Charles
Martin
Urban Anthill, NYC, 2019
C-print, 16 x 24 inches
Edition 1/5
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Born Yeadon, Pennsylvania
Lives and works in New York City |
Education |
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Yale University, New Haven, CT |
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1988 |
Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese |
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1986 |
M. Phil., Spanish & Portuguese |
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1985 |
MA, Spanish and Portuguese |
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1982-84 |
Graduate Study in Afro-American Studies and photography classes in the
School of
Art with
Thomas Roma and JoAnn Walters |
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1974 |
BA, English |
Selected
Solo Exhibitions |
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2022 |
Metropolis:
Photography, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2019 |
Affinity with
Brazil: 1982-Present, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2016 |
Storied People:
Photography, June Kelly Gallery, New York
Reflections/Connections, Associacao Brasilseira de Arte
Fotografica, Rio de Janerio,
Brazil |
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2014 |
Reflections/Connections, Ima Foto Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil |
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2014-2013 |
Because of Algiers,
Festival of Contemporary Art, Musee Public National d’Art Moderne
et Contemporain d’ Alger,Algeria (MAMA);
catalogue |
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2012 |
Manhattan,
June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2010 |
Algiers: Charles
Martin & Jean-Pierre Hautecoeur, The International Center, New York |
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2009 |
Civil Search:
Charles Martin, photographs and Dick Griffin, paintings, The
International
Center, New York |
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2008 |
Also Brazil, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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2005 |
Motion, June Kelly Gallery, New York
Yin Mei Dance, Dance Theatre Workshop, New York |
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2004 |
Ferryboat,
Amarillo College, TX |
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2003 |
Ferryboat, June Kelly Gallery, New York
Making Carnival, Tamarkin, New York
Making Carnival, Newhouse Center, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY |
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2002 |
Myth and Reality:
Masques & Portraits, Galerie Lulu Lyon, Paris
Charles Martin & LeRoy Henderson Photographs, HBO Executive
Offices Gallery, New
York |
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2001 |
Masquerades,
IRADAC, City College of New York |
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2000 |
Reflections and
Motion, Yeadon, Pennsylvania Public Library
Ferryboat, Alice Austen House Museum, Staten Island, NY
Ferryboat, Modernage, New York
Spaces, Tamarkin, New York |
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1999 |
Reflections, June Kelly Gallery, New York |
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1998 |
Photographing the Diaspora, University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Home & Away (Eastern Parkway Carnival, Brooklyn and Brazil) Queens
College,
Flushing, NY; catalogue |
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1997 |
New York
Cityscapes, Access Gallery, Staten Island, NY
Flavors of Brazil, Charles Martin & Fernando Natalici, Arts of
Brazil Gallery, New York
Brazil, School of New Resources, Gordon Parks Gallery, College of
New Rochelle,
Bronx, NY |
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1996 |
Brazil, Paris, New York, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street
Settlement, New
York
Made in Brazil, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI;
traveling exhibition
Made in Brazil, Access Gallery, Staten Island Community
Television, NY |
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1995 |
Brazil, Paris, New York, Cinque Gallery, New York |
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1993 |
Portraits et Vues, Odéon Photo-Vidéo, Paris, France
Portraits Noirs Américains, Musée de la Halle St. Pierre, Paris |
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1992 |
Isolation,
Grandview Gallery, West Virginia University, Mountainlair, Morgantown,
WV
Fotografias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato
Grosso, Brazil |
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1991 |
Portraits and Places, Creative Arts Center,
West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV |
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1990 |
Portrayals, 4th Street Photo Gallery, New York |
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1989 |
Portrayals, Edward Williams College, Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Hackensack, NJ
Portrayals, WBGO Radio Station, Newark, NJ
Brooklyn to Brazil, Corner Gallery, World Trade Center, New York
Passage, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
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1988 |
Photographs, En Foco, Inc., Bronx, NY |
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1987 |
Optical Thinking, Maples Gallery and Weiner Library, Fairleigh
Dickinson University,
Teaneck, NJ |
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1986 |
Optical Thinking, Afro-American Cultural Center, Yale University,
New Haven, CT;
traveling exhibition |
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1983 |
African Eyes/Brazil, Charles Martin and Jesse A. Rhines,
Afro-American Cultural
Center and Cross Campus Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT,
Fall/Winter |
Selected
Group
Exhibitions |
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2020 |
Visions 2020,
Wilmer Jennings Gallery, curated by Beuford Smith, a member and past
president of the Kamoinge Workshop, and
as cofounder of the Black Photographer’s
Annual, Kenekeleba House, New York |
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2017-18 |
Celebrating 30
Years, Gallery Artists: Drawings and Photographs, June Kelly
Gallery, New
York |
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2013 |
Spectacles: 4
Olhos-4 Visions, photographs by Charles Martin, Eduardo Castanho,
Fernando Natalici and Antonio Oliveira,
New York Public Library and Mulenberg
Branch |
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2011 |
African
Transitions: Reflections and Change 1980-2010, Bronx Community
College, NY
2nd Pan African Cultural Festival of Algiers, Algeria, University
System of the District of
Columbia 4, Washington, DC |
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2010 |
2nd Pan African
Cultural Festival of Algiers, Algeria, Institute of African American
Affairs at New York University, |
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2009-2010 |
Picturing New
York: Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art, curated by Sarah
Meister, Associate Curator in the Department
of Photography; traveled to the Irish
Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Fundació la
Caixa, Barcelona; and Museo di arte
moderna e contemporanea di Trento e
Rovereto; Italy; catalogue |
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2008 |
New York City: In
Focus, Bellevue Hospital Center Atrium, New York |
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2007 |
Celebration: Nine
Artists Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of
Winston-Salem Delta Fine
Arts, Winston-Salem, NC; brochure |
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2005 |
Tsunami Relief,
ABC no Rio & Carriage House, New York |
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2002 |
Life of the City,
Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2001 |
Made in Woodstock,
Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY
Committed To The Image: Contemporary Black Photographers,
organized by the Brooklyn
Museum of Art, NY; catalogue |
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2000 |
Reflections in
Black: A History of Black Photographers, Smithsonian Institution and
Anacostia Museum, Washington, DC; catalogue,
traveling exhibition |
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1998 |
Benefit Show,
Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
The Wedding Show, Leica Gallery, New York
Dream City, slide projections for dance-theater by Shu-Wing Tang,
Victor Ma and
Mandy Yim, Fringe Studio, Hong Kong and Pace
University, presented by Yangtze
Repertory Theatre of America, New York |
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1996 |
Shots: Members
Exhibition, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX
Reframing Tradition, juried by Susan Kismaric, Museum of Modern
Art and
Tod Papageorge, Yale School of Art, Creative
Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Place, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York |
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1995 |
Made in Brazil,
Charles Martin and Fernando Natalici, Aba Gallery, New York
Summer Exhibit, Leica Gallery, New York
New York Artists at AAMARP, Northeastern University, Boston, MA
Travelscapes, Multi Media Arts Gallery, New York |
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1994 |
Black Beauty,
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York
Known, 4W Circle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
New York Scenes, Multi Media Arts Gallery, New York |
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1990 |
New York Time
Capsule: Joseph Caputo, Steve Hart and Charles Martin,
Multi Media Arts Gallery, New York |
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1988 |
Kizomba, Segundo Encontro Internacional de Arte Negra,
Universidade do Estado do
Rio de Janeiro, (Second International
Congress of Black Art, University of the State of
Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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1985 |
Building Wrap,
Invitational Artists’ Exhibition, New Haven Environmental Art Works,
CT |
Public Collections |
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The Museum of Modern
Art, New York
Museum of the City of New York
Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, NJ
KeySpan (Brooklyn Union Gas), NY
Pfizer Incorporated, New York
Mott-Warsh Art Collection, Flint MI
Walter Heun Collection (Leica Camera Inc., administrators), New York
Marriott Hotel |
Monographs |
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2014 |
Reflections/Connections, Queensborough Community College Art
Gallery, City
University of New York, approximately 40
photographs. Produced by Hybrid Media
Project, design by Fernando Natalici,
bi-lingual texts in English and Portuguese by
Luiz Paulo Lima; curator Marina Lins and
Charles Martin, soft cover, landscape
format |
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2013 |
Because of Algiers,
Queensborough Community College Art Gallery—City University of
New York. Approximately 100 photographs.
Produced by Hybrid Media Project in
association with W.E.B. Du Bois Institute,
Harvard University; and Office of Dean of
Arts & Humanities, Queens College—City
University of New York. Design by Marvin
Hoshino. Tri-lingual: texts in English,
French and Arabic by Khalida Toumi, Minister
of Culture, Algiers; Mohammed Djehiche,
Director of Museum of Modern Art, Algiers;
and Charles Martin. Translations by American
Embassy, Algiers; and Mohamed
Badr. Cultural advising: Yasmin Nooreddin.
Soft cover, landscape format, 9x11.5
inches. ISBN 978-1-936658-18-3 |
Digital Films |
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2019 |
Charles Martin,
ADAA Instagram, Sarah Evers, Digital Communication Coordinator
Video-courtesy of O’Delle Abney,
videography
ADAA (Art Dealers Association of America) Instagram video interview for
“Affinity
with Brazil” |
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2015 |
Playing New York,
direction, co-production, co-camera, editing, stills (documentary, 75’
run time) |
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2011 |
Apple Pie,
direction, production, co-shooting, editing (music video, approx. 4’run
time
Warren Smith: Percussionist and Archivist, production, direction,
shooting and editing
(documentary, 23’ run time) |
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2010 |
Get It Poppin,
direction, co-production, editing (music video, approx 4’run time |
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2008-2009 |
Tai Chi,
production, direction, co-shooting and editing, (documentary in post
production) |
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2008 |
Masking,
production, direction, shooting and stills photography (documentary, 9’
21”
run time)
The Hewitt Art Collection, direction, produced by C2 Creative
Bank and Bank of
America (documentary, 14’45” run time)
Continuous Incident: Lisa Mackie at June Kelly Gallery,
production, direction, shooting,
editing (documentary 7’46” run time) |
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2007 |
Hats by Bunn: An
Extraordinary Milliner in Harlem, documentary, production, direction
and editing |
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2006 |
Ed Clark: A Brush
with Success, direction, still photography (documentary 29” 20” run
time) |
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2001 |
Japanese Cowgirl
Sings – Dorothy Cowfield and the Barnyard petting Zoo in concert at
Fez, NY; direction, co-camera, editing
(music performance, approx. 20’ run time)
Making/Asunder – Yin mei Dance at St. Mark’s on the Bowery.
Direction, production,
camera, editing (documentary, 26” run time)
Musician Pheeroan akLaff – Friends & Peers, direction, editing
(documentary, approx.
26’ run time) |
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