Mark Divo

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Mark Divo (born 1966) is a Luxemburgeois conceptual artist and curator who organises large scale interactive art projects incorporating the work of a number of well-known underground artists. His own work involves performance, photography, installation, often using found material.

[edit] Career

Between 1988 and 1989 Divo worked in West Berlin. After the fall of the Berlin wall in 1989 he moved to East Berlin, where he organised exhibitions at the Kunst Haus Tacheles. Between 1990 - 1994 he organised exhibitions, performances and murals with the Duncker group which was awarded a prize by the Berlin senate.

In 1994 he moved back to Zurich where he created a number of murals and organised a group of travelling mural painters (including Gabriel Serra). There he became notorious for organising a number of underground art projects funded by the Swiss government, including the first exhibitions / events in the subways of Escherwyssplatz. In 1995, he organised an international festival of underground art for which he received considerable critical acclaim. The work was given the name "post Industrial Baroque" by critics. Amongst the artists who exhibited were Ingo Giezendanner, Leumund Cult and Lennie Lee.

In 1996 he exhibited at the Rich and famous gallery, London. In the winter of 2002 he occupied the famous Cabaret Voltaire with the artists including Mikry Drei and Dan Jones. Together they succeeded in preventing the famous building's destruction. As a result of considerable publicity in the Swiss and international press, the building has now been turned into a museum dedicated to Dada. In 2003 he organised another international art festival at the Sihlpapierfabrik.

He has exhibited in a number of prestigious museums including the Helmhaus in Zurich, The Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, the Casino Luxemburg, the Kunsthaus Zurich and the Kinsky Palace, Prague.