Born in 1960 in Los Angeles (Californie, USA). He lives and works in Yale, New Haven (Connecticut, USA)
Education :
1995 : MFA – UCLA, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
1984 : BA in Art - UCLA - University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Solo Show :
2019 : Cover Story, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York, USA
2018 : Disc-O-Graphs (Disques-O-Graphiques), GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
2015 : Seen and Heard, Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, USA
2014 : Olympus, GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
2013 : XXXXXXXXO, MOCAtv, MOCA, Los Angeles, USA
2012 : Charms and Devotionals, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, USA
2012 : Charms (Black Cloud/Green Dog/Little, Little Boy/White House/Silver Clouds), Santa Barbara Museum of Art, USA
2011 : Passionista, ACME.Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2011 : Charms, Stacks & Flotsam, Mitchell-Innes & Nash Gallery, New York, USA
2011 : X (projet collaboratif la chorégraphe avec Melinda Ring), St. Mark’s Church, New York, USA
2010 : Five Songs, GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
2010 : Tumble Room, Tinguely Museum, Basel, Swiss
2009 : Fat Iggy: Discography (Project-Room), GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
2009 : Fat Iggy, Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italia
2009 : Jason Martin wants to be a punk rocker, with the collaboration of Jason Kraus, Renwick Gallery, New York, USA
2008 : Martin Kersels : Heavyweight Champion, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
2008 : Headache and other New Works, ACME. Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2007 : Martin Kersels : Heavyweight Champion, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, USA
2006 : Tumble Room, Deitch Projects, Art Unlimited, Art 37 Basel, Swiss
2006 : Charms in a Throne Room, ACME. Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2005 : Orchestra for Idiots, GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
2004 : Illuminous, Guido Costa Project, Torino, Italia
2003 : Wishing Well, ACME. Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2002 : Fat Man, GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
2002 : Bracelet, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, USA
2002 : Showette, ACME. Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2001 : Tumble Room, Deitch Projects, New York, USA
2001 : Taste Gallery, Geneva, Swiss
2001 : Modern Art, London, UK
2001 : A Girl’s Room, Edward Mitterrand Gallery, Geneva, Swiss
2001 : ACME. Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2000 : Martin Kersels, Kunsthalle, Bern, Swiss
1999 : Spinning, GP & N Vallois Gallery, Paris, France
1999 : Brake Squeal, Bird Flap, Boing Box Whirling Photos and other new works, Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1998 : Loud House, Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
1998 : Th.e (Theoretical Events), Napoli, Italia
1998 : Commotion: Martin Kersels, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco ; Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, USA
1997 : Commotion: Martin Kersels, Madison Art Center, Madison, USA
1996 : Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, USA
1995 : Objects of the Dealer (with Soundtracks), Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, USA
1993 : A/B Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1992 : Weight (performance), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
1989 : Measured Table (performance), Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, USA
1989 : Kay Sir Ra Sir Ra (performance), Kid Aileck Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1987 : Shape of pools Today (performance), Wallenboyd Theater, Los Angeles, USA
1985 : Sweaters (performance), Backlot Theater, Los Angeles, USA
Awards and Grants :
2010 : Dean’s Interdisciplinary Grant, California Institute of the Arts
2008 : The John Solomon Guggenheim Fellowship
2008 : The Fellows of Contemporary Art Artist’s Fellowship
1999 : Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Fellowship
1996 : City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Individual Artists Grant