Marie Janssen (b. 1988 in Munich) is a ceramicist and sculptor. Originally from a small village in Bavaria, she moved to Vienna to study painting at the University of Applied Arts, receiving her diploma in 2014. Marie travels throughout Europe for commissions and projects. Her workshop is based in Vienna, where she lives with her partner and their young son.
She exhibited her works at FONDAZIONE ARNALDO POMODORO (Milan 2016), MUSEUM FOR APPLIED ARTS VIENNA (2017), LONDON DESIGN MUSEUM (2018) at the finalists’ exhibition of LOEWE CRAFT PRIZE 2018, WERKRAUM BREGENZERWALD (Vorarlberg, 2018), GALERIE RAUMINHALT (Vienna, 2019), SCHALLABURG (Niederösterreich, 2019), VIENNA DESIGN WEEK (2019), MUSEUM FÜR KUNST UND GEWERBE (Hamburg 2019), DESIGN MUSEUM GENT (2020), LILLE300 (Lille, 2021), SCHLOSS HOLLENEGG FOR DESIGN (Steiermark, 2021) BERGBAU UND GOTIKMUSEUM LEOGANG (Tirol, 2024)
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Residences and work experiences
2021 Schloss Hollenegg for Design (Steiermark)
2018 Workshop Matthias Schawerda (Niederösterreich)
2016 La fornace di Cunardo (Milan)
2016 Kartause Mauerbach (Niederösterreich)
2014 Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice)
2011 Sculpture Symposium Olsby (Norway)
Talks
17.12.2016 Museum for Applied Arts Vienna, MAK Forum Presentation of Tuchofen-project by Marie Janssen
24.11.2019 Design Talk with Tulga Beyerle in Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
exhibitions
2023 Bergbau und Gotik Museum Leogang
2021 Schloss Hollenegg for Design „Earth and Fire“
2021 Le Tripostale Lille, „World Design Capital 2020“
2021 Design Museum Gent, „Kleureyck. Van Eyck Colours in Design“
2019 MKG fair, arts and crafts in Kunst und Gewerbe Museum, Hamburg
2019 Vienna Design Week
2019 Schallaburg “Der Hände Werk”
2019 Galerie Rauminhalt Vienna, space&content, “Marie Filippa Janssen – Tuchofen-Projekt”
2018 Werkraum Bregenzerwald, contest Handwerk+Form, “Feuertruhe 1” in cooperation with Matthias Schawerda
2018 Design Museum London, Exhibition of finalists’ works of the Loewe Craft Prize amongst them “Tuchofen 5”
2018 Mentoring program with Tulga Beyerle, director of the Museum for Crafts and Arts, Dresden and founder of Vienna Design Week
2017 Scholarship for Design and Architecture from Federal Chancellery of Austria
2017 work residence in the ceramics workshop of Matthias Schawerda, Niederösterreich
2017 MAK-Forum, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, “Das Tuchofen-Project by Marie Janssen”,
2016-2017 Austrian Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, “HANDICRAFT. Traditional skills in the digital age”
2016 work residence in the ceramics workshop “La Fornace degli Artisti di Cunardo”, Cunardo, Milan
2016 work residence at Charterhouse Mauerbach, Training Center for Traditional Handicraft Techniques of the Cultural Heritage Agency of Austria
2016 Fondazione Arnaldo Pomodoro, Milan “The Matrix of all Secrets” together with Andrea and Stefano Cozzi
2015-2016 work residence in the ceramics studio of the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.
2014 Internship at Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice
2014 Diploma with honours in Fine Arts, Painting, at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2009-2014 studies of Fine Arts, Painting at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna, with residencies at Alanuns University, Norway and at Accademia delle belle Arti di Firenze, Italy
© Marie Janssen 2024
© Marie Janssen 2024