1970
Lives and works in Berlin(DE)

‘Abstract Activism’, 2013
Epoxy and paint on canvas. 170 x 170 cm.
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘The Beauty of Decay’, 2013
Epoxy, mirror and wood. 155 x 30 x 30 cm.
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘Light and Shadow’, 2012.
Silverpaint and spray paint on canvas. 100 x 100 cm.
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘Shaped Canvas (Heavy Metal Pentagram)’, 2012.
Paint and spray paint on canvas. 190 x 200 cm.
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘The Style II’, 2012.
Frame, spray paint. 140 x 140 cm.
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘Burning Cactus’, 2012.
Metal cactus, gas bottle.
Photo: Gert Jan van Rooij

Overview ‘Light and Shadow’ at Upstream Gallery 2012
Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij

Overview ‘Light and Shadow’ at Upstream Gallery 2012
Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij

Overview ‘Light and Shadow’ at Upstream Gallery 2012
Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘Broken 2012-19 October’, 2012
Epoxy, mirror and wood, 220 x 75 x 75 cm
Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘Afterburner (after Rothko) silver, black, gold’, 2012
Cement, spraypaint, and paint on canvas, 100 x 150 cm
Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘Horror and Broken Mirror’, 2012
Silverpaint, spraypaint, exoxy and mirror, 60 x 120 cm
Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij

‘Dark Afterburner’, 2012
Spraypaint, tarblack and cement, 170 x 170 cm
Foto: Gert Jan van Rooij

Overview ‘Urban Gothic’ Marc Bijl at Groninger Museum 2012
Fotograaf: Marten de Leeuw

Overview ‘Urban Gothic’ Marc Bijl at Groninger Museum 2012
Fotograaf: Marten de Leeuw

Overview ‘Urban Gothic’ Marc Bijl at Groninger Museum 2012
Fotograaf: Marten de Leeuw

Overview ‘Urban Gothic’ Marc Bijl at Groninger Museum 2012
Fotograaf: Marten de Leeuw

The Disintegration Series, 2010 - until the end of the world
Ongoing project

‘La rivoluzione siamo noi’ 2002
polyester Lara Croft, tar, cigarette, spray  paint on wall.

‘Abstract Activism’, 2011, silkscreen, 100 x 70 cm

‘White Power (Lozenge composition II with structure)’ , 2011
canvas and paint, 141 x 141 cm (100 x 100 cm).

‘ZZ Top (After Rietveld)’, 2011
wood, pallet, pain, spraypaint, epoxy and resin, 80×105x90 cm

‘Blackpower (Lozenge composition II with stucture)’ 2011
Paint on canvas, 141 x 141 cm (100 x 100 cm)

‘The Loss (after Mark Rothko)’ 2010
Concrete paint and spraypaint, 400 x 300 cm

‘Column’ 2010
Stainless steel and speaker-box, 195×84x38 cm

‘Black Dawn’ 2010
Stone, pallets, epoxy and resin, 120×80x170

Solo-exhibition Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany 2009

Solo-exhibition DA2 Domus Artium Salamanca (Spain) 2009

‘Above the surface’ - installation - 2009

‘Import/Export’ -2009
Posters, tape and spraypaint, 119×168 cm

‘I am Not Affraid Anymore’ 2008
High gloss paint, epoxy, cement and spray paint on canvas
270 x 400 cm

‘Constructed Composition nr.1′ - 2008
wood, plastic and spraypaints, 300×200 cm

‘Constructed Composition nr.2′ - 2008
wood, plastic and spraypaints, 215×285x70 cm

‘Old structures’2008

‘Urban Modernism’ 2007
(Lozenge with 4 lines and grey)
Stenciled and borrowed, just to survive
Stencil and spraypaint (195 x 195 cm)

‘War Style’ 2008
Wood, silverpaint and resin (121 x 79,5 x 120 cm)

‘Fundamentality III’ 2008
Oak wood pallet and chromed steel bars
(27 x 80 x 105 cm)

‘Construction Sign (walter Benjamin) 2008
Wood, mirror-formica and paint + spraypaint graffiti
(275 x 180 x 200 cm)

‘New Sites for Personel Structures’ 2008
Photoprint on wood and resin, woodenpallets
(240 x 170 x 60 cm)

‘Influential Dutch Thinkers, part II’ (Queen Beatrix)
silverpaint and spraypaint on canvas (200 x 200 cm)

‘The Fundament of Painting “Off the Grid” 2007
Silverpaint and spraypaint on canvas
(200 x 200 cm)

‘Modern structures and urban failures’ 2007
(stenciled and borrowed, just to survive)
Stencil and spraypaint, 270 x 270 cm, unique piece

‘Good order is the foundation of all things’ 2007
Tape, mirror-glass, spraypaint on wall, 150×100 cm

‘Don’t Tread on Me’ 2007
USA flag/textile and epoxy, 167×150 cm

‘Gimme Shelter’ 2006

‘A search into the nature of society’ 2006. Booth Upstream Gallery at Art Forum Berlin 2006

The works and interventions of the Dutch artist Marc Bijl are based upon social issues and their use of symbols and rules. This can result in interventions in the public space, sculptures or installations that undermine or underline this perception of the world. Whether it’s Politics, Religion, (anti)Globalization, or the art world itself, Marc Bijl wants to attack their superficial image or myth. He takes icons of (recent) art history and mixes it with sub cultural movements such as gothic, punk and anarchism.

‘Teenage kicks’ 2003. Installation at ‘Youth of today’ Schirn Kunsthalle 2006

‘Influential Dutch Thinkers, Part 1 (Ayaan Hirsi Ali & Multatuli)’ 2006
Spraypaint on cardboard, 195×155 cm. Unique piece

‘Symbolic’ (Iron cross) 2006. Installation at Kunstmuseum Stuttgart 2006/07

‘One living, one dead’ 2003

‘statement’ 2002

‘That petrol emotion’, 2003 Installation at SMART Project Space

‘Reasons to believe’ 2004 Installation at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Collection MUSAC Spain

‘Universal Warrior’ 2005 and ‘Never mind the politics’ 2005 Presentation Upstream Gallery at Liste05, Basel

‘Burning Peace’ 2005 Installation at Upstream Gallery

‘Afterhours’ 2005 Installation at the GEM Museum, The Hague