Martin Kohout
yes@martinkohout.com
*1984, Prague (Czech Republic)
Based in Frankfurt am Main and Berlin, (Germany).
For artwork representation please contact Exile, Berlin.
1984 - born in Prague, Czech Republic
1990 - first knock-out tooth (fall from tricycle to the road)
1993 - two times knock-out tooth (fall when walking on a paving, and slip on a wet foliage while pushing a concrete block up to the hill)
1996 - two times knock-out tooth (fall from a bicycle)
1997 - knock-out tooth by a classmate of dyslexia class during prankish attack by a ping-pong bat
2010 - broke tooth while eating candy
2010 - BA, Film Academy FAMU, Prague
2011 - Absolvent at UdK Berlin, class of Gregor Schneider (class of Alicja Kwade in 2008)
2013 - graduating in September as Meisterschüler at Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main, class of Simon Starling
2013 - Wrong Step, Percival Space, Oslo (No)
2012 - Glare Inland, Quiet Attachment 2, Futura, Prague (Cz)
2012 - Skinsmooth Sur+, Headquarters, Zurich (Ch)
2011 - Glare Inland, Quiet Attachment, Exile, Berlin (De)
2010 - Solo Show, The Future Gallery, Berlin (De)
2010 - FAQ, PMgalerie, Berlin (De)
2010 - Watching Martin Kohout, JstChillin.org
2009 - Bezesměrný pohyb (Non-directional Movement), Entrance Gallery, Prague (Cz)
2009 - Musíme víceméně (We Have To More or Less), together with Tomáš Bárta, Galerie Mladých, Brno (Cz)
2008 - Jakmile mě okupuješ, pronikám do tebe (As Soon As You Occupy Me, I Penetrate You), A.M. 180, Prague (Cz)
2013 - Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship, Carroll / Fletcher, London (UK)
2013 - Atlas 2013, Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn (De)
2012 - Superpositions, New Wight Biennial 2012, New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles (US)
2012 - New Prophets screening, vecteur interface, Nantes (Fr)
2012 - Kaltlicht, Solalanotte, Frankfurt (De)
2012 - Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship, curated by Artie Vierkant, Higher Pictures, New York (US)
2012 - Hot Trigger, The Newbridge Project, Newcastle (UK)
2012 - Handlungsbereitschaft, Kunstsaele, Berlin (De)
2012 - 6th Zlín Youth Salon 2012, curated by Martin Fišr, Regional Gallery of Fine Arts in Zlín (Cz)
2012 - Nobody Knows You're a Dog, curated by Ola Carlsson, Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar (Swe)
2012 - Umělec je vyvolený, curated by Marika Kupková, Galerie TIC, Brno (Cz)
2012 - dotcom, curated by BSNP, Centre d'Art Bastille, Grenoble (Fr)
2012 - Bel Etage: "In The Shadow of The Sun", curated by Renata Kaminska, Kino Babylon, Berlin (De)
2012 - Gravity, Money, Concrete, Fabric, curated by Vappu Jalonen, Galerie Suvi Lehtinen, Berlin (De)
2012 - Astral Projection Abduction Fantasy, curated by Standart Features, Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin (Ir)
2011 - Document Performance, curated by Christian Siekmeier at Exile, Berlin
2011 - Resonance: Looking for Mr. McLuhan, curated by Berta Sichel at Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York (US)
2011 - Virgins' Lives, exhibiting as a guest artist at Michal Pěchouček's solo show at Jiri Svestka Gallery, Berlin (De)
2011 - PWR, curated by Hanna Terese Nilsson and Rasmus Svensson at Future Gallery, Berlin
2011 - Point-of-presence, curated by Mikhel Proulx at Truck, Calgary (Can)
2011 - RAT PISS VIRUS GIVE IT TO ME, curated by Gerardo Contreras at Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City (Mex)
2011 - Life on the Screen, curated by Perry Bard, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montréal (Can)
2011 - READ/WRITE, curated by Caitlin Denny & Parker Ito, 319 Scholes, New York (US)
2011 - Als der Nachbar zum telefonieren kam, Galerie Petra Vankova, Berlin (De)
2011 - Post Internet Survival Guide, curated by Katja Novitskova and Mike Ruiz, Gentili Apri, Berlin (De)
2010 - Liminal Work, Galerie Suvi Lehtinen, Berlin (De)
2010 - :-):-):-) Realizing Solutions To The Immaterial, Gelman Gallery at the Chace Center, The Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art in Providence, RI (US)
2010 - Play Biennial, Guggenheim Museum, New York (US)
2010 - Down Stairs, Up Stairs, Gyeonggi Creation Center, Gyeonggi-do (Kor)
2010 - ResoVision, screening at Frieze Art Fair, London (UK)
2010 - Schnell & Schmutzig, The Markhalle, Berlin (De)
2010 - The Bell 2010 Young Artists Biennial; curated by Tomáš Pospiszyl, City Gallery Prague (Cz)
2010 - Lost Horizon; group show curated by Billy Miller, Exile, Berlin (De)
2010 - 14. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis; Skulpturenmuseum Glaskasten, Marl (De)
2010 - 2nd Moscow International Biennale for Young Art; video section curated by Karina Karaeva, Moscow (Ru)
2010 - Bosch Young Talent Show; group show, Den Bosch (Nl)
2010 - Transgression; group show curated by Gabriela Jurkovic; Videotage, Hong Kong (HK)
2010 - Berlin-Athina; group show curated by Katrin Sauerlaender and Theofanis Konstantinou, Caid, Athens (Gr)
2010 - An Immaterial Survey of Our Peers; group show by Brad Troemel and Lauren Christiansen, Sullivan Galleries SAIC, Chicago (US) + online
2010 - You Turn Me On And On And On; curated by Angela Beck, Embassy, Edinburgh (UK)
2010 - Whole Earth Catalogue; curated by Domenico Quaranta, Neoncampobase, Bologna (It)
2010 - Better Brain: Projected Manifestations of Futurity; curated by Michael Ruiz, The Future Gallery, Berlin (De)
2009 - Herring under a fur coat, curated by Carson Chan with works by Caitlin Berrigan, Michael Höpfner, Martin Kohout; Program, Berlin (De)
2009 - Projectables, 7a Bienal do Mercosul; Porto Alegre (Br)
2009 - mybiennialisbetterthanyours.com, curated by Tolga Taluy; Biennale de Lyon, Lyon (Fr)
2009 - Objekt animace. Třetí smysl (Object Animation. Third Sense), curated by F. Cenek, J. Havlíček, M. Mazanec, V. Mílek; Krajská galerie výtvarného umění ve Zlíně, Zlín (Cz)
2009 - GEIST #II; Berlin (De)
2009 - Screengrab; James Cook University, Townsville (Au)
- Featured in the essay User-Friendly by Jacob Schillinger in Artforum, November issue 2012
- Alfred Toepfer Scholarship Programme 2012-2013
- Martin Kohout, profile written by Marie Meixnerová, Fotograf #19 (Cz+En), 2012
- since 2011, founder and editor of TLTRPreß publishing activity
- artist talk (video) for the New Media Lecture Series (University of Cincinnati)
- Residency at Nordic Artists' Centre, Dale i Sunnfjord, Norway. Part of Paths Crossing project, 2011.
- The Prosumer Version, essay by Jakob Shillinger, FlashArt international, October 2011 issue
- Scholarship at KHM Köln and finalist for 14. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis 2010, Marl (De).
- Vernacular Video, essay by Domenico Quaranta, Flash Art Italy number 285
- Watching Martin Kohout, essay by Gene McHugh
- Other Visions award for Moonwalk video at PAF 2008, Olomouc, Czech Republic
- Lab.Award for Ombea project at Lab30 2006 festival in Augsburg (De)
- 2006—2011 - author and editor of non-commercial cultural web jlbjlt.net
