Martin Skauen

Page 1 | Biography

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

Education
1998-2002
MFA Fine Art, National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1996-1998
BA Fine Art, M�lla Artschool, Moss, Norway
2007-2008
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien Residency, Berlin

Solo Exhibitions
2010
Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
Internasjonalen 2nd Floor, Times (Fictional Covers), Oslo, Norway
2009
�ks (�stfold Kunstnersenter), Fredrikstad, Norway
Servants Swept the Sand Smooth, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, LA
Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
2008
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
There's Plenty of Gold, I've Been Told,Galleri MGM, Oslo
2005
Dirty Work(s), Galleri 21, Malm�, Sweden
2004
American Elk, Nordic Art Info, Oslo, Norway
2001
Blue Room, Subcomandante, Oslo, Norway

Group Exhibitions
2010
Pamphile Show, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg
Call 2010, Luis Adelantado,
Soho House Berlin (Collection)
The Show, Forgotten Bar, Berlin
Grimmusem, Tegneklubben, Berlin
Tegnebiennalen, (The Drawing Biennale), Moss, Norway
The Stenersen Museum, Norwegian Surrealism 1930-2010, Oslo, Norway
2009
Against Exclusion, 3rd Moscow Biennale, Moscow
New Works, Galleri MGM, Oslo, Norway
Nachspiel/Vorspiel, Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen, Norway,
Pamphile-Show, Jet, Berlin
The Punishment of Lust and Luxury, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles,
2008
Hardcore, S�rlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Tomorrow Always Belongs To Us, Goteborgs Kunsthall, Goteborg, Sweden Lights
on Contemporary Norwegian Art, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo,
Norway
Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China, curated by Carol LU
Tegnebiennalen (The Drawing Biennial), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
2007
Destroy Athens, Athens Biennial, Greece
Animotion, Galleri-F15, Moss, Norway
Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
Future Primitive, UKS, Oslo, Norway
Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Germany
2006
Death of a Toastmaster, Carte Blance Gallery, Vestfossen, Norway
Imagine The Universe Bursts Into Song, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Momentum Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
Norwegian Video, Museum for Modern Art, Gdansk, Poland
Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Polen
Mihai Nicodim Gallery
Mihai Nicodim Gallery
3143 South La Cienega Blvd, Unit B, Los Angeles, CA 90016
T: 310.838.8884 [email protected] www.nicodimgallery.com
2005
Torpedo, Oslo, Norway
Diesel New Art, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo
The Observatory Vol I, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
H�stutstillingen, The Fall Exhibition, Artist House, Oslo
Suicide Sue, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway
Astra Castra, Cathleen Cullen Fine Arts, N.Y., USA
Tegneklubben, The Drawing Club, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
It All Fuckin Fits, Vincent-lunge.com, Webgallery
The Body's Surface, Artek Contemporaries, New York, USA
2004
Studio 100, Oslo, Norway
Veker� Sculpturegarden, Oslo, Norway
2003
Rathaus, Town Hall, Oslo, Norway
Waterrats, Collaboration, Diip-project, Venice, Italy
Waterrats, Collaboration, Gallery F-15, Moss, Norway
2002
Entrance, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
2001
The Bootstrappers, Artist House, Oslo, Norway
Summary, Rolf Hoff's collection, Kreditkassens main office, Oslo, Norway
2000
Norwegian Walking, Ocular Lab, Melbourne, Australia
Postprofessionalism, VCA, Melbourne, Australia
No Excuse, Gallery 21:26, Oslo, Norway
1999
Raw Force, Gallery 21:25, Oslo, Norway
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/REVIEWS
2008
D�AURIZIO Michele- Mousse Magazine, Issue 13, March
OLSSON Tommy, Golden Years- BilledKunst, March
KVARAN Gunnar B.,Lights On, Norsk Samtidskunst
2007
Muehleisen, Wenche. and Sverre, Christel. The Meaning of Sex: A Selection of
Artistic, Popular and Scholarly Explorations, Published by Pax Forlag, Norway
Destroy Athens, Catalogue for Athens Biennial
Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time: Strategies for a Discontinuous Future,
Catalogue Frankfurt Kunstverein, Germany
Unravelling Demons, Catalogue
Sex(y) Kunstboka

Grants/Awards
2005 - 2008
Two-Year Government Working Grant
First Prize, Diesel New Art Award, Category: Action/Draw
2004 - 2005
OCA Grant