Kris Martin
- 1972
- born in Kortrijk
- lives in Gent, Belgium
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 2012
- Theseustempel, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
- MANDI, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
- EVERY DAY OF THE WEAK,
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover,
Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau,
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
- 2011
- Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf
- Marc Foxx, Los Angeles
- Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
- 2010
- FESTUM, White Cube, London
- T.Y.F.F.S.H., K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- Almine Rech Gallery, Brussles
- 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)
- 2012
- Tomorrow, Bastei, Köln
- 2011
- Mémoires du Futur, la collection Olbricht, La Maison Rouge, Paris
- The Silver Show – 25 Years of NAK, Neuer Aachener Kunstverein, Aachen
- Die Kunst der Entschleunigung, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
- Wunder, Deichtorhallen Hamburg
- 29th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
- Untitled, 12th Istanbul Biennial
- arkhaiologia. Archäologie in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt, Biel/Bienne
- Sleeping Beauties, Castle of Gaasbeek, Gaasbeek
- Über die Dinge, Kunsthaus Mürz, Mürzzuschlag
- Nod Nod Wink Wink: Conceptual Art in New Mexico and ist Influence, The Harwood Museum of Art, Taos
- Commercial Break, 54th Venice Biennale
- The Shape of Things to Come: New Sculpture Part I, Saatchi Gallery, London
- La Part Manquante, Galerie Michel Journiac, Paris
- Life, a user’s manual, Meessen De Clercq, Brussels
- The Flemish Masters: That’s life, curated by Filiep Libeert, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
- 2010
- When will they finally see the power of drawing, Geukens & De Vil, Belgium
- Let`s dance, Musée D`Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine
- Exhibition, Exhibition, Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Turin
- Before and after, Balice Hertling, Paris
- Touched, 6th Liverpool Biennial
- You can`t get there from here but you can get here from there, Apexart, New York
- Lebenslust und Totentanz – Lust for Life and Dance of Death. Olbricht Collection, Kunsthalle Krems
- Unsichtbare Schatten – Bilder der Verunsicherung, MARTa Herford
- Under Destruction, Museum Tinguely, Basel
- Yesterday will be better, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aargau
- Intensif-Station, Künstlerräume, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- Kupferstichkabinett, White Cube, London
- Signs of Life, Richard Telles Fine Art, Los Angeles
- Christmas in July, Yvonne Lambert, New York
- Human Condition, Kunsthaus Graz
- 20th Century Fox, Vanmoerkerke Collection, Oostende
- Contemplating the Void, Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Triennale Fellbach
- Silent Revolution, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
- Berlin – Paris, Johann König, Berlin; Galerie Philippe Jousse, Paris
- Neugierig? Kunst des 21. Jahrhunderts aus privaten Sammlungen, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn
- 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
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