Marco Grieser 

In 2000 Marco Grieser received a bursary by UNESCO to be artist in residence at PaaYaPaa Art Centre in Nairobi, Kenya.

3 years after a fire had razed East Africa´s oldest art centre to the ground Marco´s playful installations tell the story of a new beginning.

Melted soda crates, half-burnt stereos and charcoaled sculptures come to life again seen through the lense of his camera.

In September 2000 Marco Grieser, Eva Rønnevig, Wanjohi Nyamu, Gicheru Karuri and Ngeene Mwaura set off on their bicycles on a 1200km journey through East Africa.

They started with a show at the National Museum of Kenya, and showed art and played music at art centers and villages along the way

until their final exhibition in the Nyumba Ya Sanaa (House of Art) in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania.

Cykling in Tanzania 2000

Re-claimed Rearrangements from the depths of Sea.
Re-used Treasures from the depths of Cornish junk yards.
 

Archaeologists trace back left over signs of life from ancient cultures.
My work is going back to the roots of our own culture: Thrown away Toys of Technology

I´m inspired by life on a boat in Cornwall. Sandy beaches, wind swept cliffs, rolling hills. I´m inspired by reality. Sandy bicycle wheels, wind swept toilet seats, decaying rubber gloves

Sometimes I see myself as a magpie, except that I go for ugly, worthless and forgotten objects, as opposed to silver and gold.

My work is dedicated to
The Playful
The Diverse
The Rejected
 And, please, don´t take it too seriously.
It´s all rubbish

Opening of Galerie Lebenskunst Exhibition 2001
 

Date of Birth: 09.07.1973, München
Nationality: German

1995-1998  Falmouth College of Arts
                     BA(Honours), Fine Art

1994-1995  Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
                      Foundation. Art and Design

1988-1992   P.-R.-Mayer Gymnasium
                      German Abitur (Art, Latin, Mathematics, Geography)

Sculpture , Gallerie Lebenskunst, München 2001

2002 Aventura Artistica, together with Eva Rønnevig, walking through Ecuador with a mule

2002 Utstilling together with Geir Brohjem in gallery Iskunst, Oslo, Norway

2001 Opening of Galerie Lebenskunst Exhibition together with Evanson Kangethe

2000 Exhibition at UN headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya

2000 BIKE ART AFRIKA 2000 music and art on bicycles in artcenters and villages throughout East africa, Starting at the National Museum of Kenya, ending at the JHouse of Art in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

2000 Artist in residence in Paa Ya Paa Art Centre in Nairobi, Kenya under UNESCO bursary

Sept. 1999    Network A. D., group exhibition
                       Candid Gallery, Angel, Islington, London

Aug. 1999     Open studios at the eclipse, group exhibition
                       St. Gluvias church, Penryn

May 1999      Kunst in Oberhaching, group exhibition
                        Rathaus Oberhaching/Munich

March 1999  Network A. D., group exhibition
                       Candid Gallery, London

Feb. 1999      CD-Cover, design dor band Kensey

Dec. 1998      Christmas exhibition, Candid Gallery, London

Oct. 1998       Trash & Insects, exhibition together with P. Chaney
                       Gallery No. 33, Falmouth

August 1998   Network A. D. group exhibition of recent graduates
                       Candid Gallery, London

                       Megadog Beach Festival, sculptures
                       Carlyon Bay, St. Austell

July 1998        Small Ships Race, touring exhibition,
                       Cutty Sark´s Tall Ship´s Race, Falmouth

                      Open studios, group exhibition with Black Sheep
                      Arts

                      Recycling Art, Falmouth Green Fair

                      Installation, Constantine Village Green,
                      Cornwall
May 1998      Postconsumerism ? Art For A Better Environment,
                      Group exhibition, FCA Gallery

Jan. 98 - Mar 99  Permanent installation, Maverick´s Café,
                      Falmouth

Nov. 1997     No Shopping Day, Recycling exhibition , disused shop,
                      Falmouth

July 1997      20 Stories and a Dark Cellar, group exhibition,
                      Sarki&Sarki

                      Site-specific installation in Edwardian House,
                      Falmouth

May-June 1996 Water Reflections, water colour paintings
                       Apotheke Brunschlik, Munich
Summer 1995 Landscapes in Water Colour, touring exhibition
                       Town Festivals, County Donegal, Ireland

April 1991     Grosse Fruejahrsbilderschau, spring exhibition together
                       with K. Rogge

                       Café Garten, Munich

Guardians of the underworld, Installation, Nairobi, 2000
Paa ya Paa Art Center