Martin Denker

Born in Hamburg / Germany

Art and Literature Studies at EMAU, Greifswald / Germany

Painting, Photography and Art History Studies with Profs. Ronald C. Binks and Neil Maurer at UTSA, San Antonio / USA
Assistant to Prof. Binks and Studio Swain Edens

Fine Art Photography Studies with Prof. Thomas Ruff  at the Art Academy Düsseldorf / Germany

Assistant to Andreas Gursky

Master Student of Thomas Ruff

Lives and works in Düsseldorf

Private Collections (selection)

APO BANK Collection, Düsseldorf / Germany
Christian Boehringer, Wiesbaden / Germany
Bronner Family, Philara Collection, Düsseldorf / Germany
EAF Collection, Berlin / Germany
FLOSSBACH VON STORCH Collection, Cologne / Germany
Michael Haas, Berlin / Germany
HIRMER Collection, Munich / Germany
MERCK FINCK Collection, Düsseldorf / Germany
Leo von Diergard, Düsseldorf / Germany
LEUE & NILL Collection, Dortmund / Germany
Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin/Düsseldorf / Germany
Sven Väth, Frankfurt / Germany
VIBRO Collection / Sammlung Viehof, Mönchengladbach / Germany
Rich Collection, Zug / Switzerland
Yuanart Collection, Lucerne / Switzerland
Dumont Collection, Chaponnay / France
Marc Lavoine, Paris / France
Bob Sinclar, Paris / France
Philippe Starck, Paris / France
Trigano Family Collection, Paris / France
Glenn Bjoernholt Collection, Oslo /  Norway
Jack Helgesen Collection, Oslo /  Norway
STATOIL Collections in Oslo, Trondheim and Stavanger / Norway
Morten Viskum, Vestfossen / Norway
Royal Family Collection at the Court of Qatar, Sheika Mouza Al Misnad, Doha / Qatar
Bill Bickford Collection, Norwalk / USA
Brillstein Collection, Los Angeles / USA
De Causans Collection, New York / USA
Ariadne Getty-Williams Collection, Beverly Hills / USA
George Gilpin, New York / USA
Dave Hodge Collection, New York / USA
Lang Goodman Collection, New York / USA
Proskauer Rose Collection, New York / USA
Shafton Collection, New York / USA
Tunkl Collection, Los Angeles / USA
Ron Valdez, New York / USA

Museums

Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Orlando / USA
Cube Art Museum, Beijing / China
GCA Museum, Chongqing / China
Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster, Aachen / Germany
Mältinranta Art Centre, Tampere / Finland
Mathaf Arab Museum of Contemporary Arts, Doha / Qatar
MMOMA, Moscow / Russia
Musee La Filature, Mulhouse / France
Museo Rufno Tamayo, Mexico City / Mexico
Rollins Museum of Art, Orlando / USA
New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe / USA
Vestfossen Museet Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen / Norway

Travel Grant China (Chongqing), Federal State NRW

Travel Grant China (Beijing), Federal State NRW

Travel Grant Finland, City of Düsseldorf

Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany: ​European Month of Photography,
Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria

The KM-Collection – Kunsthaus Meerbusch Meerbusch, Germany (group)
FUSION – State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz, Germany (group)
Klassenverhältnisse: Die Zweite Staffel – Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster Aachen, Germany (group)

RequiemMD – Modus Concept Space/Barberini Palace Potsdam, Germany (solo)​
Lines – Haus der Kunst Enniger Münster, Germany (group)​
WELT… Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft – Kunst & Denker Contemporary Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
Klassenverhältnisse – Kunsthaus NRW Kornelimünster Aachen, Germany (group)

Chaos II – Kunst & Denker Contemporary Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
A Benefit Art Extravaganza – Richard Levy Gallery  Albuquerque, USA (group)

Cancel – DBCA Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
Animal Farm – Kunst & Denker Contemporary Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
untitled – KIB-Raum für Kunst Berlin, Germany (group)
Chaos – Kunst & Denker Contemporary Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
Retrospective: Historical Artists’ Order of Merit of the Prince’s Guard – Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf Düsseldorf, Germany (group)

Special – KIB-Raum für Kunst Berlin, Germany (group)
Madeleine-Effekt – Artist Association of Castle Benrath Düsseldorf, Germany (group)

Untitled Reality – davidbehning galerie Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
​​LichtBild – Artist Association of Castle Benrath Düsseldorf, Germany (group)

Confirm you’re not a robot – davidbehning galerie Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
​​Coming Face to Face – Yuanart Collection Show Lucerne, Switzerland (group)
​​Wundersame Welten – Michael Haas Gallery Berlin, Germany (group)

26 Contemporary Artists – Epicenter Stockholm Stockholm, Sweden (group)
​Questioning Photography Now – GCA – Galaxy Museum of Contemporary Art Chongqing, China (group)
42 Contemporary Artists – Courts of Wedding EAF Berlin, Germany (group)

30 Contemporary Artists – Berlin Gallery Weekend EAF Berlin, Germany (group)
​Yuanart Collection Show Lucerne, Switzerland (group)

50 Contemporary Artists – Berlin Art Week EAF Berlin, Germany (group)
Nullsummenspiel – Düsseldorf Photoweekend Düsseldorf, Germany (group)

Dear Dave – Foley Gallery New York, USA (group)

Artbat Fest – 5th International Contemporary Art Festival Almaty, Kasachstan (group)
​Werkhallen reloaded – Werkhallen | Obermann | Burkhard Oberwinter, Germany (group)
FIFA Worldcup 2014 – artistic concept for accommodation of the German National Soccer-Team in Bahia Santo Andre, Brasil (group)
Vielfalt statt Einfalt – Kunstmuseum Villa Zanders Bergisch Gladbach, Germany (group)

1986 – 2013 / An artist collecting art – Vestfossen Museet Kunstlaboratorium Vestfossen, Norway (group/catalogue)
​VielZuViel – Galerie Baum auf dem Hügel Berlin, Germany (group)
​Goodbye Paradise – Landschaft nach 2000 – Kunsthalle Osnabrück Osnabrück, Germany (group/catalogue)

State Of The Art Photography – NRW Forum Düsseldorf, Germany (group/catalogue)
​Initiative for Christoph Schlingensief’s Operndorf Afrika – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart – Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, Germany (group)

Highspeed Insanity – PUG / Blomqvist Art Center Oslo, Norway (group/catalogue)
​Remix: Old And New Acquisitions From The Permanent Collection – Cornell Fine Arts Museum Orlando, USA (group)
Martin Denker . David LaChapelle – Kunsthal Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands (group)

Stockwerk Zwölf – Fotografie der Kunstakadmie – Vertical Gallery, Quadriennale Düsseldorf, Germany (group/catalogue)
​​WesternPlastic – Kunstverein kjubh Cologne, Germany (solo)
​​Medialisation – Open Space Art Moscow, Russia (group)
MindGames – Statoil Art Program Trondheim & Oslo, Norway (solo/catalogue with Eivind Blaker)
​​Martin Denker – Richard Levy Gallery Albuquerque, USA (solo)

New Art from Dusseldorf – Cube Art Museum Beijing, China (group)
The unforgettable fire. 25 years Torch Gallery – Kunsthal Rotterdam Rotterdam, Netherlands (group/catalogue)
​​Absolute Zero – Bruce Silverstein Gallery New York, USA (solo)

Travaux personnels de sept anciens élèves de Thomas Ruff – Musée La Filature Mulhouse, France (group)
andererseits III – Kunstverein Malkasten Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
Early Bird – Kunstverein Dorsten Dorsten, Germany (group)
​Martin Denker – Mältinranta Artcenter Tampere, Finland (solo)
LuxPerpetua3008 – Galerie Michael Haas Berlin, Germany (solo/catalogue)
CitizenOfThePlanet – M+B Gallery Los Angeles, USA (solo)

Nach dem Sputnik – KIT – Kunst im Tunnel Düsseldorf, Germany (group/catalogue)
j-pix vs. mpegs – Torch Gallery Amsterdam, Netherlands (solo)
untitled – Cédric Emelinckx, Silvertomato Brussels, Belgium (group)
​untitled – Irrek FineArts Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
Cou Cook’s Eye – Galerie Hafenrichter & Flügel Nuremberg, Germany (solo/catalogue)

German Photography – Richard Levy Gallery Albuquerque, USA (group)
Perfect 10 – Richard Levy Gallery Albuquerque, USA (group)
Points Of View – Zeitgenössische Photographie – Auden Galerie Bad Homburg, Germany (group)
DJR – Das Junge Rheinland Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
Wazzup? – Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany: European Month of Photography, Fotogalerie Wien Vienna, Austria (group)
Plattform Paris – Düsseldorf – Institut Français Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
Plattform Paris – Düsseldorf – Galerie Kamchatka Paris, France (group)
5er WG – Galerie Revolver Düsseldorf, Germany (group)

Paranoia Royal – Galerie Burkhard Eikelmann Düsseldorf, Germany (solo)
untitled – Blue Star Contemporary Art Center San Antonio, USA (group)
Fünf Freunde – Kulturzentrum Zürich Zurich, Switzerland (group)
Realität de Luxe – Galerie Hafenrichter & Flügel Nuremberg, Germany (solo/catalogue)

Realismus Update – Kunstverein Malkasten Düsseldorf, Germany (group)
In Human Beings Sex Is Optional – Blue Star Contemporary Art Center San Antonio, USA (solo)

Annual Art Show – University of Texas San Antonio, USA (group)
Sexy – Performance and Video-Show, University of Texas San Antonio, USA (solo)
​​Concrete Landscapes – Campus University of Texas San Antonio, USA (solo)

Annual Art Show – University of Texas San Antonio, USA (group)