Mitchell-Innes & Nash

Chris Martin

Biography

CHRIS MARTIN

Born: 1954, Washington D.C.
Lives & works in Brooklyn, NY

1992 BFA, Certificate of Art Therapy, School of Visual Arts
1972-1975 Yale University, New Haven, CT


SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen (forthcoming)
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
2011
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, Staring at the Sun
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington DC, Painting Big
2010
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Joe Bradley & Chris Martin
KOW, Berlin, Germany
2009
Nerman Museum, Kansas City, Kansas, Aberrant Abstraction
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, Works on Paper
KOW, Berlin, Germany
2008
Mitchell-Innes & Nash
2007
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2006
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
2005
Uta Scharf Gallery, New York
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2001
Malca Fine Arts, New York
Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn, NY
1998
Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
1997
Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1996
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston
1995
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
1992
John Good Gallery, New York
1991
Jiminez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1990
John Good Gallery, New York
1988
Diane Brown Gallery, New York
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York


SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2012
Galerie Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Painting Now (forthcoming)
Shoot the Lobster, New York, organized by Mary Grace Wright
Soloway Gallery, New York, Best of 2012
2011
Rhona Hoffman Gallery, bodybraingame, curated by Hudson
Nationalmuseum, Duesseldorf, Pure Freude
Bridgehampton Biennial, Bridgehampton
Martos Gallery, New York, We Regret to Inform You There is Currently No Space or Place for Abstract Painting
2010
Zach Feuer, New York, Jr. and Sons, curated by Joe Bradley
Zurcher Studio, New York, Devotion
2009
Saatchi Gallery, London, Abstract America
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, Put it on Paper
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, Inside Abstraction - Part 1
Envoy Gallery, New York, Forgotten in the Smile
2008
Spanierman Modern, New York, Present Tense
Bravin Lee Programs, New York, Works on Paper
Artspace, New Haven, CT, Unnameable Things
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY & A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Shape Shifters: New York Painters
2007
D'Amelio Terras, New York, NY, Heralds of Creative Anachronism
Max Protetch, New York, Unfathom
de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings
2006
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, Abstract
American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY, Invitational Exhibit
OSP Gallery, Boston, MA, Getting It Right
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings
Holiday Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Leslie Roberts, Chris Martin, Gelah Penn
Thorpe Gallery, NY, Everywhichway
Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY, Inside Out
Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Mirror of Our Obsessions and Fears
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, War Is Over
2005
P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY, The Painted World
Feature Gallery, NY, Meditative
Betty Cunningham Gallery, NY, Paint It Black
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 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, NY, Clear Intentions
Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn NY, The Incredible Lightness of Being
2002
Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY, Integrated Sensibilities
Gallery 817, Philadelphia, PA, All Drawing
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Merry
2001
Brooklyn Rail Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 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 NY, Expanding Tradition
2000
Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY, Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry
New York Studio School, New York, Painting Abstraction
Malca Fine Art, New York, Fundamental Occurrences
Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Flashlight
The State of the Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, An Homage to Albert Pinkham Ryder
1999
Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Rage for Art
1998
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, NC, Art on Paper
Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME, The Word on Art
N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY, Paintings
1997
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, Alive and Well - New Painting
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 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, NY, 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, Ecstasy
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 Abstraction: 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 Acquisitions
Cyrus Gallery, New York, Painting Between Awareness and Desire
1988
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, 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, NY, Working in Brooklyn


CURATED SHOWS

2012
The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Special Blend
2008
Galeriea Janet Kurnatowski, Brooklyn, NY Party at Phong’s House
2006
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA Chris Martin

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

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Denver Art Museum, Denver
The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
The Nerman Museum, Kansas City

Artist Publications

JOE BRADLEY & CHRIS MARTIN
CHRIS MARTIN
CHRIS MARTIN - STARING INTO THE SUN

Artist Exhibitions

Chris Martin - January 26 - March 1, 2008
American Abstraction - March 17 - April 25, 2008
Abstract - December 2, 2006 - January 6, 2007
Summer Exhibition -
Chris Martin - January 26 - March 3, 2012
Katherine Bernhardt, Alfred Jensen, Chris Johanson, Chris Martin, Andrew Masullo, Judith Scott - June 30 - August 5, 2011
Joe Bradley & Chris Martin - February 25 - March 27, 2010
Chris Martin - Works on Paper - February 12 - March 27, 2009

Artist Images

Isaac Hayes Painting
2006
Oil and mixed media on canvas
59 1/8 by 64 1/8 in. 150.2 by 162.9 cm


Immortality
2008-09
Oil, collage, gel medium and spray paint on canvas
52 1/8 by 42 1/4 by 4 in. 132.4 by 107.3 by 10.2 cm.


Glitter Painting
2009
Glitter, gel medium, spray paint and collage on canvas
43 1/8 by 34 in. 109.5 by 86.4 cm.


Untitled
2005
Acrylic, acrylic gel, paper towels, newsprint and oil on canvas
135 by 114 in. 342.9 by 289.6 cm


Classification of African Masks
2004-07
Acrylic gel, oil and collage on canvas
31 1/8 by 26 1/8 in. 79.1 by 66.4 cm


Glitter Painting
2007
Acrylic medium, spray paint, and glitter on wood
20 by 16 in. 50.8 by 40.6 cm.


Broom Painting
2007
Oil on polyester
48 by 38 in. 121.9 by 96.5 cm


Pillow Painting
2009
Oil, spray paint and collage on canvas
52 by 43 by 8 in. 132.1 by 109.2 by 20.3 cm.


Seven Pointed Star for Darwin
2006-09
Mixed media on canvas
29 1/8 by 25 1/8 in. 74 by 63.8 cm.


CHRIS MARTIN
All Final Prophecies Come True
2012
Oil and collage on canvas
45 by 37 in. 114.3 by 94 cm.


CHRIS MARTIN
Bus Maniac
2008-11
Oil and collage on canvas
54 by 45 1/8 in. 137.2 by 114.6 cm.


CHRIS MARTIN
Paul Thek Painting
2010
Oil and collage on canvas
58 by 49 in. 147.3 by 124.5 cm.


CHRIS MARTIN
Untitled
2008
Oil, spray paint, and burlap on canvas
43 by 34 3/8 in. 109.2 by 87.3 cm.


CHRIS MARTIN
Silver Star
2012
Oil, collage, and aluminum foil on canvas
54 1/8 by 45 1/8 in. 137.5 by 114.6 cm.


CHRIS MARTIN
Wonder Bread
2010 - 2011
Acrylic and acrylic gel medium and bread on wood
24 by 20 in. 61 by 50.8 cm.


CHRIS MARTIN
Case Solved
2011
Oil and collage on canvas
45 by 37 in. 114.3 by 94 cm.