• 1997, personal show at Moderna galerija, Rijeka. Personal show “Observatorium” at Venice Biennale (Croatian pavilion). Exhibits in “Media in Media” Ljubljana, “LAB 6” Warsaw etc.
• 1996, receives annual prize “Josip Racic” of daily paper “Vjesnik” for visual arts. Exhibits in the show “125 masterpieces of Croatian Art”, Zagreb. Participates in the festivals: London, Berlin, Bonn etc.
• 1995, participates in Kwang-ju Biennale, Kwang-ju. Exhibits in Berlin, Zagreb, Warsaw etc. His videotape “I Love You/Montazstroj” receives The Prize for New European Cinema at Alpe/Adria Film festival in Triest.
• 1994, a stay in USA, as visiting artist at Wexner Center for The Arts, Columbus. Exhibits in the show “Zentrum Zagreb” in W. Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg. Also shows in Zagreb, Berlin, Columbus etc..
• 1993, exhibits in Toronto, Hannover, Kopenhagen, Dessau, Zagreb etc. Founds company Multimedia Lab for multimedia software development.
• 1992, exhibits in the show “Art from Croatia”, Ernst Muzeum, Budapest.
• 1991/92, guest lecturer at Ontario College of Art, Toronto.
• 1990, a stay in Canada as visiting artist at Banff Art Centre and at Western Front, Vancouver. Retrospective of videoworks (with S.Ivekovic) at Art Gallery of Ontario.
• From 1987-91 lectures video/tv directing at film department of Academy of Performing Art, Zagreb.
• 1990, a major retrospective of video installations at Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb. Exhibits at the opening of Musee d’art moderne et contemporain, Nice.
• 1989, participates in international exhibition "Video skulptur-retrospektiv und aktuel", Koeln, Berlin.
• 1987, participates in Dokumenta 8, Kassel.
• Participates in the show “Arts for Television”, ICA/Boston, Museum moderner Kunst/Wien, San Francisco Museum of Modern art, Museé d'art contemporain de Montreal, MoMA/New York.
• 1986, a stay in Netherland and a production of his video "Dutch Moves" for German television - ZDF.
• Exhibits in the show “Install Video Side”, Galleria d’arte moderna, Bologna
• 1985, teaches a course on experimental video at London Video Arts, London.
• 1985, a stay in Japan on JAICA grant. Exhibits in the show “Pogled na osamdesete”, Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo
• 1984. presents his work at The Museum of Modern Art, New York in the program "Video Viewpoints".
• 1984, a videotape "CHANOYU" by S.Ivekovic and D. Martinis is awarded Prix MonitEur at Locarno Video Festival.
• 1984, a videotape "IMAGE IS VIRUS" is awarded at Tokyo Festival.
• A stay in Canada for "Video '84" exhibition, Montreal.
• Videotape “Chanoyu” is included in “New Narrative” show at MoMA, New York
• 1983, participates in the festivals in San Sebastian, Locarno, Ljubljana, Salerno, Den Haag
• 1982, a stay in New York. Shows at P.S.1, and Franklin Furnace.
• 1981, exhibits at Sao Paolo Biennale
• 1981, presents a program “Zagreb Video” at The Kitchen, New York
• 1980, Camere incantate, Palazzo Reale, Milano
• 1979, Works and Words, De Appel, Amsterdam
• 1978/79, a four month stay in Canada on Visiting Artist Grant from Canada Council and Video Inn, Vancouver.
• 1978, Artworks - Bookworks, LAICA, Los Angeles
• 1977, Moderne kunst aus Kroatien, Meinz
• 1975, first major show at Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zagreb.
• 1976, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinbourgh
• 1974, International Video Encounter, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
• 1973, first video project (with Sanja Ivekovic) at TRIGON, Graz.
• 1971, exhibits at Biennale de Jeunes du Paris.
• 1969, first solo exhibition, Zagreb.
• 1971, graduates at Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb.