"I am interested in examining the margins of our society. They often describe and reflect its core. Again and again, these are basic themes that I deal with in my pictures. I try to show the contradictions of the present and at the same time capture them as signs of the times."
The depictions of saints over the last few centuries were exemplary metaphors for ideal lifestyles. Today, it is stars such as musicians, actors, models and, increasingly, influencers from social networks who exemplify lifestyles and provide guidance. In his works, artist Marc Fromm, born in Langen (Germany) in 1971, traces the role models of our present day. Like the leading figures of the past, influential figures also have a profession in today's secularized world. The “laboratory assistant” is an example of this. She is a symbol of people who contribute to the health and well-being of the human community in the research, development and production of medicines. The tension between the monumental size of the sculpture and the filigree and masterful sculptural execution refers on the one hand to the power of progress and research, but at the same time warns of the fragility of the human body, society and nature. All too easily, especially in research, fantasies of omnipotence and hubris inevitably lead to the abyss.
1971 born in Langen/Hessen
1992 Apprenticeship as carpenter
1994 Illustration design, Leonardo Academy of Art, Hamburg
1996 Apprenticeship as a wood sculptor, Bischofsheim a.d. Rhön
2003 Ecoles des beaux arts Bordeaux, France
1999 to 2006 Study of sculpture at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
2012 to 2019 Teaching assignments at the Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design Halle
SCHOLARSHIPS / PRIZES
- 2022 Villa Aurora, Artist in Residendence, Los Angeles, Supported by the Art Foundation Saxony-Anhalt
- 2020 1st Prize Europe Sculpture, Erfurt
- 2018 1st prize Hirschquartier Halle, art in architecture
- 2016 1st prize Halle tax office, art in architecture
- 2015 Art Prize of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
- 2013 Exhibition promotion Palazzo Bembo, 55th Biennale di Venezia colateral Eventi, Art Foundation Sachsen-Anhalt
- 2012 Gellertpreis / Förderpreis für Bildende Kunst, Sachsen
- 2011 Volta7 Basel, Art Foundation Saxony-Anhalt
- 2011 Winner of the Hypovereinsbank / Youth cultural award
- 2010 Work grant from the Art Foundation of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
- 2009 Catalog Scholarship, Ostdeutschen Sparkassenstiftung
MUSEUMS / PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- 21c Museum, Louisville Kentucky, USA
- Museum of Art/Collection Würth, Deutschland
- Luciano Benetton Art Collection, Italien
- Museum of Fine Arts Leipzig, Deutschland
- Museum Arts Center Hugo Voeten, Geel, Belgien
- Collection Arie de Knecht, Amsterdam, Niederlande
- S.R Rusche Collection, Germany
- Museum of Art Moritzburg Halle (Saale)
EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
- 2024 Swiss Sculpture Triennial, Bad Ragaz/Switzerland
- 2024 Stern Wywiol Gallery, Hamburg
- 2024 Galerie Reitz Zürich/Switzerland
- 2023 Mannheim Art Association
- 2023 Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation, Halle Saale
- 2023 Gallery von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart
- 2023 Stern Wywiol Gallery, Hamburg
- 2022 Museum Würth, Künzelsau
- 2022 Gallery von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart
- 2021 Villa Aurora, Los Angeles, USA
- 2021 Deutscher Bundesrat, Berlin
- 2020 Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart
- 2020 Jarmuschek +, Berlin
- 2019 Licht Feld Gallery, Basel, Schweiz
- 2019 Galerie von Braunbehrens, Stuttgart
- 2019 Literaturhaus, BBK Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale)
- 2019 Heitsch Gallery, München
- 2018 Fondazione Benetton, Salone degli Incanti, Trieste, Italien
- 2018 IA&A at Hillyer, Washington, USA
- 2018 Schaufenster, Berlin
- 2017 Laden für Nichts, Das Arty – Sweat Shop, Leipizig
- 2017 Benefizauiktion Hospiz Rennweg,Wien
- 2017 Rotary Club Wien-West & Vienna
- 2017 International in Kooperation mit Sotheby‘s
- 2017 Kunstverein Talstrasse, Halle (Saale)
- 2017 Internationales Münzenbergforum, Berlin
- 2017 Moment, Jarmuschek & Partner, Berlin
- 2015 Palazzo Mora, 56th Biennale di Venezia colateral Eventi
- 2013 Palazzo Bembo, 55th Biennale di Venezia colateral Eventi
PUBLICATIONS (SELECTION)
- Germany mon Amour!, Luciano Benetton Collection, 2016
- Personal Structures, Crossing Border, European Culture Center, Venice, 2015
- Bildgewitter „Erzgeburtstag“, Mark Gisbourne, Clemens Meyer, Harald Wieser (ed.), 2014
- Wagemutig II, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt 2010-2014, 2014
- Personal Structures: Time-Space-Existence. Peter Lodermeyer, K. de Jongh, S. Gold (ed.), 2013
- Personal Structures, La Biennale di Venezia, 2013
- Sublime, Fromm/Parthey, Stefanie Lenk, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe, 2013
- Marc Fromm, Ostdeutsche Sparkassenstiftung, Sandstein Verlag, 2011
- Bild sein, Dr. Joachim Penzel, 2011
- Wagemutig I, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt 2005–2010, 2010
- Phänomen des Raumes, Kunstverein Talstrasse e.V. / Kunstforum, Halle (Saale), 2010
- Leipziger Jahresausstellung, 2007
- Ballkünstler, Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, 2006
