Born 1984 in Prague. Lives and works in Berlin.
Education
2011 Meisterschuler at Städelschule, Frankfurt, Class of Simon Starling
2010 BcA, Film Academy FAMU, Prague
2008- 2010 UdK Berlin, Class of Gregor Schneider
Exile Exhibitions
2011 art:gwangju:11 (group)
2011 Glare Inland, Quiet Attachment (solo)
2010 SummerCamp (group)
Select Exhibitions
2012
Post studio tales,
District Berlin
dotcom,
BSNP at Centre d'Art Bastille, Grenoble
Gravity, Money, Concrete, Fabric,
Galerie Suvi Lehtinen
Nobody Knows You're a Dog,
Kalmar Konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
Astral Projection Abduction Fantasy,
Monster Truck Gallery, Dublin
2011
Material Conversion,
Grimmuseum, Berlin
Looking for Mr. McLuhan,Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York
Virgins Lives (with Michal Pechoucek), Jiri Svestka Gallery, Berlin
Rat Piss Virus give it to me,
Yautepec Gallery, Mexico City
Life on the Screen, Joyce Yahouda Gallery, Montréal
READ/WRITE, 319 Scholes, New York
Als der Nachbar zum telefonieren kam, Galerie Petra Vankova, Berlin
Post Internet Survival Guide,Gentili Apri, Berlin
2010
Solo Show, The Future Gallery, Berlin, Germany
FAQ, PMgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Watching Martin Kohout; launched as an online solo show at JstChillin.org
Liminal Work, Galerie Suvi Lehtinen, Berlin, Germany
Play Biennial, Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States of America
Transgression, Videotage, Hong Kong
Bosch Young Talent Show, Den Bosch, Netherlands
Whole Earth Catalogue, Neoncampobase, Bologna
SummerCamp, Exile, Berlin
2009
Bezesměrný pohyb (Non-directional Movement), Entrance Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Musíme víceméně (We Have To More or Less), together with Tomáš Bárta, curated by Jan Zálešák, Galerie Mladých, Brno, Czech Republic
Herring under a fur coat, Program, Berlin (group)
Projectables, 7a Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre (group)
mybiennialisbetterthanyours.com, curated by Tolga Taluy; Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France (group)
Objekt animace. Třetí smysl (Object Animation. Third Sense), curated by F. Cenek, J. Havlíček, M. Mazanec, V. Mílek; Krajská galerie výtvarného umění ve Zlíně, Zlín Czech Republic (group)
GEIST #II, Berlin, Germany (group)
Screengrab, James Cook University, Townsville, Austria (group)
2008
Jakmile mě okupuješ, pronikám do tebe (As Soon As You Occupy Me, I Penetrate You), A.M. 180, Prague, Czech Republic
Pixxelpoint 2008, curated by Domenico Quaranta, Nova Gorcica, Slowenia (group)
INTRO 518 TEDˇ 69 TEDˇ* TEDˇ 180 BONUS Q TRACK!, curated by D. Böhm, J. Franta, M. Meduna; Karlin Studios, Prague, Czech Republic (group)
Therapy, curated by Pavel Sedlák; CIANT Gallery, Prague Czech Republic (group)
2007
We Make Boxes 280407, Benzínka, Slaný, Czech Republic
Enter3: Web 2.0 Generation, curated by Denisa Kera, Prague, Czech Republic (group)
Awards
2010
Scholarship at KHM Köln and finalist for 14. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis, Marl, Germany
2008
Other Visions award for Moonwalk video at PAF 2008, Olomouc, Czech Republic
2006
Lab.Award for Ombea project at Lab30 festival in Augsburg, Germany
Press and Publications
2010
Vernacular Video, essay by Domenico Quaranta for Flash Art Italy n. 285
Watching Martin Kohout, essay by Gene McHugh
Poučeni uměním spolupracují, an article by Lenka Lindaurova for Lidove Noviny
7a bienal do mercosul, exhibition catalog
14. Marler Video-Kunst-Preis, exhibition catalog
Berlin Athina, exhibition catalogue
2009
Objekt animace. Třetí smysl (Object Animation. Third Sense), exhibition catalogue, ed. Cenek, Filip and Martin Mazanec
2008
A2 #40 (01/10/2008), Kazalky in an article „Nové umění z kráteru“ by Pavel Sedlák
Lidové Noviny (09/08/2008), column Galerie curated by Katherine Kastner
Nový Prostor #306, p. 21, text by Jiří Ptáček
2007
Umelec Inernational, text by Jiří Ptáček
IdN Magazine #5
Sticker City book (Thames & Hudson)
Hype magazine #23
2006
Lidové Noviny, Za barevnější svět (Jan Kovalík)
Wooster Comix #1
For further information on Martin Kohout please visit the artist's website: www.martinkohout.com
