EDUCATION
Graduate of Newport High School, Newport NH, General Studies,
1983.
Graduate of Keene State College, Keene NH, Bachelor of Arts, Fine
Arts, 1988.
Participant in Deborah
Hay’s Large Group Workshop,
Austin,
TX,
January – April 1991.
WORK & RELATED
EXPERIENCE
1989 - 1991 Studio Assistant to sculptor Jack Marshall, mold making,
bronze cast finishing, furniture fabrication, exhibition installation.
1993 – 1994 Screenprinter,
Mountain Corporation, manually printed four color process textile
designs, press set-up and ink
mixing.
1996 – 1998 Faux and Decorative Painter, CollageAuFaux,
Austin, TX, 1996 – 1998, executed large scale architectural
decorative finishes in private homes.
1999 – 2001 Shop/Site Assistant to Joseph Zambarano, Austin,
TX, 1999 – 2001, custom wood projects, remodeling, painting,
carpentery, sheetrock, cabinet fabrication and installation.
EXHIBITIONS & PROJECTS
2007
New Work: Paintings and Drawings
Solo exhibition at Bolm Studios, Austin, TX.
Paint: Group Exhibition of Austin Painters
Davis Gallery, Austin, TX.
Andy St. Martin Selected Work 1997 - 2007
4 Walls Fine Art, Austin, TX.
Distance: Paintings and Drawings
Newport Library Arts Center, Newport, NH.
2006
Persistent Codes
Exhibition
with Adreon Henry, Julia C. Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts
Center, Austin, TX.
Karaoke Show
Group exhibition at Shady Tree Studios, Austin TX.
2005
Outside The Grooves
Solo
exhibition of new paintings and drawings at Bolm Studios, Austin
TX.
Metrohomes
A
one-night group exhibit sponsored by Gallery Lombardi, Austin,
TX.
2004
Being With You
Solo
exhibit of 17 paintings in the home of Dr. Robert E. Cantu, Austin,
TX.
Selected Works
Featured
artist at the Undergraduate Writing Center, University of Texas,
Austin, TX.
Summer Swim
Group
exhibit, 20/40 Gallery, Austin, TX.
2003
Secret Furniture
Group
show Gallery Lombardi, Austin, TX.
2002
3 Years Works
Solo
exhibit of 20 large format paintings at Austin Yoga School, Austin,
TX.
Summer Artshow
Studies
and smaller works, with Ethan Azarian at his In-House Gallery.
2001
Art Lottery
Conceived
and conducted a private lottery, the winner receiving a painting
from my body of work. The lottery
generated 8 months of support for me by creating interest in my
work, resulting in two sales and two commissions.
2000
Frontera Fest
Oil
paintings at Blue Genie Art Industries, Austin, TX.
1999
Contemplative
Abstractions
Solo exhibition of paintings,
Texas Lutheran University.
1994
Artwalk
Sculptural
Installation, Keene, NH.
1993
Hurricane Dreams
Assemblage
Sculpture, Art Center on Brickyard Pond,
Keene, NH.
1992
Wallflowers
Multimedia
exhibition with Thomas St. Martin, Newport Library Arts Center,
Newport, NH.
1990
Fall Exhibition
Arts
Collective, Arts Center on Brickyard Pond, Keene, NH
1988
Fall Exhibition
Arts
Collective, Arts Center on Brickyard Pond, Keene, NH
PERFORMANCE & SET
DESIGN
2000
Boom, Boom, Boom
Performed
with the Deborah Hay Dance Co., The Off Center, Austin, TX.
1998
Frontera Fest
Set
for Jason Phelps. Awarded Best of Fest, Austin, TX
1997
Personal Dances
Performed
a solo in the series curated by MS/Nerve Dance Co., Hyde Park
Theater, Austin, TX.
1996
ICE
Performed
and designed set for a piece choreographed by MS/Nerve Dance
Co., The Public Domain, Austin, TX.
1995
My Heart
Stage
Manager for dance produced by Deborah Hay Dance Co., St. Stephens
School, Austin, TX.
1994
Seven Acts of
Faith
Performed in work choreographed
by Liz Gans, The Moving Co., Keene, NH.
COLLECTORS
Hawkeye Glen and Lizzie Martinez, Austin, TX
Zora St. Martin, Newport, NH
Emily Little, Austin, TX
Evonne Bently, Austin, TX
Stout Family, Newport, NH
Lisa and Clint Cook, Jackson, WY
Charissa Goodrich, Austin, TX
Dana Younger and Diana Lewis, Austin, TX
Blair Fox, Austin, TX
Jeff Grosner and Rebecca DeFusco, Harrisville, NH
Michael and Jennifer McGloin, Marlboro, NH
Bret Vapnek, New York, NY
Zebra Imaging, Pflugerville, TX
Eric and Janna Bear, Seattle, WA
Brian Johnson, Austin, TX
Rosario Rino Pizzi, Austin, TX
John and Irina Gans, New York, NY
Kevin Collins and Jenifer Arnston, Austin, TX
Nelson Valente, Austin, TX
Dr. Robert E. Cantu, Austin, TX
Michael and Rebecca Cantos-Busch, Austin, TX
Chris and Laura Levack, Austin, TX
Steve Roberts, Austin, TX
Robin Kelley, Austin, TX
Tom Kartsotis, Wailea, HI
Mark Macek and Pam Peltz, Austin, TX
Carson and Michael Lovell, Austin, TX
Marita Beck, Austin, TX
Beverley Bajema and Will Dibrell, Austin, TX
Lisa Goodrich, Austin, TX
Monica Poss, Austin, TX
Lesley Taylor, Seattle, WA
Shannon Kirchoff, Leander, TX
Phyllis Finley, Corpus Christi, TX
Adlai and Samantha McMahon, Austin, TX
Shea Little and Jana Swec, Austin TX
Dell Childrens Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, TX
Max Benham, Austin, TX
Elizabeth Pecor, Austin, TX
Michael and Carson Lovell, Austin, TX
Brian and Stella Alesi, Austin, TX
Allison Aydelotte, Austin, TX
Metropolitan Gallery, Austin, TX
Sixth River Architects, Austin, TX
4 Walls Fine Art, Austin, TX
Michael Terrazas, Austin, TX
PUBLICATIONS
Art in America December 2007
Andy St. Martin: Break on Through to the Other Side – Austin
Chronicle, May 25th, 2007
by David Bradford
Arts Review: Andy St. Martin, Selected Works from 1999 - 2007 – Austin
Chronicle, May 25th, 2007
by Rachel Koper
Outside the Grooves – Austin
Chronicle, December 9th, 2005
by Benne Rockett
Interview in Cantanker
magazine, Summer 2006
Cover art for New Orleans
review published by Loyola University,
New Orleans LA, Summer
2006
Artist Statement
Over the past several
years I have devoted my time to the making of large sized paintings
on wood panels. Physically these paintings are rich with many
layers often built with brushwork, stenciling, paint applied
directly from the tube and glazes and washes. These techniques
are used to form simple symbol images that are sometimes more
abstract, sometimes more representational.
With an equal emphasis
on figure and ground, the technical and imagistic aspects of
the paintings merge, allowing an allover focus that is not built
from repetition.
My paintings flirt with
ideas of editing, exertion and a private symbolized divulgence,
that I hope is revealed instantaneously to evoke a prolonged
engagement with one’s curiosity.
Biographical
Sketch
Andy St. Martin is a
native of Southwestern New Hampshire where he received his B.A.
in studio art from Keene State College in 1988. Following a one
year apprenticeship with sculptor Jack Marshall, he came to Austin,
Texas to participate in a large group workshop conducted by Deborah
Hay. Relationships established in the workshop confirmed a long
lasting rapport with dancers and performers that continue to
be a facet of his work. In New Hampshire, St. Martin has shown
paintings and sculpture at Newport Library Arts Center, at Artwalk,
in Keene, and at The Arts Center on Brickyard Pond in Keene.
In Texas, he has exhibited his work at Blue Genie Art Industries,
Gallery Lombardi, 20/40 Gallery, the home of Dr. Robert E. Cantu,
the Undergraduate Writing Center at the University of Texas – Austin,
Texas Lutheran University’s Kraushaar Gallery, and Austin
Yoga School, as well as set design and performance work with
Deborah Hay, Margery Segal, Jason Phelps, and Liz Gans. He currently
devotes his time to the making of paintings exclusively at the
Splinter Group in scenic east Austin.
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