Leerdam, 07 - 07 - 1970
Rotterdam (NL) and Berlin(DE)

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

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