Martin Pelenur curated by Marc Azoulay • Wondereur

1 a top curator pick

Artist Martin Pelenur curated by JR's studio director Marc Azoulay

“Martin sees the world in a specific way, he asks questions and tries to provide answers. His work is not only aesthetically interesting and beautiful, it has a reason for it.”

JR'S STUDIO DIRECTOR • CURATOR • ART COLLECTOR • WHITNEY MUSEUM

Before becoming the right-hand man of one of France's most influential contemporary artists, Marc Azoulay worked as an investment banker. But it was his love for art and the change it can do for people that made him leave his day job. Marc is currently the studio director for JR where they've created a community of artists that Marc is greatly involved with. The self-taught curator put together his first show this passed May at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

2 an investigative photo documentary

Exclusive 15-page photo documentary from our investigative journalist team in collaboration with award-winning photojournalist Ian Willms. Location: La Barra, Uruguay. Copyright Wondereur 2023.

MEET with artist Martin Pelenur curated by JR's studio director Marc Azoulay.

PHOTOJOURNALIST FOR WONDEREUR IAN WILLMS

A recipient of the Reportage by Getty Images Emerging Talent mentorship, Ian Willms is a documentary photographer who’s travelled to Haiti to the borders of France and Germany. He is a regular contributor to TIME Magazine, the New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, Maclean’s, and the Globe and Mail. Ian is one of the founding members of the Boreal Collective.

3 an artist to invest in

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PRESENT IN 4 NOTABLE COLLECTIONS

Including Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Buenos Aires

47 SOLO EXHIBITIONS

4 in the last 2 years

10 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

5 in the last 2 years

21 INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

4 in the last 2 years

9 AWARDS & GRANTS

Including the Paul Cezanne Award

Key Dates

2015 "Martin Pelenur: Cracked Surfaces & Tape," Solo show, Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Garzón, Uruguay

2015 "Monochrome Undone," Group show, SPACE, Sayago & Pardon Collection Ivrine, California

2014 Top artist pick for JR's studio director Marc Azoulay for Wondereur

2014 Artist residency, Cherñajovsky Foundation, New York, U.S.

2014 "Diagonal," Solo show, Galeria del Paseo, Manantiales, Uruguay

2011 "Work Premises," Solo show, Alejandra von Hartz Gallery, Miami, U.S.

1977 Born in Argentina

Martin Pelenur's Brain Map

Delve into this painter's universe by exploring the artists and thinkers who have played an important role in his process. This Wondereur investigation reveals this larger creative context, both past and present.