His focus is on reactive installations with the limits of human perception. The questioning of the credibility of mediated content and the blurring of boundaries between reality and virtuality. Light and kinetics plays a significant role in his work which has been shown in many institutes and international festivals of media art. Martin Hesselmeier received a Diploma in Audio-Visual Media at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne as a postgraduate student and a Diploma in Visual Communication from the University of Applied Sciences, academy of arts and design Mannheim. Since 2023 he has been appointed as a professor at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar,  Faculty Art and Design.

CONTACT
Martin Hesselmeier
info@martinhesselmeier.com

EXHIBITIONS

2023
LICHTFEST Krems

2022
ART Gräfelfing
Q18, Quartier am Hafen / Cologne

2020
STEREOLUX / Nantes
LUMINALE / Frankfurt am Main

2019
Solo Exhibition Poetry of Matter at Gesellschaft für zeitgenössische Kunst Osnabrück
Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen
Humboldt Universität / Berlin

2018
BRUCH & DALLAS / Cologne
Ars Electronica / Linz

2017
Virtualities and Realities, RIXC Art Science Festival / Riga
Lichtkunstnacht / Schöppingen
CityLeaks Urban Art Festival / Cologne

2016
Kunstverein Kölnberg Rundblick Kirschenpflücker / Cologne
light art festival »Aufstiege« / Schwäbisch Hall
Kunsthaus Rhenania / Cologne

2015
LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur / Münster
Centre for International Light Art / Unna

2014
Zauberwald / Lenzerheide / Swiss

2013
Glow / Eindhoven / Netherlands
Computing the Physical / LEAP / Berlin

2011
TodaysArt Festival / Brussels
SOUNDSNOISE Festival / Dornbirn / Austria
LEAP, Gallery Weekend / Berlin
new talents, biennale / Cologne

2010
Lexux Hybrid Art / Moscow
amber festival / Istanbul
Dornbracht Edges / Cologne 

2009
Piksel Festival / Bergen / Norway 
Switch On / Gräfelfing
Transitio_mx 03 / Mexico City 
File Festival / Saó Paulo / Brazil
Contemporary Art Ruhr / Essen

2008
Museum für Angewandte Kunst / Cologne
Spectropia / Riga
"von hier aus" / Schwäbisch Hall
Tschumi Paviljoen / Groningen / Netherlands
Dis-locate / Tokyo 
Lehmbruck Museum / Duisburg 
ArtCologne / Cologne 
"Zur Zeit" / Künstlerhaus Palais Thurn und Taxis / Bregenz 
Transmediale / Berlin 

2007
Mobilefest 2007 / Sao Paulo 
a-m-b-e-r 07 / Istanbul 
lab30 / Augsburg 
Transitio_mx 02 / Mexico City 
Altitude 07 / Cologne
Cybersonica, Kinetica Museum / London 
Moltkerei Werkstatt / Cologne 

2006
Raum für Kunst und Musik / Cologne 
Intermezzo / KHM / Cologne
ARTcologne / Cologne 
Altitude 06 / Cologne 

2004
Moltkerei Werkstatt / Cologne

2001
Bienal de Valencia / Spain

AWARDS

WINNER 1 Prize at International Light Art Award, Unna

NOMINATED Switch On / Gräfelfing

NOMINATED Kölner Design Preis

WINNER Spiridon-Neven-DuMont-Preis 2008

HONORARY MENTION Digital Sparks Award, Fraunhofer Institut IMG MARS Exploratory Lab, 2008

WINNER Digital Sparks Award, Fraunhofer Institut IMG MARS Exploratory Lab, 2002

WINNER Danfoss ArtAward, Gold

QUALITY SEAL for interactive installations, Europrix Top Talent Multimedia Award

HONORARY MENTION European Media Art Festival

SPECIAL PRIZE at „Hunt for this Century´s Leonardo da Vinci“

SPECIAL PRIZE at Paradoxes of the Public

HONORARY MENTION Transitio_mx 02

NOMINATED Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

PUBLICATIONS

Code und Material Exkursionen ins Undingliche / Springer / 2010

komma 3 / Hochschule Mannheim / 2008

Kelvin Color Today / Die Gestalten / 2007

Netzspannung.org / Fraunhofer Institut IMG MARS Exploratory Lab / 2002

Terror by Tina / Page, 11.2002

Bienal de Valencia / 2001

Credits
Armin Unruh development Lay Theme

His focus is on reactive installations with the limits of human perception. The questioning of the credibility of mediated content and the blurring of boundaries between reality and virtuality. Light and kinetics plays a significant role in his work which has been shown in many institutes and international festivals of media art. Martin Hesselmeier received a Diploma in Audio-Visual Media at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne as a postgraduate student and a Diploma in Visual Communication from the University of Applied Sciences, academy of arts and design Mannheim. Since 2023 he has been appointed as a professor at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar,  Faculty Art and Design.