floor painting, Clemens-Sels-Museum, Neuss |
| 1994 | Floor painting, Krupp Konzern, Hannover |
| Wall painting, Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Dortmund | |
| 1993 | Floor painting, Galerie Weber, Münster |
| 1992 | Floor painting, (epoxy resin) aus Epoxidharz, Schering AG, Bergkamen |
Works in Collections (selection)
| AOK, Paderborn | |
| The Art CollTrust, Bellevue, WA | |
| Bank One, Chicago, IL | |
| Capitol One Bank, Chicago | |
| Ciba GmbH Bergkamen (floor painting) | |
| City of Stuttgart (wall painting) | |
| Clemens - Sels - Museum, Neuss | |
| Commerzbank Landeszentrale, ErfurtDeutsche Ausgleichsbank, Bonn | |
| Deutsche Effecten - und Wechsel - Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Frankfurt/Main | |
| Center Court, The Hague, The Netherlands (wall painting) | |
| Fidelity Investments, Boston | |
| Gerling Kozern, Köln | |
| The Hague, Ministry of culture, The Netherlands | |
| Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA | |
| Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel | |
| KfW Bankengruppe, Bonn | |
| Harvard College, Cambridge | |
| Hood Museum, Dartmouth College, NH | |
| Hotel Künstlerheim-Luise, Berlin (wall painting) | |
| Krupp Konzern, Berlin | |
| Krupp Konzern, Hannover (floor painting) | |
| Kunsthalle Recklinghausen | |
| Landesverband Lippe Lemgo (wall painting) | |
| Land Nordrhein Westfalen / Fachhochschule Niederrhein (wall painting) | |
| Museum Neue Galerie, Kassel | |
| Nordstern Versicherung, Köln | |
| Norddeutsche Landesbank, Hannover | |
| The Progressive Corporation, Ohio, USA | |
| Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt/Main | |
| San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA | |
| San Jose Musuem of Art, California, USA | |
| Senat der Stadt, Berlin | |
| Collection Julien J. Studley Inc., Chicago, IL | |
| UCLA Hammer Museum, University of California Los Angeles, CA | |
| UBS Germany | |
| Volksbank, Ahlen | |
| Volksbank, Heilbronn/Neckarsulm | |
| Wellington Corporation, London | |
| Wellsley College, MA | |
| Werner Richard - Dr. Carl Dörken Stiftung Herdecke, Depositum Museum am Ostwall | |
| West Collection, Philadelphia | |
