Kris Martin

Bio | Selected Works | CV

°1972, Kortrijk, Belgium.
Lives and works in Mullem, Belgium.

Solo exhibitions

2023
GOOD LUCK | KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin, DE

2022
WHO CARES | Kunsthalle Trier | Trier, DE
FAIRY TALES | KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin, DE
PHOENIX | St. Matthäus-Kirche | Berlin, DE

2020
EXIT | S.M.A.K. | Ghent, BE

2019
?DO GEESE SEE GOD? | Sean Kelly | New York, US; Saint Bavo’s Cathedral | Ghent, BE

2018
FOR WHOM II | S.M.A.K. | Ghent, BE

2017
PROMETHEUS | VNH Gallery | Paris, FR
HOF VAN CLEVE | Kruishoutem, BE

2016
AUGURI! | Santa Sabina | Rome, IT
KRIS MARTIN | KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin, DE
MOVEABLE | VNH Gallery | Paris, FR
T.Y.F.F.S.H. | MOSTYN | Wales, UK

2015
FLOREAT | Fürstenberg Zeitgenössisch | Donaueschingen, DE

2014
INDEX | Kunstraum Innsbruck / Schloss Ambras | Innsbruck, AT
NOUMENON | Sammlung Philara | Düsseldorf, DE
KRIS MARTIN | White Cube | London, UK

2013
SOMEBODY | Sies + Höke | Düsseldorf, DE
KÜNSTLERRAUM | K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen | Düsseldorf, DE

2012
DO NOT CROSS THE RED LINE | Kunst-Station Sankt Peter | Cologne, DE
FESTUM II | Kunsthistorisches Museum | Vienna, AT
MANDI | Lehmbruck Museum | Duisburg, DE
EVERY DAY OF THE WEAK | Kestnergesellschaft | Hannover, DE; Aargauer Kunsthaus | Aarau, CH; Kunstmuseum Bonn | Bonn, DE

2011
KRIS MARTIN | Sies + Höke | Düsseldorf, DE
KRIS MARTIN | Marc Foxx | Los Angeles, US
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN: HAMMARBY! | Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts | San Francisco, US

2010
# | Almine Rech | Brussels, BE
FESTUM | White Cube | London, UK
T.Y.F.F.S.H. | K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen | Düsseldorf, DE

2009
KRIS MARTIN | Aspen Art Museum | Aspen, US
KRIS MARTIN | Johann König | Berlin, DE
KRIS MARTIN | Sies + Höke | Düsseldorf, DE

2008
KRIS MARTIN | Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts | San Francisco, US
KRIS MARTIN | Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens | Deurle, BE
ELDORADO. KRIS MARTIN. INTER PARES | GAMeC | Bergamo, IT
KRIS MARTIN | Marc Foxx | Los Angeles, US
KRIS MARTIN | White Cube | London, UK

2007
KRIS MARTIN | P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, MoMA | New York, US
MY PRIVATE #5 | Piazza San Marco | Venice, IT
KRIS MARTIN | Sies + Höke | Düsseldorf, DE
KRIS MARTIN | Marc Foxx | Los Angeles, US
DEUS EX MACHINA | Johann König | Berlin, DE

2006
KRIS MARTIN | Neuer Aachener Kunstverein | Aachen, DE

2005
KRIS MARTIN | Sies + Höke | Düsseldorf, DE

2004
KRIS MARTIN | Beaulieu Gallery | Wortegem-Petegem, BE

2000
WAHNSINN | Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens | Deurle, BE

Group exhibitions

2026
HUMANSCALE | KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin, DE
WORKS ON PAPER | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
ART BRUSSELS | BARBÉ | Brussels, BE
LARA ART FEST | Laarne, BE

2025
PRIVATE COLLECTION SELECTED BY #4 | Tatjana Pieters | Ghent, BE
OH BABY | BARBÉ | Ghent, BE
OOIDONK ART FESTIVAL | Ooidonk, BE

2024
METAPHOR TO METAMORPHOSIS | KÖNIG MUNICH | Munich, DE
AUS ÜBERZEUGUNG | Kulturhaus Obere Stube | Stein am Rhein, CH
VOILÀ! – A HOMMAGE TO JAN HOET | Sint-Jacobskerk | Ghent, BE
LEAPS OF FAITH | Z33 | Hasselt, BE
OOIDONK ART FESTIVAL | Ooidonk, BE
SHOWROOM PRESENTATION | KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin, DE

2021
DAS KÜNSTLERISCHE GESICHT EUROPAS | Diversity United | Flughafen Tempelhof, Berlin, DE

2019
IKONEN. WAS WIR MENSCHEN ANBETEN | Kunsthalle Bremen | Bremen, DE
I WILL BE DEAD | KÖNIG GALERIE | London, UK

2018
GLAUBE, LIEBE, HOFFNUNG | Kunsthaus Graz | Graz, AT
GEGEN DIE STRÖMUNG | Museum Morsbroich | Leverkusen, DE
RITUAL | Aspen Art Museum | Aspen, US

2017
KÖNIG LONDON | KÖNIG GALERIE | London, UK
PEACE LOVE AND LIGHT | Kunstraum Dreieich | Dreieich, DE
ECCE HOMO | Geukens & De Vil | Antwerp, BE
THE TIME. THE PLACE. CONTEMPORARY ART FROM THE COLLECTION | The Henry | Seattle, US
THE MIDDLE | Johannes Vogt Gallery | New York, US
DOUBLES, DOBROS, PLIEGUES, PARES, TWINS, MITADES | The Warehouse | Dallas, US
THE ARTIST/KNIGHT | Kasteel van Gaasbeek | Lennik, BE
HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS AND HOW EASILY IT CAN BE BROKEN | S.M.A.K. | Ghent, BE
MEET ME IN HEAVEN | Sammlung Heiner Wemhöner | Schloss Tüssling, DE
DYING WELL — FALSE DEATH | Museum für Neue Kunst | Freiburg, DE

2016
MY PHANTASIES. NEUE BILDER, ZEICHNUNGEN, SKULPTUREN, VIDEOS UND INSTALLATIONEN IN DER KUNSTSAMMLUNG NORDRHEIN-WESTFALEN 2009–2016 | K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen | Düsseldorf, DE
THE OTHERS | KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin, DE
UNTER WAFFEN, FIRE & FORGET 2 | Museum Angewandte Kunst | Frankfurt am Main, DE
ECHTZEIT | Kunstmuseum Bonn | Bonn, DE
HÖHENRAUSCH | OK Offenes Kulturhaus | Linz, AT
THIS IS YOUR REPLACEMENT | Sies + Höke | Düsseldorf, DE
GEDIEGENES UND KURIOSes. AUS DER SAMMLUNG OLBRICHT | Museum Folkwang | Essen, DE
AUF DEN SCHULTERN VON GIGANTEN | Kunsthalle Mainz | Mainz, DE
FROM THE COLLECTION | S.M.A.K. | Ghent, BE
USE/USER/USED | Zabludowicz Collection | London, UK
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Oaxaca | Oaxaca, MX
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING | MAM — Museu de Arte Moderna | Rio de Janeiro, BR

2015
DARK AGES | Aeroplastics Contemporary | Brussels, BE
MINING THE ANCIENT | Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University | Stanford, US
RISK | Turner Contemporary | Margate, UK
THE PROBLEM OF GOD | K21 Ständehaus | Düsseldorf, DE
DAS UNENDLICHE IM ENDLICHEN. ROMANTIK UND GEGENWART | Kunstsammlung Jena | Jena, DE
MATERIAL | Johann König | Berlin, DE
BRIEF HISTORY OF THE FUTURE | Musée du Louvre | Paris, FR
GOLD | Neuberger Museum of Art | Purchase, US
SCULPTURE IN THE CITY 2015 | Sculpture in the City | London, UK
FIRE AND FORGET | KW Institute for Contemporary Art | Berlin, DE
WORDS TO BE LOOKED AT AGAIN | Kunstverein Leipzig | Leipzig, DE
S, M, L, XL | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago | Chicago, US
PLASTERS: CASTS AND COPIES | The Hepworth Wakefield | Wakefield, UK
ICÔNE(S) | Maison Particulière | Brussels, BE
PANORAMA | High Line Art | New York, US
REPETITION AND DIFFERENCE | The Jewish Museum | New York, US
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING | Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana | Havana, CU
SO FAR, SO GOOD | White Cube | São Paulo, BR
A MAN WALKS INTO A BAR… | me Collectors Room Berlin | Berlin, DE
EPPUR SI MUOVE | MUDAM Luxembourg | Luxembourg, LU
@YOUR SERVICE | Egmont Palace | Brussels, BE
HARMONIE UND UMBRUCH. SPIEGELUNGEN CHINESISCHER LANDSCHAFTEN | MARTa Herford | Herford, DE
BARE WUNDER SIGMAR POLKE — 100 YEARS OF MEDIUMISTIC AND PHANTASMAGORICAL PHOTOGRAPHY | Sies + Höke | Düsseldorf, DE
HOW TO CONSTRUCT A TIME MACHINE | MK Gallery | Milton Keynes, UK

2014
DEE ZEE — SALUT D’HONNEUR JAN HOET | Mu.ZEE | Ostend, BE
SOMEBODY, EVERYBODY, NOBODY | MOSTYN | Llandudno, UK
PASSIONS SECRÈTES. COLLECTIONS PRIVÉES FLAMANDES | Lille3000 Tripostal | Lille, FR
BIELEFELDER KUNSTVEREIN | Bielefeld, DE
UNTER DER ERDE — VON KAFKA BIS KIPPENBERGER | K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen | Düsseldorf, DE
DIRGE: REFLECTIONS ON [LIFE AND] DEATH | MOCA Cleveland | Cleveland, US
NO SUCH THING AS HISTORY: FOUR COLLECTIONS AND ONE ARTIST | Espace Louis Vuitton | Munich, DE
GOLD | Bass Museum of Art | Miami Beach, US
INFINITE JEST | Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt | Frankfurt, DE

2013
GLASSTRESS: WHITE LIGHT/WHITE HEAT | Palazzo Cavalli, 55th Venice Biennale | Venice, IT
FOR MY EYES ONLY | UGM Maribor Art Gallery | Maribor, SI
PATAPHYSICS | Sean Kelly Gallery | New York, US
WHAT MATTERS — WAAR HET OP AAN KOMT | Psychiatrisch Ziekenhuis Duffel | Duffel, BE
MIDDLE GATE GEEL 2013 | Various locations | Geel, BE
YOUNG COLLECTORS | Maison Particulière | Brussels, BE

2012
MÉMOIRES DU FUTUR | La Maison Rouge | Paris, FR
CARTOGRAPHIES | Fundación La Caixa | Madrid, ES
GOLDRAUSCH | Kunsthalle Nürnberg | Nürnberg, DE
HOUSE OF LEAVES. FIRST MOVEMENT | DRAF | London, UK
WHEN ATTITUDES BECAME FORM BECOME ATTITUDES | CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts | San Francisco, US
AN INCOMPLETE HISTORY OF INCOMPLETE WORKS OF ART | Francesca Minini | Milan, IT
IM SCHEIN DES UNENDLICHEN — ROMANTIK UND GEGENWART | Altana Kulturstiftung im Sinclairhaus | Bad Homburg, DE
PARTICLES | Meessen De Clercq | Brussels, BE
THE END | Hoet Bekaert Gallery | Ghent, BE
TOMORROW | Bastei | Cologne, DE

2011
WUNDER | Deichtorhallen | Hamburg, DE
UNTITLED | 12th International Istanbul Biennial | Istanbul, TR
THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME | Saatchi Gallery | London, UK
MÉMOIRES DU FUTUR | La Maison Rouge | Paris, FR
THE SILVER SHOW — 25 YEARS OF NAK | Neuer Aachener Kunstverein | Aachen, DE
DIE KUNST DER ENTSCHLEUNIGUNG | Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg | Wolfsburg, DE
29TH BIENNIAL OF GRAPHIC ARTS | International Centre of Graphic Arts | Ljubljana, SI
ARKHAIOLOGIA. ARCHÄOLOGIE IN DER ZEITGENÖSSISCHEN KUNST | Kunsthaus CentrePasquArt | Biel/Bienne, CH
SLEEPING BEAUTIES | Kasteel van Gaasbeek | Gaasbeek, BE
ÜBER DIE DINGE | Kunsthaus Mürz | Mürzzuschlag, AT
NOD NOD WINK WINK: CONCEPTUAL ART IN NEW MEXICO AND ITS INFLUENCE | Harwood Museum of Art | Taos, US
COMMERCIAL BREAK | 54th Venice Biennale | Venice, IT
LA PART MANQUANTE | Galerie Michel Journiac | Paris, FR
LIFE, A USER’S MANUAL | Meessen De Clercq | Brussels, BE
THE FLEMISH MASTERS: THAT’S LIFE | Andrea Rosen Gallery | New York, US

2010
WHEN WILL THEY FINALLY SEE THE POWER OF DRAWING | Geukens & De Vil | Antwerp, BE
LET’S DANCE | MAC VAL | Vitry-sur-Seine, FR
EXHIBITION, EXHIBITION | Castello di Rivoli, Museum of Contemporary Art | Rivoli, IT
BEFORE AND AFTER | Balice Hertling | Paris, FR
TOUCHED | Liverpool Biennial | Liverpool, UK
YOU CAN’T GET THERE FROM HERE BUT YOU CAN GET HERE FROM THERE | Apexart | New York, US
LEBENSLUST UND TOTENTANZ — LUST FOR LIFE AND DANCE OF DEATH | Kunsthalle Krems | Krems, AT
UNSICHTBARE SCHATTEN — BILDER DER VERUNSICHERUNG | MARTa Herford | Herford, DE
UNDER DESTRUCTION | Museum Tinguely | Basel, CH
YESTERDAY WILL BE BETTER | Aargauer Kunsthaus | Aarau, CH
INTENSIF-STATION | K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen | Düsseldorf, DE
KUPFERSTICHKABINETT: BETWEEN THOUGHT AND ACTION | White Cube | London, UK
SIGNS OF LIFE | Richard Telles Fine Art | Los Angeles, US
CHRISTMAS IN JULY | Yvon Lambert | New York, US
HUMAN CONDITION | Kunsthaus Graz | Graz, AT
20TH CENTURY FOX | Vanmoerkerke Collection | Ostend, BE
CONTEMPLATING THE VOID | Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum | New York, US
LARGER THAN LIFE — STRANGER THAN FICTION | 11th Small Sculpture Triennial | Fellbach, DE
SILENT REVOLUTION | K21 Ständehaus | Düsseldorf, DE
BERLIN–PARIS | KÖNIG GALERIE / Galerie Philippe Jousse | Berlin / Paris, DE / FR
CURIOUS? | Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland | Bonn, DE

2009
BEG, BORROW AND STEAL | Rubell Family Collection | Miami, US
À L’ÉPREUVE | Institut d’Art Contemporain | Villeurbanne, FR
EARTH: ART OF A CHANGING WORLD | Royal Academy of Arts | London, UK
SILENT | Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art | Hiroshima, JP
MORALITY | Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art | Rotterdam, NL
DAS GESPINST. DIE SAMMLUNG SCHÜRMANN ZU GAST IM MUSEUM ABTEIBERG | Museum Abteiberg | Mönchengladbach, DE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ZEBRA FISH | Pilar Parra & Romero | Madrid, ES
MOBY DICK | CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts | San Francisco, US
CARGO MANIFEST | Bayerische Staatsoper | Munich, DE
THE SITE OF SILENCE — DER ORT DER STILLE | Ausstellungshalle zeitgenössische Kunst Münster | Münster, DE
HEAVEN | 2nd Athens Biennale | Athens, GR
BEGINNINGS, MIDDLES, AND ENDS | Galerie Georg Kargl | Vienna, AT
MAGRITTE ET LA LUMIÈRE | Almine Rech | Brussels, BE
THE QUICK AND THE DEAD | Walker Art Center | Minneapolis, US
ON SECOND READINGS | Galeria Estrany-de la Mota | Barcelona, ES
BORN IN THE MORNING, DEAD BY NIGHT | Leo König | New York, US

2008
HEAVY METAL | Kunsthalle zu Kiel | Kiel, DE
POLITICAL / MINIMAL | KW Institute for Contemporary Art | Berlin, DE
ALMINE RECH GALLERY | Almine Rech | Brussels, BE
ARS IN CATHEDRALI | Cathédrale Saints-Michel-et-Gudule | Brussels, BE
LIBRARY | UOVO Open Office Berlin | Berlin, DE
THE KRAUTCHO CLUB / IN AND OUT OF PLACE | Forgotten Bar Project / Project Space 176 | Berlin / London, DE / UK
THIS IS NOT A VOID | Galerie Luisa Strina | São Paulo, BR
WHEN A CLOCK IS SEEN FROM THE SIDE IT NO LONGER TELLS THE TIME | KÖNIG GALERIE | Berlin, DE
FADE IN / FADE OUT | Bloomberg Space | London, UK
L’ARGENT | FRAC Île-de-France | Paris, FR
SPEICHER FAST VOLL — SAMMELN UND ORDNEN IN DER GEGENWARTSKUNST | Kunstmuseum Solothurn | Solothurn, CH
THE ETERNAL FLAME | Kunsthaus Baselland | Basel, CH
BOROS COLLECTION #1 | Sammlung Boros | Berlin, DE
PAST — FORWARD | Zabludowicz Collection 176 | London, UK
TRACES DU SACRÉ | Centre Georges Pompidou | Paris, FR
YOU DIG THE TUNNEL — I’LL HIDE THE SOIL | White Cube | London, UK
GOD IS DESIGN… | Galeria Fortes Vilaça | São Paulo, BR
SECTION DES MIROIRS | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, US
DER EIGENE WEG / PERSPEKTIVEN BELGISCHER KUNST | Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst | Duisburg, DE
COUNTDOWN | Center for Curatorial Studies | New York, US
ALL-INCLUSIVE. DIE WELT DES TOURISMUS | Schirn Kunsthalle | Frankfurt, DE

2007
GEHEN BLEIBEN | Kunstmuseum Bonn | Bonn, DE
PASSENGERS | Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts | San Francisco, US
THE OFFICE | Tanya Bonakdar Gallery | New York, US
THE LONG GOODBYE | Vanmoerkerke Collection | Ostend, BE
THE SKELETON IN ART | Cheim & Read | New York, US
FOR SALE | Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art | Lisbon, PT
LEARN TO READ | Tate Modern | London, UK
INVISIBLE | Max Wigram Gallery | London, UK
ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE | Victoria Miro Gallery | London, UK
SOME TIME WAITING | Kadist Art Foundation | Paris, FR
CI VEDIAMO A CASA | Perarolo di Cadore, IT
TROBLEYN/LABORATORIUM | Jan Fabre | Antwerp, BE

2006
MY PRIVATE ESCAPED FROM ITALY | International Center of Art and Landscape on the Island of Vassivière | Beaumont-du-Lac, FR
PROTECTIONS. DAS IST KEINE AUSSTELLUNG | Kunsthaus Graz | Graz, AT
FASTER! BIGGER! BETTER! SIGNETWERKE DER SAMMLUNGEN | ZKM Museum of Contemporary Art | Karlsruhe, DE
NICHTS WEITER ALS EIN RENDEZVOUS | Künstlerhaus Bremen | Bremen, DE
DESIGNING TRUTH | Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum | Duisburg, DE
OF MICE AND MEN | 4th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art | Berlin, DE
MESSAGE PERSONNEL | Yvon Lambert | Paris, FR

2005
SEE HISTORY 2005 — DER PRIVATE BLICK | Kunsthalle zu Kiel | Kiel, DE
POST NOTES | Midway Contemporary Art | Minneapolis, US

Public collections

BOROS COLLECTION | Berlin, DE
BURGER COLLECTION | Berlin, DE
FAIRCHILD GARDEN | Miami, US
FÜRSTENBERG ZEITGENÖSSISCH | Donaueschingen, DE
K21 | Düsseldorf, DE
ME COLLECTORS ROOM / OLBRICHT COLLECTION | Berlin, DE
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART CHICAGO (MCA) | Chicago, US
SAMMLUNG BOROS | Berlin, DE
S.M.A.K. | Ghent, BE
THE DAVID ROBERTS ART FOUNDATION | London, UK
THE SAATCHI GALLERY | London, UK
THE WAREHOUSE | Dallas, US
TROUBLEYN LABORATORIUM | Antwerp, BE
WALKER ART CENTER | Minneapolis, US
ZABLUDOWICZ COLLECTION | London, UK