Chus Martinez
Illustration — Martínez in 2015 Chus Martínez (born 1972) is a Spanish curator, art historian, and writer. She is currently the director of the Art Institute at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design, Basel, where she also runs the Institute’s exhibition space Der Tank. Additionally, Martínez is the artistic director of Ocean Space, Venice, a space spearheaded by TBA21–Academy that promotes ocean literacy, research, and advocacy through the arts.
Also recorded as Maria Chus Martinez
Chus Martinez
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- Chus Martinez was born in 1972. · Ponteceso.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- art historian · philosopher · writer · exhibition curator
- Fields
- art history
- Education
- Autonomous University of Barcelona · Bard College · Columbia University
- Languages
- Spanish · English
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Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Career
Career
In 2017, Martínez was curator of KölnSkulptur #9. She sits on the advisory boards of numerous international art institutions, including Castello di Rivoli, Turin; De Appel, Amsterdam; Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin; and Museum der Moderne, Salzburg.
Martínez was chief curator at El Museo del Barrio, New York, from 2012–2014. Prior to that she was the head of the department of artistic direction and a member of the core agent group for DOCUMENTA(13), for which she edited, with Bettina Funcke, the series “100 Notes–100 Thoughts.” Formerly, as chief curator at the Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art (MACBA) (2008–2010), director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein (2005–2008), and artistic director at Sala Rekalde, in Bilbao (2002–2005), Martínez has organized numerous exhibitions and publications with contemporary artists. In 2005, she commissioned the Cyprus Pavilion at the 51st Venice Biennale, with artists Panayiotis Michael and Konstantia Sofokleous, and in 2015, Martínez curated the Catalan proposal to the 56th Venice Biennale, with artist Albert Serra. Martínez has also served as curatorial advisor for the 2015 Istanbul Biennial, the 29th São Paulo Art Biennial in 2010, and for the 2008 Carnegie International.
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Chus Martinez, recorded as a curator, was born in 1972. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Education
Education
Martínez studied art history and philosophy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, continuing her studies at the University of Tübingen and at the Free University of Berlin. In 1995, she worked at the Hamburger Bahnhof, in Berlin. Following this, she attended Columbia University and the Center for Curatorial Studies, at Bard College, New York, where she completed her masters.
Sala Rekalde
Sala Rekalde
• 2004: David Lamelas, "Space/Time/Fiction" • 2005: "The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds: Twenty Proposals for Imagining the Future" with Lars Bang Larsen and Carles Guerra • 2005: Sharon Lockhart, "Pine Flat"
Frankfurter Kunstverein
Frankfurter Kunstverein
• 2006: "Ist das Leben nicht schön? Chapter 1: Esra Ersen" • 2006: "Ist das Leben nicht schön? Chapter 2: Wilhelm Sasnal" • 2007: "Pensée Sauvage? On Freedom" • 2008: "The Great Game to Come" • 2008: "Ibon Aranberri: Disorder"
Reina Sofia
Reina Sofia
• 2008: Deimantas Narkevičius, "The Unanimous Life"
MACBA
MACBA
• 2009: Thomas Bayrle, "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore" • 2009: "The Malady of Writing: A Project on Text and Speculative Imagination" • 2009: "Ray Johnson: PLEASE ADD TO & RETURN" • 2010: "Are you ready for TV?" • 2011: The Otolith Group, "Thoughtform" • 2011: Natascha Sadr Haghighian, "Before/After"
Malba
Malba
• 2015: "The Metabolic Age"
Kunsthaus Hamburg
Kunsthaus Hamburg
• 2016: "Undisturbed Solitude"
Kunsthalle Basel
Kunsthalle Basel
• 2016: "Every Contact Leaves a Trace" (presented concurrently at Kasko Basel)
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza
• 2018: "John Akomfrah: Purple" • 2019: "Amar Kanwar"
Der TANK
Der TANK
• 2015: "Fabian Marti: G.I.F.T." • 2016: Julieta Aranda, "The Organ: As the Ground Becomes Exposed" • 2018: "Eduardo Navarro: Into Ourselves"
Writing
Writing
• The Octopus in Love • The Complex Answer • I Want to Be Your Lover, Not Just Be Your Friend: Learning to Escape the Politics of Prediction • The Wild Book of Inventions (forthcoming, Sternberg Press)
Identity
Identity
Chus Martinez is recorded with the occupation exhibition curator. Recorded as art historian, philosopher, writer and exhibition curator.
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Institut Ramon Llull · rdp Singularity 8-04-15 (8)
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Institut Ramon Llull · rdp Singularity 8-04-15 (6)
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1972
Chus Martinez was born on 1 January 1972.
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Chus Martinez was born at Ponteceso.
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Ponteceso.
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Chus Martinez was born in Ponteceso.
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• Flash Art, Member of the Advisory Board
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- 1.Hoffmann, Annette. "Ich will Talente ermutigen". Basler Zeitung.
- 2.TBA21–Academy, The Current II: Phenomenal Ocean - Announcements - e-flux. www.e-flux.com.
- 3.Sculpture Park Cologne Names Chus Martínez Curator of "KölnSkulptur #9". artforum.com.
- 4.Cascone, Sarah. Chus Martínez to Resign from El Museo Del Barrio. Art in America.
- 5.Lugo, El Progreso de. Una gallega entre los gurús del arte actual. El Progreso de Lugo. 2010-10-23.
- 6.e-fux. Chus Martínez appointed Head of the Institute of Art at the FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel. e-flux.
- 7.Sala Rekalde. David Lamelas, "Space/Time/Fiction". November 2019.
- 8.Sala Rekalde. "The Invisible Insurrection of a Million Minds".
- 9.Sala Rekalde. Sharon Lockhart, "Pine Flat".
- 10.Frankfurter Kunstverein. "Ist das Leben nicht schön? Chapter 1: Esra Ersen". July 2020.
- 11.Frankfurter Kunstverein. "Ist das Leben nicht schön? Chapter 2: Wilhelm Sasnal". July 2020.
- 12.Frankfurter Kunstverein. "Pensée Sauvage? On Freedom". July 2020.
- 13.Frankfurter Kunstverein. "The Great Game to Come". July 2020.
- 14.Ibon Aranberri. Disorder.
- 15.Reina Sofia. Deimantas Narkevičius, "The Unanimous Life".
- 16.MACBA. Thomas Bayrle, "I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore".
- 17.MACBA. "The Malady of Writing: A Project on Text and Speculative Imagination".
- 18.MACBA. "Are you ready for TV?".
- 19.MACBA. The Otolith Group, "Thoughtform".
- 20.Malba. "The Metabolic Age".
- 21.Kunsthaus Hamburg. "The Metabolic Age".
- 22.Kunsthaus Basel. "Every Contact Leaves a Trace". Kunsthalle Basel.
- 23.Exposición - Purple, by John Akomfrah. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
- 24.Amar Kanwar. Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza.
- 25.der TANK – Fabian Marti. der TANK.
- 26.Julieta Aranda: The Organ: As the Ground Becomes Exposed - Announcements - e-flux. www.e-flux.com.
- 27.der TANK – Eduardo Navarro. der TANK.
- 28.e-flux. The Octopus in Love. e-flux Journal.
- 29.Berlin Biennale. The Complex Answer.
- 30.Mousse. I Want to Be Your Lover, Not Just Be Your Friend: Learning to Escape the Politics of Prediction.
- 31.Advisory Board Flash Art.
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