
Eddie Martinez has gained international recognition for his extraordinary use of line and manipulation of colour, which he applies aggressively and in vividly contrasting combinations to his paintings and sculptures. His style draws from a deep understanding of painting’s histories, filtered through personal experience, popular culture and sport. Described as “indomitable” by Interview magazine, Martinez’s paintings incorporate coarse brushwork and bold contours through the combination of mediums such as oil, enamel and spray paint, and often include collaged found objects.
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Eddie Martinez has gained international recognition for his extraordinary use of line and manipulation of colour, which he applies aggressively and in vividly contrasting combinations to his paintings and sculptures. His style draws from a deep understanding of painting’s histories, filtered through personal experience, popular culture and sport. Described as “indomitable” by Interview magazine, Martinez has recently attracted attention for his “exceptional gifts as a painter and draftsman, which he exuberantly combines.” (Roberta Smith, New York Times). Martinez’s paintings incorporate coarse brushwork and bold contours through the combination of mediums such as oil, enamel and spray paint, and often include collaged found objects.
Martinez has had solo exhibitions at Drawing Center, New York; Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Massachusetts; Peres Projects, Berlin; Half Gallery, New York; The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn; and ZieherSmith, New York. His work has been included in the group exhibitions New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn (2015); Body Language, The Saatchi Gallery, London (2013–2014); New York Minute, Garage Centre For Contemporary Culture, Moscow (2011); Not Quite Open for Business, The Hole, New York (2010); Draw, Museo de la Cuidad de México, Mexico City (2010); So Wrong, I’m Right, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles (2007); Mail Orders and Monsters, Deitch Projects, New York (2007); and Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens (2006). Martinez had his first solo museum exhibition in September 2017 at the Davis Museum, Wellesley, MA. The exhibition featured large-scale paintings from the Mandala series and recent bronze sculptures. In October 2017, The Drawing Center in New York presented a show of drawings and sketches from the artist’s studio. Following these successes, Martinez has gone on to be the subject of further major museum exhibitions including: White Outs, The Bronx Museum, New York, NY (2018) and Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI (2019).
Martinez was recently included in New York Close Up, Art 21’s documentary film series. He has been featured in Modern Painters, The New York Times, Interview Magazine, The New York Sun, The Boston Globe, ArtReview, The Brooklyn Rail, and Art in America.
1977 | Born at Groton Naval Base, Connecticut, USA |
2008 | Bauernmarkt Residency, Lenikus Collection, Vienna, Austria |
2022 | Eddie Martinez: Pigeon Sweat, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2021 | Eddie Martinez: Inside Thoughts, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA |
Eddie Martinez: 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 | |
2020 | Eddie Martinez: Drawnantine, Perrotin Viewing Salon (digital exhibition) |
2019 | Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI, USA |
EMHK19, Perrotin, Hong Kong | |
Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China | |
2018 | White Outs, The Bronx Museum, New York, NY, USA |
Love Letters and Yard Work, Mitchell, Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA | |
Blockhead Stacks, Perrotin, Tokyo, Japan | |
2017 | Cowboy Town, Timothy Taylor, London, UK |
Eddie Martinez: Studio Wall, Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA | |
Ants at a Picknic, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, USA | |
2016 | Salmon Eye, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY, USA |
Stop the world and let me off, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels, Belgium | |
2014 | Island I, Timothy Taylor, London, UK |
Nomader, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
Neanderthal Jeans, Half Gallery, New York, NY, USA | |
2013 | Beginner Mind, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, MO, USA |
Matador, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA | |
2012 | Studio Drawings, Half Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
2011 | Seeker, Peres Projects Mitte, Berlin, Germany |
New York Electric, Patricia Low, Gstaad, Switzerland | |
Eddie Martinez: Selected Drawings 2005-2011, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin, Germany | |
2010 | The Feast, presented by ZieherSmith, Art Positions, Art Basel, Miami Beach, FL, USA |
Buffet State Of Mind, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels, Belgium | |
Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, New York, NY, USA | |
2009 | News and Updates, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark |
Eddie Martinez, Seomi & Tuus, Seoul, Korea | |
2008 | Some Drawings, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, New York, NY, USA | |
New Paintings, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden | |
2007 | Hooters, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Darkness, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium | |
2006 | Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, Volta Show, Basel, Switzerland |
A Horse With No Name, ZieherSmith, New York, NY, USA | |
A Mini Carrot Experience, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden | |
2005 | Abracadabra, Bucket Rider, Chicago, IL, USA |
Cool Beans Brother, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden | |
A Big Ole Steely Dan Conversation, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA, USA |
2022 | Eddie Martinez & Sam Moyer, South Etna Montauk Foundation, New York, USA |
Recent Acquisitions 2002-2022, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, USA | |
2021 | Friends & Family, Magenta Plains, New York, NY, USA |
2020 | Kaleidoscopes: Contemporary Portraiture, Perrotin, Hong Kong |
2019 | Senior Coconut: Eddie Martinez, Gerasimos Floratos, Rafael Delacruz, Reyes Finn, Detroit, MI, USA |
Jaywalkers, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden | |
2018 | Beyond the Streets, Beyond The Streets, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Indulge, John Wolf Art Advisory and Brokerage, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
Gesture from Pop Process, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
2017-2018 | The Sleeping Procession, Cass Sculpture Foundation, Chichester, UK |
2017 | 10th Anniversary, Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan |
2015–16 | 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark |
2015 | Die Dritte Hand – Last Exit Painting, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin, Germany |
New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany | |
Slam Section, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden | |
The Guston Effect, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA, USA | |
Substance, Timothy Taylor, London, UK | |
The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
Freedom Culture, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA | |
2014 | Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections on Love and Death from the LIFE, Tip Top, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
Collection of Stephane Janssen, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA | |
The Journal Gallery at Venus Over Manhattan New York, NY, USA | |
Painters Painters, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK | |
2013 | LAT. 41° 7′ N., LONG. 72° 19′ W, Martos Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
Paint On, Paint Off, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY, USA | |
Drawing Gym, 247365 Gallery, organized by Brian Belott, New York, NY, USA | |
Body Language, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK | |
Work, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York, NY, USA | |
2012 | Group Show, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
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, Denmark | |
Jose Lerma & Eddie Martinez, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA | |
New Prints 2012/Winter, International Print Center New York (IPCNY), New York, NY, USA | |
Thanksgiving, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Body Language, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK | |
Eagles, Marlborough Madrid, Madrid, Spain | |
Breed, Greenberg Van Doren, New York, NY, USA | |
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, NY, USA | |
2011 | BNA, ZieherSmith Pop-Up Gallery, Nashville, TN, USA |
Body Language, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK | |
back room, Untitled, New York, NY, USA | |
Facemaker, curated by Kathy Grayson, Royal/T, Culver City, CA, USA | |
The Big Clown Show, Sorry We’re Closed, Art Brussels, Belgium | |
New York Minute, Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow, Russia | |
Triangle Fool, Hiromiyoshii Roppongi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan | |
I Am Who I Am: The Portrait Reconsidered, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA, USA | |
Cover Version LP, curated by Timothy Hull, BAMart, Brooklyn, NY, USA | |
Group Show, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris, France | |
2010 | The Power of Selection, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, USA |
Not Quite Open for Business, The Hole, New York, NY, USA | |
Insider/Outsider, Portugal Arte 2010, Lisbon, Portugal | |
Draw, curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey, Museo de la Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico | |
Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
Apartment Show Presents Big Apple, Clifton Benevento, New York, NY, USA | |
Forth Estate Editions, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY, USA | |
The Cannibal’s Muse, curated by Max Henry, Patricia Low Gallery, Gstaad, Switzerland | |
2009 | Forth Estate Editions, RISD Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI, USA |
New York Minute, MACRO FUTURE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome, Italy | |
Grand Reopening, ZieherSmith, New York, NY, USA | |
Leaves of Ash, Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris, France | |
Just Landed, two person show with Wes Lang, aliceday, Brussels, Belgium | |
Collaborations, ZieherSmith, New York, NY, USA | |
2008 | This is Boston, Not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA, USA |
Whatever is Whatever, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra Project, Greece | |
Timeless, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ, USA | |
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas Presents, Athens, Italy; Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK | |
Living In A Box, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin, Denmark | |
ambivalent figuration; people, Samson Projects, Boston, MA, USA | |
2007 | So Wrong, I’m Right: Eddie Martinez, William J. O’Brian, Roman Wolgin, Jonas Wood, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
Accessories, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
Painters, Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Deitch Projects, New York, NY, USA; Peres Projects, Berlin, Germany | |
Athens Biennial, curated by Dan Nadel, Athens, Greece | |
Cabinet of Curiosities, curated by Kathy Grayson, The Journal, Brooklyn, NY, USA | |
Five Painters, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden | |
Wood, Gallery Min Min, Tokyo, Japan | |
Crystal Crunch, curated by Taylor McKimens, Perugi Artecontemporanea, Padova, Italy | |
2006 | Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece |
Beyond, curated by Caroline Hwang & Suzannah Sinclair, New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA | |
You have to be almost gifted to do what I do, Alexander and Bonin, New York, NY, USA | |
Don’t Abandon The Ship, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA, USA | |
Fine Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY, USA | |
2005 | Thank You for the Days, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA |
Winners, HiFi Gallery, Austin, TX, USA | |
Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York, NY, USA | |
Loyal and his band hand drawn covers, Galleri Loyal, Stockholm, Sweden | |
2004 | Eddie Martinez and Denise Kupferschmidt, Evos Arts, Lowell, MA, USA |
In The Making, KCDC, Brooklyn, New York, NY, USA | |
The 18th Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA, USA | |
Eddie Martinez and Matt Clark, Compound Gallery, Portland, OR, USA | |
Suburban, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH, USA | |
2003 | The Russian Doll Show, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA; New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA, USA and Green Street Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA, USA |
Dishwasher Safe, Wurst Gallery, Portland, OR, USA | |
Halloween Show, Evos Arts, Lowell, MA, USA | |
Go Team, Upstairs At Johnsons, Boston, MA, USA | |
Textile, Somerville Arts Center, Somerville, MA, USA | |
Subconscious, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH, USA | |
Overhung, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA, USA | |
Animal Show, Mass Art, Boston, MA, USA |
Abu Ghazaleh Collection, Jordan |
La Colección Júmex, Mexico City, Mexico |
Hiscox Collection, London, UK |
The Marciano Collection, Los Angeles, CA |
The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX |
The Saatchi Collection, London, UK |
2016 | Price M. ed., Eddie Martinez: Salmon Eye, New York: Mitchell-Innes & Nash |
Eddie Martinez: Sculptures, London: Timothy Taylor | |
2015 | Brask, Jens-Peter, and Julie Quottrup-Silbermann, Brask Studio Visits, Brask Publications |
New York Painting, Munich: Hirmer | |
2013 | Eddie Martinez: Paintings, essays by Glenn O’Brien and Ross Simonini, New York: PictureBox |
2012 | O’Brien, G., Eddie Martinez: Studio Drawings, Los Angeles: Paper Chase Press |
2008 | Noel, D. ed., Eddie Martinez | Chuck Webster, New York: PictureBox |
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