CHRIS MARTIN
*1954 in Washington D.C., lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
1992 BFA, Certificate of Art Therapy, School of Visual Arts
1972-1975 Yale University, New Haven Awards and Grants
2002 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1999 Pollock -Krasner Foundation Award
1996 New York Foundation for the Art 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
1987 Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2011 Corcoran Gallery for Art, Washington D.C.
2010 Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York (with Joe Bradley)
2009 KOW ISSUE 5, Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin
Works on Paper, Michell-Innes & Nash, New York
2008 Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
2007 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
2005 Uta Scharf Gallery, New York
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2001 Malca Fine Arts, New York
Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2000 Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn
1998 Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
1997 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn
1996 Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston
1995 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
1992 John Good Gallery, New York
1991 Jiminez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn
1990 John Good Gallery, New York
1988 Diane Brown Gallery, New York
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2010 Devotion, Zurcher Studio, New York
2009 Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Ballad that becomes an anthem, curated by Stephen Westfall, ACME, Los Angeles
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, Put it on Paper
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY, INSIDE ABSTRACTION - Part 1
Envoy Gallery, New York, Forgotten in the Smile
2008 Unnameable Things, Artspace, New Haven
Shape Shifters: New York Painters, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
2007 Heralds of Creative Anachronism, D‘Amelio Terras, New York
Unfathom, Max Protetch, New York
Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich
Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings , Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 Abstract, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Invitational Exhibit, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Getting it right, OSP Gallery, Boston
Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Leslie Roberts, Chris Martin, Gelah Penn Holiday Gallery, Brooklyn
Everywhichway, Thorpe Gallery, New York
Inside Out, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock
Mirror Of Our Obsessions and Fears, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn
War is over, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2005 The Painted World, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Meditative, Feature Gallery, New York
Paint it Black, Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York
Work on Paper, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
2004 Art of the Neighborhood, Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn
In Face of Silence, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen
Contemporary New York, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach
Naked, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland
Luck of the drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington
Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
Counterpoise, Studio 18 Gallery, New York
The Color Imperative, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn
2003 The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island
Clear Intentions, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
The Incredible Lightness of Being, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn
2002 Integrated Sensibilities, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
All Drawing, Gallery 817, Philadelphia
Merry, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2001 Made in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Rail Gallery, Brooklyn
Waitig List, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington
Expanding Tradition, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York
2000 Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn
Painting Abstraction, New York Studio School, New York
Fundamental Occurrences, Malca Fine Art
Flashlight, Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn
An Hommage to Albert Pinkham Ryder, The State of the Art Gallery, Brooklyn
1999 Rage fo Art, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn
1998 Art on paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina
The Word on Art, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick
Paintings, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn
1997 Alive and Well -New Painting, Elizabeth Harris Gallery
Currents Undercurrents -Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum
Christ in Recent New York Art, Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University
Blanc and White, Mott Works Gallery, New York
1994 Review/Preview, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
Le Temps d’un Dessin, Galerie de l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lorient
1993 Contemporary Drawing Part 2, Arena Gallery, New York
Seven Rooms/Seven Shows, PS1 Museum, Long Island City
1992 A New American Flag, Max Protech Gallery, New York
1991 Visions/Revisions: Selections from the Contemporary Collection, The Denver Museum
Ecstasy, Dooley La Cappellaine Gallery, New York
Works on Paper, John Good Gallery, New York
Young American Painters, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen
1990 Words as Symbols, Aldrich Museum
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
Sightings -Drawing with Color, Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona
1987 Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn
*1954 in Washington D.C., lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Education
1992 BFA, Certificate of Art Therapy, School of Visual Arts
1972-1975 Yale University, New Haven Awards and Grants
2002 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship
1999 Pollock -Krasner Foundation Award
1996 New York Foundation for the Art 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
1987 Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Award
Solo Exhibitions (Selection)
2011 Corcoran Gallery for Art, Washington D.C.
2010 Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York (with Joe Bradley)
2009 KOW ISSUE 5, Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin
Works on Paper, Michell-Innes & Nash, New York
2008 Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
2007 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
2005 Uta Scharf Gallery, New York
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2001 Malca Fine Arts, New York
Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2000 Galapagos Art and Performance Space, Brooklyn
1998 Bill Maynes Gallery, New York
1997 Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn
1996 Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston
1995 Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
1992 John Good Gallery, New York
1991 Jiminez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn
1990 John Good Gallery, New York
1988 Diane Brown Gallery, New York
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York
Group Exhibitions (Selection)
2010 Devotion, Zurcher Studio, New York
2009 Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Ballad that becomes an anthem, curated by Stephen Westfall, ACME, Los Angeles
Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, Put it on Paper
Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn NY, INSIDE ABSTRACTION - Part 1
Envoy Gallery, New York, Forgotten in the Smile
2008 Unnameable Things, Artspace, New Haven
Shape Shifters: New York Painters, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at Pembroke
2007 Heralds of Creative Anachronism, D‘Amelio Terras, New York
Unfathom, Max Protetch, New York
Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich
Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings , Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
2006 Abstract, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York
Invitational Exhibit, American Academy of Arts and Letters
Getting it right, OSP Gallery, Boston
Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles
Leslie Roberts, Chris Martin, Gelah Penn Holiday Gallery, Brooklyn
Everywhichway, Thorpe Gallery, New York
Inside Out, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock
Mirror Of Our Obsessions and Fears, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn
War is over, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2005 The Painted World, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Meditative, Feature Gallery, New York
Paint it Black, Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York
Work on Paper, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
2004 Art of the Neighborhood, Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn
In Face of Silence, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen
Contemporary New York, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach
Naked, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland
Luck of the drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington
Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
Counterpoise, Studio 18 Gallery, New York
The Color Imperative, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn
2003 The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island
Clear Intentions, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn
The Incredible Lightness of Being, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn
2002 Integrated Sensibilities, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York
All Drawing, Gallery 817, Philadelphia
Merry, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn
2001 Made in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Rail Gallery, Brooklyn
Waitig List, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington
Expanding Tradition, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York
2000 Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn
Painting Abstraction, New York Studio School, New York
Fundamental Occurrences, Malca Fine Art
Flashlight, Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn
An Hommage to Albert Pinkham Ryder, The State of the Art Gallery, Brooklyn
1999 Rage fo Art, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn
1998 Art on paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina
The Word on Art, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick
Paintings, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn
1997 Alive and Well -New Painting, Elizabeth Harris Gallery
Currents Undercurrents -Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum
Christ in Recent New York Art, Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University
Blanc and White, Mott Works Gallery, New York
1994 Review/Preview, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston
Le Temps d’un Dessin, Galerie de l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lorient
1993 Contemporary Drawing Part 2, Arena Gallery, New York
Seven Rooms/Seven Shows, PS1 Museum, Long Island City
1992 A New American Flag, Max Protech Gallery, New York
1991 Visions/Revisions: Selections from the Contemporary Collection, The Denver Museum
Ecstasy, Dooley La Cappellaine Gallery, New York
Works on Paper, John Good Gallery, New York
Young American Painters, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen
1990 Words as Symbols, Aldrich Museum
Aids Timeline 1990, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford
Shaman: Apfelbaum, Beuys, Droese, Lucas, Martin, Polke, John Good Gallery, New York
Provocative Abstraction: New Painting New York, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica
1989 Acquisitions, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art
Contemporary Abstract Painting, HBO Headquarters, New York
Post Modern Painters, John Good Gallery, New York
Painting Between Awareness and Desire, Cyrus Gallery, New York
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn
Sightings -Drawing with Color, Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona
1987 Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn