Name: Marcus Antonius Jansen
Born: 1968 in Manhattan New York
Jansen, included in Who's Who in American Art had his first exhibition in 1974 at New York City's Park Avenue Lever House at age six. Over 30 years have passed for the now multiple Biennial and International award winning painter who managed to change his career from a Gulf War Soldier to transforming ordinary and often forgotten urban areas of this century into icons. Jansen is a leader in a growing dimension of Urban-contemporary artists that are quickly changing the face of traditional and non traditional art and visual media. He shares his experiences and observations with his audience through objects and human traces. "What used to be the fields for Van Gogh, is for my generation the urban enviroment" says Jansen. The recently crowned “New Artist of the Year” 2005 by the Alliance for the Arts, has been juxtaposing sophisticated, complex and culturally as well as socially inspiring works since his military discharge. Fluent in the German language, Jansen has traveled extensively to places like SW and SE Asia and lived in different parts of Europa since a young age. He was commissioned by Ford Motor Company as their Centennial artist in 2003 and has exhibited with art royalty such as Robert Rauschenberg. Jansen, is referred to in Paris France as the American "Pope" of Urban Expressionism and has exhibits in respected Galleries, Museums such as recently the Tampa Museum of Art and the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art . The soley committed Jansen Gallery is located in Paris France American Art Gallery.
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