Chris Martin (artist)

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Chris Martin (born 1954) is an American abstract painter who lives and works in Brooklyn, New York and the Catskills region of New York State.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Chris Martin
Chris Martin, Staring into the Sun 2003-2006 oil, paper, collage, and staples on canvas 79 x 86 inches (200.1 x 218.4 cm)
Born	1954 (age 69–70) Washington, DC
Nationality	American
Known for	Painting
Movement	Casualism

Early life and education

Chris Martin was born in Washington, DC, in 1954.^[1] His grandmother was a landscape painter.^[2] He grew up in Washington, and works in Brooklyn, New York. He studied painting at Yale University but did not complete the course; in the 1990s he attended the School of Visual Arts and left with a degree in art therapy. He worked as an art therapist for some fifteen years.^[2]

Work

He makes colorful, abstract paintings, often with elements of collage and text.^[4]^[5] His work is casualist, and employs various media.^[6]^[7] He considers it to be influenced by the Catskill Mountains, which he often visited when young.^[8]^[7]^[9]^[10]

An early member of the Williamsburg art scene, he still maintains the same studio he has had since the mid-1980s, in what used to be a florist's freezer.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "Union List of Artist Names Online (ID: 500331549)". getty.edu. The J. Paul Getty Trust. Retrieved Jan 5, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Craig Olson (6 February 2008). Chris Martin with Craig Olson. The Brooklyn Rail. Accessed May 2018.
^ Foye, Raymond (May 25, 2020). "Chris Martin with Raymond Foye". brooklynrail.org. Brooklyn Rail. Retrieved Dec 28, 2020.
^ Smith, Roberta; Rosenberg, Karen (February 8, 2008). "Chris Martin at Mitchell Innes & Nash". The New York Times. Retrieved Jan 5, 2021.
^ Butler, Sharon L. (June 3, 2011). "ABSTRACT PAINTING: The New Casualists". brooklynrail.org. Retrieved Sep 10, 2020.
^ Vogel, Wendy (March 4, 2018). "Artist Chris Martin Shines in a New Painting Show at Anton Kern". culturedmag.com. Art in America. Retrieved Dec 29, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Go See – New York: Chris Martin and Joe Bradley at Mitchell-Innes & Nash". artobserved.com. AO Art Observed. March 10, 2010. Retrieved Jan 2, 2021.
^ Samet, Jennifer (March 22, 2014). "Beer with a Painter: Chris Martin". hyperallergic.com. Hyperallergic. Retrieved Jan 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Fattori Franchini, Attilia (Spring 2019). "Space Is the Place: Chris Martin". moussemagazine.it. Mousse Magazine and Publishing. Retrieved Jan 2, 2021.
^ Russ, Sabine (Summer 2018). "Chris Martin and Cy Gavin". bombmagazine.org. BOMB Magazine. Retrieved Jan 2, 2021.

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Early life and education

Work

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