Filip Markiewicz (born in 1980, Esch / Alzette, Luxembourg) is a visual artist who expresses himself through various media such as drawing, painting, music, video and installation. Filip Markiewicz represented Luxembourg at the 56th Venice Biennale 2015 with the Paradiso Lussemburgo project (Sternberg Press Verlag catalog).
His long-term project Celebration Factory on contemporary Europe began in 2016 at the NN Contemporary Art Northampton and at the Theater Basel before it was continued in 2018 at the Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain and in 2019 at the Center for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry and the Kunsthalle Osnabrück (catalog Hatje Cantz Verlag). In 2017 Markiewicz staged his performance Fake Fiction with diary texts by Oskar Schlemmer (publication Hyde Éditions) at Theater Basel for the official Art Basel program. Markiewicz received the Art Prize Bourse Bert-Theis in 2019 for his art music project Ultrasocial Pop.
In 2020 his theater film project Fake Fiction was presented for the Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin festival at the Musée du Louvre in Paris and at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin. In the same year Markiewicz shows his monographic exhibition Ultraplastik Rhapsody at the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Bucharest. For the Lausitz Festival 2020, Markiewicz directed, created the scenography and composed the music for the play ANTIGONE NEUROPA (Sophocles) in collaboration with the Staatstheater Cottbus.
In february 2021 Filip Markiewicz presented the performance Ultrasocial Pop in the frame of the Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin at the Audiorium du Louvre (F). In August 2021 Markiewicz directed, created the scenography and composed the music for the installation and theater performance Euro Hamlet at the Lausitz Festival.
Filip Markiewicz has been composing music for film, theater and installation under the name RAFTSIDE since 1999, with which he has also appeared in several international festivals.
Solo Exhibitions
2023
Liquid Poem - Stadtgalerie Kiel (D)
2022
Instant Comedy - Konschthal Esch (L)
Ultrasocial Pop - Haus am Lützowplatz Berlin (D)
Ultrasocial Pop - Kaunas 2022 - Meno Parkas Gallery (LT)
Pictures at an exhibition - mise en scène - Berliner Philharmoniker (D)
Hypervolk - mise en scène / performance - Monodrama Festival (L)
2021
Euro Hamlet - Installation & Theater Performance - Lausitz Festival (D)
Ultrasocial Pop - Live Perfomance - Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin - Auditorium du Louvre Paris (F)
Klangkörper - Art In Situ OAI Luxembourg (L)
2020
Ultraplastik Rhapsody - National Museum of Contemporary Art - Bucharest (RO)
Antigone Neuropa - Installation Performance - Staatstheather Cottbus / Lausitz Festival (D)
Road to Nowhere - C+N Canepaneri - Milano (I)
2019
Untitled Surface - Concordia - Enschede (NL)
curator : Petra Boonstra
Celebration Factory IV - Kunsthalle Osnabrück (D)
curators: Enrico Lunghi, Catherine Hemelryk, Kevin Muhlen
Celebration Factory III - CCA - Derry Londonderry (UK)
curators: Catherine Hemelryk, Kevin Muhlen, Julia Draganovic
2018
Celebration Factory II - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (L)
curators: Catherine Hemelryk, Kevin Muhlen
Welcome - Drawing Room - Aperto (F)
La Panacée | Montpellier
Leap Art Prize solo showcase - Luxembourg Encouragement for Artists Prize
Rotondes | Luxembourg
When stars make a revolution real - Theater Basel | Basel, Switzerland (CH)
Performance & Concert Raftside aka Filip Markiewicz
2017
Fake Fiction - Theater Basel | Basel, Switzerland (CH)
theatre play, installation in the frame of Art Basel
written & directed by Filip Markiewicz
dramaturgy : Katrin Michaels
with the participation of C. Raman Schlemmer & Ingo Niermann
Celebration Factory I - NN Contemporary Art | Northampton (UK)
curators: Catherine Hemelryk, Kevin Muhlen
2016
Disco Oslo Euro Zero - Akershus Kunstsenter | Oslo - Lillestrøm, Norway
curators: Rikke Komissar, Tor Arne Samuelsen
Blackbox - Film selection - Casino-Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (L)
curator: Bettina Heldenstein
Making Love With Your Ego
Aeroplastics Contemporary Brussels (B)
Silence is Louder Than A Revolution
C+N Canepaneri Milano (I)
Europa Leaks - Universität St. Gallen | St. Gallen (CH)
Lecture & Performance
2015
Paradiso Lussemburgo
La Biennale di Venezia 56th International Art Exhibition - Venice (I)
Luxembourg Pavilion
curator : Paul Ardenne
Discopolitik - Monodrama Festival (L)
theatre play
written by Filip Markiewicz
directed by Luc Schiltz, Josée Hansen, Filip Markiewicz
Filmpremiere Voyage au bout d'une identité directed by Filip Markiewicz
with Luc Schiltz & Leila Schaus Luxembourg Pavilion - Venice Biennale (I)
Kunstmesse - Art Brussels
Aeroplastics Contemporary (B)
2014
Le Retour du Plombier Polonais - Centre d'Art Nei Liicht - Dudelange (L)
curator : Daniele Igniti
2012
Silentio Delicti - Abbaye de Neumünster (L)
curators : Martine Schneider- Speller, Guy de Muyser
You are an image
Ministry of Culture in Luxembourg (L)
2011
Sacrifice Bank - beaumontpublic gallery – (L)
curator : Martine Schneider- Speller
2010
Alterviolence - beaumontpublic gallery (L)
curator : Martine Schneider- Speller
Dreaming Golden Lady - video live performance - Expo Shanghai (China)
Luxembourg Pavilion
curator : Christian Mosar
2006
Zollzeit - AICA (International Art Critics Association) – Luxembourg (L)
curator : René Kockelkorn
Collections (selection)
MUDAM - The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (L)
Collection Fondation Francès - Senlis (F)
Sammlung Stadtgalerie Kiel (D)
Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art (L)
BPS22 - Musée d'Art de la Province de Hainaut (B)
Collection Ville de Dudelange (L)
Sammlung AK Arbeiterkammer Wien Kultur - Vienna (A)
Ministry of Culture in Luxembourg (L)
Collection Oeuvre Nationale de la Grande-Duchesse Charlotte (L)
Melva Bucksbaum & Ray Learsy Collection - Connecticut (USA)
Simmons & Simmons (UK)
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2024
Ideosignes - Stella Rouskova Gallery - Genoa (I)
2023
Deep Deep Down - Museum of Contemporary Art MUDAM Luxembourg (L)
The Spirits that I summoned - Kimgo Berlin (D)
Hybrid Nature AR Biennale - NRW Forum Düsseldorf (D)
Stayin’ Alive - BPS22 Charleroi (B)
I’m not there - curated by Max Dax - Zidoun & Bossuyt (L)
Muslim Mulliqi Award - National Gallery of Kosovo - Prishtina (KS)
Memento - CAL Luxembourg (L)
2022
I thought I was an alien - curated by Justine Otto - Polarraum Hamburg (D)
EURO HAMLET at Rencontres Internationales Paris / Berlin - Haus der Kulturen der Welt - Berlin (F)
Archi e lumi - Stella Rouskova Gallery - Genoa (I)
Solitude Publique - Schau Fenster Berlin (D)
2021
Freigeister - MUDAM Museum of Contemporary Art - Luxembourg (L)
Festival OVNI - Nice (F)
Come what may - Aeroplastics Brussels (B)
CAL Prix Pierre Werner - Galerie Schlassgoart Esch (L)
Club Quarantina - Grimmuseum Berlin (D)
Club Quarantina - Wildpalms Düsseldorf (D)
2020
Fake Fiction - Musée du Louvre - Paris (F)
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin
DUE TO - Gallery LAGE EGAL - Berlin (D)
curator: Wayra Schuebel
LE DESSIN MAINTENANT - Espace à Vendre - Nice (F)
2019
Rewind - C+N Canepaneri - Milano (I)
On recommence à zéro - duoshow Aperto | Montpellier (F)
artists : Emmanuel Régent & Filip Markiewicz
Postcard Reloaded - Kunstraum Potsdam (D)
curator : Sebastian C. Strenger
2018
Talking about a revolution - Gallery 22Visconti - Paris (F)
curator: Paul Ardenne
Are you satisfied? Aktuelle Kunst und Revolution - Stadtgalerie Kiel (D)
curator: Dr. Peter Kruska
2017
The New Archive group show - NN Contemporary Art | Northampton (UK)
curator : Catherine Hemelryk
Kapitalströmung - Kunsthalle Tübingen (D)
curator: Holger Kube Ventura
Homeland - Argos Centre for Art and Media | Brussels (B)
curator : Kevin Muhlen
Clouzot et les Arts Plastiques - Topographie de l'Art | Paris (F)
curator: Paul Ardenne
Purifications - Aeroplastics Contemporary | Brussels (B)
2016
The power of Empathy - 36ème Festival des Arts | Watou (B)
curator: Jan Moeyaert
Forever - Bubox, Kortrijk (B)
curator : Jerome Jacobs
Ta.bu - Maison Particulière (B)
curator : Wim Delvoye
Whatever you say, don't tell anyone solo showcase - Espace à Vendre | Nice (F)
invited by Emmanuel Régent
2015
Dark Ages - Aeroplastics Brussel (B)
curator : Jerome Jacobs
Discopolitik theater play
with Luc Schiltz & Josée Hansen Monodrama Festival (L)
Tous pour tous - Les Chiroux, Liège (B)
curator : Anja Bücherl
Hybride3 - Biennale d'art contemporain 2015 - Douai (F)
curator : Paul Ardenne
Humble me - Aeroplastics Contemporary - Brussels (B)
curator : Jerome Jacobs
2014
The Remarkable Lightness of Being
collective show Aeroplastics Contemporary - Brussels (B)
Fail - Gallery Nosbaum & Reding (L)
curator : Josée Hansen
High Hopes - Delphine Ract Madoux - Paris (F)
Angste Povera collective show Carré Rotondes (L)
Artist Residency - Fondation Biermans Lapôtre - Paris (F)
2013
Romantic Hierarchy at Ricochet collective show
Galerie Municipale Vitry-sur-Seine - Paris (F)
Birds - Espace BGL BNP Paribas (L)
curator : Christian Mosar
Romantic Hierarchy 2 video project Carré Rotondes (L)
Rebondissement drawing group show
I Love my Job, Caroline Smulders - Paris (F)
2012
Art Paris 2012 - beaumontpublic (F)
2011
I've dreamt about - MUDAM - The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (L)
curator : Marie-Noëlle Farcy
Interbifep
International Portrait Biennale - Tuzla (BH)
2D / 3D - drawings installation & performance
Galerie Joseph - Caroline Smulders - Paris (F)
2010
Divine Democracy video drawing installation Expo Gelle Fra (L)
curator : Didier Damiani
Banque de Tolérance - drawing at FIAC Paris Art Fair (F)
beaumontpublic gallery
MadeInferno installation - Moving Worlds Triennale (L)
curator : Didier Damiani
Reality Now
group show Concentart – Berlin (D)
2009
Kunstmesse - Robert Schuman Prize – Metz (F)
video drawing installation Eglise St. Pierre-aux-Nonnains
curator : Didier Damiani
Raftside
Live performance with Sylvia Camarda Euroszene Festival - Leipzig (D)
ARCO – Madrid Art Fair (E) beaumontpublic gallery
2008
Pale Exploding Imitation
mise en scène, visual & sound performance Filip Markiewicz
starring Luc Schiltz, Bruce Geduldig from Tuxedomoon, Yuko Kominami
Philharmonie – Luxembourg (L)
Time Square – collective exhibition beaumontpublic gallery (L)
Disco Guantanamo at “Elo – Inner Exile, Outer Limits”
MUDAM - The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg (L)
curator : Christian Mosar
Raftside solo sound & rock performance
FRAC Fond Régional d’Art Contemporain d’Alsace (F)
2007
Empire of dirt at “Exposed for Destruction” exhibition
beaumontpublic gallery – Luxembourg (L)
curator : René Kockelkorn
2004
3 x 15 minutes of success
Live performance
Casino Luxembourg - Forum d’Art Contemporain (L)
Directed Films, Video installations & Video clips
Celebration Club
shortfilm (2017)
Film screenings: NN Contemporary Art Northampton (2017), University of Northampton (2017), Homeland, Cité des Arts Paris (2017) Rencontres Internationales Paris-Berlin (2018) Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (2018)
Bluepop
videoclip for Raftside (2016)
Voyage au bout d'une identité
shortfilm (2015)
Film screenings : Venice Biennale 2015 (I), Aeroplastics Bruxelles Gallery (2016), Canepaneri Gallery Milano (2016), Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (2016)
Low Cost Symphony
shortfilm (2014)
Film screenings: Gallery Nei Liicht (2014), Biennale de Douai in France (2014) Art Brussels Art Fair (2015), Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (2016)
Streik
video installation (2014)
Film screening : Carré Rotondes (2014)
San Francisco Sun
videoclip for Raftside (2013)
Silent Rock'n'Roll
videoclip for Raftside (2013)
Silentio Delicti
Video installations (2012)
Film screening: Abbaye Neumünster Luxembourg (2014), Gallery Nei Liicht (2014),
Divine Democracy
Video installation (2010)
Film screening: Expo Shanghai in China (2010), Expo Gelle Fra (2010)
Apotheke am Hermannplatz
Video installation (2010)
Film screening : Carré Rotondes (2014), Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (2016)
Empire of Dirt
Video installation (2007)
Film screenings : Gallery Beaumontpublic (2007), Mudam Luxembourg (2014), Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'Art Contemporain (2016)