Martin Dammann was born in Friedrichshafen am Bodensee, Germany, in 1965.

He holds a degree from the University of the Arts in Berlin, where he lives. He took
part in Documenta X, Kassel, in 1997, and at the 53rd Venice Biennale in 2009.
He has exhibited in numerous institutions, including the Espace des Arts in Chalon-sur-Saône,  the Kunsthalle Nuremberg, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, the Museum der Moderne in Salzburg, the Centre de la Photographie in Geneva, the Petach Tikva Museum of Art, Israel, the Capella – Institut de Cultura, Barcelona, and PS1 in New York.

His work is held in the collections of the Florence and Daniel Guerlain Donation at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dole and the Märkisches Museum in Witten.

He is represented by the galleries In Situ-Fabienne Leclerc  (Romainville) and Barbara Thumm (Berlin).