Kiman Martin
Born:
1985, Košice, Slovakia
2023 - lives and works in Berlin
Education :
2013 - 2015 FINE ART, Academy of Fine Arts in Bratislava (Department of Painting and Other Media, Studio + - XXI of prof. Daniel Fischer & Studio of Spatial Communications of prof. Anton Cierny), SK
2007 - 2011 FINE ART, The Technical University of Kosice (Studio of Contemporary Painting of doc. Adam Szentpetery, akad. mal.), SK
Residences:
2022 Residence in Miami, THINK + feel contemporary Art Gallery, USA
Solo Exhibitions:
2015 'In Medias Res', Tranzit Gallery, Bratislava, SK
2012 'Dimsions', Pyecka Gallery, Kosice, SK
Group Exhibitions:
2022 Abstraction: Study of Color, Think + Feel Contemporary, Miami, USA
This is NOT business as Usual- Charitable Art Auction to Benefit Ukrainian Refugees, Think + Feel Contemporary
2020 The Gift of Art, Think + Feel Contemporary, Miami, USA
A is for Abstract, Think + Feel Contemporary, Miami, USA
2019 European Millenial Artists, Think + Feel Contemporary, Miami, USA
2018 Slovak art days in Vilnius, Vilnius Academy of Arts, Exhibition Halls, Vilnius, Li
2015 After the Future, Gallery of East Slovakia, Kosice, SK
2015 Slovak Art Days in London, The Gallery on the Corner, London, UK
2015 Painting of the Year, Nedbalka Gallery, Bratislava, UK
Artist's profile
Nature
Visual character of my paintings is often derived from the fascination with the appearance of natural forms as the anti-pole to man made material. The amorphous characteristics of organic matter is in the endless contrast with the strictly methodical and geometric visage of human creations. Just as I am living in the symbiosis of these two existences, my work is inspired by the visual attributes of both.
Words
I often consider a captivating word, phrase or sentence to be my reference point from which the process is initiated. This notion, which in the end often becomes the name of the painting itself, is usually non-visual in it’s nature. My aim is to translate it to a picture.
Numbers
I find it effortless to see each number or a letter of the alphabet in it’s own vivid color representation.
Figure
Although the human figure is scarcely evident in my paintings I strive to create a certain sense of livelihood and anticipation of it‘s presence.
