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Eddie Martinez
Bio
Eddie Martinez (b. 1977, Groton Naval Base, Connecticut) is an American painter and sculptor who lives and works in Brooklyn. Martinez is best known for his large-scale paintings that incorporate figuration and abstraction, painting and drawing, and foreground his signature muscular brushwork. His works often feature a combination of mediums, including oil, enamel, spray paint, and collaged found objects. Martinez also uses these scavenged objects to construct three-dimensional works, which he combines and casts in bronze—resulting in sculptures that recall the exuberant forms of his canvases.
Martinez’s practice draws from a deep understanding of painting’s histories, and his works are dense with allusions to canonical artworks as well as personal references. Many of his works recall CoBrA and action painting, while others signal to the ominously cartoonish late-career work of Philip Guston. During his childhood and adolescence, Martinez moved back and forth between opposite regions of the United States, sometimes uprooted more than once a year. His magpie style of appropriating fragments of imagery emanates from this nomadic background, with traces of the different landscapes traversed during his youth occasionally appearing in his iconography, revisited and transformed from work to work.
Martinez has been the subject of solo exhibitions at La Biennale di Venezia (where he represented the Republic of San Marino in an exhibition curated by Alison M. Gingeras); Space K in Seoul, South Korea; the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York; the Yuz Museum, Shanghai; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit; The Bronx Museum, New York; the Drawing Center, New York; and the Davis Museum at Wellesley College, among others. His works are represented in international public and private collections.
Exhibitions
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Eddie Martinez
b. 1977, Connecticut, USA
Lives and works in New York, New York, USA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2026
Purple Flopper, Galerie Max Hetzler, Paris
2024
Homework, BLUM, Los Angeles, CA
Eddie Martinez, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY, USA
You think that you know but you know that you don't, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
Nomader, Pavilion of the Republic of San Marino, La Biennale di Venezia, Italy
2023
Enough, Timothy Taylor, London, UK
Eddie Martinez: Supernature, Capitain Petzel, Berlin, Germany
2022
Pigeon Sweat, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2021
Inside Thoughts, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA
Fingers Pointing at the Moon, Galerie Perrotin, Shanghai, China
New Paintings 2: Eddie Martinez, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Green Thumb: Eddie Martinez, Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019
Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI, USA
EMHK19, Perrotin, Hong Kong
Eddie Martinez: Open Feast, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
2018
The Bronx Museum, New York, NY
Love Letters and Yard Work, Mitchell, Innes & Nash, New York NY
2017
Eddie Martinez: Studio Wall, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Ants at a Picknic, Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA Cowboy Town, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
2016
Salmon Eye, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
Stop the world and let me off, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, BE
2014
Island I, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK
Nomader, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Neanderthal Jeans, Half Gallery, New York, US
2013
Beginner Mind, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, US
Matador, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, US
2012
Studio Drawings, Half Gallery, New York City, US
2011
Seeker, Peres Projects Mitte, Berlin, DE
New York Electric, Patricia Low, Gstaad, CH
Eddie Martinez: Selected Drawings 2005-2011, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, DE
2010
The Feast, presented by ZieherSmith, Art Positions, Art Basel, Miami Beach, US
Buffet State Of Mind, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, BE
Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, New York City, US
2009
News and Updates, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, DK
Eddie Martinez, Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, KR
2008
Some Drawings, The Journal Gallery, New York City, US
Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, New York City, US
New Paintings, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, SE, (catalogue)
2007
Hooters, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, PR
Darkness, aliceday, Brussels, BE
2006
Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, Volta Show, Basel, CH
A Horse With No Name, ZieherSmith, New York City, US
A Mini Carrot Experience, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, SE
2005
Abracadabra, Bucket Rider, Chicago, US
Cool Beans Brother, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, SE
A Big Ole Steely Dan Conversation, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, US
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Gardeners, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Upside Down Zebra, The Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY, USA
Super Duper, The Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY, USA
2024
George Clinton: Cloaked in a Cloud, Disguised in Sky, Savannah College of Design Museum of Art, Savannah, GA, USA
Couples Squared, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY, USA
Out of Silence: A Yuz Foundation Collection, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Contemporary Discoveries, Leslie Sacks Gallery, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Printer’s Picks: A Look at Priorities and Processes, David Krut Projects, New York, NY, USA
City Life, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sale Ends Today, Ross + Kramer Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Friends of the Pod, Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2023
50 Paintings, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI, USA
The Cuteness Factor, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Composition, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Next Door, Yuz Project Space of Art, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Levity, Alexander Berggruen, New York, NY, USA
Artists Choose Parrish Part IB, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, USA
2022
A Thing for the Mind, Timothy Taylor, London, UK
Eddie Martinez & Sam Moyer, South Etna Montauk Foundation, New York, NY, USA
Recent Acquisitions 2002-2022, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, US
25 Years, Harper’s Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA
Sculpture in the Garden, Landcraft Garden Foundation, Mattituck, NY, USA
2021
Friends & Family, Magenta Plains, New York, NY, USA
2020
Kaleidoscopes: Contemporary Portraiture, Perrotin, Hong Kong
100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA
Sympathetic Magic, organized by Bill Powers, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2019
Senior Coconut: Eddie Martinez, Gerasimos Floratos, Rafael Delacruz, Reyes Finn, Detroit, MI, USA
Jaywalkers, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2018
Palo Santo, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
A New Way of Walking, Timothy Taylor, London, UK
The Sleeping Procession, Cass Sculpture foundation, Chichester, UK
2017
10th Anniversary Show, Gallery Target, Tokyo, JP
Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016
13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2015
Die Dritte Hand – Last Exit Painting, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, DE
New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, DE
Slam Section, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, SE
The Guston Effect. Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Substance, Timothy Taylor, London, UK
The Avant-Garder Won’t Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Freedom Culture, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Brushcrusher, Studios353, New York, NY
Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections on Love and Death from the Collection of Stephane Janssen, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoeniz, AZ
Life, The Journal Gallery at Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Tip Top, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Body Language, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Paint On, Paint Off, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
Draw Gym, organized by Brian Belott, 247365 & Know More Games, New York, NY
LAT. 41◦ 7’ N., LONG. 72◦ 19’ W, Martos Gallery, East Marion, NY
Work, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Eddie Martinez/Pablo Picasso, Sorry We’re Closed, Art Brussels, Brussels, Belgium
WONDERS – Masterpieces from Private Collections in Denmark, KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, DK
Jose Lerma & Eddie Martinez, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York, US
New Prints 2012/Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, US
Thanksgiving, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, DK
2011
Back Room, Untitled, New York City, US
Body Language, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Facemaker, curated by Kathy Grayson, Royal/T, Culver City, California, US
The Big Clown Show, Sorry We're Closed, Art Brussels, BE
New York Minute, Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow, RU
Triangle Fool, Hiromiyoshii Roppongi Gallery, Toyko, JP
I Am Who I Am: The Portrait Reconsidered, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, US
Cover Version LP, curated by Timothy Hull, BAMart, Brooklyn, US
Group Show, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, FR
2010
The Power of Selection, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, US
Not Quite Open for Business, The Hole, New York City, US
Insider/Outsider, Portugal Arte 2010, Lisbon, PT
Draw, curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey, Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico City, MX
Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, US
Apartment Show Presents Big Apple, Clifton Benevento, New York City, US
Forth Estate Editions, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York City, US
The Cannibal's Muse, curated by Max Henry, Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad, CH
2009
Forth Estate Editions, RISD Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, US
New York Minute, MACRO FUTURE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, IT
Grand Reopening, ZieherSmith, New York City, US
Leaves of Ash, Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris, FR
Just Landed, two person show with Wes Lang, aliceday, Brussels, BE
Collaborations, ZieherSmith, New York City, US
2008
This is Boston, Not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, US
Whatever is Whatever, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra Project, GR
Timeless, Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, US
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens and Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
Living In A Box, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, DE
ambivalent figuration; people, Samson Projects, Boston, US
2007
Eddie Martinez, William J. O'Brian, Roman Wolgin, Jonas Wood, Gallery Min Min, Tokyo
Accessories, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagan, DK
Painters, Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Deitch Projects, New York and Peres Projects, Berlin, DE
Athens Biennial, curated by Dan Nadel, Athens, GR
Cabinet of Curiosities, curated by Kathy Grayson, The Journal, Brooklyn, US
So Wrong, I'm Right, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, US
Crystal Crunch, curated by Taylor McKimens, Perugi, Padua, IT
Five Painters, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, SE
2006
Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, GR (catalogue)
Beyond, curated by Caroline Hwang & Suzannah Sinclair, New Image Art, Los Angeles, US
You have to be almost gifted to do what I do, Alexander and Bonin, New York City, US
Don't Abandon The Ship, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, US
Fine Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, US
2005
Thank You for the Days, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, US
Winners, HiFi Gallery, Austin, US
Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York City, US
Loyal and his band hand drawn covers, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, SE
2004
Eddie Martinez and Denise Kupferschmidt, Evos Arts, Lowell, Massachusetts, US
In The Making, KCDC, Brooklyn, New York City, US
The 18th Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston, US
Eddie Martinez and Matt Clark, Compound Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
Suburban, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, US
2003
The Russian Doll Show, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, US
Exhibition also traveled to New Image Art, Los Angeles; Space 1026, Philadelphia; and Green Street Gallery, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, US
Dishwasher Safe, Wurst Gallery, Portland, Oregon, US
Halloween Show, Evos Arts, Lowell, Massachusetts, US
Go Team, Upstairs At Johnsons, Boston, US
Textile, Somerville Arts Center, Somerville, Massachusetts, US
Subconscious, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio, US
Overhung, Oni Gallery, Boston, US
Animal Show, Mass Art, Boston, US
Selected Works
