Martin Kersels
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Martin Kersels is an American contemporary artist born in 1960 in Los Angeles. Who focuses his shows on sculpture
, while also incorporating photography
and video
. He now lives and works in Sierra Madre, CA. He is currently the co-director of the Art Program at the California Institute of the Arts
.
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2002
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
, while also incorporating photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
and video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
. He now lives and works in Sierra Madre, CA. He is currently the co-director of the Art Program at the California Institute of the Arts
California Institute of the Arts
The California Institute of the Arts, commonly referred to as CalArts, is located in Valencia, in Los Angeles County, California. It was incorporated in 1961 as the first degree-granting institution of higher learning in the United States created specifically for students of both the visual and the...
.
Recent exhibitions
2010- "2010: Whitney Biennial", The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
2009
- Fat Iggy: Discography, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie ValloisGalerie ValloisThe Galerie Vallois is a contemporary art gallery owned by Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois and is located in Paris, France.In addition to recent contemporary art, the gallery also specializes in works by Nouveaux réalistes such as Arman, César or Jacques Villeglé.-Artists:Exhibited artists...
, Paris, France - "Fat Iggy", Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy
- "California Video", The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, USA
2008
- "Headache and Other New Works", ACME., Los Angeles, USA
- Heavyweight Champion, Santa Monica Museum of ArtSanta Monica Museum of ArtThe Santa Monica Museum of Art is an independent non-collecting art museum located in Santa Monica, California. It exhibits the work of local, national, and international contemporary artists....
, USA
2007
- Heavyweight Champion, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga, USA
2006
- Tumble Room/Deitch Projects, Art Unlimited, Art 37 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Charms in a Throne Room, ACME., Los Angeles, USA
2005
- Orchestra for Idiots, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
2004
- Wishing Well, ACME, Los Angeles, USA.
- Illuminous, Guido Costa Project, Turin, Italy.
2002
- Fat Man, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
- Bracelet, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate UniversityClaremont Graduate UniversityClaremont Graduate University is a private, all-graduate research university located in Claremont, California, a city east of downtown Los Angeles...
, USA - Martin Kersels, Showette / John Sonsini Recent Paintings, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Martin Kersels representing Galleries
- Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
- ACME., Los Angeles
- Galerie Vallois, Paris, France
- Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy