Martin Honert

Martin Honert (born May 26, 1953 in Bottrop ) is a contemporary German artist . In his works, Honert primarily deals with experiences from his own childhood. Elaborately designed three-dimensional objects are created based on memories or old found objects. Atypical for artists whose work is in the tradition of the readymade , Honert always creates his works by hand.

Between 1981 and 1988 he studied at the State Art Academy in Düsseldorf , most recently in the master class under Fritz Schwegler . In 1995 he designed the German pavilion at the Venice Biennale together with Katharina Fritsch and Thomas Ruff . In 1998 he received a professorship at the Dresden University of Fine Arts in the specialist class for three-dimensional work, with a focus on plastic and sculpture .

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

Solo exhibitions (selection)

2016: Galerie Johnen, Berlin
2013: Martin Honert , Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2013: Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
2012: Martin Honert. Children's crusade , Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart , Berlin
2010: Comma21: Martin Honert , Bloomberg Space, London
2009: Martin Honert: Dormitory , Gallery Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden
2007: Martin Honert , Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2007: Martin Honert. Art Prize of the Board of Trustees of the Plastics Industry 2006 , State Art Collections , Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau , Dresden
2006: Under Cover - from unseen: Berlinde de Bruyckere and Martin Honert , Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
2005: Konrad von Soest Prize 2004 , State Museum for Art and Cultural History, Münster, Münster
2004: Martin Honert , Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2004: Martin Honert: Test of courage , DG German Society for Christian Art Munich, Munich
2002: Martin Honert , Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover
2001: Martin Honert , Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (with E. Havekost)
2000: Martin Honert , Gallery 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 Schöttle, Munich
1998: Martin Honert , Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
1997: Martin Honert: Fata Morgana , Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona
1996: Playback: 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: École Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Bourges (catalog)
1993: Martin Honert , Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano
1991: Martin Honert , Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
1991: Peter Mertes grant , Bonner Kunstverein (with Pia Stadtbäumer), Bonn (catalog)
1990: Martin Honert , Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne

Group exhibitions (selection)

2019: Free rooms , Huguenot House, Kassel
2018: Construction of the World: Art and Economy , Kunsthalle Mannheim , Mannheim
2018: People , Deitch Projects, New York
2018: Architecture of Wandering , FRAC Center Val de Loire, Orléans
2018: Grand Opening , Kunsthalle Mannheim , Mannheim
2017: Freimütig, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden
2017: sleep. A productive waste of time , Böttcherstraße museums, Bremen
2017: Unique! Unique items and rarities , Kupferstich-Kabinett , Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden , Dresden
2016: REAL TIME The art of slowness , Kunstmuseum Bonn , Bonn
2015: Formes Biographiques , Carré d'Art – Musée d'art contemporain, Nîmes
2013: in focus! Contemporary photography and video art from the collection , Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
2011: Show up! At home , MMK Museum of Modern Art , Frankfurt / Main
2011: 20 years of the present , Museum of Modern Art , Frankfurt / M.
2011: The Shape of Things to Come , Saatchi Gallery , London
2011: Of Angels and Boys , Kunsthalle Krems , Krems
2011: Jeff Wall: The Crooked Path , Center for Fine Arts, Brussels
2010: The Promised Land , Albertinum , Dresden
2010: Parallel Interface , Gallery 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 × 5 CASTELLÓ 09 , D'Art Contemporani De Castelló, Castelló, Spain
2008: pro figura , 10th Bautzen Autumn Salon 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'Énergie, Shawinigan, Québec, Canada
2005: Playrooms , Lehmbruck Museum , Duisburg
2005: film. Is and As - if in art , State Art Gallery Baden-Baden
2005: Collection 2005 - New presentation of the collection , K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2004: The Ten Commandments , German Hygiene Museum , Dresden
2004: 9th Triennial of Small Sculptures , Fellbach
2003: Animations , KunstWerke, Berlin
2003: Open all day , Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden - Baden
2003: Keep on looking Kunst Haus Dresden, Municipal Gallery for Contemporary Art, Dresden
2002: Fama: Four Positions of Contemporary Sculpture in Dresden , Kunst Haus Dresden, Municipal Gallery for Contemporary Art, Dresden
2002: In the meantime , Museum of Modern Art (MMK), Frankfurt / M.
2002: Elke Denda, Martin Honert, Wolfgang Schlegel, Lindig in Paludetto , Nuremberg
2001: Monika Brandmeier, Ulrike Grossart, Martin Honert, Carl-Emmanuel Wolff , Museum of Modern Art (MMK), Frankfurt / M.
2001: Cologne Sculpture 3 , Sculpture Park Cologne, Foundation Dr. Stoffel, Cologne
2001: Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, 100 Drawings and Photographs , Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2000: Human Kind theme park , Expo 2000, Hanover
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 Lothar Schirmer Collection , Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (catalog)
1999: Zoom: Views on German contemporary art , Landesbank Baden-Württemberg Collection, Forum and Gallery Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart; Gallery of the City of Stuttgart; Gallery of the City of Esslingen, Villa Merkel and Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart; Municipal Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach; Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel
1998: Change of scene XIV , Museum of Modern Art (MMK), Frankfurt / M.
1997: Three ways to the lake , Klagenfurt Art Association, 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 , Antoni Estrany Gallery, 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 , Blumenstrasse, Bochum
1995: German Art Now , Haines Gallery, San Francisco
1994: Annual Museum 1994 , Kunsthaus Mürz, Mürzzuschlag (catalog)
1994: Ecole Nationales des Beaux Arts de Bourges, Bourges (catalog)
1994: Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (with Elke Denda, Stefan Hablützel and Daniel Oates)
1993: Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milan
1993: Aperto , Venice Biennale
1992: Double Identity , Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
1992: Sydney Biennale (catalog)
1992: RENTA Prize 1992 , Nuremberg Art Gallery in the Norishalle, Nuremberg
1991: Art conceptual des années 70 à aujourd'hui , Galerie R. Schöttle, Paris
1991: Anni Novanta , Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Bologna; Le Navi, Cattolica, Italy; and Musei Comunale, Rimini, Italy (catalog)
1990: Carnet de Voyage , Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France (catalog)

Public collections

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

Awards

1993 Bremen Art Prize
2004 Konrad von Soest Prize from the Westphalia-Lippe Regional Association

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Honert, Martin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German artist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 26, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bottrop