Marlon Wobst (born 1980 in Wiesbaden) graduated as a painter and master student at Universität der Künste Berlin in 2011 with Prof. Robert Lucander. In his body of work, which includes oil paintings, felt tapestries, ceramics, and works on paper, he mainly addresses the human existence. Researching especially typical everyday moments in everyday life such as getting dressed, exercising, eating, resting or mating, his large scale paintings, the colorful felt works and rather small, intimate ceramics are all glimpses in his, but also our own experiences, rituals and habits. His works are shown internationally in galleries, museums and institutions such as Kunstverein Siegen (Siegen), Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), Kunsthalle Hangelar (Sankt Augustin), Galerie Maria Lund, Paris, Galerie Zeller van Almsick (Vienna). Since 2021, Marlon Wobst has a lectureship for painting at the Universität der Künste Berlin.
b.1980 in Wiesbaden, now lives and works in Berlin.
Education
2021-2024 Lectureship for painting, Klasse Lucander, Universitat der Kunste Berlin
2017-2018 Lectureship for painting, Klasse Berning, Kunsthochschule Mainz
2011 Meisterschüler bei Robert Lucander/UdK Berlin
2010 Absolvent (Diploma)/ UdK Berlin
2008 - 20011 Fine Art Universitat der Künste Berlin
2005 - 2008 Fine Art at Kunsthochschule Mainz
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Welt, Schwarz contemporary , Berlin
2024 SMAC, Berlin (duo with Byeonghyeon Jeong)
2024 Menschen, Tiere, Sensationen, Feinkunst Kruger, Hamburg (duo with Sebastian Meschenmoser)
2023 Tribes, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
2022 The Ghent Feltings, TiPi Residency, Gent, Belgium
2022 Tartan, Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2022 Sunsetter, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
2021 Tides, Gallery KANT, Copenhagen
2020 SPA, Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2019 Friends, Summerhall, Edinburgh
2019 Relax, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
2019 Dreamers, Johanna Seidel & Marlon Wobst, Galerie Stephanie Kelly, Dresden
2018 Haare, Galerie Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin Teint, Galleri Kant, Kopenhagen
2018 Haut, Kunstverein Siegen, Siegen
2018 Teint, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen
2017 extra, Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2017 Laub, Nordheimer Scheune, Nordheim
2017 L’Oasi, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
2016 Animal Farm, with Roland Persson, Helsinki Contemporary, Helsinki Twister II, Galleri Kant, Kopenhagen
2016 Twister II, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen
2016 Twister I, Kunsthal Charlottenburg, Copenhagen
2015 Starter, Galerie Maria Lund, Paris
2015 Kondition, Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2014 Spare King, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen
2013 Brand, Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2012 Echo, Kunsthalle Hangelar, Saint Augustin
2012 Sammlung Wobst, SOX, Berlin
2011 Lug, Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2011 Hinterhalt, Galerie Transversal, Sao Paulo
2011 O.K. Corral, Galerie Greulich, Frankfurt
2010 MARLON, Remise, Potsdamer Straße 100, Berlin
Group Exhibitions
2024 Wonderful! Colorful!, Cultural Center Ter Dilft, Bornem / Belgium The artist as a curator XIV, Schau Fenster, Berlin
2024 The calm after the storm, Jeong Byeonghyeon & Marlon Wobst, curated by Sukmo Kim, SMAC, Berlin
2024 Von Wurzeln und Flügeln, Landesvertretung von Rheinland-Pfalz Berlin, Berlin
2024 Beziehungsweise, Goldwerk Galerie, Rostock
2024 Horsing around, Galerie Lake, Oldenburg
2024 Marlon Wobst & Sebastian Meschenmoser, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2023 Sonne, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2023 Und das Meer beginnt, Jinan
2023 Au fil de la memoire, Galerie Regala, Arles
2022 Au delà, lokal_30 in collaboration with Schwarz contemporary, Warsaw
2022 Au delà, Schwarz contemporary in collaboration with lokal_30, Berlin
2021 Between my flesh and world's fingers, Richter Fine Art, Rome
2020 Dawn of the Living, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2020 Immer weiter... Ansbach Contemporary - 3. Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst in Ansbach, Ansbach
2020 Bodylotion, Zeller van Almsick, Wien
2019 Schwarz contemporary zu Gast in Bayreuth, Ludwigstraße 26, Bayreuth
2019 Mankind in Minor, Berlin
2018 Papier, Galerie Nicole Gnesa, München
2018 Love Land, Galerie Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2018 microfiction, Kunstquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2018 Wheels keep on turnin’ - von Mainz nach Berlin, Landesvertretung Rheinland-Pfalz, Berlin
2017 Wet Ya Whistle, Galleri KANT, Copenhagen
2017 alles oder immer, curated by Oliver Mark, Schau Fenster, Berlin The Island Show, Galleri Kant, Fanø
2017 Golden Ass, Laden Für Nichts, Leipzig
2017 Bird / Plane, New Release Gallery, New York
2016 Wilhelm Screams, Cornelia Baltes, Maarten van Roy, Marlon Wobst, the landing strip, Berlin
2016 The Joy of Overpainting, Keith, Berlin
2015 BERLINROMA - Reverse Inequality (Part One), Galerie Patrick Ebensperger, Berlin
2015 Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2015 Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2015 Tattoo, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
2015 Das Vierte Person Problem, Feinkunst Krüger, Hamburg
2014 Was uns trend, Künstlerquartier Bethanien, Berlin
2014 Übersee, Sound of Mu, Oslo
2014 Leipzig & Mainz, WerkSchauHalle, Spinnerei Leipzig
2013 Skin to Skin - über Haut und Häute, Gewerbemuseum, Winterthur
2013 Batman Elektronik, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
2013 Clemens Tissi, AZ 1670, Schwarz contemporary, Berlin
2013 Tinta Fresca, Galeria Transversal, São Paulo
2013 Synekdoche, Freies Museum, Berlin
2012 Meisterschülerpreis des Präsidenten der UdK, mit / with Fiene Scharp & Nele Schwierkus, Georg-Kolbe-Museum, Berlin
2012 Landshape, mit / with Fee Kleiß, Fritz Bornstück & Sebastian Meschenmoser, Kunstverein Koelnberg, Cologne
2012 Gute Karten, Haus am Kleistpark, Berlin
2011 Ornament and Crime, a pop-up show in Bob’s Java Jive, Tacoma, WA
2011 Laws and Sausage, Nationalmuseum, Berlin
2011 Ganymed, Ringstube, Mainz
2011 SOLO SHOW, mit / with Fee Kleiß & Andreas Arndt, Galerie Europa, Das Gift, Berlin Emy – Roeder – Preis, Kunstverein Ludwigshafen
2010 Your local mafia likes you, Studio Fritz Bornstück, Berlin
2010 Eyebowling, Café Warschau, Berlin
2010 Gnadenlos, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
2009 Night of the Living Living, Pavillon der Bildhauerei, Münster
2009 Schöner wohnen, Zoe Claire Miller, SanderstraBe 10, Berlin
2009 Von Schloss zu Schloss, HfBK, Hamburg
2009 BYE BYE BIG THINGUMEBOBS II, Studio Meschenmoser, Berlin
2009 Und du stehst da die Hände voll Gedärme , Gallery Untitled, Berlin
2009 BYE BYE BIG THINGUMEBOBS, Studio Meschenmoser, Berlin
2008 Fieber tief in den Taschen, SchloB Waldthausen, Mainz
2008 Company, Galerie Erhardt Witzel, Wiesbaden
Awards and Residencies
2022 TiPi Art Space, Gent, Belgium
2020 Special grant of the Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa, Berlin
2015 International Solo Award, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2013 Residency at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf 2012 The Dean’s Award for an MA student, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2011 DAAD Travel Grant for the USA
2010 Elsa Neumann’s Grant (NaFöG)