Biography

Martin Lundby Haupt, born in 1977 in Næstved, Denmark, is a multidisciplinary artist and musician, whose work explores authenticity, individuality and the expressive power of the human face.

In portraiture he focuses on facial features, especially the eyes, which are essential in the efforts to convey a subjects story and connecting emotionally with the viewer.

Since 2023 Lundby Haupt has worked intensively with oilpaint, developing an expressive approach to colour, texture and brushwork in his intuitive layered painting process.

In recent years he has organized, financed, and curated groupshows combining visual art, live music, food and social exchange.

In 2025 he presented work in Chongqing, China and in 2026 presenting work in Vienna, Austria.

Alongside his practice, Haupt is a bassplayer and a vocalist in a punkrock trio.

In 2024 he produced a shortdoc for a filmscreening event supported by CPH:Dox