"What I look for with my painting is to understand how we are, how we behave, and ultimately portrait it. I feel that for grasping the truth I need to explore intimacy, the intimate communication between human beings. Freed from the fake manners imposed by social composure, there’s always some exposure that we can’t avoid: Complicity, seduction, joy, fear, melancholy, brutality… it’s all in the same mix of our human condition. I am interested in the physical part of it, because we are animals made of blood, flesh and bone; but even more interested in the psychological part of it, in the myriad of different looks that we give to one another at this level. They speak the truth, and that is what I seek to paint."
Miguel Martínez is a Spanish visual artist based in Berlin, Germany.
Represented by the Enter Art Foundation, his work has been shown internationally, taking part in Art Fairs such us UNBLOCK Berlin or events like Berlin Art Week and Gallery Weekend.
He is a member of BBK Berlin & Künstlersozialkasse.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023. Lange Nacht der Bilder. Berlin
2022. Lange Nacht der Bilder. Berlin
2022. Art for Ukraine. Gisela Freier Kunstraum. Berlin
2021. UNBLOCK Fair Art Fair. Berlin Art Week, Berlin
2021. Lange Nacht der Bilder (Open Studios). Berlin
2020. Lange Nacht der Bilder (Open Studios). Berlin
2019. Lange Nacht der Bilder (Group Show + Open Studios). Berlin
2018. 42 Contemporary Artists + EAF Collection. Gerichtshöfe. Berlin Art Week, Berlin
2018. Nacht & Tag in den Gerichtshöfen (Open Studios). Berlin
2017. Nacht & Tag in den Gerichtshöfen (Open Studios). Berlin
2017. 30 Contemporary Artists + EAF Collection. EAF. Gallery Weekend, Berlin
2017. 50 Contemporary Artists. Enter Art Foundation. Berlin
2016. Lange Nacht in den Gerichtshöfen (Open Studios). Berlin
2016. Kunst am Spreeknie Art Festival. Zentralstation. Berlin
2016. Funkhaus Nalepastraße. Open Studios. Berlin
2016. Funkhaus Nalepastraße. Lighthaus 'Renaissance'. Berlin
2014. Sala Pintores 10. 'EgoSenso'. Cáceres
2014. Siluro Concept Gallery. 'EgoSenso'. Madrid
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023. Open Studio. Studios ID. Berlin
2022. Open Studio. Studios ID. Berlin
2021. Open Studio. Studios ID. Berlin
2020. Open Studio. Studios ID. Berlin
2019. Open Studio. Studios ID. Berlin
2018. Open Studio. Gerichtshöfe. Berlin
2017. Open Studio. Gerichtshöfe. Berlin
2016. Open Studio. Gerichtshöfe. Berlin
2016. Open Studio. Funkhaus. Berlin
GRANTS
2020. Stipendien-Sonderprogramm der Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa. Berlin – DE 2004. Spain’s Ministry of Education & Science Collaboration Scholarship. Madrid – ES
2003. EU Erasmus Programme Scholarship. HfBK - Hamburg – DE
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Enter Art Foundation Collection, Germany.
Private Collections in United States, Germany and Spain.
PRESS & MEDIA:
Berliner Abendblatt (DE)
Blackhaus Magazine (IT)
Blocks of Berlin (DE) Exhibition Catalogue
Parnass Magazine (AT)
Bezirks-Journal.de (DE)
Kulturring Berlin (DE) 60 SEKUNDEN - Artist Clip LNB 2020
Kulturring Berlin (DE) 60 SEKUNDEN - Artist Clip LNB 2019
White Art Room (DE)
NTV (DE)
Visit Berlin (DE)
Beige Magazin (DE)
Kunstleben Berlin (DE)
Zeittblatt Magazin (Latvia)
NeoAvantgarde Magazin (DE)
Mitte Bitte (DE)
ART@Berlin (DE)
Berliner Lokalnachrichten (DE)
RBB Abendschau (DE) TV (Gallery Weekend special)
I Heart Berlin (DE)
Kultur24.berlin (DE)
Muxmäuschenwild Magazin (DE)
Goldstück (DE)
EAF 50 Contemporary Artists Exhibition Video
EAF 50 Contemporary Artists Exhibition Catalogue
The Clubmap (DE) Online Magazine
Berliner Woche (DE) Newspaper
Megaschöneweide (DE)
RBB Abendschau (DE) TV (Kunst am Spreeknie)
VANIDAD Magazine (Spain)
EL PERIÓDICO (Spain) Newspaper
LA VANGUARDIA (Spain) Newspaper
INÉDITAD (Spain) Art Blog
Represented by:
Portfolio: miguelmartinez.de
Instagram: @radiomik
Atelier:
Studios ID
Haus X, Studio 133
Genslerstr. 13A
13055 Berlin