Jonathan Martin (b. 1986) uses 16mm film, sound pieces and environments to probe the geographies of sensation in sharp, exacting compositions. They are the editor of Turpentine, published since 2013 with Jean-Luc Blanc and Mimosa Echard.
Recomposing systems formed of echoes, migrations, tensions and interactions between esthetic and cultural motifs that are at times quite unrelated, Jonathan Martin views art as a poetics of passage where permutations and displacements offer the possibility of a new narrative. – Julien Fronsacq
studio@jonathanmartin.net
- The Yellow Center, c. Nina Le Cocq, The Film Gallery, Paris, 2022
- Veruca Salt (Soirée de l’Île), c. Simon Bergala, DOC, Paris, 2019
- The Rings, c. Julien Fronsacq, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2015
- Mithril, with Mimosa Echard, Circonstance, Nice, 2015
Solo/duo shows
- Le corps collectif, c. Anne-Lou Vicente, Galerie Michel Journiac, École des Arts de la Sorbonne, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, 2025
- Real Fictions/Naufragé.e.s, c. Caroline Cournède, MABA, Nogent-sur-Marne, 2025
- Sound piece for Rad mobile, screening programme by Chrystie Canyon, galerie Anne Barrault at cinéma L'Archipel, Paris, 2024
- Braaains, c. Goton, Mimosa Echard & Aodhan Madden, Gaudel de Stampa, Paris, 2024
- Turpentine 16, event at Interunité, Genève, 2024
- Turpentine 15, invited by Chrystie Canyon, Le Montana, Montreuil, 2024
- Pour Chrystie, live performance for Chrystie Canyon, Bagnoler, Bagnolet, 2023
- Turpentine 14, event at Fondation Ricard, Paris, 2023
- Aoulioule, c. Sylvie Fanchon & Camila Oliveira-Fairclough, MRAC, Sérignan, 2022
- Home Clubbing, screening for La Nuit Blanche, c. Caroline Cournède, MABA, Nogent-sur-Marne, 2021
- Children Power, c. Xavier Franceschi, Le Plateau / Frac Île-de-France, 2021
- Fun House, c. Cristina Ricupero & Jean-Luc Blanc, Parc Saint Léger – Centre d’art contemporain, 2020
- Futur, ancien, fugitif (w. Turpentine), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2019
- Remake, Frac Normandie Rouen, 2019
- Screening at Ophelia Vertikale, Rosa Joly at Mom Art Space, Hamburg, 2019
- Everybody is looking for something, c. Camila Oliveira-Fairclough, La Salle de Bains, Lyon, 2019
- Intoto 7, c. Julien Carreyn, Thomas Fougeirol, Pepo Salazar, Kunstverein am Rosa Luxemburg Platz, Berlin, 2019
- La vérité n’est pas la vérité, c. Caroline Cournède, Maba, Nogent sur Marne, 2019
- Kombucha Project Center, 2018
- Turpentine 10, Art : Concept, Paris, 2018
- Turpentine 8, Goton, Paris, 2018
- Intoto 6, c. Julien Carreyn, Thomas Fougeirol & Pepo Salazar, Fondation Ricard, Paris, 2018
- Black Pages, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, 2018
- How well do you behave? IN THE FLAT FIELD (w. Turpentine), c. Jo-ey Tang, Beeler Gallery at CCAD, 2018
- Screening at A Night of Philosophy and Ideas, Institut Français at Brooklyn Public Library, New York, 2018
- Hôtel du Pavot 2, c. Xavier Franceschi, Le Château / Frac Île de France, 2017
- Plymouth Contemporary biennal, Plymouth, 2017
- Turpentine 6, Mac Val, Vitry, 2017
- Intoto 3, c. Julien Carreyn, Thomas Fougeirol, Paris, 2017
- Turpentine 5, In Florilège vol.1 (Sangama), Paris, 2017
- L’Homme aux cent yeux (la grande revue), Le Plateau / Frac Île-de-France, Paris, 2017
- MINIM, c. Natacha Northam, Copenhagen, 2016
- Runes/Frise, event for L’Homme aux cent yeux (revue), Le Plateau Frac Île de France, Paris, 2016
- Turpentine IV, galerie Samy Abraham, Paris, 2016
- Soudain… la neige, c. Caroline Cournède, MABA, Nogent sur Marne, 2015
- Yes To All, Treize, Paris, 2015
- Inside China (Shanghai Station), c. Jo-ey Tang, Victor Wang, K11 Art Foundation, Shanghai, 2015
- Turpentine 3, Event at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2015
- Inside China (Hong Kong Station), c. Jo-ey Tang, Wang Chunchen, K11 Art Foundation, Hong Kong, 2015
- The 4D Project, c. Yukiko Ito & Fabien Danesi, le Pavillon Neuflize OBC, Onomichi City Museum of Art, 2014
- Partition des Passions, c. Jean-Luc Blanc, Nice, 2014
- Turpentine 2, Galerie Anne Barrault, Paris, 2013
- Ma prochaine Vie, Courtesy at Here is Elsewhere & ForYourArt, Los Angeles, 2013
- Une Chaînette relie toutes les pendeloques et forme le corps même de l’objet, c. Isabelle Le Normand & Jean‑Luc Blanc, Mains d’Œuvres, Saint Ouen, 2012
Selected group shows, screenings and events
And also
Turpentine (2013–now). Edited and published with Jean-Luc Blanc, Mimosa Echard, and our guests: Martine Aballéa, Matias Agafonovas, Simon Bergala, Bettina Blanc-Penther, Michel Blazy, Bruno Botella, Cécile Bouffard, Anne Bourse, Costanza Candeloro, Julien Carreyn with Clara Dupont and Chiara Mila Jason, Oscar Chan Yik Long, Nina Childress, Béatrice Cussol, Bertrand Dezoteux, Sylvie Fanchon, Thomas Fougeirol, Laura Gozlan, Louise Hallou, Yu Ji, Céleste Lerouxel, Andrew Lewis, Aodhan Madden, Ji-Min Park, Emilie Pitoiset, Clément Rodzielski, Élodie Seguin, Jo-ey Tang, Gaia Vincensini, and Camille Vivier. www.turpentinemagazine.net