Marcus Schwier (1964), Düsseldorf/Germany

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EDUCATION / SCHOLARSHIP / AWARDS
• 1985 - 1992 Diploma in Architecture, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf
• 1993 - 1998 Academy of Art, Düsseldorf
• 1999 First Place: International Photography Prize, DG -Bank
• 2004 Cité Internationale Des Arts, Paris
• 2005 Scotland Arts Trust, Shetland

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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS / COLLECTIONS
• 2007 Thyssen-Krupp, Essen, Installation of a 10 x 3 m Lightbox; Gallery Robert Morat, Hamburg
• 2006 Headquarter of Santander Bank, Mönchengladbach, Installation of 400 qm of Photographie
• 2005 Fine Art-Forum Wetzlar
• 2004 Museum Ratingen
• 2003 Krefeld Association of Art; Monochrom, Berlin
• 2002 Museum Keitum, Sylt; Mies van der Rohe Building, Krefeld; art gallery of sudbury, Canada
• 2001 Düsseldorfer Bank, Ratingen
• 2000 Düsseldorfer Bank, Düsseldorf
• 1999 Energieversorgung Sylt (EVS); Allianz Düsseldorf; Focus eV. Frankfurt / O
• 1998 Stadttor Düsseldorf
• 1997 Sylt Association of Art
• 1995 Sylt Association of Art

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FURTHER EXHIBITION ACTIVITIES
• 2006 5e Concours Rénan de la Photographie d´Architecture in: Colmar, Strasbourg, Karlsruhe
• 2004 / 2005 Kulturtag, Museum Ratingen
• 2004 Video at Schauspielhaus Bochum
• 2003 International Video Festival, Bochum; Museumsquartier Vienna, Austria; Museum of Photography, Braunschweig
• 2000 / 01 / 02 / 03 / 04 / 05 Major Art Exhibition North Rhine Westphalia, Museum Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf
• 1996 / 1998 / 2000 / 2002 / 2004 / 2006 Photokina Cologne
• 2001 Marianne - Brandt - Price, Gallery Rosenkranz, Chemnitz
• 1999 Award for Photography of DG - Bank, Sprengel Museum Hannover, travelling exhibition with 24 stops
• 1998 Gallery Blau, Düsseldorf and Spain

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LECTURES
• 2006 Highschool Ratingen, Kultusministerium North Rhine Westphalia
• 2005 Fine Art-Forum, Wetzlar
• 2003 Arizona State University
• 2000 - 2002 University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf