Markus Schlee

1961 born at Munich, living and working at Munich and Rome

Markus Schlees vision of art is an universal one. So he realizes his ideas in his artwork in paintings, sculptures, installations, conceptual art, photography and design. Having used for long time exclusively abstract forms, colour fields and raw materials he is turning now to introduce figurative and illusionistic elements in his work too. His great inspiration is the idea of arcady and he is trying to create objects which can give an impulse for the imaging of this philosophical topos, for example the colour field paintings of the girl characters, the installation "arcady research project", the serie of photography "the reality of the myth". Markus Schlees works ar showing a very intense dialogue with the material of realization too, so that the objects do not remain only realizations of an idea, but becoming beings with an own story too.

since 1978 public and private orders and purchases in Germany, Italy, Austria, Canada, South Africa and the United States
1982-88 studies at the Accademy of Art at Munich with prof. Sauerbruch
1983-88 scholarship for highly endowed students
1984 purchase by the Art Collection of the Bavarian State
award of the foundation "Fanny Carlita"
since 1985 several study stays in Italy
1986-87 concept, project and construction of a private church and concept for the mural paintings
1987 concrete as principal material theme / elementary sculptures
1988 award "Matthias Pschorr" by the city of Munich
purchase by the Artotheque of Munich
mural paintings in an underground station ordered by the city of Munich
1988-90 several lectureships for restoration (scetch, conceptual design, perspective, design of construction)
1988-99 teacher of art at high school and college
1990 award for sculpture by the italian art magazine ARTE
1992 sponsorship for an art project by the Goethe Institute
study stay at Greece
1996-2000 participation at the european art project THE ROMAN TRACE (curator: Walter Aue, Berlin)
1997 sponsorship for an art project by the Goethe Institute ...