# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/renzo-martens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:32.405Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/renzo-martens"
name: "Renzo Martens"
slug: "renzo-martens"
description: "Renzo Martens is a Dutch artist who currently lives and works in Amsterdam and Kinshasa. Martens became known for his controversial work, including Episode III: Enjoy Poverty (2008), a documentary that suggests that the Congo markets its poverty as a natural resource. In 2010 Renzo Martens initiated the art institute Human Activities that postulates a gentrification program on a palm oil plantation in the Congolese rainforest."
tagline: "Dutch artist (born 1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MoneyLab_-3_Failing_Better_(30603890743).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.35
  momentum:             1.267605633802817
  historical:           6.345285333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     49.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3211698/"
    handle:    "nm3211698"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://renzomartens.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Martens"
    title: "Renzo Martens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "رينزو مارتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "رينزو مارتنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Martens"
    title: "Renzo Martens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renzo_Martens"
    title: "Renzo Martens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BE%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B9"
    title: "レンゾ・マルテンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15729390"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1209334"
    title: "Renzo Martens"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump