VITA

MARKUS GENESIUS (WOW123)

1974
born in Bremen
1988
first graffiti works with the spraycan
1993
Completion of a commercial apprenticeship in Bremen
1995
Attendance of the Technical Secondary School for Design in Bremen
Since 1995
1995 free artistic work

EXHIBITIONS

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2000 – 2019
2019 La Mire, Artcan Gallery, Marseille/France
2018-2019 Knotenpunkte, Hafenmuseum, Bremen/Germany
2018 Conquer New Spaces, Art is just a four letter word Gallery, Soest/Germany
2017/2018 DIALOG. Markus Genesius (WOW123) – Mirko Reisser (DAIM): Long Distance, Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen/Germany (with Mirko Reisser)
2016 One Step Beyond, Art is just a four letter word Gallery, Soest/Germany
2016 Inner Conflict, Villa Ichon, Bremen/Germany
2015 Imaginary Lines, Montana Gallery, Montpellier/France
2014 Phantom Images, Wow Gallery-Willi Bender, Heidelberg/Germany
2000 Graffiti a Piece of mine, Pro Art Gallery, Wow123 feat. Os gemeos (Brazil), Bremen/Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2001 – 2020
2020 Aesthetics, Does, Markus Genesius, ArtCan Gallery, Paris/France
2019 Konkret 1, Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen/Germany
2017 Rentrée des Artistes, Gallery Wallworks, Paris/France Night and day, Mister Freeze Gallery, Toulouse/France Melting Potes, Gallery Very Yes, Island of La Reunion/France Nu Geometry, Mirus Gallery, San Francisco/USA La collective, Montresso* Art Foundation, Marrakech/Morocco
2016 La Collective, Montresso* Art Foundation, Marrakech/Morocco
2015 Lost and found, Mister Freeze Gallery, Toulouse/France Similarities, AtomOne, Wow123, 44309 Gallery, Dortmund/Germany
2014 Knotenpunkte, Affenfaust Gallery, Hamburg/Germany 25! Montana Gallery, Barcelona/Spain Have a good Night – Have a good Day, Mister Freeze Gallery, Toulouse/France See No Evil, Weapon of choice Gallery, Bristol/UK
2010 Graffiti from Germany to China, 53 Art Museum, Ghouangzhou/China Aerosol-Urban Art from Germany to China, Red Tower, World Expo, Shanghai/China
2009 Spring 6!, Kunstfrühling Art fair, invited by the Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen/Germany
2007 Street Session-The Loft, Auckland/New Zealand
2004 The Most Dedicated, Disrupt Gallery, Auckland/New Zealand
2003 Urban Dream, Musée des Beaux Arts Charleroi, Charleroi/Belgium
2002 Rocking da North, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki/Finland
2001 Rocking da North, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki/Finland
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS (SELECTION)
Morroco Montresso* Art Foundation, Marrakech
France Dassault, Paris
Germany Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen Klingspor Museum, Offenbach Patrick Droste, Wuppertal

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Ingmar Lähnemann, Konkret Bremen, exh. cat. Städtische Galerie Bremen, Open Space Edition, Bremen/Germany, 2020, p. 52-55 (German)

Nicolas Gzeley, Stéphanie Lemoine, Alter Ego – Les plus beaux duos de l‘art urbain, Alternatives, Paris/France, 2019, p. 122-129 (French)

Nicolas Gzeley, Stéphanie Lemoine, Julie Vaslin, Lokiss Graffiti 50 ANS D`INTERACTIONS URBAINES, Editions Hazan, Paris/France, 2018, pp. 206, 208-209 (French)

Le Guide De L’ Art Contemporain Urbain, Graffiti Art Magazin, Paris/France, 2018, p. 156-157 (French)

Ingmar Lähnemann, Dialog. Markus Genesius(Wow123) – Mirko Reisser (Daim): Long Distance, exh. cat. Städtische Galerie Bremen, Open Space Edition, Bremen/Germany, 2018, p. 1-80 (German and English)

Lothar Bührmann, Reiner Schümer, Klaus Hübotter, Kunstausstellungen, Druckpresse Verlag, Bremen/Germany, 2017, p. 60-61 (German)

Similarities, Love and Hate, Lars Gurofski, Markus Genesius, exh. cat, 44309 Galerie, Dortmund/Germany, 2017 (German)

Urban Contemporary Art & Graffiti, exh. cat. Mister Freeze, Toulouse/France, 2017 (French)

Christian Lösel, Andreas Utz, Gabriel Engert, Hall of Fame Ingolstadt – 1995-2017, Ingolstadt/Germany, 2017, pp. 74, 81 (German)

Theresia Bauer, Eckhart Würzer, Pascal Baumgärtner, Metropolink – Urbane Romantik, Heidelberg/Germany, 2016, p. 152–160 (German and English)

Le Guide De L’ Art Contemporain Urbain, Graffiti Art Magazin, Paris/France, 2016, p. 164-167 (French)

Waterproof #6, exh. cat. Millerntor Gallery, Hamburg/Germany, 2016, p. 432-433 (German)

Jardin Orange – Artist Residency, exh. cat. Shenzhen/China, 2016, p. 33-43 (English and Chinese)

Claudia Walde, Graffiti XXL – What Graffiti and Street Did next, Prestel Publisher, Munich/Germany, 2015, p. 22-23 (English)

Open Summer Jam, Faute O Graff, Toulouse/France, p. 19–32 (French)

Stylefile Magazin, Publikat Verlag, Aschaffenburg/Germany, 2012, p. 28-33 (German and English)

PROJECTS

SELECTED LIVE PERFORMANCES (LP) 1992 – 2006
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Münster/Germany
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Luzern/ Switzerland
LP, Hard-Pop-Days, Bremen/Germany
LP, YOU, Youth fair, Dortmund/Germany
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Kiel/Germany
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Kassel/Germany
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Gera/Germany
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Stuttgart/Germany
Live performnace, Hip Hop Festival, Bielefeld/Germany
LP, Living Large, München/Germany
LP, YOU, Youth fair, Dortmund/Germany
LP, YOU, Youth fair, Berlin/Germany
LP, MTV Hip-Hop Open, Stuttgart/Germany
LP, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki/Finnland
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Trieste/Italy
LP, MTV HIP-HOP OPEN, Stuttgart/Germany
LP, Assasins Festival, London/England
LP, Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki/Finland
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Zürich/Switzerland
LP, YOU, Youth fair, Essen/Germany
LP, Easter Jam, Würzburg/Germany
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Osnabrück/Germany
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Halle/Germany
LP, Splash-Festival, Chemnitz/Germany
LP, Wallstreet Meeting, Meeting of Style, Wiesbaden/Germany
LP, Urban Dream, Charleroi/Belgium
LP, Hip Hop Aeotearoa, Auckland/New Zealand
LP, Graffiti Worldtour, Republic of Singapore/Singapore
LP, Graffiti Worldtour, Melbourne, Sydney/Australia
LP, Hip Hop Festival, New York/USA
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Roma/Italy
LP, Urban Dream II, Charleroi/Belgium
LP, Urban Art Festival, Gdansk/Poland
LP, Destination Southafrica, Capetown/Southafrica
LP, Hip Hop Festival, Milano/Italy
LP, Kosmopolite, Paris/France
LP, Lovebox Weekender Festival, London/England
SELECTED WALLPAINTINGS (WP) 1995 – 2020
WP, HMPWERS, Bremen/Germany
WP, Based on a true Story, Bremen/Germany
WP, Art Republik, Jacksonville/USA WP, 40 years Too Strong, Dortmund/Germany
WP, Looking for the perfect Signal, Off the wall Festival, Bandung/Indonesia WP, 14 Arts aux Grand Voisons, Paris/France WP, Mister Freeze, Toulouse/France WP, Open Summer Jam, Toulouse/France WP, Metropolink Urban Art Festival, Heidelberg/Germany
WP, Ville Musee, Saint Denis, La Reunion Island/France WP, Metropolink Urban Art Festival, Heidelberg/Germany WP, Mister Freeze, Toulouse/France
WP, Montresso* Art Foundation, Marrakech/Morroco WP, Jardin Orange, Shenzen/China WP, Open Summer Jam – Rose Beton, Toulouse/France WP, Participation at Charity Wallpainting Millerntor Gallery, Waterproof#6 for Viva con Aqua, Hamburg/Germany WP, Fairplay for the UEFA Euro 2016 at the soccer Stadium of Toulouse, Toulouse/France
WP, Imaginary Lines, organized by the Robert Bosch Foundation in cooperation of german Goethe Institut and the Russian Artists Association, Archangelsk/Russia
WP, A Dream, World made of plastic, Bremen/Germany WP, A Dream, Dreams in a Bottle, Bremen/Germany WP, Street Art Brazil, Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt/Germany
WP, From City to City, Magnitogorsk, Ekaterinburg/Russia, WP, Mister Freeze, Toulouse/France
WP, Graffiti-Gold of the Streets, Bremen/Germany
WP, Tag der Sachsen, Zwickau/Germany
WP, Abstract Video, New York/USA
WP, Die Götter von Rügen, Kunsthof Gut Dangast, Rügen/Germany WP, Birds house, Oldenburg/Germany
WP, Jurassic Art, Bremen/Germany
WP, The Book, Bremen/Germany
WP, Kiwanis Club of Woodside, New York/USA
WP, ZDF Hip-Hop Documentation, Lost In Music, Hannover/Germany
OTHER SELECTED PROJECTS 2017 – 2019
2019 The court, a painted Basketball and Street Soccer field organized by Artcan Gallery Marseille in cooperation with Olympique Marseille and Puma France, Marseille/France
2017 Creation of two designs for handmade orient carpets for Bagherpur Knüpfwerke, Aschaffenburg/Germany