Martin Kersels

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Martin Kersels
Born1960
NationalityAmerican
Known for Performance Art, Sculpture
MovementContemporary Art
Awards John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (2008), Fellows of Contemporary Art Fellowship (2008), Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award (1999)

Martin Kersels (born 1960) is an American contemporary artist. Kersels' work is largely installation based, incorporating sculpture, photography and video. [1] Kersels is a professor of sculpture and director of graduate studies at the Yale School of Art.

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Awards

Kersels was a 2008 Guggenheim Fellow. [13]

Academic career

In 1999 Kersels and author/artist Leslie Dick were jointly selected "to run the arts program" at CalArts at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). [14] Kersels served as co-director of the CalArts Program in Art until he moved to the Yale School of Art, where in 2012 he became an associate professor and director of graduate studies in sculpture. [15]

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