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1975 Born, Fredrickstad, Norway
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany

EDUCATION

1998-2002
MFA Fine Art, National Academy of Fine Arts, Oslo, Norway
1996-1998
BA Fine Art, Mølla Artschool, Moss, Norway
2007-2008
Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Residency, Berlin


PRIZES AND GRANTS

2005-2008
Two-Year Government Working Grant
First Prize, Diesel New Art Award, Category: Action/Draw
2004-2005
OCA Grant
Ingrid Langaards Fund

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Slideshow Johnny, Art Statements, Basel, Switzerland

2011
The Blind Spot, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London

2010
Bold Peek Point, Galleri MGM (OSL Contemporary), Oslo, Norway
Grimmuseum, Tegneklubben, Berlin, Germany
Tegnebiennalen (The Drawing Biennale), Moss, Norway

2009
Øks (Østfold Kunstnersenter), Fredrikstad, Norway
Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Sevents Swept The Sand Smooth, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles

2008
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
There's Plenty of Gold, I've Been Told,Galleri MGM, (OSL Contemporary), Oslo

2005
Dirty Work(s), Galleri 21, Malmø, Sweden

2004
American Elk, Nordic Art Info, Oslo, Norway

2001
Blue Room, Subcomandante, Oslo, Norway


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS


2012
Bergen Kunstmuseum, Bergen, Norway (May-June 2012)

2011
An Imaginary Party, Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
MONA,Museum of Old and New Art, Tazmania, Australia
Mihai Nicodim Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Sammlung Falkenberg, Captain Pamphile Hamburg, Germany
Soho House Miami, Collection, Miami, USA
Tracable, ZAK Galleria, Siena, Italy

2010
Kunsthall Walkreiburg, Pamphile Show, curated by Guenther Reski, Walkreiburg, Germany
Luis Adelantado, Valencia, Spain
Soho House Berlin, Germany
Forgotten Bar, The Show, Berlin, Germany
The Stenersen Museum, Norwegian Surrealism 1930-2010, Oslo, Norway
Kunstnernes Hus, Høstutstillingen

2009
Against Exclusion, 3rd Moscow Biennale, Curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, Moscow, Russia
New Works, Galleri MGM (OSL Contemporary), Oslo, Norway
Internasjonalen 2nd Floor, Times (Fictional Covers) Soloshow, Oslo, Norway
Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Nachspiel/Vorspiel, Vestfossen, Norway
Pamphile-Show, Jet, Berlin
The Punishment of Luxury & Lust, Group show including Adrian Ghenie, Cyprien Gaillard, Ciprian Murusan and Martin Skauen, Mihai Nicodim Gallery, L.A., California
Resisting Times, Vice, Berlin Germany
Dark Matters, Peder Balke Senteret, Toten, Norway

2008
Galleri Gann, Sandnes, Norway

Norske Bilder 2008, Oslo Rådhus (Town Hall), Norway
Larm Galleri, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hardcore, Sørlandets Kunstmuseum, Kristiansand, Norway
Tomorrow Always Belongs To Us, Goteborgs Kunsthall, Goteborg, Sweden
Lights on Contemporary Norwegian Art, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway

Tang Contemporary Art Center, Beijing, China, curated by Carol LU
Tegnebiennalen (The Drawing Biennial), Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
Tegneknlubben, Tegneforbundet, Oslo, Norway
Holiday in Arcadia, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, Norway

2007
Destroy Athens, Athens Biennial, Greece
Animotion, Galleri-F15, Moss, Norway, curated by Elisabeth Byrne
Living with Contemporary Art, Galleri-F15, Moss, Norway, curated by Ole Slyngstadli
The Drawing Club, Galleri 54, Gothenburg, Sweden
Future Primitive, UKS, Oslo, Norway
Whenever It Starts It Is The Right Time, Frankfurt Kunstverein, Germany

2006
Death of a Toastmaster, Carte Blance Gallery, Vestfossen,Norway
Imagine The Universe Bursts Into Song, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Momentum Festival of Contemporary Art, Moss, Norway
Aneversity, Galleri F-15, Moss, Norway
< Norwegian Video, Museum for Modern Art, Gdansk, Poland
< Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Polen

2005
Torpedo, Oslo, Norway

Diesel New Art, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Oslo
The Observatory Vol I, Laura Bartlett Gallery, London
Høstutstillingen, The Fall Exhibition, Artist House, Oslo
Suicide Sue, Galleri Seilduken, Oslo, Norway
Astra Castra, Cathleen Cullen Fine Arts, N.Y.,USA
Tegneklubben, The Drawing Club, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway
It All Fuckin Fits, Vincent-lunge.com, Webgallery
The Body's Surface, Artek Contemporaries, New York, USA

2004
Studio 100,Oslo,Norway
Vekerø Sculpturegarden, Oslo, Norway
Rathhaus, Town Hall, Oslo, Norway

2003
Waterrats, Collaboration, Diip-project, Venice, Italy
Waterrats, Collaboration, Gallery F-15, Moss, Norway


2002
Entrance, The Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway

2001
The Bootstrappers, Artist House, Oslo, Norway
Summary, Rolf Hoff's collection, Kreditkassens main office, Oslo, Norway

2000
Norwegian Walking, Ocular Lab, Melbourne, Australia
Postprofessionalism, VCA, Melbourne, Australia
No Excuse, Gallery 21:26, Oslo, Norway

1999
Raw Force, Gallery 21:25, Oslo, Norway


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

2011
Skauen, Martin, Essays in Misunderstanding vol. 1 edition of 300

2008
auteur, published by Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien Berlin, essay by Christoph Tannert “The artist as a theatricalist of cruelty”

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The meaning of sex, edited by Wencke Muhleisen and Christel Sverre, published by Pax Forlag, ISBN 978-82-530-2984-9
Destroy Athens, 1st, exh. cat. Athens Biennal, essay by Giannis Arvanitis, ISBN 978-960-6654-57-2
Unraveling Demons, exh. cat. Sex(y) Kunstboka, Gallery, Arsenal
Whenever it Starts it is the Right Time, Frankfurt Kunstverein, essays by Chus Martinez, Charles Esche, Brian Holmes and Raimundas Malasauskas, ISBN 978-386588-376-6
Future Primitive, curated and edited by Helga-Marie Nordby


PRESS

2010
Martin Skauen, Morgenbladet, October 2009
Holly Myers Review, LA Times, April 3
COOMER Martin, "Martin Skauen", Time Out London, 12- 18 February
Martin Skauen. Un ritorno al classico surrealismo, Arte e Critica, issue 58
Martin Coomer Martin Skauen, Time Out London, 12-18 February
Martin Skauen, kunstforum Oslo, No. 1

2008
Michele D’AURIZIO, Mousse Magazine, Issue 13, March
Tommy OLSSON, Golden Years- BilledKunst, March
Gunnar B. KVARAN Lights On, Norsk Samtidskunst

2006
Drawings, Utflukt (www.utflukt.com)
Jason Jules Universal Talent - Nordic Art, Dazed and Confusedmagazine
Martin Hubert Imagine The Universe Bursts into Song, Time Out, 24 May
Jessica Lack Imagine The Universe Bursts Into Song, The Guide,20 May

2005
Contribution to Truce Magazine, (www.truce.ch)
Contribution to Odd Magazine (www.oddmagazine.com)