Martin Kersels (born 1960) is an American contemporary artist. Kersels' work is largely installation based, incorporating

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and

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. Kersels is a professor of sculpture and director of graduate studies at the

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Early life

Kersels was born in Los Angeles in 1960. He received his received his Master of Fine Arts degree from the UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture in 1995.

Academic career

In 1999 Kersels and author/artist Leslie Dick were jointly selected "to run the arts program" at CalArts at the

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(CalArts). Kersels served as co-director of the CalArts Program in Art until he moved to the

, where in 2012 he became an associate professor and director of graduate studies in sculpture.

Exhibitions

2010 * "2010: Whitney Biennial",

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, New York, US 2009 * ''Fat Iggy: Discography'', Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France * "Fat Iggy", Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy * "California Video",

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, Los Angeles, US 2008 * "Headache and Other New Works", ACME., Los Angeles, US * ''Heavyweight Champion'',

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, US 2007 * ''Heavyweight Champion'', The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga, US 2006 * ''Tumble Room/Deitch Projects'', Art Unlimited, Art 37 Basel, Basel, Switzerland * ''Charms in a Throne Room'', ACME, Los Angeles, US 2005 * ''Orchestra for Idiots'', Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France 2004 * ''Wishing Well'', ACME, Los Angeles, US. * ''Illuminous'', Guido Costa Project, Turin, Italy. 2002 * ''Fat Man'', Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, France * ''Bracelet'', Peggy Phelps Gallery,

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, US * ''Martin Kersels, Showette / John Sonsini Recent Paintings'', ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, US 2001 * ''Tumble Room'' Deitch Projects, New York.

Collections

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, Paris, France *

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, New York *

, Santa Monica *

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, Newport Beach *

Hammer Museum The Hammer Museum, which is affiliated with the University of California, Los Angeles, is an art museum and cultural center known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur- ...

, Los Angeles *

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, Los Angeles *

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, Los Angeles *

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, North Miami *

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, Paris, France *

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, Paris, France *

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, New York *

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, Madison, WI * The Francis Tang Teaching Museum, Saratoga, NY * Schwartz Art Collection,

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, Cambridge, MA *

Henry Art Gallery The Henry Art Gallery ("The Henry") is a contemporary art museum located on the campus of the University of Washington, in Seattle, Washington, United States. Located on the west edge of the university's campus along 15th Avenue N.E. in the Un ...

, Seattle, Washington

Awards

Kersels was a 2008

Guggenheim Fellow Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, endowed by the late Simon and Olga Hirsh Guggenheim. These awards are bestowed upon individuals who have demonstrated d ...

References

External links

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