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As Always?
Choreography of Sleep
Dutch Landscapes
Cheeeese!!!
French Tradition
Souvenir Mimetism
I didn’t choose to be from Amiens, I was just lucky
My name is Martin Gobert (b. 2000, France). I am an artist based in The Hague who graduated from the photography department of the Royal Academy of Arts.
Drawn to conceptual ideas, my practice begins with mundane observations in which I seek the potential to disrupt conventions. What I like to disrupt is anything related to identity, social rules, and our surroundings. I like to challenge what we tend to take for granted. Often using myself as a case study, I investigate how small shifts in behavior or appearance can alter perception. What if I get the same haircut as my mother?
Installation, photography, video, sculpture, and performative elements all converge in my work. I enjoy creating situations that blur the line between seriousness and play, encouraging viewers to reflect while also entertaining them. Humor plays a central part in my practice, as it allows me to both critique and embrace the norms that shape us. I like when audiences feel a moment of uncertainty: is this real, or is it a trick? That moment of confusion is where reflection begins.
Growing up with given boundaries around what was acceptable or not, my practice is a way of pushing against those rules, testing limits, and remodeling borders. I like to reapropriate found materials and everyday settings, grounding my work in reality while opening it to absurd re-interpretations. Wearable items, urban elements, shops… A single object, place, or gesture can embody an entire social structure or collective mindset, functioning as a synecdoche for the larger systems I investigate.
My installations are often interactive with the audience. By doing so, I invite them not just to observe but to be part of the experiment themselves, confronting them with those boundaries, rules, and questions that shape my practice.
In parallel with my individual work, I am part of the_____servers, a The Hague-based artist-run space, and I recently founded Biquet Studio, a production house dedicated to designing and screen-printing T-shirts. These collective and applied practices extend my interest in community, collaboration, and the everyday objects we wear.
Exhibitions
Publications
2019 — 2020
December 2024
November 2024
June 2024
January 2023
September 2022
October 2022
June 2024
June 2024
October 2022
Artistic Preparatory School, Atelier de Sèvres, Paris, FR
Featured at the film festival ‘Roots Film Festival’ at Filmhuis Den Haag
Group exhibition ‘Balance Ton Œuvre’, gallery 1993 in Marseille
Graduation show of the Royal Academy of Arts in Den Haag
Exhibition ‘As Above, So Below’ by The Fool Collective at The Grey Space, Den Haag
Exhibition ‘LG ETC’, curated by etceteraprojekt in Köln
Exhibition ‘We do/are Photography’, Internationale Photoszene in Köln
Self-published book ‘I didn’t choose to be from Amiens I was just lucky’ (edition of 30)
Featured in ‘Class of 2024’ catalogue by The Fool Collective
Featured in *Trickle*, first publication by The Fool Collective
This website was created by Lucy Gengler, with thanks to Stroom den Haag.