Mirko Martin

Mirko Martin vit et travaille à Berlin : Allemagne

1976 born in Sigmaringen, Germany
1996 High school graduation (Abitur) in Müllheim/Baden, Germany
1996 - 1997 Civilian service in Heidelberg, Germany, in a home for the mentally disabled
1997 - 1999 Studies of physics at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
1999 - 2001 Vocational training as a photographic and media technical assistant in Freiburg
2001 - 2008 Studies of Fine Arts at the Braunschweig University of Art, Germany, under professors
----------lllllllk-- Friedemann von Stockhausen, Johannes Brus, Dörte Eißfeldt and Birgit Hein
----------lllllllk-- 2007 Graduation (Diploma) with distinction
----------lllllllk-- 2008 "Meisterschüler" (postgraduate study program) under Prof. Michael Brynntrup
2004 Visiting student, class of Prof. Katharina Sieverding, Berlin University of the Arts, Germany
2005-06 Exchange year at the California Institute of the Arts, Los Angeles, School of Film & Video, MFA program
Grants and Awards
2009
Prix Voies Off des Recontres d'Arles, France
2008
First Prize, Meisterschüler scholarship of the Stiftung Braunschweigischer Kulturbesitz, Germany
First Prize, Aenne Biermann Prize for contemporary German photography
2007
Nordwestkunst, Prize of the Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany
DAAD grant, Los Angeles (5 months)
Yearlong residency scholarship, Lemgo, Germany
2005-06
Fulbright scholarship, California Institute of the Arts (yearlong fellowship)
2004-08
Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, National scholarship award, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2009
Remise, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Germany, 9/12 - 11/15
Crime Scene Investigation, Gallery Patricia Ferdinand-Ude, Düsseldorf, Germany, 2/3 - 3/21
2008
Tales from the West Side, Museum Goch, Germany, 11/9/08 - 1/11/09 (VIEW)
The Award Winners of Nordwestkunst 2007, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 9/28 - 11/30 (VIEW)
scenic, Gallery Eichenmüllerhaus Lemgo, Germany, 2/3 - 3/2 (VIEW)
2007
Block Episodes, Kunstklub Berlin, Germany, 8/18 - 9/2
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
3rd Photo Festival Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, Germany, 9/5 - 10/25
Photo Festival Voies Off Arles, France, 7/6 - 7/11
2008
Northern Lights, 84th Fall Exhibition, Kunstverein Hanover, Germany, 6/28 - 8/17 (VIEW)
Aenne Biermann Prize, Museum for Applied Arts Gera, Germany, 1/29 - 3/9 (VIEW)
2007
Nordwestkunst 2007 - The Nominees, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Germany, 4/29 - 6/17
Expanded Media - Media in Space, Film winter Stuttgart, Kunstverein Stuttgart, Germany, 1/18 - 3/4 (VIEW)
Scholarship Young Art - Competition show, Gallery Eichenmüllerhaus Lemgo, Germany, 1/14 - 1/28
2006
Highlights of the Kunstfilmbiennale Cologne 2005, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany, 9/24 - 10/4
Emprise Art Award, Stadtmuseum Düsseldorf, Germany, 9/16 - 10/1
2005
CalArts Projection Lab, Schindler House Los Angeles, 12/16
Platform #2, Kunstverein Hanover, Germany, 11/5 - 11/8
2004
Monitoring, Kulturbahnhof Kassel, Germany, 11/10 - 11/14
2003
Fremde.Orte. Class of Prof. Eißfeldt, Museum of Photography Braunschweig, Germany, 6/15 - 8/3
Selected Video Screenings 2009
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
2007
International Kansk Video Festival, Kansk, Russia
Ursula Blickle video lounge, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
The Territory, PBS (TV-Channel), Texas, USA
2006
Media Art Festival, Friesland, The Netherlands
Havenfilmfestival, Antwerp, Belgium
European Media Art Festival, Osnabrück, Germany
Screen Door Festival, Austin, Texas, USA
Images Festival, Toronto, Canada
Traverse Vidéo, Toulouse, France
Insections, 30 years of film class Braunschweig, Lower Saxony Representation, Berlin, Germany
2005
Ongoing-Festival, Stuttgart, Germany
2nd International Video Reporting Award, Weimar, Germany
Kunstfilmbiennale, Cologne, Germany
Film Festival Braunschweig, Germany
Cinematexas, Austin, Texas, USA
Courtisane Festival for Short Film, Video & New Media, Ghent, Belgium
2004
Film program Kassel Documentary Film & Video Festival, Germany