Kris Martin
- 1972
- born in Kortrijk
- lives in Gent, Belgium
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2010
- White Cube, London
- Almine Rech, Brussels
- 2009
- Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
- Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- Johann König, Berlin
- 2008
- Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle
- Eldorado. Kris Martin. Inter pares, Galleria d`Arte Moderna e Contemporanea GAMeC, Bergamo
- Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- White Cube, London
- 2007
- P.S.1 MoMA, Contemporary Art Center, New York
- Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
- My Private #5, Piazza San Marco, Venezia
- Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- 2006
- Deus ex machina, Johann König, Berlin
- 2005
- Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
- Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf
- 2004
- Beaulieu Gallery, Wortegem-Petegem
Group exhibitions (selection)
- 2010
- Contemplating the Void, Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Triennale Fellbach
- Berlin – Paris, Johann König, Berlin; Galerie Philippe Jousse, Paris
- 2009
- Beg Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami
- A L`épreuve, Institute D`Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne
- Earth: Art of a changing world, GSK Contemporary, 2009, Royal Academy of Arts, London
- Silent, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
- Morality, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
- Das Gespinst. Die Sammlung Schürmann zu Gast im Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
- The Importance of the Zebra Fish, Pilar Parra & Romero, Madrid
- Moby Dick, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- cargo manifest, Bayrische Staatsoper, München
- The Site of Silence – Der Ort der Stille, Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster
- Heaven, 2nd Athens Biennale
- Beginnings, Middles, And Ends, Galerie Georg Kargl, Wien
- Magritte et la Lumière, Almine Rech Galerie, Brussels
- The Quick and the Dead, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
- On second readings, Galeria Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelona
- Born in the morning, dead by night, Leo König, New York
- 2008
- Heavy Metal, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
- Political / Minimal, KW – Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin
- Ars in Cathedrali, Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule, Brussel
- Library, UOVO Open Office Berlin, curated by Adam Carr
- The Krautcho Club / In and Out of Place, Forgotten Bar Project, Berlin and Project Space 176, London
- This is not a void, Galerie Luisa Strina, São Paulo, curated by Jens Hoffmann
- When a clock is seen from the side it no longer tells the time, Johann König, Berlin
- FADE IN / FADE OUT, Bloomberg Space, London
- L’Argent, Frac Ile-de-France, Paris
- Speicher fast voll – Sammeln und Ordnen in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Solothurn
- The Eternal Flame, Kunsthaus Baselland, Basel
- Boros Collection, Berlin
- Past – Forward, Zabludowicz Collection 176, London, curated by Vincent Honoré
- Traces du sacré, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
- You Dig the Tunnel – I`ll Hide the Soil, White Cube, London
- God is design…., Galerie Fortes Vilça, São Paulo, curated by Neville Wakefield
- Section des Miroirs, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
- Der eigene Weg / Perspektiven belgischer Kunst, Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg
- Countdown, Center For Curatorial Studies, New York, curated by Vincenzo de Bellis
- All-Inclusive. Die Welt des Tourismus, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a.M.
- 2007
- Gehen Bleiben, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, curated by Volker Adolphs
- Passengers, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- The Office, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
- The Long Goodbye, Vanmoerkerke collection, Oostende, curated by Patrick De Brock
- The skeleton in art, Cheim & Read, New York
- For Sale, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, curated by Jens Hoffmann
- Learn to Read, Tate Modern, London, curated by Vincent Honoré
- Invisible, Max Wigram Gallery, London
- Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery, London
- Some Time Waiting, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, curated by Adam Carr
- Ci vediamo a casa, Perarolo di Cadore, Belluno
- Trobleyn/Laboratorium, Jan Fabre, Antwerp
- 2006
- My private escaped from Italy, International Center of Art and Landscape on the island of Vassivière, Beaumont du Lac
- Protections. Das ist keine Ausstellung, Kunsthaus Graz, Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, curated by Adam Budak, Christine Peters
- Faster! Bigger! Better! Signetwerke der Sammlungen, ZKM, Museum für neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
- Nichts weiter als ein Rendezvous, Künstlerhaus Bremen, Bremen
- Designing Truth, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
- Of Mice and Men, 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art, curated by Ali Subotnick, Massimiliano Gioni and Maurizio Cattelan, Berlin
- Message personnel, Yvon Lambert, Paris
- 2005
- SEE history 2005 – Der private Blick, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
- Post Notes, Midway Contemporary Art, Minnesota
- 2003
- Gelijk het leven is, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
- The distance between Me and You, Lisson Gallery, London
- 2001
- Verklärte Nacht, Sonsbeek 9, Arnhem
- 2000
- Wahnsinn, Garden of Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
© Sies + Höke 2009