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Cameron Martin

b. 1970

American artist (born 1970)

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Born 1970. Cameron Martin is an American painter.

Cameron Martin (born 1970) is an American contemporary artist. He is the co-chair of the Painting Department at the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. He lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Early life and education Martin was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1970. He received a B.A. in Art and Semiotics from Brown University in 1994. He continued his studies at the Whitney Independent Study Program in 1996. In the early 90s, Martin maintained a short career as a professional skateboarder. In 1990-1991, he belonged to the Bones Brigade, a team that notably included Tony Hawk, Rodney Mullen, and Steve Caballero.

Work Martin first became known for his depictions of meticulously rendered landscape paintings informed by semiotics. In a conversation between the artist Amy Sillman and Martin, Sillman notes that, “It is almost impossible to know whether they are paintings or screen prints, or printed prints, or prints with paintings over them”.

In 2014, Martin’s paintings pivoted towards abstraction. Martin's work in abstraction has been cited as painting “committed to the experience of painting, with unorthodox techniques, and mesmerizing surfaces.” Martin's current paintings explore the aesthetic of virtual technologies, drawing comparisons to Op Art, and the light patterns of contemporary electronic devices such as portable screens, tablets, and smart phones. Seattle Art Museum, Washington Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minnesota Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri U.S. State Department Art Bank Program, Washington DC The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York

Recognition Guggenheim Fellowship (2010) Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2008) Pollock-Krasner Foundation award (2000) Artists at Giverny Fellowship and Residency in Giverny, France (2001)

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1970, Seattle
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Brown University
Awards
Guggenheim Fellowship

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American artist (born 1970)

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Cameron Martin was born in 1970 in Seattle.

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Cameron Martin is a painter.

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Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Cameron Martin

· Wikidata: Q66036025

· DBpedia: Cameron Martin (artist)

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