1967 born in Barcelona, Spain Lives and works in Austria

Education

BTEC in Art and Design, Kingsway College, London; UK

BA (First Class Honours) Fine Art and Contemporary Critical Theory, Goldsmiths College University of London, UK

Advanced Research in Fine Art,Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Solo Exhibitions

2006 WallHouse#2, the WallHouse#2 Foundation, Groningen, The Netherlands; Curated by Olof van de Wal

2005 City Gallery Wellington – Te Whare Toi, Wellington New Zealand; curator: Emma Bugden

2004  MAK -Österreichisches Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, Austria ; Curated by Heidemarie Caltik and Peter Noever

CCAS - Canberra Contemporary Art Space, Australia; Curated by Lisa Byrne

Jan van Eyck Academie, Netherlands; Curated by Koen Brams

Group Exhibitions

2009 `Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: The Apartment' Royal London House, London, curated by Paul Buck

2004 'SoftSoftSoft' - from the SoftSoftSoft Series ‘Interactive Futures’ Victoria Open Art Space, Canada; Curated by Steve Gibson

2003 ‘Liste 03 – The Young Art Fair’ Werkraum Warteck, Basel, Switzerland; Curated by Thomas Peutz

 
2001 ‘Still Living’ SMART Project Space, Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Curated by Thomas Peutz

1998 ‘How to Star – Art on Television’ Amsterdam Arts Channel A1, The Netherlands; Curated by Thomas Peutz

1997 'NoSub- Stance (Being, Trying, Having, Nothing)’ Project Space, Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, United Kingdom; Curated by Andrew Mummery and Carolina Grau

1997 ‘Thoughts’ City Racing, London, United Kingdom; Curated by Carolina Grau

1997 ‘Soundproofs’ MOI - Museum of Installation, London, United Kingdom; Curated by David Clegg

1996 ‘NewContemporaries’ with the support of the Nigel Moores Family Charitable Foundation, TATE Liverpool, United Kingdom; Curated by Maria de Corral, Richard Shone and Mark Wallinger

1996 ‘NewContemporaries’ with the support of the Nigel Moores Family Charitable Foundation, Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom; Curated by Maria de Corral, Richard Shone and Mark Wallinger

Collections

Wall House Foundation, The Netherlands

Nigel Moore Foundation, United Kingdom

MAK Contemporary Art Collection - Österreichisches Museum für angwandte Kunst, Wien

Lectures & Talks

2005 Frank Mohr Institute, Hanze University, the Netherlands; 2002 Jan van Eyck Academie, The Netherlands; 2001 Tate Modern, United Kingdom; 2001 American Intercontinental University, United Kingdom; 2000 Goldsmiths College University of London, United Kingdom; 1999 Goldsmiths College University of London, United Kingdom 1999, South Bank University, United Kingdom 1998, Camberwell School of Art, the London Institute, United Kingdom

Bibliography

'20/21 - MAK-Sammlung Gegenwartskunst/MAK Collection of Contemporary Art' MAK Studies 15, book, Ed. Peter Noeverwith texts by Sebastian Hackenschmidt, Andreas Krištof, Peter Noever, Gabriel Ramin Schor and Paul Virilio, German/English, 244 pages; Verlag für Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, Vienna 2009; Thought Provoking, sense provoking, book - 'Als een huis van binnen smelt' Published by Wall House #2 in collaboration with Noorderlicht, curator:Wim Melis; Text: Javier Marchán 2007, P.26, 50-52; ARCHITECTURAL RECORD -Altered Perceptions of Space- 'Past and Present: Inside the Wall (House 2)' Text: John Gendall, September 2006, page 216; ITEMS Magazine 'Het ei van Columbus' Text: M. Ryckaert, February 2006, page 21; Dagblad van het Noorden 'Spaanse kunstenaar Javier Marchán maakt expositie voor Wall House Groningen' Text: Mannus van der Laan, page 21, Saturday 21 January 2006; Apropos 190, 'Het Wallhouse' Text Erwin Tollenaar, February 2006, pages 8-9; TRANS-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF EMERGENCE – Cultural Expression and Transmission in Post-Industrial Societies, Issue 3/N1 Spring 2005, ‘Days of Liquid Geography’, Text: Javier Marchán, editor: Angelo Fanelli, page 7, TRANS-DISCIPLINARY JOURNAL OF EMERGENCE – Cultural Expression and Transmission in Post-Industrial Societies, Issue 3/N1 Spring 2005, ‘Please Pass the Nutrition Ocean Flakes®’, Text: Vilmos Misangyi, review on Javier Marchán’s ‘Days of Liquid Geography’, editor Angelo Fanelli, pages 8; ...WHAT ABOUT ART? Imagination versus conformity - MAK Annual Report MAK Exhibitions, Edited by Peter Noever, MAK Publishing, Vienna, pages 114 to 117, February 1, 2005; BALDER MAGAZINE - November- December 2004, 'Alma Máter’, Text: Maria Magdalena pages 54-55; GOD - Panorama - 6 August 2004 ‘Javier Marchan Visual Study of Aesthetics’, page 8; WOHNEN - 4 October 2004 'Art and Play' Text: Barbara Jahn, KURIER AUSTRIAN NEWSPAPER - 3 July 2004, 'Asthetik spielerisch erfassen' Text: Henriette Horny, page 25. KURIER AUSTRIAN NEWSPAPER - 6 July 2004, 'Schau mit legaler Schmuggelware' MAK: Javier Marchans 'SoftSoftSoft' als Schau-Spiel. Text: Henriette Horny, page 30; KRONE NEWSPAPER 20 July 2004, 'Detective's Game in a Museum - MAK 'SoftSoftSoft' by Javier Marchan', Text: Molin page 19; WIRTSCHAFTS BLATT 30 June 2004, 'Die Welt der Dinger - SoftSoftSoft im MAK', Text Yasmin El-Mohandes, page 17; MAK Exhibition Program, ‘Javier Marchán - DesignShowcases’ text Peter Noever – January 2004, page 9 and 15; AB - BARCELONA – 18 March 2002 'Javier Marchán’ Text: Elena Cabrera page 40; ROOM - IKEA INTERNATIONAL - June 2001, 'Javier Marchán a new iconoclast' Text: Gianmarco Del Re; FLASH ART INTERNATIONAL - October 2000, 'Life's a Mess' Text: Cedar Lewishon, Vol. XXXIII number magazine 214 page 93; TIME OUT - November 1997 'Javier Marchán- Upcoming' Text: Martin Herbert, page 59; HIGHBURY & ISLINGTON EXPRESS - 21 November 1997 'El Greco meets 101 Dalmatians' Text: Morgan Falconer page 30; WELL MAGAZINE - November 1997, 'Javier Marchán's at Andrew Mummery Gallery' Text: Mark Cooper, page 14; HOT TICKETS - November 1997, Galleries Choice 'Javier Marchán at 33 Great Sutton Street' Text: Kate Bernard page 45; GOLDSMITHS FINEART -97 - Colour catalogue, (1997) Text: Charles Errington, Julika Gittner, Goldsmiths College University of London Ltd and the authors, page 36; INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY 21 July 1996 ‘A brush with business’ Exhibitions, Text: Tim Hilton page 22; THE TIMES MAGAZINE – March 30 1996 ‘POP Goes the Easel’ Text: Richard Cork, pages 32 -37; NEWCONTEMPORARIES-96 - 'LO VE ONO LO VE?' Published by New Contemporaries (1988), page 44; ART MONTHLY - Issue 199 / September 1996 ‘New Contemporaries’ Text: Phillip Sanderson, page 40-41; MAKE 71 - Issue August- September 1996 ‘Having a laugh at the New Contemporaries’ Text: Nicky Coutts page 29; THE DAILY TELEGRAPH - 24 July 1996 'Welcome Blast of Earnest Whimsy' Text: Richard Dorment page 19; THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER - 16 April 1996 'Searching for Ourselves' Text: Adrian Searle page 25; TIME OUT - Art Preview 'No more heroes?' Sarah Kent on the New Contemporaries Text: Sarah Kent page 46