Kyle Alden Martens

Kyle Alden Martens (b. Saskatchewan) is an artist who works through sculpture, installation, performance, and video. In their practice they construct sculptural work that engages with ideas of how clothing is tailored to fit the body while repositioning queerness to disrupt symbolic and physical structures. Martens holds an MFA in Sculpture from Concordia University and a BFA in Intermedia from NSCAD University. Their practice has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Dale and Nick Tedeschi Arts Fellowship, the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (SSHRC), and the Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC). Their work has been shown in exhibitions and fairs across Canada and North America, including Centre Clark, Bradley Ertaskiran, Pangée, Circa Art Actuel, the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery (Montreal), the Khyber Centre for the Arts (Halifax), Stride Gallery (Calgary), Eastern Edge Gallery (St John’s), Barely Fair (Chicago), Nada Foreland (Catskill), Feria Material (Mexico City), and Patel Brown (Montreal & Toronto). Martens has been a resident at Acre Residency, Daïmôn Centre, and the Brucebo Fine Art Residency in Sweden among others. Martens was a laureate of the Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art at Concordia University. Martens is represented by Patel Brown and based in Montreal.

Studio Art, SCUL 212, Concordia University - 2025
FINA 2411: Sculpture II, Mount Allison University - 2024
FINA 2111: Drawing II, Mount Allison University - 2024
Studio Art, SCUL 210, Concordia University - 2020