Lukas Marxt
* 1983, Austria
Lukas Marxt (*1983, Austria) is an artist and a filmmaker living and working between Cologne and Graz. Marxt´s interest in the dialogue between human and geological existence, and the impact of man upon nature was first explored in his studies of Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Graz, and was further developed through his audio visual studies at the Art University in Linz. He received his MFA from the Academy of Media Arts Cologne, and attended the postgraduate programme at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
Marxt has been sharing his research in the visual art environment as well as in the cinema context. His works have been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently at the Torrance Art Museum (Los Angeles, 2018), at The Biennial of Painting, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens (Belgium, 2018), and at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Rijeka (Croatia, 2018). His films have been presented in numerous International Film Festivals including Berlinale (Germany, 2017 and 2018), Curtas Vila do Conde (Portugal, 2018), and the Gijón International Film Festival where he receiced the Principado de Asturias prize for the best short film (Spain, 2018).
Since 2017, Marxt has spent a considerable amount of time in Southern California, where he has researched the ecological and socio-political structures surrounding the Salton Sea.
Films:
Valley Pride 2023
Marine Target 2022
Beautifully maintained and well located 2021
Imperial Irrigation 2020
Ralfs Farben/ Ralf´s Colors 2019
Loading Pit 2019
Victoria 2018
Imperial Valley (cultivated run-off) 2018
Shadowland 2017
Fishing is not done on Tuesdays 2017
Circular Inscription 2016
Cape Ground 2016
Wunderschön und ruhig gelegen 2015
Captive Horizon 2015
Black Rain White Scars 2014
Double Dawn 2014
High Tide 2014
Low Tide 2014
Reign of Silence 2013
Two Skies 2013
It seems to be loneliness but it is not 2013
Nella Fantasia 2012
Rising Fall 2011
Fire Walk Me Home 2009
Pass By 2008
Four By 2008
Nach der Eishöhle 2007
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