Chris Martin was born in Washington D.C. in 1954. From 1972–75 he attended Yale University, and in 1992 attained a BFA, Certificate of Art Therapy from the School of Visual Arts, New York. Martin has lived and worked in New York City since 1976 and has been exhibiting actively in the United States since the early 1980s. Recent solo exhibitions include Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium; Mitchell-Innes & Nash in New York City; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.; Joe Bradley & Chris Martin at Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, 2010; and a one-artist exhibition of large-scale paintings and drawings at KOW Berlin, Germany, 2009. Martin’s works have also been included in many group exhibitions including Abstract America at the Saatchi Gallery, London, 2009; Shape Shifters at the University of North Carolina, Pembroke, NC, 2008; The Painted World at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, NY, 2005; and Current Undercurrents: Working in Brooklyn at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, 1997. Martin has been the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2002, and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Award, 1999.
More information can be found here:
Chris Martin at Mitchell-Innes & Nash (New York)
Chris Martin at Galerie Rodolphe Janssen (Brussels, Belgium)
Chris Martin: Painting Big at Corcoran Gallery of Art (2011) — with videos
Art in America: Wake-Up Call (2011)
Brooklyn Rail, In Conversation: Chris Martin with Craig Olson (2008)
NYTimes, Art in Review (2008)
