Martins Kohout
Biography- Biography
- Solo Exhibitions
- Group Exhibitions
- Polansky Exhibitions
*1984, Prague, Czech Republic
Currently living and working in Berlin and Prague.
Contact
https://martinkohout.com/
https://linktr.ee/shapeswithoutnames
Education
2013
Meisterschüler, Städelschule, Frankfurt (De), class of Simon Starling
2011
Absolvent at UdK Berlin (De), classes of Alicja Kwade, Gregor Schneider
2010
BA, Film Academy FAMU, Prague (Cz)
2024
Polansky, Prague (October 2024)
2023
Still there, more or less, or not (performance) @ National Gallery, Prague (Cz)
A guided tour with Martins @ Pinacoteca, Vienna (At)
2021
Quiet Attachments @ Springs.video & EXILE TV, a screening of selected video works (2012-2021)
2020
BATEARS @ Exile, Vienna (At), with Adrienne Herr as a guest
2019
What if we gave a birth to a frog @ Brno Art Open, Zoological exposition, Zemske muz., Brno (Cz)
2018
Alonso, I Just Want to Spoon You. That's All., Vitrina Deniska, Olomouc (CZ)
Shade at the Shapes without Names headquarters, Polansky Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Victorian Basics and Martian Stories, duo show with Viktor Timofeev, Levy/Delval, Brussels (BE)
Close Personal Friends, duo show with Holly White, Firstdraft, Sydney (AU)
Slides, Exile, Berlin (DE)
Daylight Management, Auto Italia, London (UK)
Alonso! It's Elastic, 427 Riga (LV)
DungeonTT (together with Lars TCF Holdhus) @ Rupert, Vilnius (Lt)
2017
Hungry, Wschód, Warsaw (PL)
2016
Jokes Machines Make About Humans: 2nd infusion, Kunstraum Riehen, (CH)
Lebensrhythmen Und Geschwindigkeit, Goethe Institut China, Beijing (CN)
2015
Jokes Machines Make About Humans: 1st infusion, Polansky Gallery, Prague (CZ)
DungeonTT (duo with Lars TCF Holdhus), Tromso Kunstforening (NO)
DungeonTT (duo with Lars TCF Holdhus), Meetfactory, Prague (CZ)
2014
Sjezd, etc. galerie, Prague (CZ)
Skip the door, save 4s, Forum-1822, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
5006 years of daylight and silent adaptation., Exile, Berlin (DE)
2013
Wrong Step, Percival Space, Oslo (NO)
2012
Glare Inland, Quiet Attachment 2, Futura, Prague (CZ)
Skinsmooth Sur+, Headquarters, Zurich (CH)
2011
Glare Inland, Quiet Attachment, Exile, Berlin (DE)
2024 - Dormancy settings @ Longtermnhandstand, Budapest (HU)
2023
HYPERTENSION23 @ National Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Let Them Eat Cake @ 3hd Festival @ HAU 2, Berlin (DE)
1939–2021: The End of the Black-and-White Era @ National Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Symbiosis 2.0 @ Hong Kong Arts Centre (HK)
Flower Union @ Trade Fair Palace, National Gallery Prague (CZ)
2022
Optimised Fables about a Good Life @ PLATO, Ostrava (CZ)
Flower Union @ Council of the European Union, Brussels (BE)
BEL ETAGE: EXTENSION @ Kleiner Wasserspeicher, Berlin (DE)
2021
State of High Performance @ Basis, Frankfurt am Main (DE)
No Art Today? @ Municipal Gallery Prague, City Library, Prague (CZ)
Vienna Biennale For Change 2021 @ MAK (AT)
Ora et lege @ Broumov Monastery (CZ)
2020
Vienna Contemporary screening programme @ Vienna Contemporary (AT)
25 of 78 @ HMKV, Dortmund (DE)
Mood Spelled Backwards @ Kurzor, Prague (CZ)
Animace / Animácia @ Österreichisches Filmmuseum (AT)
NEMAF, Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Festival (KR)
2019
Halfway House, Exile, Vienna (AT)
Healing 2.0, Meetfactory, Prague (CZ)
(Dis)connection, Kunstvereniging Diepenheim, Diepenheim (NL)
Realism with a Bow, Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof (DE)
Orient 2 @ Kunsthalle Bratislava, Bratislava (SK)
What is happening with sleep today? @ AlbumArte, Rome (IT)
Im Licht der Nacht @ Marta Herford, Herford (DE)
2018
Liquid Bodies, AQB Project Space, Budapest (HU)
The Undisciplined, Kreuzberg Pavillon, Berlin (DE)
2017
Jindrich Chalupecky Award 2017, Moravian Gallery, Brno (CZ)
QWAY, Siliquoon (digital publication)
The Brutalism Appreciation Society, HMKV, Dortmund (DE)
Medium: Figure, Prague City Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Its blueness soothes the sharp burn in your eyes, Loris, Berlin (DE)
Preparatory portrait of a Young-Girl, PLATO Gallery, Ostrava (CZ)
New Scenario Residency, Mariina Skala (CZ)
2016
Survival Guides for Ballroom Dancers, Renovators,..., Vleeshal, Middelburg (NL)
Thirsty Garden, The Composing Rooms, Berlin (DE)
Episode 9: Dinner Room Terravore, Oslo10, Basel (CH)
Lock Up International, Ks Wave, Nakano Broadway, Tokyo (JP)
States of Flux, Swimming Pool, Sofia (BG)
Пикник на обочине, Exo Exo, Paris (FR)
F-Holes, HHDM, New York (US)
Latent Fiction, Sperling, Munich (DE)
Grand New, Future Gallery, Berlin (DE)
2015
Aufloesung / Neuordnung, D21, Leipzig (DE)
HPSCHD 1969>2015, MAMbo, Bologna (IT)
Telepathy or Esperanto, Futura, Prague (CZ)
Typografie, Tsjechisch Centrum, Rotterdam, (NL)
2014
Jindrich Chalupecky Award, Veletrzni Palac, National Gallery, Prague (CZ)
Redrawing Sol LeWitt, Exile, New York (US)
The Meditative Relaxation Cycle, Arcadia Missa, London (UK)