1967
Geboren in Glasgow | born 1967 in Glasgow, UK
Lebt und arbeitet in Glasgow | lives and works in Glasgow
1986–1997
Kunstakademie Glasgow (Abt. Environment) | Glasgow School of Art (Department of Environmental art)
1996
Kunstinstitut Kalifornien | California Institute for the Arts
Einzelausstellungen | Solo Exhibitions
2015 Martin Boyce: When Now is Night, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence Martin Boyce, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Basel
2014
Stellar Remnants, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
2013
All over again and again, The Modern Instutute, Glasgow, UK
It's over and over, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, US
Study: Eyes - Martin Boyce, David Roberts Art Foundation, London, UK
Martin Boyce, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, US
2012
In Praise of Shadows, Johnen Galerie, Berlin Scarecrows & Lighthouses, Part Two: A collaboration with Raymond MacDonald and David Mackenzie, Tramway, Glasgow, UK
2011
'night terrace – latern chains – forgotten seas – sky', The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
2010
Galerie Eva Pressenhuber, Zürich
Commission for Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
2009
Scottisch Pavilion, 53rd Biennale di Venezia, Venice
No Reflections, DCA, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Nethergate, UK
2008
Gio Marconi, Milano
Out Of This Sun, Into This Shadow Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
This Place is Close and Unfolded, Westfälischer Kunstverein Münster
Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
2007
Martin Boyce. This Place is Close and unfolded, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
That Blows Through Concrete Leaves, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations, FRAC des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
A Lost Cat and Alleyways, Back Gardens, Pools and Parkways, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Genf
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
Atelier Hermes, Seoul
New Museum, New York
2006
We Are the Breeze, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Concrete Autumn (Broken Fall), the Modern Institute, Glasgow
Electric Trees and Telephone Booth Conversations, Frac - Fonds Régional d' Art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou
2005
Broken Fall, Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München
2004
In Between Breaths and the Sodium Spill, Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
Brushing against strange weeds, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
We are resistant. we dry out in the sun, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
Dark reflections, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
2002
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a. M.
Martin Boyce, Tramway, Glasgow
Martin Boyce & Toby Patterson, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2001
Martin Boyce, Els Hanappe Underground, Athens, Greece
2000
Fear View, Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
Martin Boyce, Jerwood Gallery, London, UK
1999
Martin Boyce, Jacob Fabricius/Recent Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark
Martin Boyce, When Now is Night, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Martin Boyce, Round Room, Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Martin Boyce, Lotta Hammer, London, UK
1998
Martin Boyce, Habitat, Tottenham Court Road, London, UK
1996
Martin Boyce, Loggia Gallery, Toronto, Canada
You Are Here, Lime Gallery, California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles, USA
1995
Something's Got To Give, The Agency, London, UK
Gruppenausstellungen | Group Exhibitions
2014
GENERATION – 25 Years of Contemporary Art in Scotland, Scottish National Gallery,
Edinburg, UK
Private Utopia – Contemporary Art from the British Council Collection, Itami City Museum, Itami-shi, Hyogo, JP You Imagine What You Desire, 19th Sydney Biennale 2014, Sydney, AU
2013
Sunt lacrime rerum, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l'arte, Turin
When Now Is Minimal. Die unbekannte Seite der Sammlung Götz, Neues Museum, Nürnberg
London: City of Disappearances, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco
2011
La Carte D'Après Nature', Nouveu Musee National de Monaco, Monaco
Modern British Sculpture, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Sculpture Now, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
The Shape We're In, Zabludowicz Collection, London
2010
Martin Boyce, A Library of Leaves, Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zürich
The New Decor, Hayward Gallery
Alexander Calder and Contemporary Art: Form, Balance, Joy, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Gallery Almine Rech, Paris
2009
Yellow and Green, MMK Frankfurt
The Eternal Nework, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne
Being and Nothingness, Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas
Material Intelligence, Kettle's Yard, Cambridge
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2008
Kunsthalle Kiel, Heavy Metal. Die unerklärbare Leichtigkeit eines Materials, Kiel
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims
Paul Stolper, London
KW Institute for Contemporary Art, ...5 minutes later, Berlin
Lights (on/off), Sammlung Haubrok, Berlin
We Burn, We Shiver, SculptureCenter, (two person show with Ugo Rondinone), New York
We Are Shipwrecked and Landlocked, RMIT University Alumni Courtyard, Melbourne, with Kaldor Art Projects
2007
Daimler Chrysler Contemporary, Minimalism and Applied, Berlin
Alcala 31, La Camara del Eco. Arte Britanico, 28014, Madrid
Palais de Tokyo, The Third Mind, curated by Ugo Rondinone, Paris
House Eva Presenhuber, 'Jubilee Exhibition', Vnà, Switzerland
The New Museum, 'Unmonumental: The Art Object in the 21st Century', New York
Skulpturprojekte Münster 07, Münster
STAY FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER, South London Gallery, London
2006
Behind the Cliché, Witte de With, Rotterdam
When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine, The Breeder, Athen
Art unlimited, Art Basel, Basel
abstract art now - floating forms (Teil 1 | part 1), Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
Strange I've seen that face before – Objekt, Gestalt, Phantom, Museum Abteiberg,
Mönchengladbach
Draft Deceit, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Punching through the clouds, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
Our Love is Like the Flowers, the Rain, the Sea and the Hours in British Art 1900- 2006, (curated by Helen Delaney as part of Tate Collection), Tate Britain, London
Body: New Art from the UK, Ottawa Art Gallery,Ottawa
Shanghai Biennial, Shanghai
Street: Behind the cliché, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam
Body: New Art from the UK.Oakville Galleries
Body: New Art from the UK, Edmonton Art Gallery
Body: New Art from the UK, Art Gallery Novia Scotia
Again for Tomorrow, Royal College of Art Galleries, London
Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv
2005
Martin Boyce, Armin Boehm, Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Erste Haut, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden (mit | with Martin Boyce, Benjamin Edwards, Annika von Hausswolff, Sonfia Hultén, Jenny Rosemeyer)
spinnwebzeit – die eBay-Vernetzung, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a. M.
Naturalia. Collections sans frontières V. Oeuvres des collections des FRAC du grand est, Futura, Centre for contemporary art, Prague
Andrew Kreps, New York
What's New Pussy Cat, Museum für Moderne Kunst' Frankfurt
Die gute Form, Galerie Mehdi Chouakri' Berlin
Body: New Art from the UK, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
De Sculptura, Ruzicska Gallery, Salzburg
ThickDesign05, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Betty Rymer Gallery,
Arnolfini, The Storm is what we call Progress, Bristol
2004
Formalismus Moderne Kunst Heute, Kunstverein Hamburg
2003
Lyon biennale, Lyon
Love Over Gold, Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Archibald Campbell and Harley Photography Prize, Stills, Edinburgh
Contemporary Arbstraction, Glasgow Print Studio, Glasgow
3D, Friedrich Petzel, New York
Sodium Dreams, Bard College, New York
Discussing Sculpture, Martin Janda Gallery, Vienna
Special Dedicace, Rouchechouart Museum
M_ars – Art and War, Neue Galerie, Graz
Breathing the Water, Galerie Hauser, Wirth & Presenhuber, Zurich
2002
Greyscale CMYK, Tramway, Glasgow
Roma, Roma, Roma, Rome
Martin Boyce, When Now is Night, Art Unlimited, Basel Art Fair, Basel,
Martin Boyce & Toby Paterson, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw
There Is A Light That Never Goes Out, Galleria Sonia Rosso, Torino
Zacheta Gallery, Warsaw & City Gallery of Contemporary Art, Happy Outsiders, Katowice
Half the World Away, Hallways CAC, Buffalo, NY
neugeriemschneider, Hell, Berlin
Martin Boyce, Martin Creed, Wilhelm Sasnal, Anri Sala, Johnen+Schöttle, Cologne
Happy Outsider, zach_ta gallery, Warsaw, Poland
This Building is, Exterior Projection, Hayward Gallery, London
Strategies against architectures 2, CAC Vilnius, Lithuania
My Head is on Fire but my heart is full of Love, Charlottenburg museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Non Places, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
Archibald Campbell and Harley Photography Prize, Stills, Edinburgh
2001
Stratagies Against Architecture, Fondazione Teseco, Pisa
Here and Now, Aberdeen City Art Gallery, Aberdeen, UK
Trauma, DCA, Dundee, MOMA Oxford
G3 Casey Caplan, New York
Zero Gravity, Kunstverein Düsseldorf
Open Country, Musee Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, CH
Circles, Galerie ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2000
Pavillion, Galerie Mark Muller, Zurich, Switzerland
Future Perfect, Centre For Visual Arts, Cardiff, UK
A Shot In The Head, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Waiting, Mjellby Konstgard, Halmstad, Sweden
If I Ruled The World, C.C.A, Glasgow, UK
What If, Art On The Verge Of Architecture and Design, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Can 303's Heal, Kiasma Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Beck's Futures, ICA London, Corner House, Manchester, C.C.A, Glasgow, UK
British Art Show, Touring Exhibition, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Cardiff, Southampton, UK
1999
The Office Of Misplaced Events (Temporary Annexe), Lotta Hammer, London, UK
Please Touch, SCP, London, UK
Please Touch, The Lighthouse, Glasgow, UK
Getting The Corners, Or gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Furoshikibility, Fly Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Disaster, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, UK
Seven Wonders Of The World, publication curated by Matthew Higgs
Word Enough to Save A Life Word Enough To Take A Life, London, UK
In The Midst Of Things, Bourneville, Birmingham, UK
Anarchitecture, De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
If I Ruled The World, Living Art Museum, Iceland
The Queen Is Dead, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
Slip Of The Mind, Centre Regional D'art Contemporain, Sète, France
STOPSTOP (publication) Glasgow, UK
1998
Strolling, Museum of Modern Art at Heide, Melbourne, Australia
Nettverk Glasgow , Museet for SamtIdskunst, Oslo, Norway
1997
Material Culture, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
Airport, Photographers Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibition, Lotta Hammer, London, UK
Life/Live, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
Wish You Were Here Too, 83 Hill Street, Glasgow, UK
1996
Brain Mail, Broad Studio 17, California Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles, USA
Life/live, Musée D'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
City Limits, Staffordshire University, Stoke-On-Trent, UK
Wallpaper, CCA, Glasgow, UK
No Tell Hotel, Moat House Hotel, Glasgow, UK
Girls High, The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow School of Art, Glasgow, UK
Transmissions, Free Parking, Toronto, Canada
Fuse, Mclellen Galleries, Glasgow, UK
1995
Martin Boyce & David Allen, Mu-Tereem, Budapest
Fairy Tales In The Supermarket, Scotland Street Museum, Glasgow, UK
30 Seconds + Title, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
New Rose Hotel, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Hopeless, CCA, Glasgow, UK
1994
Institute Of Cultural Anxiety, ICA, London, UK
Miniatures, The Agency, London, UK
Modern Art, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Wish You Were Here, The Bourse, Leeds, UK
Difficult Relationships, 99 Gallery, Glasgow, UK
1993
Matter And Fact, Collection Gallery, London, UK
Left Luggage, Traveling group project, Hanru's home, Paris, France
Home And Away, Intermedia Gallery, Glasgow, UK
1992
How Noisy Everything Grows, Upper Gulbenkian Gallery, Royal College of Art,
London, UK
Love At First Sight, The Showroom Gallery, London, UK
L'u Di Carte, Cafe Picasso, Rome, Italy
Contact 552 4813, Group show, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK
1991
Windfall, Seamen's Mission, Glasgow, UK
The Living Room, Glasgow, UK
Speed, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow, UK
1990
5 Artists From Glasgow, Exchange between Transmission Gallery and Hordaland Kunstner Sentrum, Bergen, Norway, Oslo
1989
Information, Paisley Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow