Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Martin Kersels

Biography

MARTIN KERSELS

Born: 1960, Los Angeles, CA
Current: Lives and works in Sierra Madre, CA

1995 MFA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
1984 BA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2009

Fat Iggy, Guido Costa Project, Torino, Italy
Fat Iggy: Discography, Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris
Jason Martin Wants to be a Punk Rocker (collaborative exhibition with Jason Kraus), Renwick Gallery, New York, NY

2008
Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion, curated by Ian Berry, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
Headache and other New Works, ACME., Los Angeles, CA

2007
Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion, curated by Ian Berry, Tang Museum of Art, Saratoga Springs, NY

2006
Charms in a Throne Room, ACME., Los Angeles, CA

2005
Orchestra for Idiots, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France

2004
Illuminous, Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy

2003
Wishing Well, ACME., Los Angeles, CA

2002
Showette, ACME., Los Angeles, CA
Fat Man, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
Bracelet, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA

2001
Modern Art, London, England
Galerie Edward Mitterand, Geneva, Switzerland
ACME.,Los Angeles, CA
Tumble Room, Deitch Projects, New York, NY

2000
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland

1999
Spinning, Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France
Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1998
Dan Bernier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Theoretical Events (Th.e), Naples, Italy
Commotion: Martin Kersels, curated by Toby Kamps, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
Commotion: Martin Kersels, curated by Toby Kamps, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

1997
Commotion: Martin Kersels, curated by Toby Kamps, Madison Art Center, Madison, WI

1996
Jay Gorney Modern Art, New York, NY

1995
Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

1993
A/B Gallery, Los Angeles, CA


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2010
2010 The Whitney Biennial, New York, NY

2009
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Second Nature: The Valentine Collection at the Hammer
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ, Seriously Funny

2008
The J. Paul Getty Museum, curated by Glenn Phillips, Los Angeles, CA, California Video
Orange County Museum of Art, curated by Karen Moss, Newport Beach, CA, Disorderly Conduct: Art in Tumultuous Times
Villa Arson, Nice, France, Jouer avec des Choses Mortes
Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St. Edmunds, England and Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, Cumbria, England. Comfort Zones
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection
Renwick Gallery, New York, NY, Undone

2007
Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Powys, Wales and University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, Surrey, England, Comfort Zones
Angles Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, Sculptors' Drawings: Ideas, Studies, Sketches, Proposals, and More
Salina Art Center, curated by Dominic Molon and Michael Rooks, Salina, KS, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art
Erica Redling Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, Kraus-Kopp-Kersels

2006
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France, Accidents
Chicago Cultural Center, curated by Dominic Molon and Michael Rooks, Chicago, IL; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada; MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Canada, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art

2005
Pompidou Center, Paris, France, Dionysiac
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, curated by Christophe Kihm, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France, Pratique de la Catastrophe: Burlesques Contemporains
The Contemporary Museum, curated by Dominic Molon and Michael Rooks, Honolulu, HI, Situation Comedy: Humor in Recent Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, The Blake Byrne Collection
Experience Pommery #2, curated by Jean-Yves Jouannais, Domaine de Pommery, Reims, France, L'Idiotie

2004
Independent Curators International, New York, NY; The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA; Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA; Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, England; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; Albright College, Freedman Art Gallery, Reading, PA; Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, TN, 100 Artists See God
Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris France, Is There a Curator to Save This Exhibition?
Independent Curators International, curated by Stuart Horodner for: Albright College Center for the Arts, Reading, PA and The Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Suburban House Kit, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, Walk Ways

2003
Inman, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX, ACME.
MASS MoCA, curated by Laura Heon, North Adams, MA, Yankee Remix: Artists Take on New England
Independent Curators International, curated by Stuart Horodner for: Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA; Dalhousie University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada; Oakville Galleries in Gairloch Gardens, Oakville, Ontario, Canada, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX; University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, Walk Ways
Galerie Georges-Philippe and Nathalie Vallois, Paris France, Home
Musee d'Art Contemporain, Marseilles, France, Mouvement de Fond
The California Institute of Technology & Art Center College of Art & Design, Pasadena, CA, Neuro: An Art & Science Collaboration

2002
The San Jose Museum of Art, curated by Michael Duncan, San Jose, CA, L.A. Post Cool
49 Artistes d'aujourd'hui, un choix d'acquistions du Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland, French Collection
Independent Curators International, curated by Stuart Horodner for: Portland Institute of Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, Walk Ways
Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA, Majestic Sprawl: Some Los Angeles Photography
ACME., curated by Chip Tom and ACME., Los Angeles, CA, Strolling Through an Ancient Shrine and Garden
The Pond, Chicago, IL, Ideal Avalanche
Logan Galleries, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA, Sudden Glory: Sight Gags and Slapstick in Contemporary Art

2001
Galerie Edward Mitterrand, Genéve, Switzerland, Portraits
Barbican Art Gallery, curated by Mark Sladen, London, England, The Americans: New Art.
MAMCO, 9th Biennale of the Moving Image, Geneva, Switzerland, Record All-Over
Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France, Soliel d'hiver/Sur un cheval/Une silouette gelée
Lord Mori Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Ever Since Icarus
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, The Sensational Line

2000
Angles Gallery, curated by Nowell J. Carten, Santa Monica, CA, Inventional
POST, Pierogi in L.A., Los Angeles, CA, Haulin' Ass
The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, curated by Charles Stainback, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, SOS: Scenes of Sounds
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, Made in California and Made in California – NOW
J. Paul Getty Museum, curated by Lisa Lyons, Los Angeles, CA, Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty

1999
Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia
Le Printemps de Cahors, curated by Christine Macel, Cahors, France, EXTRAetORDINAIRE
Group Show, Brett-Mitchell, Inc., Cleveland, OH

1998
Saatchi Gallery, London, England, Young Americans 2
Knitting Factory, New York, NY, Band Wi[d]th
W-139, Amsterdam, Holland, Group Show
Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria, Need for Speed
Soledad Lorenzo, curated by Alvaro Perdices, Madrid, Spain, Cruising L.A.: Paul McCarthy, Martin Kersels, Catherine Opie, Lari Pittman, Jason Rhoades

1997
S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Vanessa Beecroft, Hennifer Bornstein, Martin Kersels, Gillian Wearing
The Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA, COLA: 1996-1997 Individual Artists Grants
Threadwaxing Space, curated by Dara Friedman, New York, NY, Celluloid Cave
New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA, Group Show

1997
Biennial of American Art, curated by Lisa Phillips and Louise Neri, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Ten Los Angeles Artists
1996 Museum of Contemporary Art, curated by Connie Butler, Los Angeles, CA, Power of Suggestion: Narrative and Notation in Contemporary Drawing
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, and Los Angeles, curated by Bonnie Clearwater, Miami, FL, Defining the Nineties: Consensus-Making in New York
Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI, Hero
Ten in One Gallery, Chicago, IL, Left of Center

1995
David Zwirner Gallery, curated by Diana Thater, New York, NY, L.A. Video Sampler II
Musee d'Art Moderne, curated by Lynn Gumpert, Paris, France, La Belle et La Bete: Un Choix de Jeunes Artistes Americains
PPOW, New York, NY, Postmarked L.A.

1994
Otis Parsons Gallery, curated by Ann Ayres, Los Angeles, CA, L.A.X. - The L.A. Biennial
Kohn-Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, Hooked on a Feeling


SOLO PERFORMANCES

1992
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, Weight

1990
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, Measured Tale

1989
Odyssey Theater & Powerhouse Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, Breath
Kid Aileck Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, Pools

1987
Wallenboyd Theatre, Los Angeles, CA, The Shape of Pools Today
Backlot Theatre, Hollywood, CA, Sweaters (part B)

1984
UCLA Fine Arts Productions, Los Angeles, CA, Sweaters


COLLABORATIVE PERFORMANCE

Founding member of SHRIMPS, performance collaborative. Produced work for various venues in Los Angeles: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Highways, Music Center, UCLA, Claremont Graduate University, Mayan Theatre, Santa Monica Arts Commission; New York: The Kitchen and Serious Fun at Alice Tully Hall; San Francisco: New Langton Arts, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Footworks; Chicago: Randolph Street Projects; Minneapolis: Intersection for the Arts; San Diego: Sushi; and Baltimore: Towson State University.


EXHIBITION CATALOGUES

2008
Californa Video, essays by Kathy Rae Huffman, Robert Riley, Steve Seid, Bruce Yonemoto, interview with Martin Kersels

2007
Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion, interview with Kersels by Ian Berry, illus.
Comfort Zones, Oriel Davies Gallery, essay and illus.

2006
Situation Comedy: Humour in Recent Art, Independent Curators International

2002
Walk Ways, Independent Curators International, essay by Stuart Horodner, illus.

2001
The Americans: New Art, essay by Mark Sladen

1999
Departures: 11 Artists at the Getty, essay by Lisa Lyons.
Signs of Life: Melbourne International Biennial 1999, essays by Engberg and Murray.
Printemps de Cahors, EXTRAetORDINAIRE, pp. 102-103.

1998
Young Americans 2: New American Art at the Saatchi Gallery, published by The Saatchi Gallery, essay by Brooks Adams and Lisa
Liebmann.

1999
Commotion: Martin Kersels, published by the Madison Arts Center, curated and forward by Toby Kamps, essay by Jerry Saltz., interview with Kersels by Toby Kamps.
Cruising LA, published by Galeria Soledad Lorenzo Orfila, Madrid, curated and essay by Jose Alvaro Perdices.
Celluloid Cave, published by Thread Waxing Space, New York, curated by Dara Friedman.

1997
Biennial Exhibition, published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, curated and essay by Phillips, Lisa and Neri, Louise. "Inside-Out", p. 48, 102-103 (illus.).

1996
The Power of Suggestion: Narrative and Notation in Contemporary Drawing, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, curated and essay by Cornelia Butler, pp. 7-8, 29-30 (illus.).
Defining the Nineties: Consensus-Making in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL (cover), curated by Bonnie Clearwater, essays by Bonnie Clearwater.
"Consensus-Making in New York, Miami, and Los Angeles, Miami Enters the Picture", and "Defining the Nineties", Duncan, Michael. "The Los Angeles Art World: Regenerative and Needy", and Schwartzman, Allan. "After the Gold"

1995
La Belle et La Bete: Un Choix de Jeunes Artistes Americains, published by the Musee d'Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, Paris, France, curated by Lynn Gumpert, forward by Suzanne Paget, essays by Gumpert, Lynn. "Beauty and the Beast", Parent, Batrice. "A Short Introduction…to Beauty", and Pagel, David. "Petting the Pretty Tiger: An Interview with Dave Hickey"

1994
LAX/94: The Los Angeles Exhibition, published by LAX: The Los Angeles Exhibition. Curated and essay by Ayers, Anne. "Sincerity and Other Peccadilloes"


SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS

2008
Miles, Christopher, "Best in Show 2008," LA Weekly, December 19 - 25, pp. 50-1.
Harvey, Doug. "Martin Kersels: Big Frame," L.A. Weekly, November 12, illus.
Campagnola, Sonia. "Live from Los Angeles," FlashArt, November - December , pp. 76-7.
Knight, Christopher. "Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion," Los Angeles Times, September 18, illus. Tervalon, Jervey. "Martin Kersels: Falling Hard," L.A. Weekly, September 17, illus. Berardini, Andrew. "A Hippopotamus Pirouetting: Martin Kersels 'Heavyweight Champion' Of the World," L.A. City Beat, September 17, illus. Ng, David. "Big in the Art World," Los Angeles Times, September 10, illus. Mizota, Sharon. "World in upheaval," Los Angeles Times, February 10, p. F13.

2007
"Friends Smacking Me (Jay 2)," Harper's Magazine, November, photo only

2006
Rochette, Anne and Saunders, Wade. "Place Matters: Los Angeles Sculpture Today, Speaking Volumes: 19 Interviews," Art in America, November, pp. 177-178. Wood, Eve. "Martin Kersels," artUS, July-September, p.15. Miles, Christopher. "Rattling the cage of pop culture, politics," Los Angeles Times, p. E14, March 24.

2004
Jagger, William. "Yankee Remix," Art New England, December 2003/January.

2003
Dick, Leslie. "Gravity and Grace," Contemporary, issue 57, pp. 28-31, illus.
Wilson Lloyd, Ann. "Preserving Yankee History With International Ingenuity," The
New York Times, Sunday, Aug 3, pp. 26 – 28.
Temin, Christine. "Past becomes present in sophisticated 'Yankee Remix,'"
Boston Sunday Globe, August 3. Temin, Christine. "Red, White, and Pink Cellophane," Boston Sunday Globe, May 18.
Oppenheimer, Daniel. "The Way We Never Were: New England Revisited at MASS MoCA's Yankee Remix," Valley Advocate, Aug. 7, 2003.
Elias, Dan. "Yankee Nouvelle," Arts Media, September.
"SPNEA and MASS MoCA: Mix it Up," Nema News, Fall.
"Yankee Remix Shines a New Light on Old Objects," The Advocate, Aug. 20.
"'Yankee Remix' Exhibition," Berkshire Home-Style, June.
Best Bet. "'Yankee Remix' Comes to Mass MoCA," The Berkshire Eagle, July 10.
"'Yankee Remix' Exhibit on View at Mass MoCA," The Berkshire Eagle, June 14.
Critic's Picks. "Yankee Remix," Albany Times Union, June 8.
Cahill, Timothy. "MASS MoCA show makes postmodern art out of the artifacts of old New England," Albany Times Union, Aug. 10. Lloyd, Ann Wilson. "Preserving Yankee History With International Ingenuity," The New York Times, August 3.
Turino, Kenneth. "Artists Mix It Up," Historic New England, Summer 2003.
Palumbo, Mary Jo. "A Strange Artistic Partnership Yields Hip History," Boston Herald, June 8.
"Behind the Scenes: Something Old, Something New," Museums Boston,
Spring/Summer.
Gardner, Karen. "Yankee Remix Brings New Works to MASS MoCA Galleries,"
North Adams Transcript, April 11.
Bonenti, Charles. "MoCA Gets Into Gear: 'Yankee Remix' Exhibition Rethinks
Region's Heritage," May 23.

2002
Gellatly, Andrew. "the americans. new art: Barbican Art Gallery, London,"
Frieze, Jan - Feb, p. 99-100, illus.

2001
Trainor, James. "Martin Kersels: Deitch Projects," Frieze, p. 122, illus.
Israel, Nico. "Martin Kersels," Artforum, Summer, pp. 184-185
Duncan, Michael. "The Serious Slapstick of Martin Kersels," Art in America, April, pp. 120-125
Village Voice, March 20, illus.
Glueck, Grace. "Martin Kersels 'Tumble Room,'" New York Times, March 16.

2000
Pagel, David. "Inspiring Links Between Art and Science," Los Angeles Times, August 18, p. F2 and F3.
Irmas, Deborah. "Martin Kersels," Nano, no. 1, illus.
"The Wonderful Wizard of Art," Harper's Bazaar, September.

1999
Hainley, Bruce. "1000 Words," Artforum, September.
Knight, Christopher. "That's Show Biz," Los Angeles Times, Sept., p. 24, Illus.
Lindgaard, Jade. "XXL," Les inrockupitbles, special Printemps de Cahors supplement, no. 203, June 16, p. 13, illus.

1998
Murakami, Takashi. "Martin Kersels," Studio Voice, December, p. 111, Illus.
Darling, Michael. "The Fat Man Sings," LA Weekly, Oct. 30-Nov. 5, p. 48, Illus.
Wilson, William. "Commotion' Pulls Viewers Into Artist's Wacky Life," Los Angeles Times, Oct. 21, p. F3, Illus.
Jouannais, Jean-Yves. "The Art of Idiocy," Art Press, September, pp. 40-41, illus.

1998
Smith, Alison. "Preview, Young Americans 2," The Face, No. 20, September, pp. 86-187, Illus.
Lerner, Jesse. "Martin Kersels," Poliester, Summer, pp. 50-51, Illus.
Snowflake, #3, p. 2 (photograph)
Schafer, David. "Martin Kersels," Art Papers, May-June, p. 30, Illus.
Gerstler, Amy. "Martin Kersels," Artforum, May, p. 155, Illus.
Grabner, Michelle. "Martin Kersels," New Art Examiner, March, p. 49, Illus.

1997
Tom, Karen. "Commotion: Martin Kersels," Cover, vol. 11, #5, p. 97.
"100 Coolest People in L.A.," Buzz, October, p. 98.
Kassulke, Natasha. "Preview, Commotion: Martin Kersels," The Capital Times,
Rhythm Section, cover, pp. 10-11, Illus.
Huici, Fernando. "Delicias del Microondas," El Pais (Madrid), July 12.
Nornblot, Javier R. "Cruising L.A.: el mundo fuera de la burbuja," El Punto de las Artes, Madrid , July 4-17.
Parreno, Jose Maria. "Los Angeles, Punto de Encuentro", ABC, Madrid, July 4.
Mora, M. "El arte crudo de seis 'chicos malos' de Los Angeles se muestra en
Madrid: 'Cruising L.A.' combina fotos, instalaciones y pinturas," El Pais, Madrid, July 1.
Barnatan, Marcos R. "La mirada despotica," El Mundo (Madrid), June 28.
Smith, Roberta. "The Celluloid Cave", The New York Times, June 27, pp. 110- 113.
Knight, Christopher. "A 'Cola' That Refreshes," Los Angeles Times, May 27, p. 1F & F8.
Knight, Christopher. "Show Time at Biennial: Send in the Big Crowds," Los Angeles Times, March 23, pp. 74-75.
Sanders, Mark. "Totally Wired," Dazed & Confused, #30, pp. 51-53, Illus.
Young, Paul. "An "A" for UCLA Art Graduates to the Top of the Art-School Ladder," Buzz, Summer, p.34.
Drohojowska, Hunter. "He Likes to Throw His Weight Around," Los Angeles Times, March 23, Calendar Section, pp. 74-75, Illus.
Bonetti, David. San Francisco Examiner, February 28, p. C-11.
Melrod, George. World Art, No. 18, quarterly, pp. 40-45, Illus.
Fusselman, Amy. Bunnyrabbit, #8, pp. 20-28, Illus.
Miles, Christopher. "Multi-Medium Madcap," SOMA, March, pp.13-16, Illus.
Greene, David A. "Martin Kersels," Art & Text, No. 56, pp. 81-82, Illus.
Decter, Joshua. "Martin Kersels," Artforum, February, pp. 86-87, Illus.
Hainley, Bruce. "Power of Suggestion," Artforum, February, p.82, Illus.
"69 At The Whitney," Detour, p. 156.

1996
Reid, Calvin. "Martin Kersels at Jay Gorney," Art in America, November, pp. 111-112.
Knight, Christopher. "Drawing the Conventional Conceptualist's Conclusion," Los Angeles Times, Nov 12, p. F3.
Smith, Roberta. "Martin Kersels at Jay Gorney," The New York Times, September 26, p. C29.
Servetar, Stuart. "Martin Kersels," The New Art Examiner, October, p., Illus.
Arning, Bill. "Big in L.A.," The Village Voice, September 24, p. 71.
Halle, Howard. "Heavy: An L.A. Artist Shows That Size Matters," Time Out New York, September 4-11, p. 32.
Alexander, Randy. "Hero," The New Art Examiner, May, p. 54, Illus.
Smith, Roberta. "Art, Film and Their Brilliant, Messy Union," The New York Times, April 7, p. H33.
Kimmelman, Michael. "Ambitious Miami Reaches for a Place in the Sun," The New York Times, Mar 31, p. C34 & 37.
Attias, Laurie. "Beauty and the Beast," Art News, April, p. 142, Illus.
Greene, David. "Need Your Love (Martin Kersels)," Art Issues, March/April pp. 15-18, Illus.
Wilke, Deborah. "Left of Center," The New Art Examiner, March, pp. 35-36.
Sillman, Amy. "Left of Center," Things Review (internet magazine), February 20, p. 1
Stein, Lisa. "Ten in One Gallery," Chicago New City, February 18.
Jindalji, Kaoru. "Paris," Bijutsu Techo, Tokyo, February, p. 83.
Smith, Roberta. "Sampler 2: Single Channel Video from Southern California," The New York Times, Jan 26, p. C25.

1995
Piguet, Philippe. "La Belle et le Bete," L'Oeil, Illus.
"La Belle et le Bete," Paris Le Jourloi, October 15, Illus.
Tager, Alisa. Art in America, November, p. 121, Illus.
Pagel, David. "Musical Chairs," Frieze, November/December, pp. 42-43, Illus.
Myers, Terry R. "Martin Kersels," New Art Examiner, October, pp. 48-49, Illus.
Zellen, Jody. "Looking Back in Anger," Art Press (Paris), September, p. 1, Illus.
Becker, Shizuyo. BT, Japan, August, p. 123, Illus.
Greene, David. "For Your Listening & Viewing Pleasure," Los Angeles Reader, June 2, p. 14, Illus.
Knight, Christopher. "Artful Sounds," Los Angeles Times, May 10, p. F6.
Selwyn, Marc. "Report from Los Angeles," Flash Art, May/June, pp. 97-99, Illus.

1994
Duncan, Michael. "L.A. Rising," Art in America, December, pp. 74, 76-77, Illus.
Kandel, Susan. "'Sincerity' Focuses on Beauty, but Not Without Irony," Los Angeles Times, November 24, p. F20.
Harvey, Doug. "Martin Kersels," Visions Quarterly, Winter, pp. 33-34, Illus.
Darling, Michael. "An Insistent Whimsy," Artweek, August, p. 13.
Saltz, Jerry. "L.A. Rising," Art & Auction, April, p. 91.
Tager, Alisa. "Martin Kersels," Art Issues, March/April, p. 45, Illus.
"Ze News", Galeries Magazine, October, p. 35.
Kugleman, Kerry. "The Day of the Machine," Artweek, January 20, p. 13, Illus.
Frank, Peter. "Art Pick of the Week," L.A. Weekly, January 7, Illus.

1993
Pagel, David. "An Enthusiastic Embrace of Powerful Ambiguity," Los Angeles Times, December 30, Illus.


SELECTED AWARDS

2008
The John Solomon Guggenheim Fellowship
The Fellows of Contemporary Art Artist's Fellowship

1999
Foundation for Contemporary Performance Arts Fellowship

1996
City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Individual Artists Grant


PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Museu d'Art Contemporàni de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
The Francis Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga Springs, NY
Schwartz Art Collection, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA

Artist Images

Throne
2006
Wood and epoxy
60 by 30 by 33 in. 152.4 by 76.2 by 83.8 cm.


Tossing a Friend (Melinda #2)
1996
Fujiflex print
27 by 39 in. 68.9 by 99.1 cm.


Kourous and me #3
2000
Cibachrome print
54 by 78 in. 137.2 by 198.2 cm.


Kourous and me #4
2000
Cibachrome print
54 by 78 in. 137.2 by 198.2 cm.


Sleeper's Dream
2003
Wood, steel, wallpaper, faux cherry tree and hemp plants, chandelier,
mulch, paper, broken crockery and furniture
168 by 60 by 24 in. 426.7 by 154.2 by 61 cm.


Objects of the Dealer
1995
Speakers, cassette tape players, switches, aluminum, audio tapes, office furniture, office equipment
Dimensions variable


Fat Man
2002
48 by 54 by 144 in. 121.9 by 137.2 by 365.8 cm.
Mirror tiles, felt, wood


Headache
2008
Wood, metal, cloth, rope, rubber
102 by 54 by 72 in. 259.1 by 137.2 by 182.8


Attempt to Raise the Temperature of a Container of Water by Yelling At It
1996
Glass, wood, CD player, underwater speaker, recording thermometer, cables, audio recording
Dimensions variable


Dionysian Stage
2005
Willow, misc. household furniture and goods, steel, wood, motor, rubber
274.3 by 426.7 by 426.7 in. 696.7 by 1083.8 by 1083.8 cm.


Fat Iggy 1
2008
Black and white C-print, ed. 6/6
13 by 19 in. 33 by 48.3 cm.


Fat Iggy 2
2008
Black and white C-print
13 by 19 in. 33 by 48.3 cm.


Fat Iggy 3
2008
Black and white C-print
13 by 19 in. 33 by 48.3 cm.


Fat Iggy 4
2008
Black and white C-print
13 by 19 in. 33 by 48.3 cm.


Fat Iggy 5
2008
Black and white C-print
13 by 19 in. 33 by 48.3 cm.


Fat Iggy 6
2008
Black and white C-print
13 by 19 in. 33 by 48.3 cm.


MacArthur Park
1996
Wood, motor, speaker, table, CD player, amplifier, CD


Object of the Dealer
1995
Two line telephone with soundtrack