Martin Germann

Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Adjunct curator

Martin Germann lives in Cologne and curates exhibitions on a freelance basis as well as for Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (since 2019).

From 2012 to 2019 he led the artistic department of S.M.A.K. Ghent, where he organized exhibitions with Raoul De Keyser, Zhang Peili, Hiwa K, Gerhard Richter, Michael E. Smith, James Welling, Nairy Baghramian, Lee Kit, Kasper Bosmans, Michael Buthe, Jordan Wolfson and Rachel Harrison.

Previously, he was a curator at the Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover (2008–2012) and worked for the 3rd and 4th Berlin Biennale (2003–2006).

He published numerous exhibition catalogues and monographs, his writing appeared in magazines such as 032c, Frieze and Mousse. For Lili Dujourie: Folds in Time he received an AICA award for Belgium’s best exhibition.

Martin Germann is visiting Vienna on a group research trip in April 2025.

Photo: Courtesy the curator