CAMERON MARTIN
B. 1970
Cameron Martin’s paintings feature overlapping and undulating forms in varying transparencies, patterns, and geometries, producing visual phenomena that tap into histories of abstraction and present-day digital interfaces. Using a vivid chromatic palette, Martin meticulously applies paint to the canvas using techniques that intentionally complicate the distinction between the handmade and the mechanical, working from the foundation of abstraction towards the possibilities of representation.
Martin received his BA from Brown University and continued his studies at the Whitney Independent Study Program. He has exhibited at venues including the Whitney Museum, Saint Louis Art Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, City Gallery (Wellington, New Zealand), and Tel Aviv Museum. His work can be found in the public collections of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, NY; The Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN; the Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO; and The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, among others. Martin is a recipient of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship (2010), the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship (2008), and the Artists at Giverny Fellowship and Residency (2001).