ABOUT ME
– CV | ARTIST STATEMENT
CURRICULUM VITAE
Marco Wittkowski
| 1977 | Born in Zossen near Berlin |
| 1994-1998 | Apprenticeship as a stonemason at a stone restorer in Bamberg |
| 1999-2010 | Study of Fotodesign at University of Applied Sciences and Arts Dortmund with focus on experimental photography at prof. Margareta Hesse |
| since 2003 | Freelance work as artist, curator and photographer of architecture |
| since 2013 | Member at Künstlerhaus Dortmund (KiN) |
| since 2021 | Member at Speicher100 e.V. (treasurer) |
| 2021 | Call to Deutscher Werkbund NW e.V. (English: “German Association of Craftsmen”) |
Grants
| 2020-2022 | Grant from Ministry for Culture and Sciences NRW |
Art direction / Collaborations
| 2018 | I Wanna Be Your Dog II – Animal Liberation In Contemporary Art, Künstlerhaus Dortmund, with symposium “Is Art Able To Liberate Animals?”, Church Pauluskirche Dortmund, in collaboration with Barbara Koch, Lars Schwind und Vera Hänel (K) |
| 2015 | I Wanna Be Your Dog – Interspecies Relationships In Contemporary Art, Künstlerhaus Dortmund (AD) in collaboration with Barbara Koch (C) |
| 2009 | Stage design for Atmosphères, an improvisational workshop of the Gürzenich Orchestra Cologne, Comed at Mediapark Cologne, in collaboration with Anna Kristina Winkler, Michael Thieme und Sascha Nöcker |
| 2008/09 | Sichtwechsel, a photo initiative for people with and without disabilities, Berswordthalle, Dortmund |
Solo exhibitions (selection)
| 2017 | daily pictures, galerie143, Dortmund |
| 2014 | Shadows, galerie143, Dortmund |
| 2013 | Nordstadt Touring as part of the art festival MUSAO (Museum astray Ottakring), MASC-Foundation, Vienna, Austria, in collaboration with Barbara Koch |
| 1998 | Dream Sequencies as part of the photo festival 1. Bamberger Fototage, Polarbär, Bamberg
20th Century Boy, Texts and Polaroids at Rampe, Bamberg |
Group shows (selection)
| 2024 | insight into Dortmund fine arts (2024, 2022), SUPERRAUM, Dortmund |
| 2023 | sealed, Kieselwiese next to Speicher100, Dortmund
Sit Right!? Chairs and why we love them, Baukunstarchiv NRW |
| 2021 | Open Gallery, galerie143, Lörrach (2021, 2019) (2012 – 2016 Dortmund) |
| 2020 | #speicher100exh001, Speicher100, Dortmund |
| 2019 | aushäusig • ART Basel, galerie143 @Atelier Chris Göttel, Basel, Switzerland |
| 2018 | outwards, Abbey of Bentlage, Rheine
SCOPE Basel, Switzerland (F) Offene Ateliers Dortmund (2018, 2016, 2014) (C) |
| 2017 | Offene Nordstadtateliers, Dortmund (2017, 2015, 2008, 2004) (C) |
| 2016 | BLOOOM / ART.FAIR, koelnmesse, Cologne (2013 – 2016) (F)
Tres Clique, Photoszene-Festival 2016, Halle Zollstock, Cologne Grafik aus Dortmund, Berswordthalle, Dortmund |
| 2015 | Zwischenraum Unionviertel, Dortmunder U, Dortmund
Pop-Up Store, Heimatdesign at stilwerk, Dortmund |
| 2014 | the BIG BANG or how to really impress your mother-in-law, seasons galleries, The Hague, Netherlands (G)
Dortmunder Export, Kunstverein Haus 8 e.V., Kiel Schau photo festival, Dortmunder U, Dortmund (C) Rundlauf Festival, Bochum (C) Open Space, Mixer Art Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey Einblicke – Art purchase of city government 2013, Torhaus Rombergpark Municipal Gallery Dortmund |
| 2013 | Ausnahmezustand, Künstlerhaus Dortmund (C)
DESIGNERS FAIR 2013 as part of Interior Design Week Cologne |
| 2012 | pop design festival, DQE-Halle, Cologne and Dortmunder U, BIG-Gallery, Dortmund (F)
Intervention during Stein mit Vollausstattung / Stadt mit Vollausstattung, Dortmunder Kunstverein |
| 2011 | Hinterhalt – Manipulation and Subversion in Visual Arts, Künstlerhaus Dortmund
Trees – an exhibition how grows like a tree, Projektraum Fotografie, Dortmund |
| 2005 | KUBOSHOW, Flottmannhallen Herne (F) (C) |
| 1998 | 3 Questions as part of the group exhibition “Encounters” and the short film festival “A Different Sight – Disabled People In Movie”, Lichtspiel, Bamberg
(C) catalogue, (F) art fair |
Art in architecture /
Works in public and private collections
| 2024 | Collection of the City of Dortmund (2024, 2021, 2013) |
| 2013 | Collection Dichter, Vienna |
| 2012 | Collection Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann, Berlin und Aachen |
| 2007-2009 | Art in architecture project Incisions for Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe, Dortmund (K) |
Publications available in the book trade
| 2018 | I Wanna Be Your Dog II – Animal Liberation In Contemporary Art, compassion media Verlag, Münster, ISBN 978-3-9816425-8-2 |
| 2016 | I Wanna Be Your Dog – Human-Animal Relations In Contemporary Art, compassion media Verlag, Münster, ISBN 978-3-9816425-7-5 |
| 2010 | Reflektor 3, Verlag Kettler, Dortmund, ISBN 978-3-86206-041-2 |