Katy Martin                                            Resume


Solo Exhibitions:

2005                  Forget About Doing Art, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China                        
2003                  Flesh, Paint and Plaster, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York
2001                  Paint on Skin, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York
                          P.S.122 Gallery: Hallway Project, New York
                          Film and Photography Gallery, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA

Artist-Curator Projects:

2006                  Co-curator of two series of avant-garde film/video programs, as follows:
                          China's Cutting Edge: New Video Art from Shanghai and Beijing,
                                         4 programs at Anthology Film Archives, New York
                          Art as a Form of Conversation: Avant-Garde Film/Video from the USA,
                                         3 programs at the Dashanzi Arts Festival, 798 Galleries, Beijing, China

                          with selections traveling to:
                                         Pacific Film Archives,  UC Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA
                                         Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
                                         Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
                                         http://www.uswtv.com, a Chinese-language Internet television station

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2007                  Milwaukee Underground Film Festival, Milwaukee, WI
2006                  Through Our Eyes, New York, Artists Exchange International and
                                    Green Dog Arts, Belfast, Northern Ireland
                          In Black and White and Living Color, Tribeca Film Festival, New York
                          Art as a Form of Conversation, Dashanzi Arts Festival, 798 Galleries,
                                    Beijing, China
                          Results You Can't Refuse: Celebrating 30 Years of BB Optics,
                                    Anthology Film Archives, New York
                          12+ Retrospective, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art,
                                    Shanghai, China
                          Creating Scape, Zheng Da Villa, Shanghai, China
                          Art and Culture, http://www.uswtv.com, Chinese-language Internet tv
                          Field of Vision: Beijing, Beijing New Art Projects, Beijing, China
2005                  It was here a minute ago! , NURTUREart, New York
                          New York, New York, Shanghai Duolun Museum of Modern Art
                          NURTUREart ’05 Yearbook, Spike Gallery, Williamsburg/New York, NY
                          REAL, Riverside Church, New York
                          Learning Curve, Art Gotham Gallery, New York
2004                  Memoria, Homage to El Salvador, The Brecht Forum, New York, NY
                          Superheroines, Gallery Onetwentyeight, New York, NY
                          Through Our Eyes, Downtown Community Resource Center; studio tours,
                                                    exhibition and panel discussion at Art in General, New York
                          Body Virtual, Western Wyoming Community College, Rock Springs, WY; and
                                                    Westchester Community College Gallery, Peekskill, NY
                          The Matzo Files, Streit’s Matzo, New York (Lower East Side), ongoing
                          Athens Film Festival, Athens, Ohio
2003                   A Day in Art, studio tours, NY
                          Bodilicious, Tatfoo Temple of Art and Design, Staten Island, New York
2002                  Key to the Quick, Next Wave Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music,
                                                    BAMcinematek, Brooklyn, NY (premiere of Skinside Out,
                                                    a 16mm film made in collaboration with Bill Brand)
                           Drawings for Peace, Kentler International Drawing Space, Red Hook, Brooklyn
                           Preview: Be-Hold #39, Be-Hold, Inc., New York
                           911 Show, Artists Respond, Bronx River Art Center, New York
                          Reactions, Exit Art, New York
                          Benefit Gala, Bomb Magazine, New York
2001                  Inaugural Exhibition, Paul Sharpe Contemporary Art, New York
                          Examining Our Breasts, Lebel Gallery, University of Windsor, Ont., Canada
2000                  Miniature Print Portfolio, The Lower East Side Printshop, New York
                          Delicate Tissue, MY Art Prospects, New York
                          Sitting Pretty, Bomb Magazine Benefit
1996                  25 Contemporary Artists from New York, Yuki Sun, Nagoya, Japan
1995                  Spring Benefit Studio Tours, Art In General, New York
1993                  Gesture and Geometry: Battenfield and Martin, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA (two-person)
                          Three Abstract Artists, Hugh Hill Gallery, Kent, CT
                          Black/White/Color, Bologna/Landi Gallery, East Hampton, NY
1992                  America/Europe Event at 360, Pino Molica Gallery, New York; and Pino Molica Gallery, Rome, Italy
                          The Nature Show, Tribeca Gallery, New York
1990                  Natural Selection, Henry Street Settlement, New York
                          Aspects of Nature, College of New Rochelle, New York
1983                  Three Dimensional Photographs, Castelli Graphics, New York

 

Selected Publications (writing, interviews, photos):

"Forget About Doing Art," Interview of Katy Martin by Zhu Haijian published in Chinese in Art World Magazine,
            China’s leading art magazine, January 2005, pp. 46-50, and featured on their website
Cover photograph, BE-HOLD Catalog #39, March 2002, New York.
Cover photograph and design. Giannina Braschi, El imperio de los sueños, San Juan: University of Puerto Rico Press, 1999.
"Art, Danger, and Sacred Space" (text and photos), Bomb Magazine, Spring, 1999, p. 81 and pp. 104-105.
"Nick Pappas on Plato and Wittgenstein." Interview with the philosopher, Nick Pappas, author of Plato and the Republic (NY: Routledge, 1995),
            for the Bohen Series on Critical Discourse, Bomb Magazine, summer, 1996, pp. 66-70, ill.
"An Interview with Jasper Johns about Silkscreening" (complete transcript of the soundtrack of my film, Hanafuda),
            Jasper Johns: Writings, Interviews and Work Notes, New York: The Musem of Modern Art, 1996.
Photos, Kirk Varnedoe, Jasper Johns, A Retrospective, NY: MOMA, 1996, p. 303.
Photos, Susan Brundage, ed., Technique and Collaboration in the Prints of Jasper Johns, New York: Castelli Gallery, 1996, pp. 38, 40-41.
Frontispiece and photos, Universal Limited Art Editions, The Prints of Jasper Johns, 1960-1993, a catalogue raisonne .
            with text by Richard Field, West Islip, NY: ULAE, 1995.
"An Interview with Jasper Johns about Silkscreening" and frontispiece/photos. Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols, The Walker Art Center,
            Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1990, and the Musee des Beaux Arts, Montreal, Canada, 1990 (in French).
Frontispiece photo and extensive quotes. Riva Castleman, Jasper Johns, A Print Retrospective,
            The Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1986.
Drawing, Bomb Magazine, fall, 1985, p.73.
Drawing, Bomb Magazine, 1983-84, p. 24.
"The Super 8 Edge." The Cinemanews, 1981, pp. 78-79.
"Close Encounters." X Magazine, Feb. 1977.
"Marcel Duchamp's ANEMIC-CINEMA." Studio International, London, Jan./Feb. 1975 (special issue on Duchamp)


Selected Film Shows
- HANAFUDA (1981), a 35-minute super-8mm film observing Jasper Johns
making silkscreen prints, and eight other films made between 1975-1981.

2001                   Big as Life: An American History of 8mm Films, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1999                   Big as Life: An American History of 8mm Films, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
1996                   The Museum of Modern Art, New York (continuous showing during Jasper Johns, A Retrospective)
1994                   MacDowell Art Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire
                           The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
1990                   The National Gallery, Washington, DC (daily showings all summer)
                           Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota (continuous showing with Jasper Johns: Printed Symbols)
                                                    and travelling
                           The Isetan Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan, and travelling
1988                   The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
1986                   The Museum of Modern Art, New York (ten weekly showings)
                           Galerie Mukai, Tokyo, Japan
1985                   Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas
1982                   Castelli Graphics, New York (to inaugurate a new gallery)
                           Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
                           The Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
1981                   The Thomas Segal Gallery, Boston, MA
                           The Collective for Living Cinema, New York
1980                   Berks Filmmakers, Reading, PA (visiting artist)
                           Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (visiting artist)
                           Hunter College, New York (visiting artist)
1979                   Canyon Cinematheque, San Francisco, CA (visiting artist)
                           The Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
1977                   The Collective for Living Cinema, New York
                           Artists Space, New York


Awards
: 

2002-03             Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - Manhattan Community Arts Fund
2000-01             The Lower East Side Printshop, New York, Keyholder
1989                   National Endowment for the Arts, Artist's Fellowship in Painting
1977-78             P.S. One/The Clocktower, Studio Artist Residency

 

Collections:

The Museum of Modern Art, New York
The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
The Kunstmuseum, Basel, Switzerland
Fukuoka-Kenritsu Museum, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
Yokohama Museum, Yokohama, Japan


Selected Bibliography:

Elena Sorokina, "Terrain Vague as Setting: Chinese Video in New York."  Performing Arts Journal (PAJ), MIT Press,
         September 2006, pp. 60-65, ill.
Aidan Dunne, “A Visual Feast to Whet All Appetites”, Irish Times,  October, 31, 2006, Dublin, Ireland
Royce Harper, Artery> television show, NVTV, November 2006, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Ed Halter, "China's Cutting Edge: New Video Art From Shanghai and Beijing," The Village Voice (Voice Choice),
          New York City, May 16, 2006, p. 68.
David Hsieh, "Avant-Garde Video Exhibition," World Journal (NYC's largest Chinese language newspaper),
         May 18, 2006, p. E11 (feature article)
Courtney Woo, “Experimental Film Retrospective: Western filmmakers nudge
         Shanghai’s nascent experimental film scene to life.” City Weekend, Shanghai, China, January 19, 2006, p. E24.
Zhu Haijian, "New York, New York at the Shanghai Doland," Art World Magazine, Shanghai, China, September 2005.
Featured guest, Conversations with Harold Channer, MNN-TV television show, New York, May 5, 2005.
Juan Fernando Merino, “Pero si estaba aqui hace un minuto!,” El Diario La Prensa, May 1, 2005, ill.
Larry Gottheim, "Catch," BE-HOLD Catalog #39, March 2002, New York.
April Koral, "The Artist as Canvas, and Subject," The Tribeca Trib, December, 2001, p. 41, ill.
William Zimmer, "Two Campus Galleries in New Rochelle." The New York Times, Westchester section,
         Sunday, November 18, 1990.
Morning Edition, National Public Radio, March 6, 1990.
Tokuzo Okabe, Feature article on the film, HANAFUDA/JASPER JOHNS. Bijutsu Techo,
         Tokyo, Japan, March, 1987.
Dalia Judovitz, "Anemic Vision in Duchamp," Dada and Surrealist Film, Rudolf Kuenzli ed.
         New York: Willis Locker & Owens, 1987, pp. 55-56.
Lisa Peters, "Starring Jasper Johns." The Print Collectors Newsletter, Jan./Feb. 1982, p. 178, ill.
Judith Goldman, "Echoes--To What Purpose." Catalogue essay for Jasper Johns Prints 1977-1981.
          Boston: Thomas Segal Gallery, 1981.
Amy Taubin, "Silent Womenworks." The Soho Weekly News, 12/8/77, p. 69.
Amy Taubin, "Enervating Super 8." The Soho Weekly News, 6/8/77, p. 35

Lectures, Artist's Residencies, Panels and Teaching:

2007                   Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
                           Cooper Union Pre-college Program, New York
2006                   “Through Our Eyes” panel discussion at Black Box Gallery, Belfast,
                                   Northern Ireland
                           Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
                           China Central Academy of Fine Arts (Dept of Painting), Beijing, China
                           Summer Arts Institute, Stuyvesant High School, NYC
                                   Artist-in-Residence (4 weeks)
2005                   Shanghai Normal University, (Dept of Painting), Shanghai, China
                           Shanghai University, School of Film and Television, Shanghai, China
                           Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, a public high school in Queens, NYC
                                   Artist-in-Residence (12 weeks), Instructor - Arts Literacy
                           Cooper Union Pre-College Program, New York
                           SUNY, Fashion Institute of Technology, (Dept of Painting),, NYC
2004                   Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts (Instructor - 4-week intensive,
                                   Self-Portraits through Digital Photography and Writing)
                           Brecht Forum Panel (on the topic of memory and the arts), New York
                           Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Artist-in-Residence (16 weeks),
                                   produced the award-winning animation, MOVE!, with 9th graders
2003                   Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, Artist-in-Residence
                                   Artist-in-Residence (12 weeks), Instructor - Arts Literacy

Education:        Vermont College, Montpelier, Vermont, M.F.A., 1997
                            Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, B.A., 1973


        
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