Chris Martin
Selected Solo Exhibitions :
2006 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, C.A.
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, M.A.
2005 Uta Scharf Gallery, New York
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2001 Malca Fine Arts, New York
Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2000 Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1998 Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
1997 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1996 Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston
1995 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
1992 John Good Gallery, New York
1991 Jiminez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y.
1990 John Good Gallery, New York
1988 Diane Brown Gallery, New York
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York
Selected Group Exhibitions :
2006 American Academy of Arts and Letters, N.Y. Invitational Exhibit
OSP Gallery, Boston, MA. , Getting It Right
Holiday Gallery, Brooklyn,N.Y. Leslie Roberts,Chris Martin, Gelah Penn
Thorpe Gallery, N.Y., Everywhichway
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, N.Y. Inside Out
Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn,N.Y., Mirror of Our Obsessions and Fears
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., War Is Over
2005 P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, N.Y. The Painted World
Feature Gallery, N.Y., Meditative
Betty Cunningham Gallery, N.Y., Paint It Black
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y, Work On Paper
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, Field Questions
Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY, 30th Anniversary Exhibition
2004 Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, Art of the Neighborhood
Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany, In Face of Silence
J.Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida, Contemporary New York
June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME, Naked
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, Luck of the Drawn
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Peace
Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY, “Counterpoise”
N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, The Color Imperative
2003 Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, N.Y., The Invisible Thread
The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., Clear Intentions
Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn N.Y. The Incredible Lightness of Being
2002 Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, N.Y. Integrated Sensibilities
Gallery 817, Philadelphia, P.A. , All Drawing
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Merry
2001 Brooklyn Rail Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y. Made in Brooklyn
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, Waiting List
Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA, Luck of the Drawn
Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York N.Y., Expanding Tradition
2000 Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, N.Y., Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry
New York Studio School, New York, Painting Abstraction
Malca Fine Art, New York, Fundamental Occurances
Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., Flashlight
The State of the Art Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., An Homage to Albert Pinkham Ryder 1999 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., Rage for Art
1998 Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, N.C., Art on Paper
Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME., The Word on Art
N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, N.Y., Paintings
1997 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, Alive and Well - New Painting
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y., Current Undercurrents - Working in Brooklyn
Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, CN., Christ in Recent New York Art
Mott Works Gallery, New York, Blanc and White
1994 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA., Review/Preview
Gallerie de l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lorient, France, Le Temps d’un Dessin
1993 Arena Gallery, New York, Contemporary Drawing Part 2
PS1 Museum, Long Island City, N. Y., Four Walls at PS1- Seven Rooms/Seven Shows
1992 Max Protech Gallery, New York, A New American Flag
1991 The Denver Museum, CO., Visions/Revisions: Selections from the
Contemporary Collection
Dooley La Cappellaine Gallery, New York, Ecstacy
John Good Gallery, New York, Works on Paper
Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO., Young American Painters
1990 Aldrich Museum, CO., Words as Symbols
Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CO., Aids Timeline1990
John Good Gallery, New York, Shaman : Apfulbaum, Bueys, Droese, Lucas, Martin,
Polke
Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA., Provocative Absrtaction : New
Painting New York
1989 HBO Headquarters, New York, Contemporary Abstract Painting
John Good Gallery, New York, Post Modern Painters
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California, Lannan Aquisitions
Cyrus Gallery, New York, Painting Between Awareness and Desire
1988 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona,
Spain, Sightings - Drawing with Color
Freedman Gallery, Albright College, PA., Selections from the Edward Albee
Collection
1987 The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y., Working in Brooklyn
Selected Performances:
1996 14th Street Subway, New York, The Desert (for Thomas Merton)
1994 Mustard Factory, Brooklyn, N.Y., Stories from the South Brooklyn Health Center (+
Healing Circle)
1993 Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, 45 Minutes Worth (Dedicated to Thomas Merton)
Collaboration with Hit and Run Theater, Brooklyn, N.Y., Seventh Circle of Hell - City
of the Red Night
1992 Thread Waxing Space, New York,There’s No Inside There’s No Outside
1991 Jiminez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn, N.Y., Miles is in the Soup with Moon Woman
John Good Gallery, New York, An Analysis of Paul Klee’s Heroic Strokes of the Bow
1990 Crosby Street, New York , The Silence of Joseph Beuys is Overrated
Selected Catalogues and Books:
The Invisible Thread - Buddhist Spirit in Contemporary Art, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, New York,2004, Catalog essays by Robyn Brentano, Roger Lipsey, Lilly Wei
Chris Martin, Malca Fine Arts Gallery, 2001, New York, Catalogue Essays by Daniel Baird and Geoffrey Young
On My Painting, Chris Martin, Bill Maynes Gallery 1998 New York, Exhibition Catalog Essay
Chris Martin, Pierogi Gallery, 1997, Brooklyn N.Y. Exhibition Catalog Essay by Peter Halley
The One Chosen:Images of Christ in Recent New York Art, Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, CN.,1997, Catalog Essays by Regnerus Steesma and James Blaettler
Art into Ideas, Robert Morgan, 1996 Performance and Spectacle in America, pg.201
Chris Martin, John Good Gallery, 1990 Exhibition Catalog Essay by Ann Lauterbach
Sightings, New York Barcelona 1988 Exhibition Catalog Essay by Donald Kuspit
Selections from the Edward Albee Collection, Freedman Gallery Albright College, 1988 Catalog Essay by David Rubin
Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum,1987, Catalog Essay by Charlotta Kotik
Romantic Science, New York, 1987, Catalog Essay by Stephen Westfall
Selected Bibliography:
Wei, Lilly, Chris Martin, Art News, December 2005, p. 148
Johnson, Ken, PS1: The Painted World, The New York Times, November 18, 2005, p. E28
Johnson, Ken, The Painted World, The New York Times, November 11, 2005, p.E33
Saltz, Jerry, Odd Artist Out, The Village Voice, October 12, 2005, p. 113
Yau, John, Chris Martin, The Brooklyn Rail, October 2005, p. 27
Maine, Stephen, Dateline Brooklyn , Artnet.com Magazine, October 14, 2005, p.1
Moyer, Carrie, Aesthetic Scavenger Hunt, Gay City News, October 20, 2005, p. 19
Gilbert Deborah, Martin Show At Sideshow Rocks, The Greenline, October 6, 2005, p.14
La Rocco, Ben, Chris Martin, Artcritical.com , October 2005
Kalm, James, Chris Martin, Wagmag, September, 2005, p 4
Cotter Holland, Meditative, The New York Times, August 5, 2005, pE28, with photo
Mullarkey, Maureen, Paint It With Black, The New York Sun, July 21, 2005, with photo
Naves Mario, I See A Canvas And I Want It Painted Black, The New York Observer, August 1, 2005, p16
Kalm, James , Burma Buddha and Clifford Still - Comments by Chris Martin, NY Arts Magazine, June 2002, p.37
Tomassio, Longhi, Integrated Sensibilities, The Brooklyn Rail, June 2002
Johnson, Ken, Chris Martin, The New York Times, March 9, 2001, p. E36
Johnson, Ken, Chris Martin, The New York Times, March 2, 2001
Kalm, James, Chris Martin “Long Lake”, NY Arts Magazine, March 2001, p.69
Cotter Holland, Expanding Tradition, The New York Times, May 4, 2001
Morgan, Robert, Intimate Art, Temma Celeste Magazine, May 2001, p.38
Schmerler, Sarah, Gallery Beat, Art On Paper, July 2001
Youens, Rachel, The Manhattan Scene, The Brooklyn Rail, March 2001
Schmerler, Sarah ,Flashlight - Flipside Gallery,Time Out Magazine, April 20 2000 p.62
Kalm, James, An Homage to Albert Pinkam Ryder, NY Arts Magazine, April 2000,p.71
Morgan Robert, Quick Take on Williamsburg NY Arts Magazine, April 2000, p. 23
Muster Michael, Chris Martin, New Art Examiner, September 1998, p.52 illustration
Schmerler, Sarah, Chris Martin, Time Out Magazine, June 11 1998,, p57 illustration
Johnson, Ken , Chris Martin , The New York Times, June 5, 1998
Murdock, Robert , Chris Martin , Review Magazine, June 1 1998, p.15
Vasilades, Gust, When Color Is a Number Or The Silence of Sigmund Freud Is Deafening
New Observations, Winter 1998 p21-22, illustration
Smith, Roberta ,Current Undercurrent, The New York Times, 1997
Wye, Pamela, Chris Martin Drawings: Find The Door To the Wall Where There Is None
Sulfur Magazine, Spring 1996, p.86-97, illustrations
Morgan, Robert C, Performance and Spectacle, Tema Celeste Magazine, Spring1993
p. 62 - 65, illustation
Morgan, Robert C., After the Deluge: The Return Of the Inner Directed Artist , Arts
Magazine, March 1992, p.49 -55 illustration
Smith, Roberta , Chris Martin , The New York Times, April 27, 1990
Awards:
2002 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1999 Pollack - Krasner Foundation Award
1996 New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
1993 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1990 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
1987 American Academy and Institute for the Arts and Letters
Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award
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