Curriculum Vitae JORIS MARTENS

born 23 may 1975 at Turnhout, Belgium

lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium

address   

Pontfort 163

B-2470 Retie
Provincie Antwerpen
Belgium

ph. +32(0)14373451           
m. +32(0)478789246

jorismartensstudio@gmail.com.
WWW.JORISMARTENS.BE

education    

Antwerp Fashion Academy 1993-1994
Accademia di Belle Arti Roma, Italy 1997
Master Degree Royal Academy for Fine Arts Antwerp Printmaking 1998
Royal Academy for Fine Arts Ghent Mixed Media 1999
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam 2006

residencies
Super 8 Design Studio Helsinki, Finland, july - august 2006
Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006
Frans Masereel Center, Kasterlee, Belgium 1999, 2000, 2008, 2009, 2011
Lithografiewerkstatt, Künstlerhaus Munich, may - july 2009
Falun Konstgrafiska Verkstad, july - august 2010

exhibitions

1998

• selection ‘GRAFINNOVA ’98’, exhibition Ostrobothnian Museo Vaasa, Finland

1999

• selection ‘Spring 99' 16/4/99 - 16/5/99 Koningin Fabiolazaal Antwerp, Belgium

• Golden Medal Award and exhibition International Senefelder Prize 1999 28/09/99 - 15/11/99 Offenbach am Main, Germany

• exhibition International Senefelder Contest 1999 30/11/99 - 30/1/2000 Senefelderhaus Mühlheim, Germany

2000

• solo exhibition ‘Quality Street' 29/4/2000 - 28/5/2000 Cultural Centre Hasselt, Belgium

2001    

• ‘THERE WAS ..FUN’ solo exhibition with Annika Dahlsten 16/8/2001 - 16/9/2001 Gallery ‘Titanik’, Turku, Finland

• Young Belgian Printmakers 21/10/2001 – 18/11/2001 Cultural Centre De Warande Turnhout, Belgium

• Solo exhibition ‘Shareholders of human happiness’ 10/11/2001 – 10/12 /2001 de Annex, Academy for Fine Arts Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

2002

• scenography dance play ‘OOK’ ( video and stage design) choreography of Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Nienke Reehorst theatre STAP

2003

• visual linguistic adaptation of the play ‘OOK' for the international tour (French , German, English version, animation on DVD)

• integrated artwork village hall Retie (design)

• “Ten years of prints made at the Frans Masereel Centre, Belgium” 20/09/2003 – 08/11/2003 Edinburgh Printmakers Gallery Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

2004

• artistic contribution to the book ‘B - architecten’ Ludion 2004 ISBN 90-5544-500-2

• Conference of the Southern Graphics Council presentation of my work by Ingrid Ledent 17/03/2004 Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper Mason Gross Visual Arts - The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, United States of America

• integrated artwork village hall Retie (realisation) Retie, Belgium

2005

• error #1 03/02/2005 – 06/03/2005 errorOne Pourbusstraat 5 Antwerp, Belgium

• integrated artwork village hall Retie : official openings

• 5th biennale internationale de gravure 18/03/2005 – 15/05/2005 Cabinet for Prints and Drawings Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art Liège, Belgium

• error #2_Wrong Exposure / Photography Antwerp 2005 15/10/2005 – 26/11/2005 errorOne Hardenvoort 41 Antwerp, Belgium

2006

• Printmaking at the edge works included in the book by Richard Noyce ISBN 9780713667844 A&C Black London

• Helsinki Biennale 10/11/2006 - 03/12/2006 Myymälä2 Gallery Helsinki, Finland

• ‘Further’ international portfolio exhibition 30/11/2006 – 07/01/2007 Galleria Harmonia Jyväskylä, Finland

• Open Ateliers 2006 Rijksakademie Open Studios 2006 Rijksakademie 22/11/2006 -26/11/2006 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2007

• presentation ‘Printmaking at the edge’ and portfolio ‘Further’ at Southern Graphics Council 21/03/2007 - 25/03/2007 Kansas City, Missouri, USA

• ERROR#5_Borsbeekstraat 56, 2140 Borgerhout exhibition project in collaboration with choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and architect Dirk Engelen, B-architecten and ErrorOne 10/04/2007 – 30/04/2007 Borsbeekstraat 56 Antwerp, Belgium

• Fresco II 11/O8/2007 - 26/09/2007 De Fabriek Kunstencentrum Eindhoven, The Netherlands

• Falun Triennal 2007 25/08/2007 - 4/11/2007 Dalarnas museum Falun, Sweden

• Samtida Grafik - Contemporary Art Print 01/09/2007 - 27/01/2008 Grafikens Hus Mariefred Stockholm, Sweden

• ‘Made In Antwerp’ IMPACT 5 group exhibition 22/10/2007 - 16/11/2007 Kultuuritehas Polymer Tallinn, Estonia

• The Edge 21/11/2007 - 9/01/2008 The Museum of Photography Seoul

2008

• Project(OR) Art Fair ERROR#8 ‘ERRORONE@PROJECTOR ROTTERDAM’ Rotterdam, The Netherlands

• Beyond Further 07/03/2008 - 19/04/2008 5IVE & 4ORTY Gallery Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

• ‘De visuele compositie van de plaats’ met Jan(us) Boudewijns, Gaston Bertrand, Michaël Borremans, Jean-Marie Bytebier, Amédée Cortier, René Daniels, Thierry De Cordier, Raoul De Keyser, Johan De Wilde, Olphaert den Otter, Robert Devriendt, Helmut Dorner, Bert Frings, Bernard Frize, Vincent Geyskens, Tina Gillen, Karin Hanssen, Hans Hartung, Lieven Hendriks, Teun Hocks, Frank Lenferink, Eugène Leroy, Jorge Pardo, Roger Raveel, Ante Timmermans, Luc Tuymans, Patrick Vanden Eynde, Dirk Vander Eecken, Kris Van Dessel, Ger van Elk, Philippe Van Snick, Reinoud van Vught, Pieter Vermeersch, Marthe Wéry, Heimo Zobernig 14/09/2008 - 09/11/2008 CC Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium

2009

• 'The end of the song is the beginning' solo exhibition Münchner Künstlerhaus 24/07/2009 - 23/08/2009 München, Germany

2010

• group exhibition ‘The 6th International Lithographic symposium’ 25/07/2010 - 08/08/2010 Tidaholm, Sweden

• group exhibition ‘ONLAND' Hofke van chantraine 21/08/2010 - 26/09/2010 Oud-Turnhout, Belgium

• Curator 'Reunalla / Aan de rand' - Contemporary Finnish Lithography Frans Masereel Center 01/10/2010 - 30/11/2010 Kasterlee, Belgium

• group exhibition ‘Transparant' De Hallen 15/10/2010 - 30/11/2010 Geel, Belgium

2011

• Tosei Print Exchange Exhibition Kyoto City University of Art Art Gallery, Kyoto Japan 05/03/2011 - 27/03/2011

• 'Contextual Impressions' curated by Frans Masereel Center CC 't Schaliken, Kasteel Le Paige 14/01/2011 - 06/02/2011 Herentals, Belgium

• Solo exhibition 'BLOW' Konsthallen Dalarnas Museum 21/05/2011 - 14/08/2011 Falun, Sweden

• performance 'Selma, Billy, Jag och Alla Andra' with Dolphins into the Future Konsthallen Dalarnas Museum 07/08/2011 Falun, Sweden

• Japan Belgium Print Exchange Exhibition, Kyoto City University of Art Gallery 18/11/2011 - 11/12/2011 Kyoto, Japan

• 'Into The Light' ERROR ONE 02/12/2011 - 11/12/2011 public space Antwerp South, Belgium

2012

• group exhibition ‘Pyörre/Werveling' Porvoon Taidehalli 06/17/2012 - 05/08/2012 Porvoo, Finland

• group exhibition 'Beyond the borders' selected positions and current tendencies in lithography with works by Herman Nitsch, Per Kirkeby, William Kentridge, Gesa Puell a.o. KarmelitersaalMünchen 28/08/2012 - 02/09/2012 München, Germany

• group exhibition '10 years of the artist in residence scheme for Lithography' Steindruck München 28/08/2012 - 02/09/2012 München, Germany

• curator 'Belgische Druckgrafik' Contemporary Kunstpavillon at the old Botanical Garden München 28/08/2012 - 02/09/2012 München, Germany

• Prints Tokyo 2012 International Print Exhibition Tokyo 2012 Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 05/10/2012 - 19/10/2012 Tokyo, Japan

2013

• Music From The Guardhouse initiation Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens 01/09/2013 Deurle, Belgium

2014   

• exhibition HANGA Stedelijk Museum Sint-Niklaas Zwijgershoek 29/06/2014 - 05/10/2015 Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

• Antwerp Academy Art book Fair Royal Academy of Fine Arts 18/10/2014 Antwerp, Belgium

2015

• Arts Libris Barcelona Arts Santa Monica 23/04/2015 - 26/04/2015 Barcelona, Spain

• Belgium Japan International Print Exchange Exhibition U-FORUM Museum Tokyo 04/06/2015 - 28/08/2015 Tokyo, Japan

• Kaleid Artists’ Book Collection 2015 The Art Academy 18/07/2015 London Bridge, England

• London Art Book Fair (represented by Kaleid) Whitechapel Gallery 10/09/2015 - 13/09/2015 London, England

• Printmaking in the expanded Field (represented by Kaleid) HHiO National Art Academy of Oslo 15/09/2015 - 18/09/2015 Oslo, Norway

2016       

• BAD 2016 - Belgian Art & Design represented by Gallery (sho͞o′bĭl′) Gent, Belgium

• Getekende zomer - Drawn by summer group exhibition Gallery (sho͞o′bĭl′) 14/07/2016 - 28/08/2016 Antwerp, Belgium

• Taimiao Art Gallery 01/09/2016 - 30/09/2016 Beijing, China

• Art Biennale 2016 Kiryu City, Yurinkan Gallery 01/10/2016 - 30/10/2016 Kiryu, Japan

• solo exhibition ‘Alle Dinghe' Gallery (sho͞o′bĭl′) 24/11/2016 - 18/12/2016 Antwerp, Belgium

2017

• Alle Dinghe - Galerie Contrast 13/05/2017 - 17/06/2017 Tilburg,The Netherlands

2018

• heimtextil - Messe Frankfurt 8/01/2018 - 11/01/2018 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2019

• heimtextil - Messe Frankfurt 8/01/2019 - 11/01/2019 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• International Art Exhibition Belgium Japan U-forum Museum 10/10/2019 - 3/11/2019 Tokyo, Japan

• Oog in Oog - Jacob Smits Museum 09/11/2019 - 12/01/2020 Mol, Belgium

2020

• Oog in Oog - Jacob Smits Museum 09/11/2019 - 12/01/2020 Mol, Belgium

• heimtextil - Messe Frankfurt 07/01/2020 - 10/01/2020 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

• Salon Blanc International Exhibition of Contemporary Art - The National Art Center Tokyo 22/01/2020 - 2/02/2020
  Tokyo, Japan

prizes
Golden Medal Award International Senefelder Prize for lithography 1999

commissions

• integrated artwork village hall Retie 2003 – 2005

• contribution to the book ‘B - architecten’ 2004, Ludion 2004 ISBN 90-5544-500-2

• contribution to the book ‘B - architecten X’ 2008, Ludion 2008 ISBN 978-90-5544-730-5

• lithography edition for the Flemish Government 2008

grants

• Flemish Community exhibition grant Finland 2001

• Flemish Community Residency grant for Rijksakademie Amsterdam 2006

• Flemish Community exhibition grant Sweden 2007

• Flemish Community exhibition grant Estonia 2007

collections

• MoMA, Museum of Modern Art New York - USA

• International Senefelder Foundation Offenbach am Main, Germany

• Museum for Fine Arts Antwerp - Belgium

• Museum Plantin-MoretusAntwerpen

• Frans Masereel Center - Belgium

• Grafikens Hus, Mariefred - Sweden

• KBC Bank Brussels, Belgium

• Collection Raf Simons Antwerp, Belgium

• Collection Febelcem - Belgium

• Collection Münchner Künstlerhaus Germany

publications

• catalogue ‘Pittori contro la guerra 1997’, Centro Espositivo Robin Hood, Milan

• catalogue ‘A(rt)ssenede ’98

• catalogue ‘Grafinnova 98’, Ostrobothnian Museum Vaasa, Finland

• Nieuwsblad 5/3/99

• catalogue ‘Twee generaties’ Cultural Centre Sint-Niklaas 8/3/99 - 9/5/99

• Quintessens, magazine of VIZO 1999

• De Morgen 10/9/99

• Deutscher Drucker nr35 16/9/99 (page 3)

• Offenbach-Post 29/09/99 (page 1)

• Offenbach-Post 30/09/99 (page 16)

• Frankfurter Rundschau 30/9/99 (page 1 & 34)

• Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung 30/9/99 (page 68)

• Viscom Print+Communication nr19 5/10/99

• Druckspiegel 11/99 (page 10)

• DruckMagazin 9 Jahrgang 41

• Deutscher Drucker nr39 21/10/99 (page 24)

• Magazine of the Cultural Centre of Hasselt april 2000

• Het Belang van Limburg 27/04/00

• Magazine of the Cultural Centre of Hasselt may 2000

• ‘t Nieuwsblad 11/05/2000

• Turun Sanomat (Finland) 17/08/2001

• Abö Underrättelser (Finland) 01/09/2001

• ZONE 03 nr 53/2001

• demorgen 20/04/2001

• demorgen 2002 (‘OOK’)

• several publications regarding ‘OOK’ 2002 - 2003

• ‘B-architecten’ Ludion 2004 ISBN 90-5544-500-2

• ‘Printmaking at the edge’ Richard Noyce, published by A&C Black, London, 2006 ISBN 9780713667844

• Catalogue Open Studios 2006, Rijksakademie Amsterdam

• Catalogue Samtida Grafik / Contemporary Art Print

• (H)ART april 2007

• Falu Kuriren 25 08 2007

• Catalogue ‘The Edge’ , The Museum of Photography, Seoul

• ‘B-architecten X’ Ludion 2008 ISBN 978-90-5544-730-5

• Kunstbeeld magazine september 2009

• Catalogue The 6th International Lithographic symposium Tidaholm Sweden

• Catalogue Onland, Oud-Turnhout, Belgium

• Catalogue Reunalla / Aan de rand, Finnish Contemporary lithography (author)

• Catalogue Transparant De Hallen - CC De Werft Geel

• DT (Sweden) 24/05/2011

• Dala-Demokraten (Sweden) 21/05/2011

• demorgen

• Catalogue Pyörre/Werveling ISBN 978-952-93-0850-7

• Catalogue Oog in Oog, Jacob Smitsmuseum 2019