Robert Janitz › CV
1962, Alsfeld, Germany
Lives and works in Mexico City and New York.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
Sign of the Times, Sevil Dolmacı, Istanbul, Turkey
Espionage, Nuno Centeno, Porto, Portugal
Sphinx, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Robert Janitz, White Lies, Kunst im Foyer, The Berliner Ensemble Neues Haus, Berlin, Germany
La Poste Pneumatique de Paris, Ruttkowski;68, Paris, France
Carmina Burrata, San Carlo Cremona, Cremona, Italy
Robert Janitz en el Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico
Eleven Studies of Everything, König Galerie, Seoul, South Korea
El Secreto Del Mundo, Saenger Galería, Mexico City, Mexico
Peppi Bottrop/Robert Janitz, Marc LeBlanc Gallery, Chicago, IL
Library of a Dream, Canada, New York, NY
The Labyrinth, Sevil Dolmaci, Istanbul, Turkey
Best of All Worlds, Casa Gilardi, Mexico City, Mexico
Manierismo y Libertad, The National Exemplar, Iowa City, IA
<3 is a Typo, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Change in Paradise, König Galerie, London, England
College Robert Janitz, Canada, New York, NY
Uptown Campus, Anton Kern, New York, NY
Robert Janitz? Lennart Constant?, Root Canal, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Erst mit diesem Lack wird Unerhörtes richtig spannend, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
Hypothetical Types of Biochemistry, Team Gallery (satellite), Los Angeles, CA
Kerckhoffs' Principle, Team (gallery, inc.), New York, NY
Nicht üben, machen!, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany
Oriental Lumber, Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
Stick Shift Heaven, Team Gallery, New York, NY
Le Tra Verseur De La Tlan Tic! Galerie Sobering, Paris, France
How I Learned To Love The F, Shoot The Lobster, New York, NY
Clearing, A Shoe That Fits Various Feet, Brussels, Belgium
Clearing, To Follow (with Koenraad Dedobbeleer), New York, NY
En Regards (with Pierre Tal-Coat), Centre d’Art Domaine de Kerguehennec, Bignan, France
Art Dans Les Chapelles, Bretagne, France
Parcours, L’H du Siège, Valenciennes, France
Faire Trace, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France
Espace d’Art Contemporain, Atelier Blanc, Villefranche sur Rouergue, France
Maison Art Contemporain Chailloux, Paris, France
Drive by Painting, Leroy Merlin, Paris, France
Nolens Volens Pinxit RJ, Moments Artistiques, Paris, France
Galerie La Girafe, Berlin, Germany
Le 10-neuf, Centre Regional Art Contemporain, Montbéliard, France
AS220, Providence, RI
Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Paris, France
Huiles sur toile, Galerie Valleix, Paris, France
Selected Group Exhibitions
Places and Events, König Galerie, Berlin, Germany
APMA, Chapter Four - From The APMA Collection, Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Mixed Pickles 12, Ruttkowski;68, New York, NY
Extensions Out: An Exhibition To Benefit Blank Forms, Luhring Augustine, New York, NY
Peppi Bottrop | Robert Janitz, M. LeBlanc, Chicago, IL
Cerámica Suro: A History of Collaboration, Production and Collecting, Museo de Arte
Zapopan, Guadalajara, Mexico
Units, curated by Christian Camacho, Peana, Monterrey, Mexico
Spirito Andante, curated by Alex Chicle, Archive Collective, Mexico City, Mexico
Dorian Guadin / Robert Janitz, Galerie Pact, Paris, France
Gazing into the void, Bjorn & Gundorph, Arhaus, Denmark
Frozen Gesture, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switerland
And Then There Were None, Meyer Riegger, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ear Putty (cur. by Esme Thompson-Turcotte), Henry 56 (annex), New York, NY
A Show Yet to be Titled (cur. by Lucie Fontaine), 83 Pitt Street Project, New York, NY
What’s Up 2.0 (cur. by Lawrence van Hagen), New York, NY
Neither (cur. by Fernanda Brenner), Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, Belgium
Implosion 20, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Figurative Geometry, Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Toute première fois, 22 Visconti, Paris, France
My Abstract World, me Collectors Room, Berlin, DE Rebranding floes, Galerie Jerome Pauchant, Paris, France
"Hermann tritt schüchtern herein", Meyer Riegger, Berlin, Germany
I AM SITTING IN A ROOM, Jack Chiles, New York, NY
Per Risplendere devi bruciare, Va-Va, Milan, Italy
The Painter of Modern Life, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Salon der gegenwart, Hamburg, Germany
Salón de arte contemporáneo 2015, Palacete Sousa, Barranco, Lima, Peru
Lisson Gallery, London, England
En-trée (cur. by Christopher Green), Middlemarch, Brussels, Belgium
No Ground But Say Ground. Halsey/McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
LAT. 41' 7" N. / LONG. 72' 19" W., (organized by Bob Nickas), Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY
Old Black (organized by Todd von Ammon), Team Gallery, New York, NY
Let It Come Down (cur. by Anton Zolotov), Hannah Barry Gallery, London, England
NADA Art Fair (solo booth), Martos Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Informal Abstraction, Art Amalgamated, New York City, US 2012 Holiday Shop (cur. by Olivia Shao), New York, NY
No Show* (an exhibition devised by Joao Simoes), Temp, New York, NY
Le Geste et la Couleur (cur. by Philippe Cyroulnik), École d’Art Gerard Jacot, Belfort, France
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - New Works from Berlin (cur. by Vita Zaman)
Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Royal Rumble, Miami, FL
Tax Day News & Smoke, Emily Harvey Foundation , New York, NY
Tranches de savoir, French Cultural Services, Payne White House, New York, NY
Winter Break, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Material Matter and Other Issues, Canada, New York, NY
Exhibition #3 (cur. by Joao Simoes), Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, NY
Thema 4, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, France
Centro Cultural Borges (cur. by Philippe Cyroulnik), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Exposition 5–31 Janvier (cur. by Jean-Charles Agboton-Jumeau), Ecole Supérieure Des Beaux Arts, Cherbourg, France
Cloud Cuckoo Land, video installation, invited by Moskowitz/Trager, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, NY
Rencontres Internationales, Paris/Berlin/Madrid, 2008 – 2009, FR/DE/ES 2007 Colors, Stephen Haller Gallery, New York, NY
Regards Croisés (cur. by Philippe Cyroulnik),Galerie Pascal Gabert, Paris, France
Gread, Envy, Fear (cur. by Linda Mussmann), TSL Gallery, Hudson, NY
Cooper Union School of Art, New York, NY
Chantier Zen, TEMS-TV, Le Djurdjura, Paris, France
Galerie Nanky de Vreeze, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Sparkling Bag, Galerie Valleix, Paris, France
Austerlitz-Autrement, Galerie Valleix, Paris, France
ART Basel, Galerie Valleix, Basel, Switzerland
Collections
Amorepacific Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Bibliography
Hudson, Suzanne. “Robert Janitz: Robert Janitz at the Anahuacalli.” The Brooklyn Rail, October.
Sharon Butler, "Robert Janitz: Reverie over reality", Two Coats of Paint, January 16
Coban, Eser, "Robert Janitz: The Dandy Painter, Collecteurs", December.
"An honest performance, issue 1 / summer 2021", balcony Magazine, November.
Egea, Eduardo, "Postmodernity vs Innovation", Crónica, May 14.
Mora, Eduardo, "Market and Significance", Crónica, March 20.
Nieto, Natalia Torija, "The T List: Five Things We Recommend This Week, Never-before-seen drawings by Kenny Riviero, a new tableware line from Yotam Ottolenghi, and more", The New York Times Style Magazine, April 29.
Sevil Dolmaci, "Art Gallery at Virtual Contemporary Istanbul 2020", December.
Gaudin, Dorian, "Her Him 09 Jan - 07 Mar 2020", Paris Art, January.
Robert Janitz, "Cedar Wings", January.
"How German Artist Robert Janitz Uses Unconventional Materials to Paint ‘an Escape to Greener Pastures", Artnet, May 13.
Rhodes, David, "Robert Janitz: Uptown Campus / College Robert Janitz", The Brooklyn Rail, January.
Hettie, Judah, "Robert Janitz at Meyer Riegger", Berlin. Blouin ArtInfo, July.
"Figurative Geometry. Collezione Maramotti", ArtReview, January & February.
Hudson, Suzanne, “Robert Janitz.“ Artforum, December.
Thiele, Carmela, “The Art of Discreet Clarity,” Badische Neueste Nachrichten, September 8.
Halle, Howard, “The Painter of Modern Life,” Time Out New York, April 1.
Sutphin, Eric, “L’Orientaliste on the Continent: Robert Janitz in Berlin,” Artcritical, October 5.
Tittel, Cornelius, “Wie es endlich Zeit wurde,” Die Welt, September 17.
Dillon, Noah. “A Fleeting Moment on The J Train: Robert Janitz on his recent work.” Artcritical, March.
Schjeldahl, Peter. “Robert Janitz.” New Yorker Magazine, January.
Heinrich, Will. “Robert Janitz: Stick
Shift Heaven at Team Gallery.” New York Observer, March 12.
Nickas, Bob. “The Un-Painter of Modern Life, Age 45, Has Died.” Annual Magazine, Issue 6.
Rosenberg, Karen, “Art in Review: Old Black.” The New York Times, July 11, p. C23.
Johnny Cash & Buttered Toast.“ Painter's Bread Blog, April, 2013. Nickas, Bob. ”Peinture Contemporaine.” Beaux Arts Magazine, n.345, March.
St.-Lascaux, David. “Winter Break.” Brooklyn Rail, February 2011. Howard, Hurst. “Robert Janitz.” artcards.cc, January 12.
Johnson, Paddy. “10 Best "Gritty" Brooklyn Shows in Manhattan.” The L- Magazine, Dec 8.
“Bienvenidos al mundo del arte en colores." ARTE, October, 2009. “Quand la culture se fait buissonniere."
Le Figaro Magazine, June 26.
"2Esprits de chapelles." Télérama , No. 3104, July – August.
Daive, Jean. “Peinture Fraiche.”, Radio France Culture, May 22.
Smulders, Caroline. “Ce qui peut être vu vient de l’invisible.”, H du Siege, April.
Select Books and Catalogs
Janitz, Robert. Robert Janitz Anahuacalli. Verlag Kettler, 2023, ISBN 10: 3987410906
Best of All Worlds. 1st ed., vol. 1000, Bernardo Saenger/Saenger Editors. 2022, ISBN 978-607-98345-7-9
Hudson, Suzanne, Contemporary, Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2021, ISBN978-0-500-29463-5
Hudson, Suzanne and Catherine Taft, Robert Janitz: Made in New York 2020-2010, DISTANZ Verlag, 2020 ISBN 978-3-95476-331-3
Ed. Konrad Bitterli, Andrea Lutz, Lynn Kost, Frozen Gesture, Hirmer-Verlag, München 2019 ISBN 978-3-7774-3269-4 [18]
Nickas, Bob, Geometria figurativa, Figurative Geometry, Silvana Editoriale, 2017 ISBN 88-366-3680-2.
Hudson, Suzanne, Painting Now, Thames & Hudson, 2015.[19]
Ex Libris (monograph), Rainoff, 2014. ISBN 978-0-9806516-9-0.[20]
Agboton-Jumeau, Jean-Charles and Cyroulnik, Philippe, Robert Janitz (monograph), Le 10 Neuf, 2006. ISBN 978-2-35075-023-1.[21]