Chris Martin

Known for his use of found of materials, Martin delighted in what he discovered in the studio and its surroundings. In Grey, Black, and Brown, he incorporated ground industrial rubber in his abstract composition to achieve a contrast in the print surface and make the black drawing even deeper and darker. In Wednesday Miles and Thursday Miles, he used some of his favorite music— Miles Davis at Fillmore —as an inspiration. Martin’s approach was intuitive and playful, informed by his painting process.

Chris Martin created these editions through the Printshop’s invitational Publishing Residency Program, working with printers Erik Hougen and James Miller in 2011. The screenprints incorporate archival inkjet printing, collage, and flocking and measure 42 x 27.75 inches (106.7 x 70 cm); and 44 x 27.75 inches (111.8 x 70 cm) respectively, are printed in editions of 20.

Chris Martin (b. 1954, Washington, D.C.) has been the subject of solo exhibitions at institutions worldwide, including Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin (2015); Rectangle, Brussels (2015); Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany (2011); and Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2011). Recent group exhibitions include Black Light, Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (2018); Animal Farm, Brant Foundation Art Study Center, Greenwich, Connecticut (2017); and Thinking Out Loud: Notes on an Evolving Collection, The Warehouse, Dallas (2017). His paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among other museums. Paintings, a career-spanning monograph, was published by Skira in 2017. Martin lives and works in Brooklyn and the Catskills, New York.