Marc Behrens: Bio

Selected solo shows
2005 «Video Works» Space–Galéria Priestor for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2004 «Of Mouths and Explosions», Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, U.K.
2003 «Correnti Sonore», with Alessandro Fogar, Centro europeo di arte e cultura Luciano Ceschia, Tarcento/UD, Italy
2003 «Foto- und Videoarbeiten», with Stephen Fenton, Galerie Station/Mousonturm, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
2002 «tenyearsofart», Wacker Kunst Galerie, Mühltal, Germany
2001 MAMÜ Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2000 «Tokyo Circle», Galerie t-u-b-e, Munich, Germany
1999 «Experiment in Scale», Kunst.verladehalle, Rüsselsheim, Germany
1999 «Keyholes», INM-Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
1994 «Objekte», with Ho. Turner, Galerie Gartners, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
1989 «Virgo», Kunstfabrik Arheilgen, Darmstadt, Germany

Selected group shows
2007 «Sleppet», Galleri 3_14, Bergen and Møllergata 13, Oslo, Norwegen
2006 «Weather in my Brain», eslite Gallery, Taipei and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan
2005 «Mülheimer Profile 2005», Kulturbunker Mülheim, Cologne, Germany
2005 «B!AS International Sound Art Exhibition», Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2004 «Observatori 2004», Museu de las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain
2003 «Electrograph», Athens Sound Media 03, Bios, Athens, Greece
2003 «Stazione di Topolò», Grimacco/UD, Italy
2002 performance with Achim Wollscheid, at «Frequenzen», Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
2001 «Sound in Art», Space–Galéria Priestor for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
2000 «Erlanger Hörkunstfestival», Markgraphentheater, Erlangen, Germany
2000 «hEXPO – International Festival of Self-Organized Forms», Ljubljana, Slovenia
2000 «Hörgänge», Völksen, Germany
2000 «Sound Art – Sound as Media», ICC-InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan
1998 «Stazione di Topolò», Grimacco/UD, Italy
1998 «Salon Vireal», INM-Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
1992 «Slaughterhouse», Wiesbaden, Germany

Selected concert tours
2005 with DJ Zipo – Switzerland, Austria, Slovak Republic, Germany
2004 with Paulo Raposo, Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela – Portugal
2003 «Sonic Process» with Achim Wollscheid, Thomas Köner – Israel, Palestine
1999 with Francisco López – France, Germany
1996 with Bernhard Günter, Francisco López, John Duncan – Switzerland, Austria

Residencies
2004 Hull Time-Based Arts, Hull, U.K.
2002 Lampo, Chicago, USA
1999–2000 INM-Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt a.M., Germany

Awards
2006 «Broadcasting Art I» (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon, MUSAC & Radio Nacional de España – Radio 3)

Selected publications
2007 Architectural Commentaries 4&5 – CD (Entr’acte/U.K.)
2007 Entity Mülheim – double DVD (Auf Abwegen/D)
2006 Hades, with Paulo Raposo – CD (and/OAR/USA)
2005 Kosovski Rekvijem-Requiem i Kosovës-Kosovo Requiem – 3″CDR (Oblast/USA)
2005 Plastic Metal, with Nikolaus Heyduck – double CD (Antifrost/GR)
2004 Further Consequences Of Reinterpretation, with Paulo Raposo – CD (Crónica/PT)
2004 Animistic (for Donatella) – CD (Auf Abwegen/D)
2004 A Szellem Álma, with Francisco López – double CD (.absolute.[koblenz]/D)
2003 Security vs. Freedom – double 3″CD (edition.../USA)
2002 Architectural Commentaries – CD (CMR/NZ)
2001 Elapsed Time – CD (intransitive/USA)
2001 Transition – double 3″CD (edition.../USA)
2001 Integração – CD (Sirr/PT)
1999 Contraction – CD (Digital Narcis/JP)
1998 Final Ballet – CD (Rastermusic/Noton/D)
1995 Advanced Environmental Control – CD (trente oiseaux/D)

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Born in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1970. Marc Behrens lives and works in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, since 1991, during 2003 also in Grimacco/UD, Italy. He studied Communication and Product Design and has always been present in more than one artistic area at the time. After beginning his musical studies in experimental jazz and rock groups in the late 1980s and pursuing a series of music releases, acoustic feedback recordings, and multimedia works throughout the 1990s, today Behrens is perhaps best classed as a ‹sound artist›, working across performance, installation, and recorded media (audio and video). He also creates photographic works and CD sleeve design. Behrens has performed and exhibited extensively across Europe, the Middle East, North America, and East Asia. Collaborations with Achim Wollscheid, Bernhard Günter, Francisco López, Jeremy Bernstein, Nikolaus Heyduck, Paulo Raposo, among others. He is a member of the Frankfurt Association for Contemporary Music (FGNM), the German Association for Electroacoustic Music (DEGEM), subscriber to the Electronic Music Foundation (EMF), and a citizen of The Kingdoms of Elgaland~Vargaland. 2003–2007 he was co-director of the Portuguese label Sirr. Marc Behrens is a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts, Saarbrücken, Germany and the University of Applied Arts Darmstadt-Dieburg, Germany.		Selected solo shows 2005 «Video Works» Space–Galéria Priestor for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2004 «Of Mouths and Explosions», Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, U.K. 2003 «Correnti Sonore», with Alessandro Fogar, Centro europeo di arte e cultura Luciano Ceschia, Tarcento/UD, Italy 2003 «Foto- und Videoarbeiten», with Stephen Fenton, Galerie Station/Mousonturm, Frankfurt a.M., Germany 2002 «tenyearsofart», Wacker Kunst Galerie, Mühltal, Germany 2001 MAMÜ Galéria, Budapest, Hungary 2000 «Tokyo Circle», Galerie t-u-b-e, Munich, Germany 1999 «Experiment in Scale», Kunst.verladehalle, Rüsselsheim, Germany 1999 «Keyholes», INM-Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt a.M., Germany 1994 «Objekte», with Ho. Turner, Galerie Gartners, Frankfurt a.M., Germany 1989 «Virgo», Kunstfabrik Arheilgen, Darmstadt, Germany Selected group shows 2007 «Sleppet», Galleri 3_14, Bergen and Møllergata 13, Oslo, Norwegen 2006 «Weather in my Brain», eslite Gallery, Taipei and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, Taiwan 2005 «Mülheimer Profile 2005», Kulturbunker Mülheim, Cologne, Germany 2005 «B!AS International Sound Art Exhibition», Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan 2004 «Observatori 2004», Museu de las Ciencias, Valencia, Spain 2003 «Electrograph», Athens Sound Media 03, Bios, Athens, Greece 2003 «Stazione di Topolò», Grimacco/UD, Italy 2002 performance with Achim Wollscheid, at «Frequenzen», Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.M., Germany 2001 «Sound in Art», Space–Galéria Priestor for Contemporary Arts, Bratislava, Slovak Republic 2000 «Erlanger Hörkunstfestival», Markgraphentheater, Erlangen, Germany 2000 «hEXPO – International Festival of Self-Organized Forms», Ljubljana, Slovenia 2000 «Hörgänge», Völksen, Germany 2000 «Sound Art – Sound as Media», ICC-InterCommunication Center, Tokyo, Japan 1998 «Stazione di Topolò», Grimacco/UD, Italy 1998 «Salon Vireal», INM-Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt a.M., Germany 1992 «Slaughterhouse», Wiesbaden, Germany Selected concert tours 2005 with DJ Zipo – Switzerland, Austria, Slovak Republic, Germany 2004 with Paulo Raposo, Miguel Carvalhais, Pedro Tudela – Portugal 2003 «Sonic Process» with Achim Wollscheid, Thomas Köner – Israel, Palestine 1999 with Francisco López – France, Germany 1996 with Bernhard Günter, Francisco López, John Duncan – Switzerland, Austria Residencies 2004 Hull Time-Based Arts, Hull, U.K. 2002 Lampo, Chicago, USA 1999–2000 INM-Institut für Neue Medien, Frankfurt a.M., Germany Awards 2006 «Broadcasting Art I» (Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y Léon, MUSAC & Radio Nacional de España – Radio 3) Selected publications 2007 Architectural Commentaries 4&5 – CD (Entr’acte/U.K.) 2007 Entity Mülheim – double DVD (Auf Abwegen/D) 2006 Hades, with Paulo Raposo – CD (and/OAR/USA) 2005 Kosovski Rekvijem-Requiem i Kosovës-Kosovo Requiem – 3″CDR (Oblast/USA) 2005 Plastic Metal, with Nikolaus Heyduck – double CD (Antifrost/GR) 2004 Further Consequences Of Reinterpretation, with Paulo Raposo – CD (Crónica/PT) 2004 Animistic (for Donatella) – CD (Auf Abwegen/D) 2004 A Szellem Álma, with Francisco López – double CD (.absolute.[koblenz]/D) 2003 Security vs. Freedom – double 3″CD (edition.../USA) 2002 Architectural Commentaries – CD (CMR/NZ) 2001 Elapsed Time – CD (intransitive/USA) 2001 Transition – double 3″CD (edition.../USA) 2001 Integração – CD (Sirr/PT) 1999 Contraction – CD (Digital Narcis/JP) 1998 Final Ballet – CD (Rastermusic/Noton/D) 1995 Advanced Environmental Control – CD (trente oiseaux/D)