Mark Van Yetter

Mark Van Yetter, born 1978 in Pennsylvania (US), lives and works in Berlin. He is co-founder of the exhibition space Marquise Dance Hall. His paintings have been presented internationally for over a decade. His work is firmly rooted in painting. Using both a figurative and an abstract language to address issues related to power and human interaction, his work often engages with macabre subject-matter while using a formal language that is both humorous and uplifting, creating an unsettling and complex dynamic. He recently won the 2016 Fürstenberg Zeitgenössisch grant.
 

Solo exhibitions
2017 The Terrifying Abyss of Scepticism, Bridget Donahue, New York, NY (US). 2016 We are what we walk between, Micky Schubert, Berlin. The mere knowledge of a fact is pale, Kunsthall, Stavanger (NO). 2015 Relentless Compassion, VI VII, Oslo. 2011 Alex Zachary, New York. 2004 Direct from Poconos, StarShip, Berlin. 
 

Group exhibitions
2015 A Walk Down Sensitive Avenue, with Stefanie Popp, Kunstwerk EV, Cologne (DE). 2014 Don’t you feel me, Micky Schubert, Berlin. Eray Börtecene, Sonja Weissmann, Mark Van Yetter, Institut für Bienenzucht, Düsseldorf (DE). Touched, Apt. 302, Marseille (FR), Art Metropole, Toronto (CA). 2011 The Keno Twins 4, Villa Merkel, Esslingen (DE). 2009 Against Interpretation, Studio Voltaire, London. Ein Ding von Schönheit ein Glück auf immer, curated by Abel Auer, Corvi-Mora Gallery, London.

Publications
Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith, “The Nature of Imitation”, in: Mousse Magazine, no. 53,  April/May 2016, pp 78–85.
Melissa Canbaz, “Mark Van Yetter”, in: frieze magazine, issue 179, May 2016.
Mark Van Yetter & Mihaela Chiriac, “Picture Talk”, in: Starship 14, Spring 2016.
Heather Jones, “Interview with Mark Van Yetter”, 2016, https://kunsthallstavanger.no/en/blog/interview-mark-van-yetter, (retrieved 20 November 2016).

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