Renzo Martens
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Born in Sluiskil, 1973
Lives and works in Amsterdam, Brussels and Kinshasa


Education
2010ISCP, New York, United States
1999-2000Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium
1993-1996Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1992-1993Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Gent, Belgium
1991-1992Katholieke Universiteit, Nijmegen, The Netherlands


Awards
2010Cultuurprijs Vlaanderen
2010Filmfonds Stimulansprijs 2010
2009Prix Rubans Canards


Solo exhibitions
2009Episode 3, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008Episode 3, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2005Episode 1, Vtape, Toronto, Canada
2004Episode 1, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
2003Episode 1, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999Rien ne va plus, De Merodestraat, Brussels, Belgium


Group exhibitions
2010Monumentalisme: Geschiedenis en nationale identiteit in hedendaagse kunst, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Antiphotojournalism (curated by Carles Guerra and Thomas Keenan ), La Vireinna, Barcelona, Spain
Human Condition (curated by Adam Budak), Kunsthaus Graz, Space02, Graz, Austria
6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art (curated by Katrin Rhomberg), Berlin, Germany
group show (Curated by Miguel Amado), Museu Colecção Berardo, Lisboa, Portugal
MyWar (Identity and Appropriation Under War Condition), FACT, Liverpool, UK
Self as disappearance, Centre d'art contemporain, La synagogue de Delme, France
Morality Act III; And the moral of the story is..., Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2009Recente Aanwinsten, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Rien ne va plus, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Le Temps de la Fin, Espace d'art contemporain La Tolerie, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Endurance (Daring Feats of Risk, Survival and Perseverance), Abington Art Center, Philadelphia, United States
Exploring the age of Repression, Pavilion, Bucharest, Romania
Images Recalled, Fotofestival Ludwigshafen, Germany
Until the End of the World, AMP Gallery, Athens, Greece
Monunentalismus (One's History is Another's Misery), Autocenter, Berlin, Germany
Muhka Media, Muhka, Antwerp, Belgium
Hors Pistes (filmscreening Episode 3), Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Kunstenfestivaldesarts, Brussels, Belgium
2008Matter of Fact; Aftermath (Capacete/A Gentil Carioca / Galeria Vermelho), Sao Paulo, Brazil
Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium
Manifesta 7; Matter of Fact (The European Biennial of Contemporary Art), Rovereto, Italy
L'Art en Europe (Experience Pommery #5), Domaine Pommery, Reims, France
Neither Either Nor Or, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany
To Burn Oneself with Oneself: the Romantic Damage Show, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2007Modern Solitude, Galerie Fons Welters, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Brave New World, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Nothing Else Matters, Museum de Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Speakers, Aeroplastics Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
Magazine Project, Documenta Halle, Documenta XII, Kassel, Germany
2006A Picture of War is not War, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Frieze Art Fair, Wilkinson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Excess, Z'33, Hasselt, Belgium
An Evening with.., Platform Garanti, Istanbul, Turkey
2005I Love Video Art, Musee dArt Contemporain, Strassbourg, France
Undercurrents, Basis Actuele Kunst (BAK), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Reprise, Marres Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Inner and Outer Worlds, Argos festival, Argos, Brussels, Belgium
Soft Target, Basis Actuele Kunst, Utrecht, The Netherlands
2004Constructing Visions, TENT, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Mediamatic Supersalon, Mediamatic, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Plug-In, Futura, Prague, The Czech Republic
Yugoslav Biennial, Vrsac, Yugoslavia
Monitoring, Kunstverein Kassel, Kassel, Germany
IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2003Urban Dramas, De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium
Etablissements den Face, Brussels, Belgium
Blich zum Nachbarn (Kunstfilmbiennale), Cologne, Germany
Art Cologne, Galerie Fons Welters
2002De Avonden, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands


Film & Video Screening
2010A screening and conversation with Renzo Martens by T.J. Demos and Tamar Garb Tate Modern, London, UK
A screening and conversation with Renzo Martens and Alfredo Cramerotti Nottingham Contemporary, The Space, Nottingham, UK
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Liebaert Projects: Foundation for Contemporary Art, Kortrijk, Belgium
The Hopelessness of Contemporary Art The Lieven Gevaert Research Centre for Photography, Leuven, Belgium
2009Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty AINSI, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire, Montreal, Canada
Globaliseringslezing Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Nederlands Filmfestival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
De internationale keuze Stadsschouwburg Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Lost and Found, New Museum, New York, United States
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Theaterfestival, Kaaitheater, Brussels, Belgium
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Arnolfini, Bristol , United Kingdom
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty, Dutch cinema Ketelhuis (Amsterdam), Filmhuis Den Haag, Lantaren-Venster (Rotterdam), Plaza Futura (Eindhoven), 't Hoogt (Utrecht),
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty, Belgian cinema Brussels (Arenberg) / Gent (SFINX) / Antwerpen (MUKHA-Cinema), Belgium
Debat met Renzo Martens KVS-Box, Brussels, Belgium
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Planete Doc Review, Warshaw, Poland
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty DocHouse, London, United Kingdom
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty HKA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty HotDocs, Toronto, Canada
Episode 3: Alba International Filmfestival Alba, Italy
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty New Zealand International Filmfestival, Auckland, New Zealand
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Jerusalem International Filmfestival, Jerusalem, Israel
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty SilverDocs, Washington DC, United States
Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Hors Pistes, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2008Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty IDFA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000Episode 3 - Enjoy Poverty Muhka Media, Antwerp, Belgium