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Biography
- 1954
Born in Washington, D.C.
Certificate of Art Therapy, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
B.F.A. Yale, University, New Haven, CT
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
- 2019
1979-1994, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
The Eighties, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2018
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
- 2017
New Paintings, Sommer Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Tennis Elbow, New York, NY
Chris Martin: Paris TAZ, VNH Gallery, Paris, France - 2016
Chris Martin: Works on paper, Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Saturn Returns, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles - 2015
Frieze Art Fair, London, UK
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium - 2014
Half Gallery, New York, NY
Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY
Cool Drink on a Hot Day, KOW Gallery, Berlin, Germany - 2013
Karma, New York, NY
David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2012
Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY - 2011
Staring at the Sun, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Painting Big, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. - 2010
Joe Bradley & Chris Martin, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
KOW, Berlin, German - 2009
Aberrant Abstraction, Nerman Museum, Kansas City, KS
Works on Paper, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
KOW, Berlin, Germany - 2008
Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
- 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, NY
Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 2001
Malca Fine Arts, New York, NY
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, NY
- 1997
Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 1996
Mario Diacono Gallery, Boston, MA
- 1995
Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
- 1992
John Good Gallery, New York, NY
- 1991
Jiminez & Algus Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 1990
John Good Gallery, New York, NY
- 1988
Diane Brown Gallery, New York, NY
Philippe Briet Gallery, New York, NY Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2020
Red Telephone, Fireman, New York, NY
- 2019
Vanquishing Ocular curated by David Salle and Nicole Wittenberg, Rental Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Downtown Painting Presented by Alex Katz, Peter Freeman, New York, NY
Artists I Steal From, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK - 2018
EDDYSROOM @ GALLERITHOMASSEN, curated by Austin Eddy, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg, Sweden
Out of Control, curated by Peter and Sally Saul, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Abstraction Today – Mapping the Invisible World, curated by Raymond Foye, Tobias Mueller Modern Art, Zurich, Switzerland
The Unseen, James Fuentes Gallery, New York, NY
Dutch Masters, Mrs. Gallery, Queens, NY - 2017
birds, cigarettes, guitars, eyes and trees, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Animal Farm, curated by Sadie Laska, The Brant Foundation, Greenwich, CT
Don’t Invite Me To Dinner And Then Only Server Hors D’oeuvres, Half Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 2016
Magic, The Gallery at MCCC, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, NJ
Way Of Living, APALAZZOGALLERY, Brescia, Italy [cat.]
Out of The Dark, KOW, Berlin, Germany
Unlimited, Art Basel, Switzerland
Home Is Where You’re Happy, Embassy, Los Angeles, CA
Nice Weather, curated by David Salle, Skarstedt, New York
LSD, Rob Tuffnell, London, UK - 2015
Intimacy in Discourse: Unreasonable Sized Paintings, curated by Phong Bui, SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing Show: Ten Artists, Harper’s Books, East Hampton, NY
Substance, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Back to the Future: Part II, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Community of Influence, curated by Chuck Webster, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
PER RISPLENDERE DEVI BRUCIARE, Galleria Federico Vavassori, Milan, Italy
Z-ing, Richard Teller Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Call and Response, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, NY
Massif Central Presents, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paperazzi IV, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 2014
Markshmallow, Galerie Mark Müller, Zürich, Switzerland
Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior, curated by Phong Bui, Red Bull Studios, New York, NY
The Image Is Beside The Point, Pierot the Fool, New York, NY
Pierogi XX: 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Bloodflames Revisited, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
LIFE, curated by The Journal Gallery, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
I was a double, curated by Ian Berry and David Lang, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Musem and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
This One’s Optimistic: Pincusion, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
All the Best Artists Are My Friends (Part 1), Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ
That’s The Neighbor, Always Dressing These Boulders In The Yard, curated by Torey Thornton, The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York, NY
All the Best Artists Are My Friends (Part I), curated by Ray Smith, Mana Exposition, Jersey City, NJ
BROOKLYN BRIDGE, curated by Justine Frischmann, George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Disaster!, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Barrington, MA
Outside In, Life on Mars Gallery, New York, NY
Paperazzi, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, New York, NY
The Age of Small Things, curated by Chuck Webster, DODGE Gallery, New York, NY - 2013
Garage Show, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
40 Years at the Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Dainiel Weinberg, Los Angeles, CA
See with Fingers, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Paint On, Paint Off, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Come Together, Surviving Sandy, organized by the Dadelus Foundation and the Brooklyn Rail, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY
See with Fingers, The Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
LAT. 41° 7’ N., LONG. 72° 19’ W, organized by Bob Nickas, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY
Submarine Wharf - XXXL Painting; Klaas Kloosterboer, Chris Martin and Jim Shaw, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Woods Lovely, Dark and Deep, DC Moore Gallery, New York, NY
Mushroom Hunter, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
From Radiance and Dissolution, curated by Margari Mendes, Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, Germany
Banned in DC, Ventana244 Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
The Stairs, Algus Greenspon, New York, NY
Paperazzi 2, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, New York, NY
Monsalvat, Bureau, New York, NY
Donut Muffin, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, New York NY - 2012
Believers, KOW, Berlin, Germany
LOVE, One River Gallery, New Jersey, NJ
Pillow Talk, ILLE Gallery, New York, NY
Eagles, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain
Meditated Iconography, Pippy Houldsworth Gallery, London, UK
Disappearing Acts (act Ii), Anna Kustera Gallery, New York, NY
Home Again, Again, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
Painting Now, Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, Switzerland
Creature from the Blue Lagoon, Martos Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY
Shoot the Lobster, organized by Mary Grace Wright, New York, NY
Best of 2012, Soloway Gallery, New York, NY - 2011
bodybraingame, curated by Hudson, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Pure Freude, Nationalmuseum, Berlin, Germany
Bridgehampton Biennial, Bridgehampton, NY
We Regret to Inform You There is Currently No Space or Place for Abstract Painting, Martos Gallery, New York, NY - 2010
Salad Days, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
Emerging Images: The Creative Process in Prints, International Print Center, New York, NY
Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool, Martos Gallery, New York, NY
Friends in High Places, Christopher Henry Gallery, New York, NY
Jr. and Sons, Zach Feuer, New York, NY, curated by Joe Bradley
Devotion, Zurcher Studio, New York, NY
It’s a Wonderful Tenth, Sideshow Gallery, New York, NY - 2009
Abstract America, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Put it on Paper, Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, NY
Inside Abstraction - Part 1, Janet Kurnatowski Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Forgotten in the Smile, Envoy Gallery, New York, NY - 2008
Charismatic Abstraction, Richmond Center for Visual Arts, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI
Present Tense, Spanierman Modern, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Bravin Lee Programs, New York, NY
Unnameable Things, Artspace, New Haven, CT
Shape Shifters: New York Painters, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, A.D. Gallery, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, NC - 2007
Heralds of Creative Anachronism, D'Amelio Terras, New York, NY
Unfathom, Max Protetch, New York, NY
Painting as Fact – Fact as Fiction, de Pury & Luxembourg, Zurich, Switzerland
Block Party II: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - 2006
Abstract, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Invitational Exhibit, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Getting It Right, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
Block Party: An Exhibition of Drawings, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Leslie Roberts, Chris Martin, Gelah Penn, Holiday Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Everywhichway, Thorpe Gallery, New York, NY
Inside Out, Byrdcliffe Arts Colony, Woodstock, NY
Mirror Of Our Obsessions and Fears, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
War is Over, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 2005
The Painted World, P.S.1, Long Island City, NY
Meditative, Feature Gallery, New York, NY
Paint it Black, Betty Cunningham Gallery, New York, NY
Work on Paper, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Field Questions, Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
- 2004
Art of the Neighborhood, Tastes Like Chicken Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
In Face of Silence, Karl Ernst Osthaus Museum, Hagen, Germany
Contemporary New York, J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, FL
Naked, June Fitzpatrick Gallery, Portland, ME
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Peace, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Counterpoise, Studio 18 Gallery, New York, NY
The Color Imperative, N3 Project Space, Brooklyn, NY - 2003
The Invisible Thread, Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY
Clear Intentions, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Incredible Lightness of Being, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 2002
Integrated Sensibilities, Andre Zarre Gallery, New York, NY
All Drawing, Gallery 817, Philadelphia, PA
Merry, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 2001
Made in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Rail Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Waiting List, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Luck of the Drawn, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Expanding Tradition, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, NY - 2000
Significant Pursuits: Paint and Geometry, Smack Mellon Studios, Brooklyn, NY
Painting Abstraction, New York Studio School, New York, NY
Fundamental Occurrences, Malca Fine Art, New York, NY
Flashlight, Flipside Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
An Homage to Albert Pinkham Ryder, The State of the Art Gallery, Brooklyn, NY - 1999
Rage for Art, Pierogi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
- 1998
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, NC
The Word on Art, Icon Contemporary Art, Brunswick, ME - 1997
Alive and Well - New Painting, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Current Undercurrents - Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Christ in Recent New York Art, Walsh Art Gallery, Fairfield University, CT
Blanc and White, Mott Works Gallery, New York, NY - 1994
Review/Preview, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA
Le Temps d’un Dessin, Gallerie de l’Ecole des Beaux Arts, Lorient, France - 1993
Contemporary Drawing Part 2, Arena Gallery, New York, NY
Four Walls at PS1- Seven Rooms/Seven Shows, PS1 Museum, Long Island City, NY - 1992
A New American Flag, Max Protech Gallery, New York, NY
- 1991
Visions/Revisions: Selections from the Contemporary Collection, The Denver Museum, Denver, CO
Ecstasy, Dooley La Cappellaine Gallery, New York, NY
Works on Paper, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Young American Painters, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, CO - 1990
Words as Symbols, Aldrich Museum, CO
Aids Timeline 1990, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CO
Shaman: Apfulbaum, Beuys, Droese, Lucas, Martin, Polke, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Provocative Abstraction: New Painting New York, Karl Bornstein Gallery, Santa Monica, CA - 1989
Contemporary Abstract Painting, HBO Headquarters, New York, NY
Post Modern Painters, John Good Gallery, New York, NY
Lannan Acquisitions, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, California, CA
Painting Between Awareness and Desire, Cyrus Gallery, New York, NY - 1988
Sightings - Drawing with Color, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, Institute of North American Studies, Barcelona, Spain
Selections from the Edward Albee Collection, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, PA - 1987
Working in Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Press
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April 1,
2019Mousse MagazineSpace Is the Place: Chris Martin -
April 10,
2018Sound and Vision Podcast -
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2018The Brooklyn Rail -
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2018Time Out NY -
February 28,
2018Cultured -
July 19,
2015Hyperallergic
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November 1,
2014ArtforumIn Print: Chris Martin -
October 6,
2014New York TimesArt in Review: Chris Martin -
October 1,
2014Brooklyn Rail -
June 1,
2014KaleidoscopeSO NY PT.2: Chris Martin and Joyce Pensato -
November 1,
2011Art In AmericaWake Up Call
Publications
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Chris Martin
Chris Martin
Published on the occasion of the exhibition Chris Martin at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, January 26 - March 1, 2008
Text by Bruce Hainley
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Paintings [2017]
Chris Martin
Published by Skira, Anton Kern Gallery and David Kordansky Gallery.
Edited by Dan Nadel
Texts by Trinie Dalton, Dan Nadel, Glenn O’Brien, and Nancy Princenthal
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