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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 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.