Lives and works in Mexico City
Robert Janitz was born in the city of Alsfeld, Germany, in 1962, where he studied Art History and Sanskrit at the University of Marburg. From 1994 to 2008 he taught at the University of Paris VIII and at the Higher School of Fine Arts in Cherbourg. He held his first solo exhibition at Gallerie Valleix in 1996 and since then has presented more than thirty solo shows in Paris, Berlin, New York, London, Los Angeles, Brussels, Brooklyn, Mexico City, Istanbul, Seoul, and Chicago. He made his debut on the Latin American art scene with a simultaneous program at Casa Gilardi (Best of all worlds, curated by Gianni Jetzer) and at Galería Archivo Colectivo (Work, Story, Pleasure, curated by Christian Barragán). His work has been collected in Contemporary Painting (Thames & Hudson, 2021), Frozen Gesture (Hirmer, 2019), Geometria figurativa (Silvana Editoriale, 2017) and Painting Now (Thames & Hudson, 2015); he also has four individual titles: Robert Janitz: Made in New York 2020-2010 (Distanz, Berlin, 2021), Ex Libris (Rainoff, NY, 2014); Robert Janitz (Le 10 Neuf, Paris, 2006); Robert Janitz at the Anahuacalli (Canada, SAENGER Galería, Sevil Dolmaci, 2023). Janitz is part of the Carole Server Collection, Collection VR d’Afflaux, Collezione Maramotti, Hall Art Foundation, Collectors Room Berlin/Olbricht Foundation, Mediolanum Art LLC, Peter and Jamie Hort Collection, Roberto Toscano Collection, The Beredzvin Collection, Tomio Koyama, Zarur Collection, Suro Collection, Warwick Collection, Goetz Collection and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Janitz’s work is represented by the galleries Canada (NY), Sevil Dolmaci (Istanbul), König (Berlin, London and Seoul) and Saenger Galería (CDMX). After living for more than a decade in New York, between 2009 and 2020, Robert Janitz resides in Mexico City.
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Popocatéptl (Love is in the Air) by Robert Janitz
at Casa Siza October 3 - November 3, 2024DIOTIMA In works of art , we encounter technical characteristics , material s and executions as elements that exist, progress, disappear or linger on. Evolution as a principal and ineffable...Read more -
Robert Janitz at Anahuacalli
Curated by Karla Niño de Rivera June 10 - September 11, 2022Saenger Galería is honored to present the most recent solo show of Robert Janitz, a German painter based in Mexico, held at the Anahuacalli Museum (June 10th - September 11th 2022).Read more
After making his debut in Latin America with a pair of solo exhibitions — the first site-specific project which took place last spring, and the second in Saenger Galería at the beginning of 2022 — Robert Janitz (Alsfeld, 1962) presented a selection of large-format paintings and sculptures integrated into both the natural space of the Valley of Mexico and the architectural space of the Anahuacalli. -
El secreto del mundo by Robert Janitz
at Main Room February 8 - April 16, 2022SAENGER Galería is honored to present at its new headquarters the second individual exhibition in Mexico by the painter Robert Janitz (Alsfeld, Germany, 1962), which is called “El secreto del mundo” (The ecret of the World).Read more
After making his debut in Latin America with a site-specific exhibition at Casa Gilardi (by renowned architect Luis Barragán) last spring, Robert Janitz is now showing a previously unseen selection of large-format paintings and sculptures integrated into a specially-made color installation. by him for the walls of the Main Room of SAENGER Galería. -
ON/OFF. Siete aproximaciones a la pintura
Collective show by Fernanda Brunet, Robert Janitz, Javier Peláez, Nicole Chaput, Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes, Madeline Jiménez and Santiago Merino October 14 - November 20, 2021A central component of Saenger Galería is its exhibition program; evidence of this is the first show in the Main Hall, On/Off. Seven approaches to painting, which brings together works that approach painting today from different fields, from the tradition of two-dimensionality to the exploration of volume, reminiscent of sculpture, installation and object.Read more -
Work, Story, Pleasure
Collective show by Fernanda Brunet, Robert Janitz & Javier Peláez. Curated by Christian Barragán April 27 - May 2, 2021Work, Story, Pleasure exhibition is made up by Fernanda Brunet (Mexico City, 1964), Robert Janitz (Alsfeld, Germany, 1962) and Javier Peláez (Mexico City, 1976), with a selection of works in...Read more -
Best of all worlds by Robert Janitz
Curated by Gianni Jetzer April 27 - May 8, 2021Robert Janitz has a long-standing interest in the dialogue between architecture and painting. 3 years ago, on his first trip to Mexico City he discovered Luis Barragan and first visited...Read more -
Spirito Andante
Presented by Archivo Colectivo & LAPLA February 18 - April 17, 2021Among the artists with a consolidated career we will be able to see the work of Fernanda Brunet, Mario García Torres, Javier Peláez, Robert Janitz, and Christian Jankowski.Read more
Without making a drastic distinction in the group of those emerging artists or with a young career are: Lucia Vidales, Alain Urrutia, Jimena Montemayor, Elsa-Louise Manceaux, Josue Mejia, and Marek Wolfryd among others.
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ZsONA MACO 2024
February 7 - 11, 2024SAENGER Galería is pleased to present for Zona Maco's 20th anniversary, a group show by both local and International artists presenting striking big format abstract and figurative paintings, that explore the possibilities of abstraction by extracting the expressive potential of materials and the emergence of different narrative events as tools to address contemporary visual communication.Read more -
Dallas Art Fair 2023
April 20 - 23, 2023SAENGER Galería is pleased to present the work of Alfredo Gallegos Mena, Mark Hagen, Robert Janitz, Javier Peláez, Ale de la Puente, Scott Reeder, Víctor Rodríguez, Eduardo Sarabia, Haruna Shinagawa, Iván Trueta and Yoab Vera.Read more -
ZsONAMACO 2023
February 8 - 12, 2023For this occasion, SAENGER Galería presents the work of Fernanda Brunet, Mark Hagen, Gregor Hildebrandt, Robert Janitz, Scott Reeder and Haruna Shinagawa. In the viewing...Read more -
Estación Material Vol. 2
November 11 - 13, 2022SAENGER Galería is pleased to present the work of Robert Janitz, Javier Peláez, Haruna Shinagawa, Mark Hagen, Gregor Hildebrandt, Benjamín Torres and Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes.Read more -
Dallas Art Fair 2022
April 21 - 24, 2022PH. Evan SheldonRead more -
ZsONAMACO 2022
February 9 - 13, 2022For this occasion, SAENGER Galería presents the work of Fernanda Brunet, Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes, Mark Hagen, Robert Janitz, Javier Peláez and Eduardo Sarabia.Read more -
Estación Material 2021
October 28 - 31, 2021SAENGER Galería is pleased to present the work of Rodolfo Díaz Cervantes, Mark Hagen, Robert Janitz and Eduardo Sarabia at Estación Material 2021, based at Cerámica SURO in Guadalajara.Read more