<\/a>\t<\/figure>\n<\/article>\n\n<\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”5″ animation=”fadeInUp” margin_top=”32″][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs color=”white” spacing=”” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Introduction” tab_id=”1440507584245-5ee45767-88dc6d2d-2dd7″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\nIn the work of Martin Assig<\/strong> (1959) a combination of sensuality and spirituality is always felt. The centre of attention in this is the human body: as a classical fertility goddess with numerous breasts, but also as a fragile house of the soul.<\/p>\nA recurring motif is the skirt; it reaches up to the chest that is cut off at shoulder height with a horizontal bar. This forces the association with an altar: body and sacrificial table becoming one.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]In his paintings Martin Assig always works with pigments and beeswax. He also uses wax in his charcoal drawings, applying it to the back of the paper to give the drawing a saturated, almost painting-like character. Since 2009 he works on the St. Paul series in which he reflects on his own artistry by using, like Paul Klee before him, a great variety of idioms and themes that he developed over the years. In the series he addresses basic and existential themes like love, death, and how we relate to eachother and the world.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Biography” tab_id=”1440507584491-628a5fac-75f26d2d-2dd7″][vc_column_text css=””]<\/p>\n
\n\n\n1959<\/td>\n | born in Schwelm, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
\n<\/td>\n | \neducation<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1979-1985<\/td>\n | Hochschule der K\u00fcnste, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | lives and works in Berlin and Br\u00e4dikow, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | \nSolo exhibitions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2024<\/td>\n | Gottweisswo – God Knows Where<\/em>, St. Matth\u00e4us Kirche Berlin, Germany Promise<\/em>, Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, UK<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2022<\/td>\n | Weil Ich Mensch Bin – Because I Am Human<\/em>, 2022, Museum K\u00fcpersm\u00fchle, Duisburg, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2020<\/td>\n | \u00dcbungen zur Verwunderung – Exercising Astonishment<\/em>, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany \nSt. Paul I<\/em> Martin Assig, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019<\/td>\n | Weil ich geboren wurde (Why I Was Born)<\/em>,\u00a0 Kunstmuseum, Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018<\/td>\n | In diesen H\u00e4usern wohne ich,<\/em> Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2017<\/td>\n | \n\n \n \n \n Die Gro\u00dfen, <\/em>St\u00e4dtische Galerie Waldkraiburg, Waldkraiburg<\/span>, <\/em>Germany \n<\/span>Einsicht Eigenart, <\/em>Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany \n<\/span>Rascheln und Zukunft<\/em>, Galerie Tanit, M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015<\/td>\n | \n\n \n \n Being Fortunate<\/em>, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, NL Glu\u0308ckhaben<\/em>, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2014<\/td>\n | \n\n \n \n Die Wahrheit (eins)<\/em>, Holger Pries Galerie, Hamburg, Germany Manchmalimmer<\/em>, Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2013<\/td>\n | Martin Assig – Magdalena Schwester<\/em>, Schirmer\/Mosel Showroom, M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2012<\/td>\n | Schreihals<\/em>, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2011<\/td>\n | Jajaja!<\/em>, Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany \nC.G. Boerner, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany \nShowroom Schirmer, M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2010<\/td>\n | Beute und Berge<\/em>, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2009<\/td>\n | Orakel<\/em>, Galerie Tanit, M\u00fcnchen, Germany \nGalerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \nLa Presa\/Die Beute<\/em> – Obras 1995-2008, CAB, Burgos, Spain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2008<\/td>\n | Fluidum, <\/em>D\u00f6rrie & Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany \nWestwerk Havelhaus, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2007<\/td>\n | Inselwasser, <\/em>Galerie Tanit, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2006<\/td>\n | Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2005<\/td>\n | Schlaf im Garten, Galerie Vidal- Saint Phalle, Paris, France \nMichael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2004<\/td>\n | Das Unerkl\u00e4rte<\/em>, Guardini Galerie, Berlin, Germany \nMichael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, USA \nGalerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2003<\/td>\n | Galerie Reckermann, K\u00f6ln, Germany \nGalerie Tanit, M\u00fcnchen, Germany \nGaleria Vanguardia, Bilbao, Portugal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2001<\/td>\n | D\u00f6rrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany \nW\u00fcrzburger Kunstverein, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2000<\/td>\n | Diehl Vorderwuelbecke, Berlin, Germany \nMorat-Institut, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany \nHamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany \nGaleria Senda, Barcelona, Spain \nSt\u00e4dtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany \nSt\u00e4dtische Galerie Iserlohn, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1999<\/td>\n | Vanguardia Galeria De Arte, Bilbao, Portugal \nBrechthaus Wei\u00dfensee, Berlin, Germany \nGalerie Gro\u00dfkinsky & Br\u00fcmmer, Karlsruhe, Germany \nGalerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1998<\/td>\n | D\u00f6rrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany \nTeppich und Sender<\/em>, Galerie Brigitte Ihsen, Cologne, Germany \n\u00c9paules gothiques<\/em>, Galerie Vidal-St.Phalle, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1997<\/td>\n | Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium \nGalerie im Westend, Frankfurt\/Main, Germany \nGalerie Gro\u00dfkinsky & Br\u00fcmmer, Karlsruhe, Germany \nGalerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1996<\/td>\n | Galerie Senda, Barcelona, Spain \nD\u00f6rrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany \nSaarlandmuseum, Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany \nKunstmuseum Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany \nKunsthalle zu Kiel, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1995<\/td>\n | Galerie Bismarck, Bremen, Germany \nKrefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany \nGalerie Metta Linde, L\u00fcbeck, Germany \nGalerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany \nHospitalhof, Stuttgart, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1994<\/td>\n | Galerie Borkowski, Hannover Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, D\u00fcren, Germany \nPabellon de Mixtos Ciudadela, Pamplona, Spain \nD\u00f6rrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany \nAkademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin, Germany \nEleni Koroneou Gallery, Athens, Greece<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1993<\/td>\n | Anhaltische Gem\u00e4ldegalerie, Dessau, Germany \nVoxx-Galerie, Chemnitz, Germany \nGalerie Westernhagen, Cologne, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1992<\/td>\n | Galerie Metta Linde, L\u00fcbeck, Germany \nGalerie Heimeshoff, Essen, Germany \nDAAD-Galerie, Berlin, Germany \nGalerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany \nGalerie Senda, Barcelona, Spain \nZeichnungen und kirchenf\u00f6rmige Beh\u00e4lter<\/em>, Institut f\u00fcr moderne Kunst, N\u00fcrnberg, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1991<\/td>\n | Galerie Westernhagen, Cologne, Germany \nKunstagentur Melchior, Kassel, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1990<\/td>\n | Marburger Kunstverein, Marburg, Germany \nGalerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1989<\/td>\n | Galerie Westernhagen, Cologne, Germany \nSieben Tafeln, ein Himmel,<\/em> Eisenhalle, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1988<\/td>\n | Galerie Metta Linde, L\u00fcbeck, Germany \nKutscherhaus, Berlin, Germany \nGalerie Guillaume Daeppen, Frankfurt am Main, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1987<\/td>\n | Galerie Westernhagen, Cologne, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n1985<\/td>\n | Bilderschnitzer<\/em>, Galerie Westernhagen, Cologne, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n<\/td>\n | \nGroup exhibitions<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n<\/td>\n | \u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2024<\/td>\n | Drawing Now Paris, <\/em>Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Paris, France \nTEFAF Maastricht,<\/em> Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Maastricht, NL \n<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2023<\/td>\n | Art On Paper Brussels, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Brussels, Belgium \nDrawing Now Paris<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2022<\/td>\n | Art Cologne, <\/em>Galerie Volker Diehl, Cologne, Germany \nTEFAF Maastricht, <\/em>Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Maastricht, NL \nArt Brussels, <\/em>Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2021<\/td>\n | Drawing Now Alternative, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2020<\/td>\n | HIGHLIGHTS<\/em> Int Art Fair Munich, Patrick Heide, Munich, Germany \nIFPDA<\/em>, Emanuel von Baeyer, New York, USA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2019<\/td>\n | Collection Daniel et Florence Guerlain, <\/em>Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2018<\/td>\n | Geheimnis der Dinge, <\/em>Kunsthalle Recklinghausen,<\/em> Germany \nArt Cologne, <\/em>Galerie Tanit, Cologne, Germany \nDrawing Now Paris<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2017<\/td>\n | Kollwitz neu denken, <\/em>K\u00e4the-Kollwitz-Preistr\u00e4ger der Akademie der K\u00fcnste,Berlin, K\u00e4the Kollwitz Museum Cologne, Germany \nVermisst: Der Turm der Blauen Pferde von Franz Marc, <\/em>Museum Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, M\u00fcnchen, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2016<\/td>\n | Track & Trace I & II, 25 years Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL \n<\/em><\/em>Me in a no-time state<\/em>, Museum Kolumba, Cologne, Germany \nSammlung Marx<\/em>, Muzeum Narodowe, Wroclaw, Poland \nZeichnungsr\u00e4ume \u2013 Postitionen zeitgen\u00f6ssischer Grafik<\/em>, Hamburger Kunsthalle, GermanyTEFAF, <\/em>Emanual von Baeyer, Maastricht, NL \nDrawing Now Paris, <\/em>Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Paris, France \nArt Rotterdam<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2015<\/td>\n | Amsterdam Drawing<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL \nArt Rotterdam<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2014<\/td>\n | \n\n \n \n Refaire<\/em>, Centre Culturel de Li\u00e8ge, Belgium \nArt Rotterdam<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Rotterdam, NL \nDrawing N<\/em>ow, Galerie Vidal St Phalle, Paris, France \nSalon du Dessin<\/em>, Prix Guerlain 2014<\/em>, Paris, France \nWeltinnenraumen<\/em>, Haarlemse Lente, De Vishal, Haarlem, NL \nArt Cologne<\/em>, Galerie Tanit, Cologne, Germany \nAmsterdam Drawing<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2013<\/td>\n | Amsterdam Drawing<\/em>, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Amsterdam, NL \nDrawing Cabinet,<\/em> Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague,, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2012<\/td>\n | SCOPE Basel, Galerie Maurits van de Laar, Basel, Switzerland \nGalerie Maurits van de Laar (with Dirk Zoete), The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | \n2011<\/td>\n | Twenty, <\/em>20 years Galerie Maurits van de Laar, The Hague, NL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2009<\/td>\n | CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium \nSalon du Dessin Contemporain<\/em>, Galerie Maurits vd Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2008<\/td>\n | Galerie Frisch, Berlin, <\/em>Germany \nPaperpool, <\/em>Galerie D\u00f6rrie*Pries, Hamburg, <\/em>Germany \nSalon du Dessin Contemporain<\/em>, Galerie Maurits vd Laar, Paris, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2005<\/td>\n | Weltinnenr\u00e4ume<\/em>, Die Sammlung Hank Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr christliche Kunst e.V., M\u00fcnchen, Germany \n(my private) Heroes<\/em>, Museum Marta Herford, Germany \nSammelleidenschaften<\/em>, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2004<\/td>\n | Das Unerkl\u00e4rte<\/em>, Guardini-Stiftung, Berlin, Germany \nGezira Art Center, Ca\u00efro, Egypt<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n2003<\/td>\n | Rituale<\/em>, Akademie der K\u00fcnste, Berlin, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1999<\/td>\n | Fr\u00fchwerke von D\u00fcrer bis heute<\/em>, \u00d6ffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, CH \nSchenkung zum Dank an Dieter Koepplin<\/em>, \u00d6ffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, CH<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1998<\/td>\n | Aufstehen, Auferstehen<\/em>, Leonhardskirche, Stuttgart, Germany \nNeuerwerbungen<\/em>, Geschenke und Deposita f\u00fcr das Kupferstichkabinett Basel, \u00d6ffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, CH \nAcquisitions 98<\/em>, Artoth\u00e8que-Galerie de pr\u00eat de Nantes, France<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1997<\/td>\n | Szene Berlin Ausschnitte<\/em>, Galerie Rothe, Frankfurt\/Main, Germany \nEntgegen<\/em>. Religion, Ged\u00e4chtnis, K\u00f6rper in Gegenwartskunst<\/em>, Graz, Austria \nProcedencia: Colleci\u00f3n privada Pa\u00eds Vasco, Spain \nSala de Exposiciones Rekalde, Bilbao, Portugal \nAugenzeugen. Die Sammlung Hanck<\/em>, Kunstmuseum D\u00fcsseldorf im Ehrenhof, D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany \nMuseum Van Hedendaagse Kunst Gent zu Gast im Kunstverein Schwerte, Germany \n111 Zeichnungen von 111 K\u00fcnstlern und K\u00fcnstlerinnen<\/em>, \u00d6ffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, Kupferstichkabinett, Switzerland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1995<\/td>\n | Object Trouv\u00e9-Objekte-Fluxus<\/em>, Galerie Nothelfer, Berlin, Germany \nAssig\/Chevalier\/Rohling<\/em>, Kutscherhaus, Berlin, Germany \nBildhauer ’95 in Deutschland<\/em>, Kunstverein Augsburg, Germany \nMalerei<\/em>, D\u00f6rrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n\n1994<\/td>\n | F\u00fcnf Berliner Maler<\/em>, Galerie Volker Diehl, Berlin, Germany \nRochade<\/em>, Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany \nPrima idea<\/em> – Der Deutsche K\u00fcnstlerbund in Mannheim \nLandesmuseum f\u00fcr Technik und Arbeit, Mannheim, Germany \nSchnittstellen<\/em>, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Germany | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |