Martin Honert

Martin Honert ( born 1953 in Bottrop ) is a contemporary German artist. In his work, Honert sets apart especially with experiences from his own childhood. Starting from old memories or artefacts created elaborate three-dimensional objects. Unusually for artists whose works are in the tradition of the readymade, Honert made his works always at hand.

Between 1981 and 1988 he studied at the Art Academy Dusseldorf, most recently in the master class with Fritz Schwegler. In 1995 he designed together with Katharina Fritsch and Thomas Ruff the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. In 1998 he was appointed professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden in the professional class for three-dimensional work, focus and plastic sculpture.

Martin Honert is represented by the prestigious Matthew Marks Gallery in New York. He lives and works in Dusseldorf and Dresden.

Solo exhibitions (selection )

2012 Martin Honert. Children's Crusade, the Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
2010 Comma21: Martin Honert, Bloomberg Space, London
2009 Martin Honert: Dormitory, Galerie Gebr Lehmann, Dresden
2007 Martin Honert, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2007 Martin Honert. Arts Award of Trustees of the plastics industry in 2006, State Art Collection, Art Gallery in the Lipsius Building, Dresden
2006 Under Cover - from the secret: Berlinde de Bruyckere and Martin Honert, Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf
2005 Konrad - von- Soest - Award 2004, State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Münster, Münster
2004 Martin Honert, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2004 Martin Honert: a test of courage, DG German Society for Christian Art, Munich
2002 Martin Honert, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover
2001 Martin Honert, Galerie Johnen & Schoettle, Cologne ( with E.Havekost )
2000 Martin Honert, Galerie Gebr Lehmann, Dresden
2000 Martin Honert: test of courage ", Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden
1999 Martin Honert ", Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
1999 Martin Honert, Galerie Rüdiger Schoettle, Munich
1998 Martin Honert, Galerie Johnen & Schoettle, Cologne
1997 Martin Honert: Fata Morgana, Museu of Contemporary Art, Barcelona
1996 passing: Martin Honert and Stefan Hoderlein, Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart
1996 Martin Honert: The Flying Classroom, Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol
1995 Martin Honert: The Flying Classroom, Venice Biennale German pavilion ( with Katharina Fritsch and Thomas Ruff ), Venice ( catalog)
1994 Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arte, Bourges (catalog)
1993 Martin Honert, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano
1991 Martin Honert, Galerie Rüdiger Schoettle, Munich
1991 Peter Mertes Scholarship, Bonner Kunstverein ( with Pia Stadtbäumer ), Bonn, Germany (catalog)
1990 Martin Honert, Galerie Johnen Schoettle, Cologne

Group exhibitions ( selection)

2011 20 Years of Presence, Museum of Modern Art ( MMK), Frankfurt / M.
2011 The Shape of Things to Come, Saatchi Gallery, London
2011 By angels and urchins, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems
2011 Jeff Wall: The Crooked Path, Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels
2010 The Promised Land, Albertinum, Dresden
2010 Parallel interface, Galerie Gebr Lehmann, Dresden
2010 New York: Katharina Fritsch, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Martin Honert, Charles Ray, Terry Winters, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2009 5 x 5 CASTELLÓ 09, D'Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castelló, Spain
2008 per figura 10 Bautzener Autumn Salon in 2008, City Museum Bautzen
2007 Summer Exhibition 2007, Royal Academy of Arts, London
2006 Brave New World, State Art Collections, Dresden
2006 The Garden Party, Deitch Projets, New York
2005 Elements of Nature, La Cité de L' Energie, Shawinigan, Quebec, Canada
2005 Travels, LehmbruckMuseum, MA
2005 Film. If and When - whether in art, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden -Baden
2005 collection 2005 - new presentation of the collection, K21 Art Collection North Rhine -Westphalia, Dusseldorf
2004 The Ten Commandments, Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden
2004 9.Triennale the small sculpture, Fellbach
2003 Open all day, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden - Baden
2003 Keep on looking Kunsthaus Dresden Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dresden
2002 Fama: Four positions of contemporary sculpture in Dresden, Kunsthaus Dresden Municipal Gallery of Contemporary Art, Dresden
Meanwhile, in 2002, the Museum of Modern Art (MMK ), Frankfurt / M.
2002 Elke Denda, Martin Honert, Wolfgang Schlegel, Lindig in Paludetto, Nuremberg
2001 Monika Brand Meier, Ulrike Grossart, Martin Honert, Carl- Emmanuel Wolff, Museum of Modern Art ( MMK), Frankfurt / M.
2001 KölnSkulptur 3, Cologne Sculpture Park, Dr. Stoffel Foundation, Cologne
2001 Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, 100 Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2000 theme park Humankind, Expo 2000, Hannover
2000 Interventions, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee
1999 Change of scene XVI, Museum of Modern Art ( MMK), Frankfurt / M.
1999 From Beuys to Cindy Sherman: The collection Lothar Schirmer, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany (catalog)
1999 Zoom: views on contemporary German art, Collection Landesbank Baden - Württemberg, forum and gallery Landesbank Baden- Württemberg, Stuttgart; Gallery of the City of Stuttgart; Gallery of the City of Esslingen, Villa Merkel and Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen; Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; Municipal Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
1998 Change of scenery XIV, Museum of Modern Art ( MMK), Frankfurt / M.
1997 Three-way to the lake, Kunstverein Klagenfurt, Austria
1997 Young German Artists 2, Saatchi Gallery, London
1997 Change of scene XII, Museum of Modern Art, Frankfurt / M.
1996 The Book Is On The Table: Martin Honert, Collier Schorr, Tom Gidley, Entwistle Gallery, London
1996 Fondo, figura, y Iluvia, gallery Estrany Antoni, Barcelona
1996 Elke Denda, Martin Honert: Two editions Edition Opitz -Hoffmann, Bonn
1996 Views from Abroad, European Perspectives on American Art 2, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
1995 Change of scene VII, Museum of Modern Art ( MMK), Frankfurt / M
1995 Room monuments, flower street, Bochum
1995 German Art Now, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
1994 years the museum in 1994, Kunsthaus Murz, Miirzzuschlag (catalog)
1994 Ecole National des Beaux Arts de Bourges, Bourges (catalog)
1994 Galerie Johnen & Schoettle, Cologne ( with Elke Denda, Stefan Hablützel and Daniel Oates )
1993 Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
1993 Aperto, Venice Biennale
1992 Double Identity, Galerie Johnen & Schoettle, Cologne
1992 Sydney Biennale (catalog)
1992 RENTA Prize in 1992, Kunsthalle Nuremberg in the Norishalle, Nuremberg
1991 Type conceptual des années 70 à aujourd'hui, R. Schoettle Gallery, Paris
1991 Anni Novanta ", Galleria Comunale d' Arte Moderna, Bologna; Le Navi, Cattolica, Italy; and Musei Comunale, Rimini, Italy ( catalog)
Carnet de Voyage 1990, Fondation Cartier, Jouy -en- Josas, France ( catalog)

Public collections

Octagon - College of Fine Arts in Dresden
FRAC - Poitou -Charentes, Angoulême
FRAC - Centre, Orleans
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Saatchi Gallery, London
Art Fund of the Free State of Saxony, Dresden State Art Collections
State Gallery of Stuttgart, Stuttgart / Baden- Württemberg

Awards

Name Authority File

553141