Born in Los Angeles, CA, 1980
Splits Time between LA and Flagstaff, AR
America Martin is a Colombian American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles. Since 2003, she has been featured in over seventy solo-shows, adding to her ever-growing reputation as someone to be watched.
Capturing the essence of humanity and nature is central to her engaging work. To underscore how important it is, she refers to herself as a painting anthropologist. Nevertheless, she deals with the same problems that have obsessed painters throughout time—arresting movement, exploring the expressive potential of human form, and arranging bodies in space in novel ways.
Martin understands how we see art today. Through well-developed craft—where saturated color, vivid lines, and bold forms support her magnetic figurations—she expresses emotion that art lovers instinctively understand, though they may not be able to put it into words. In fact, Martin’s art occupies that mysterious realm where things evade definition and cannot be described by mere words.
“My favorite things find their way into the art I make, through color, harmony and composition. The cheerful sun in the sky. The flowers and vines that I grow. The books I read, places to be traveled, the way dogs bark and children laugh. The joy that I find in the people I know and the people I haven’t met yet. I am an artist; my name is America Martin.”
EDUCATION
1990 – 1998 Apprenticeship with Vernon Wilson, professor of painting and drawing, Art Center College of Design
1998 - 1999 School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Joanne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
J Willot Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, Maine
Joanne Artman Gallery, New York, NY
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2022
Joanne Artman Gallery, LAguna Beach, CA, Spring
Joanne Artman GAllery, New York, NY, FAll
Centro Austin, TX Public Art Mosaic Commission
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA, April
Wally Workman GAllery, Austin,TX, December
2021
Joanne Artman GAllery, Laguna Beach, CA
Joanne Artman GAllery, New York, NY
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin,TX
J Williot Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2020
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME
2019
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
203 Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery in Wyoming, Jackson Hole, WY
2018
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Artman Gallery, New York, NY
J. Willott Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
2017
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2016
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
TEW Galleries Peachtree Hills Ave Atlanta GA
JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York, New York
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
CONTEXT New York with the JoAnne Artman Gallery
2015
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME
203 Gallery, Taos, NM
JoAnne Artman Gallery, New York, New York
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Affordable Art Fair NY with the JoAnne Artman Gallery
2014
TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2013
203 Gallery, Taos, NM
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland Maine
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2012
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Carver Hill Gallery, Rockland, ME
2011
Rooms & Gardens, Brentwood, CA
Mark Gallery, Englewood, New Jersey
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
The Carver Hill Gallery, Rockport, ME
Blue Tangerine Art, Beverly Hills, CA
2010
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery Santa Barbara, CA
Book release and signing, Insouciance: A retrospective in print.
2009
203 Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM
Walter Anderson Museum of Art - Through the Eyes of Children, Ocean Springs, MS
2008
203 Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM
Elizabeth Gordon Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
2007
Artist of the Month, San Francisco Day School, San Francisco, CA
Monique Oliver Estates, Venice, CA
Santa Barbara Art Co., Santa Barbara, CA
Private Exhibition, Koehler Winery Estates Los Olivos, CA
203 Fine Art Gallery, Taos, NM
Coda Gallery, Soho, New York, NY
2006
Santa Barbara Art Co., Santa Barbara, CA [spring]
Santa Barbara Art Co., Santa Barbara, CA [fall]
2002
Dionisia, Beverly Hills, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023- Salon Style, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2022- Salon Style, TEW Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2021- Art Miami, TEW Galleries, December, 2021, Miami, Florida
2017
TEW Galleries Salon Show, Atlanta, GA
2014
Miller Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Tew Galleries, Atlanta, GA
2013
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
Coates Wyllie, New York, NY
2012
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
2011
Wally Workman gallery, Austin, TX
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
JoAnne Artman Gallery
2010
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX
JoAnne Artman Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
Mark Gallery, Englewood, NJ
LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX [spring]
Wally Workman Gallery, Austin, TX [fall]
2006
Purspace, Chelsea, New York, NY
2005
Jeff Electric, Los Angeles, CA
The Unknown Gallery, Park City, UT
2003
Headquarters Gallery, Hollywood, CA
City Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2002
The Cupboard Show City Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2000
Bedlam Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
City Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GRANTS
2012 L’Ermitage Hotel, 12 month Artist-in-residence, Beverly Hills, CA
2011 L’Ermitage Hotel, 12 month Artist-in-residence, Beverly Hills, CA
2007 to 2011 Artist-in-residence, Gigapix Studios, Chatsworth, CA
2009 Artist-in-residence, Walter Anderson Museum, Ocean Springs, MS
Mississippi Arts Commission
2007 Artist–in-residence, MyLifeTime.com
Television
2003 – 2005 Artist –in-residence, Joan of Arcadia
CBS Television, Culver City, CA
ART FAIRS
2014 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
2013 Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL
2012 Affordable Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
2011 Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY
PhotoLA, Los Angeles, CA
Art San Diego Contemporary Art Fair, San Diego, CA
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
2010 Art San Diego, San Diego, CA
Art Santa Fe, Santa Fe, CA
CHARITY AUCTIONS
2013 Harmony Project of America, Los Angeles, CA
2010 W.H.E., Los Angeles, CA
2009 Team Maceo, Los Angeles, CA
Sara House, Santa Barbara, CA
W.H.E., Los Angeles, CA
Lotus Outreach, Los Angeles, CA
2008 Sarah House, Santa Barbara, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS / MEDIA
2020 Art & Antiques
2014 Flaunt
Yes
Cloth Paper Scissors Magazine
2013 Artslant
LA Confidential
Foam
Los Angeles, I’m Your’s
Camden Herald
2012 201 Magazine
Fundschau
The Sche Report
Art Social
Maine Art Scene
Austin 360 Daily
Austin360.com
Culture Map Austin
2Modern Blog
Tribeza Magazine
OC Weekly
Silly Nightmares
Eventseekr LA
Yo Venice!
Chump Champion
Peek
Cartwheel
2011 Santa Barbara Seasons
Laguna Beach Independent
2010 American Art Collector
Santa Barbara Seasons [spring]
Insouciance: A retrospective in print.
Dining Women, February
Art Ruby, February
Art Scene, February
Santa Barbara Magazine
Santa Barbara Seasons [fall]
Tribeza Magazine
2009 Santa Barbara Seasons [spring]
Walter Anderson Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Seasons [fall]
2008 Santa Barbara Seasons [spring]
Santa Barbara Seasons [fall]
National Geographic Traveler Magazine
Lotus Outreach
Black Book
Morphine Generation
Dining and Destination
Santa Barbara Independent
2007 Vista LA, studio visit and interview
ABC Television, Los Angeles, CA
Eliza
Art Ltd.
Art Collectors Sourcebook
Tempo
THE
Taos
2006 Santa Barbara Seasons [spring]
Lifescapes [spring]
Santa Barbara Seasons [fall]
Lifescapes [fall]
Dining and Destinations
2000 L.A Times / Associated Press
TEW Galleries is one of Atlanta's Leading Contemporary Galleries since 1987
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