Martin Skauen

1975 Born, Fredrickstad, Norway
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION

1998-2002 MFA Fine Art, National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1996-1998 BA Fine Art, Mølla Artschool, Moss, Norway
2007-2008 Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Residency, Berlin

AWARDS AND PRIZES

2006-2008 Two year government working grant 2006-2008 First prize, Diesel New Art Award, Category: Action/Draw. (www.diesel-new-art.com)
2004-2005 OCA grant
2004 Ingrid Langaards fond, Norway

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013

Slideshow Johnny, Videoart at Midnight, Martin Skauen, Babylon Kino Mitte, Berlin
Slideshow Johnny, Kunsthall Greenland, Norway
Slideshow Johnny, New Orleans FIlm FEstival, Cinema Reset, Press Street
Slideshow Johnny, Impact Festival, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Slideshow Johnny, Project Jour Four, Apartment Stefanie Hessier, Stockholm,
Role Models, Chert, Berlin

2012

Slideshow Johnny, Art Statements, Basel, Switzerland
Martin Skauen, OSL Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
Poster & Films, Elaine, Basel

2011

The Blind Spot, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2010

Bold Peek Point, Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
Grimmuseum, Tegneklubben, Berlin, Germany
Tegnebiennalen (The Drawing Biennale), Moss, Norway

2009

Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Servants Swept the Sand Smooth, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, L.A., California
Øks (Østfold Kunstnersenter), Fredrikstad, Norway

2008

Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
There’s Plenty of Gold, I’ve Been Told, Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway

2005

Dirty Work(s), Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden

2004

American Elk, Nordic Art Info, Oslo, Norway

2001

Blue Room, Subcomandante, Oslo

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTED)

2014

Protect Me From What I am, Galerie Dina Renninger, Munich

2013

Hi Mom, I’m Comeing Back to the Womb, Tidens Krav, Oslo
Nordic Drawing, Norrtälje Konsthall, Norrtälje, Sweden
Tegning Na, (Drawing Now), Spriten Kunsthall, Skien, Norway
Possessions, UKS (Young Artist Society), Oslo
Flesh & Blood, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
Found in Translation, chapter M, cur. by Emmanuel Lambion (Bn Projects) for Muse Programme, Thalie Art Foundation – Nathalie Guiot and Séverine Lahache, Brussels
Videonale 14 on tour, Central House of Artists (CHA), Moscow
Videonale 14, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany

2012

Desire, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway
Berlin. Status, Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
APOCALYPTIC BLISS, Galleri Maria Veie, Oslo, Norway

2011

An Imaginary Party, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
MONA,Museum of Old and New Art, Tazmania, Australia
Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sammlung Falkenberg, Captain Pamphile Hamburg, Germany
Soho House Miami, Collection, Miami, USA
Tracable, ZAK Galleria, Siena, Italy

2010

Kunsthall Walkreiburg, Pamphile Show, curated by Guenther Reski, Walkreiburg, Germany
Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Soho House Berlin
Forgotten Bar, The Show, Berlin
The Stenersen Museum, Norwegian Surrealism 1930-2010, Oslo
Kunstnernes Hus, Høstutstillingen

2009

Against Exclusion, 3rd Moscow Biennale, Curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, Moscow
New Works, Galleri MGM, Oslo
Internasjonalen 2nd Floor, Times (Fictional Covers), Oslo
Vestfosssen Kunstlaboratorium, Nachspiel/Vorspiel, Vestfossen
Pamphile-Show, Jet, Berlin
The Punishment of Luxury & Lust. Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Group exhibition including Adrian Ghenie
Cyprien Gaillard and Ciprian Murusan, L.A., California
Resisting Times, Vice, Berlin
Dark Matters, Peder Balke Senteret, Toten, Norway

2008

Galleri Gann, Sandnes, Norway
Norske Bilder 2008, Oslo Rådhus (Town Hall), Norway
Larm Galleri, Copenhagen
Lights on, Astrup Fearnley, Moma, Oslo, Norway
Hardcore, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Tomorrow Always Belongs To Us, Gothenburg Kunsthall, Gothenburg, Sweden
Lights On Norwegian Contemporary Art, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo
Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China, curated by Carol LU
Tegnebiennalen (The Drawing Biennial), Kunstnernes hus, Oslo
Tegneklubben, Tegneforbundet, Oslo
Holiday in Arcadia, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway

2007

Destroy Athens, 1^st Athens Biennial, Greece
Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M., curated by Chus Martinez
AniMotion, curated by Elisabeth Byrne, Galleri-F15, Moss, Norway
Living with Contemporary Art, curated by Ole Slyngstadli, Galleri-F15, Moss, Norway
Future Primitive, UKS, Oslo
The Drawing Club, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
The Drawing Club, Skånes konstforening, Malmø, Sweden

2006

Death of a Toastmaster, Carte Blanche Gallery, Vestfossen, Norway
Imagine The Universe Bursts Into Song, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Momentum Festival of Contemporary Art, curated by Helga Norby and Ida Kierulf, Moss, Norway
Aneversity, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
Norwegian Video, Museum for Modern Art, Gdansk, Poland
Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Polen, curated by Sylvia Koshanska

2005

Torpedo Bookshop, Oslo
Diesel New Art, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo
The Observatory Vol I, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Høstutstillingen, (The Fall Exhibition), The Artist House, Oslo
Suicide Sue, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo
Astra Castra, Cathleen Cullen Fine Arts, N.Y.
Tegneklubben, (The Drawing Club), Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
It All Fuckin` Fits, Vincent-lunge.com, Webgallery
The Body’s Surface, Artek Contemporaries, NY

2004

Studio 100, Oslo
Vekerø Sculpturegarden, Oslo
Rathaus, Town Hall, Oslo

2003

Waterrats, Collaboration, Diip-project, Venice
Waterrats, Collaboration, Gallery F-15, Moss, Norway

2002

Entrance, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo
The Bootstrappers, Artist House, Oslo

2001

Summary, Rolf Hoff`s collection, Kreditkassens main office, Oslo

2000

Norwegian Walking, Ocular Lab, Melbourne, Australia
Postprofessionalism, VCA, Melbourne, Australia
No Excuse, Gallery 21:26, Oslo
Raw Force, Gallery 21:25, Oslo

SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS AT ART FAIRS

2012

Art Statements, Basel, 2012

PUBLICATIONS

2014

BERLIN ART SCENE, edited by Christoph Tannert, Interview with Martin Skauen, Berlin, p. 254-267.

2013

Vitamin D2, New Perspectives in Drawing, published by Phaidon Press, May.
Flesh and Blood, exh. cat. Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel, Feb.

2012

Berlin. Status, exh. cat. Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin

2011

Skauen, Martin, Essays in Misunderstanding vol. 1 edition of 300

2008

auteur, published by Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, essay by Christoph Tannert “The artist as a theatricalist of cruelty”

2007

The meaning of sex, Edited by Wencke Muhleisen and Christel Sverre, published by Pax Forlag, ISBN 978-82-530-2984-9
Destroy Athens, 1^st, exh. cat. Athens Biennal, essay by Giannis Arvanitis, ISBN 978-960-6654-57-2
Unraveling Demons, exh. cat. Gallery, Arsenal
Whenever it Starts it is the Right Time, Frankfurt Kunstverein, essays by Chus Martinez, Charles Esche, Brian Holmes and Raimundas Malasauskas, ISBN 978-386588-376-6
Future Primitive, curated and edited by Helga-Marie Nordby

PRESS

2008

Michele D’Aurizio Mousse Magazine, Issue 13, Mar
Tommy Olsson, Golden Years, BilledKunst, Mar
Gunnar B. Kvaran Lights On, Norsk Samtidskunst
Christoph Tannert, The Artist as a Theatricalist of Cruelty, Kunstlerhaus
Bethanien Magazine, No 15

2007

Gianni Arvantis, Martin Skauen, Athens Biennal Catalogue

2006

Drawings, Utflukt (www.utflukt.com)
Jason Jules Universal Talent – Nordic Art, Dazed and Confused magazine, Jun
Martin Herbert Imagine The Universe Bursts into Song, Time Out, 24 May
Jessica Lack Imagine The Universe Bursts into Song, The Guide, 20 May

2005

Contribution to Truce Magazine (www.trucemagazine.com)
Contribution to Odd Magazine (www.oddmagazine.com)