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).
