Born 1965 in Madrid, Spain

One Person Exhibitions
2008 Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Islands
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P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2007 Secrets Sleep in Winter Clothes, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

White Out, ARCO Projects, Madrid, Spain

Cerealart Project Room, Philadelphia, PA
2005 Cold Front, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2004 The Frigid Zone, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

Travelers, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

Travelers, Museo de la Universidad de Alicante, Spain.

2003 P·P·O·W, New York, NY

Moriarty Gallery, Madrid, Spain

Museo de la Universidad de Alicante, Spain
2001 P·P·O·W, New York, NY
2000 Loss of Experience, Santa Barbara Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1999 Dis, Momenta, Brooklyn, New York

Espacio Caja Burgos, Burgos, Spain
1998 P·P·O·W, New York, NY
1997 Alejandro Sales Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
1996 Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, Chema Madoz, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, Galería Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
1994
P·P·O·W, New York, NY

Group Exhibitions
2008

2007

PULSE Art Fair, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

PULSE Art Fair
, Soho Studios, Miami, FL.

Cerealart, Project Room, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

Am Schlimmsten/Nicht im Sommer sterben
, Nassauicher Kunstverein, Wiesbaden, Germany

Lost in the Woods , University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2006

PULSE Art Fair, P·P·O·W, Miami, FL

Au Courant, Bentley Projects, Phoenix, AZ

Little Disasters, Mauroner, RoomnumberOne, Vienna, Austria

Fête, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Through the Rabbit Hole: Sleights of Scale and Flights of Fantasy, 21C Museum Hotel, 
Louisville, KY

Escenografías  Simuladas. Fondos de la Colección Caja de Burgos, Iglesia de Santa Eulalia dei Catalani, Palermo, Italy. Travels to Instituto Cervantes, Stockholm, Sweden

Paradisio & Inferno, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria

Doubletake, Schroeder Romero, New York, NY

Ars 06, Sense of the Real, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Finland

New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition, Hangar 7-Red Bull Kunsthalle, Salzburg, Austria

An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration, David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan

Where Truth Lies, Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID

Foreign Affair, Albany Arts and Culture Program at the Albany International Airport, Albany, NY

From the Island of Misfit Toys, Ben Maltz Gallery, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA

Art Brussels, MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Belgium

CIGE, China International Gallery Exposition, Galeria Moriarty, Beijing, China

2005

Art Cologne, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany

New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition, Trierenberg Holding, AG, Traun, Austria

In Focus, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC

The Empire of Signs, Numark Gallery, Washington, DC

Summertime, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

Memoria y Deseo, Fundación Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain

Arts for Transit Along the Way, UBS Gallery, New York, NY

ARCO, Galeria Moriarty, Madrid, Spain

Foreign Affair, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY

Rearranged/Redefined: Domestic Objects Reconsidered, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

Arte Fiera, MAM Mario Mauroner Gallery, Bologne, Italy

Art Brussels, MAM Mario Mauroner Gallery, Brussels, Belgium


Presencias/Ausencias La Colección IV, CAB, Burgos, Spain

Paradisio e Inferno, MAM, Mario Mauroner Gallery, Vienna, Austria

2004 Art Miami Basel, P·P·O·W of New York, Miami, FL

Le Drôit de Rève, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

Instinto, Galería Fúcares, Almagro, Spain

Colección Testimonio, Sala de Exposiciones Plaza Conde de Rodezno, Pamplona, Spain

ARCO, Galería Moriarty, Madrid, Spain

The Art Show, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

Art Cologne, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

2003 MetroSpective at City Hall Park, Public Art Fund, NY

Multiple, Nassau Museum of Comtemporary Art, Long Island, NY

Decade, Shroeder-Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Hot Summer in the City, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY

White, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY

The Pier Show, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

The Armory Show, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

ARCO, Galería Moriarty, Madrid, Spain

Art Miami Basel, P·P·O·W of New York, Miami, FL

Punto de Encuentro. La Colección I, CAB, Burgos, Spain

2002 Art Palm Beach, P·P·O·W, Palm Beach, FL

Chicago ART, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

2001 Animas!, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Mimic, GaleGates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000 Canal de Seduccion, Valldolid, Spaid

Fantasies and Curiosities, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Plastic Monuments, Centro Municipal de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay.
1999 True West, curated by Jason Murison, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
1998

De Imagenes y Soportes, curated by P. Navares, Palacio Revillagijedo, Gijon, Spain

Rights of Spring, P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1997 Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA

No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe is Contemporary Art
, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

Wit, Whimsy & Humor, curated by Mary Close, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY

The Chalkboard Chronicles, TZArt & Co., NY
1996 Domestic Partnership, Art in General, New York, NY

Thinking of You: A Collection of Contemporary Spain, Gotheborg Kunstmuseum, Sweden

Group Hanging, Griffin Linton Gallery, Venice, CA

Changing Places, MetroTech Center, The Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY

Restos Humanos, Galeria Alejandro Sales, Barcelona Spain

The Subverted Object, Ubu Gallery, NY
1995 Revisiting the Landscape, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA

USA in ARCO, curated by Kevin Consey, Madrid, Spain
1994 Trajectories, The Spanish Institute, New York, NY

The Body Human, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Les Etoiles de la Peinture, A.T. Gallery, Paris, France (reproduction in catalogue)

In Situ, Künstlerhaus Hamburg, curated by Sabine Mohr, Hamburg, Germany
1989 Otras Miradas, curated by Lola Garrido, Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain, (reproduction in catalogue)

Studenton der Sommerakademie
, Salzburg, Austria

Talleres de Arte Actual, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain
1987 El Jardin de las Sombras, Casa del Reloj, Madrid, Spain
1986 Bienal del Mediterraneo, Barcelona, Spain (reproduction in catalogue)

Madrid, Ciudad Abierta, Universidad Menendez Pelayo, curated by Lola Garrido, Santander, Spain (reproduction in catalogue)
1985 Salve Nigredo, Festung, Salzburg, Austria

Cuatro Jóvenes Artistas, Sala Foro, Madrid, Spain

Talleres de Arte Actual, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

Outdoor Sculptures and Installations
2005 Travelers, Wilshire/Normandie Metro Rail Station, MTA Metro Art, Los Angeles, CA
2002-03

MetroSpective at City Hall Park, City Hall Park, New York, Public Art Fund, NY.

Travelers, Grand Central Terminal, MTA Arts for Transit, NY

2001 Forbidden Door, Bloomberg LP, Public Art Fund, NY
1997-2000 A Gathering, MTA’s Arts for Transit Program, Canal Street Station on the A and the C Lines, New York, NY
1998 Metro Tech Center, The Public Art Fund, Booklyn, NY
1996 Changing Places, Metro Tech Center, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY

Grants and Awards

2007

Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

1994-96 Grants from the Spanish Ministerio de Cultura
1992 Scholarship to study Graphic Design at CETECAM by the Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Petra scholarship from the EEC
1990
Grant of the Künstlerhaus Hamburg e.v., Germany in association with the Ministerio de Cultura of Spain

Third Prize in the International Art Contest, “Les Etoiles de la Peinture,” Paris, France

Second Prize “Festival de Video,” Instituto de la Mujer, Madrid

Bibliography
2008 McGee, Celia. “Aesthetic Heft, Sized for a Snow Globe,” The New York Times, January 6, 2008.
2007

"Playing", EXIT, Issue #25, Spain.

Oliveras, Jaume Vidal. “Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz,” El Cultural, February 15-19, 2007.

Araujo, Isabel S. “Feria de arte Arco: coleccionistas tras un mercado de 3 mil creadores,” Milenio, February 15, 2007.

D’Acosta, Sema. “Blanco y Negro (petroleo y nieve),” La Fresa, March 2007.

Alemany, Luis. “El arte en la era del calentamiento global,” El Mundo-El Dia, February 17, 2007.

Nunez-Fernandez, Lupe. "Martin & Munoz at the Nassauicher Kunstverein",Wiesbaden, saatchi-gallery.co.uk, March.

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2005

Somerstein, Rachel. “The Weather Inside is Frightful,” ARTnews. October 2006. p. 122-125.

“ARS 06,” Frieze, June/July/August 2006. p. 278.

“Creepy Crawlies! This is Cute!” Kiasma 31, vol. 9, 2006. p. 18.

Dea, Cynthia. “Where Elmo Makes One Great Coat,” Los Angeles Times. March 23, 2006.

de Cambourg, Clemence. “Crystal Ball,” Art Review magazine, January/February
2006. pg 27.

Erkkilä, Jaana. “ARS 06 on katse hiljaisuuteen,” Keskipohjanmaa, May 2, 2006.

French, Christopher. “ARS 06: Sense of the Real,” Art Papers. Sept/Oct 2006. p. 48-49.

Jäämeri, Hannele. “Lähde tunteisiin,” Suomen Kuvalehti, 2006. p. 46-47.

Robinson, Andrew. "Illuminating Artifice," Gay City News. June 8-14, 2006.

“Showstoppers.” Juxtapoz, May 2006, issue 64. pg 56.

2006 Exhibition Catalogue, “New Art. New York: Reflections on the Human Condition.”
December 1, 2005 – February 28, 2006. pg 101.  
        
Simon, Amy. “ARS 06,” Artforum, April 2006.

Sundell, Dan. “På drift i okänt landskap,” Hufvudstadsbladet, 2006.

Hake, Elaine. "Little Ball of Horrors," The First Post, December 24, 2005.

Kleiman, Molly. "People Sticking their Heads into Things," NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 10, No 9/10. Sept- Oct 2005.

Simon, Amy. “ARS 06.” Artforum, April, 2005.

Hirvonen, Ari. "Encounters on Emerging Boundary Spaces,” Catalogue from "Sense of the Real" Ars 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, p.p. 39-45

Olmo, Santiago B. "Winter Journey", Cataloge from "Sense of the Real" Ars 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, p.p. 160-163

Hannele, Jäämeri. "Lähde tunteisiin", Suomen Kuvalehti, January, p.3, 46-47

Dawson, Jessica. "Reflecting on a Cultural Divide", The Washington Post, October 6, p. C08

"Cold Case: Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz", The New York Sun, Jan 14-16, p. 14

“Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, The New Yorker, Feb 7, p
.

2004

Camper, Fred. Critic’s Choice, “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, Chicago Reader, February 20, p. 24.

Alarcon, Pedro. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, La Fresa, Julio.

Alvarez Enjuto, Jose Manuel. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, Lapiz, Isuue 2003, May-June, p.91.

G. Artner, Alan. “McElheny succumbs to Glass’ Seductiveness”, Chicago Tribune, February 27, p. 25.

B. Olmo, Santiago. “Viaje de Invierno”, Catalogo MUA, Alicante.

2003 McCormick, Carlo. “Elegy in White: Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz.” Aperture, Winter Issue #173, pp. 18-31.

Jarque, Fietta. “Misteriosos Cuentos en la Nieve.” El Pais, Babelia, 26. December 13, p.26

H. Pozuelo, Abel. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz.” EL Mundo, November 20.

Kimmelman, Michael. “A Seasonal Migration of Cultural Scope.” The New York Times , August 8 , p. E29.

Johnson, Ken. “Travelers: Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz.” The New York Times, Art in Review, January 17, p. E 48

Johnson, Ken. “Travelers: Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz.” The New York Times, Art Guide, January 23, p. E49.

Paredes, Tomas. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz: Cuentos de Invierno.” EL Punto, February 7, p. 27.

2001 Crowder, Joan. “Different Strokes,” Santa Barbara New Press – Scene, Jan. 7, pp. 6.

Wilson, Rob. “Walter Martín & Paloma Muñoz”, Sculpture Magazine, Summer, pg 14.

Vogel, Carol. New York Times, March 2, p. E34.
2000 Catalogue. Canal de Seducción, with text by Mon Montoya, Valladolid, Spain
1999 Art Brooklyn, The New Yorker, “Walter Martín & Paloma Muñoz”, Sept 27, pg 14.

Catalogue. Espacio Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain.

Laster, Paul. “Brooklyn Spice”, Artnet.com, October
1998 Barr, Tom. Review (Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia) Sculpture, November.

Johnson. New York Times, Friday, March 6, p. E43.

Chambers, Christopher. “Picks,” NY Arts, March-April 1998, p. 35. (reproduction).
1997 Annas, Teresa, “Worldly Visions,” The Virginian Pilot, December 13, pp. 13, E5.

Hanzal, Carla, Objectivity: Pursuing the Subjective, exhibition catalogue, reproductions, published by Contemporary Art Center of Virginia.

Faultline. Journal of Art and Literature, Vol. V. reproductions, front page, 61, November.

Smith, Roberta, “Sculpture Adorns the Urban Terrain,” The New York Times, August 8, page 23.

Le Millenium, no. 19, “In To - Out Of,” reproduction.
1996 Catalogue. Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, essay by Dan Cameron, P·P·O·W, New York; Galería Moriarty, Madrid.

Gear, Josephine. “Changing Places,” Review, November 1, p. 18.

Danvila, Jose Ramon. “Jugando con la Realidad,” El Mundo, February 3, p. 88, reproduction.

Antolin, Enriquetta. “La Feria invasora,” El pais, Babelia, February 3, p. 18.

Ramirez, Yasmin. Domestic Partnerships, exhibtion catalogue, April, reproduction.
1995 Cosmopolitan [Spanish edition], February, reproduction, p. 24.

El Punto, “Más participación extranajera, 75 galerías con oferta de nivel,” February 10-16, p. 18, reproduction.

Babelia (El País), “Poderoso caballero,” February 11, pp. 6-7, reproduction.

La Vanguardia, “Las galerías de EE.UU. coinciden en que aun deben reconquistar a los coleccionistas,” February 12, p. 45, reproduction.

La Vanguardia
, “ARCO 95: Una Guja de Urgencia,” February 9 p. 41.

El País, “La feria cierra con un aumento de ventas y publico,” February 15, p. 39, reproduction.

Diario, “La Feria de Arte Contemporáneo se clausuró con excelentes resultados de visitantes y de ventas,” February 15, p. 49, reproduction.

Basler Zeitung, June 14, reproduction, p. 41.

Exhibition Catalogue, Revisiting the Landscape, Contemporary Landscape, California Center for the Arts Museum, Escondido.CA, pp. 12, 22 - 24.
1994 Catalogue, ARCO 1994, reproduction.

Village Voice, “Choices,” October 27, p. 84.

El Punto, “Paloma Muñoz & Walter Martin: Historias cortas de curas y teimpias,” October 23, reproduction, p. 24.
1991 El Pais, “Premios,” February 10.

Actualidad Aconómica, “Y Además Pintura,” February 10.

Asociacion de Ideas, “Premios,” February 10.

Elle, February.
1990 Die Tageszeitung, Galerienspiegel, August 22, reproduction.

Hamburger Morgen Post, “sechs Wochen Hamburg in Farbe, Comic und Blei,” August 27, reproduction.

El Punto, “Premios Las Estrellas de la Pintura,” December 14, reproduction.

Catalogue, Les Etoiles de la Peintura, December 14, reproduction.
1989 Paredes, Tomás, “Otras Miradas, Los ámbitos que nacen,” El Punto, January.

LAPIZ, “Las Otras Miradas,” January.
1988 Catalogue, José Manuel Costa, p. 12, reproductions, p. 67-77.

Castaño, Adolfo. “Las Otras Miradas,” ABC, December 29, reproduction.
1986 Catalogue, Bienal del Mediterraneo, reproduction, p. 146.

Catalogue, Madrid, Ciudad Abierta, reproduction, p. 6.


Collections
University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ


The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio

The Hunter Museum of American Art, TN

Miami Museum of Art, Miami, FL

Museum of Art and Design, New York

Aperture Foundation, New York

Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

La Caixa, Colección Testimonio, Barcelona, Spain

Colección Norte, Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain

Museo de la Universidad de Alicante, Spain

Prosegur, S.A., Spain

Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, Spain

MTA Arts for Transit, New York, NY

MTA Metro Art, Los Angeles, CA

Bloomberg L.P., New York, NY

Progressive Insurance Corp. Cincinnati, OH

21 C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky

And private collections in the USA and Europe.