P·P·O·W | Walter Martin

	Born 1953 in Norfolk, VA
	One Person Exhibitions
	2008	Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ Islands, 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	Travelers, P·P·O·W, New York, NY Travelers, Moriarty Gallery, Madrid, 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 de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
	1998	P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1997	Alejandro Sales Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
	1996	P·P·O·W, New York, NY Galería Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
	1994	A Cure for all Remedies and Other Short Stories, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1993	The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
	1992	P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1991	Drawings from the Patent Office, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1989	P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1988	P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1986	P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1984	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 Arte Fiera, MAM Mario Mauroner Gallery, Bologne, Italy Art Brussels, MAM Mario Mauroner Gallery, Brussels, Belgium Foreign Affair, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY Rearranged/Redefined: Domestic Objects Reconsidered, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA 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 Gallery 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 Gallery, New York, NY Art Cologne, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria
	2003	MetroSpective at City Hall Park, Public Art Fund, New York, NY Multiple, Nassau Museum of Contemporary Art, Long Island, NY Decade, Shroeder-Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Hot Summer in New York, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY White, Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY The Pier Show, P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, NY The Armory Show, P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, NY ARCO, Galería Moriarty, Madrid, Spain Art Miami Basel, P·P·O·W Gallery of New York, Miami, FL Punto de Encuentro: La Colección I, CAB, Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Spain
	2002	Art Palm Beach, P·P·O·W Gallery, New York, NY Art Chicago, P·P·O·W Gallery, Chicago, IL
	2001	Animas!, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Mimic, GaleGates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
	2000	Canal de Seduccion, Valldolid, Spain Fantasies and Curiosities, The Art Museum, Florida International University, Miami, FL Plastic Monuments, Centro Municipal de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay Snapshot, Comtemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
	1999	True West, P·P·O·W, New York, NY; Curated by Jason Murison
	1998	De Imagenes y Soportes, Palacio Revillagijedo, curated by P. Navares, Gijon, Spain
	1997	Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe in 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, TZ Art & Co., NY Gregnik Proto II, by Gregory Green, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY
	1996	Domestic Partnerships, Art in General, New York, NY Thinking of You: A Collection of Contemporary Spain, Gotheborg Kunstmuseum, Sweden Group Hanging, Griffin Linton Gallery, Venice, CA Homebodies, La Salle Partners at Nations Bank Plaza, Charlotte, NC The Subverted Object, Ubu Gallery, New York, NY Changing Places, Metro Tech Center, The Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY Restos Humanos, Alejandro Sales Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
	1995	Revisiting the Landscape, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA (Unpainted to the Last): Moby Dick in American Art 1940-1990, The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS USA in Arco, curated by Kevin Consey, Arco, Madrid, Spain Oda Sala d’Art, Barcelona, Spain
	1994	Body Human, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY Trajectories, The Spanish Institute, New York, NY Woodworks, Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York, NY The Arabesque, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1993	Art/Functional Art, Turbulence, New York, NY
	1991	Dead Heroes, Disfigured Love, curated by Christopher Sweet, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY
	1990	Writ in Water, Solo Press/Solo Gallery, New York, NY Crown Press, New York, NY
	1989	Gothenburg Art Gallery, Sweden Sundsvalls Museum, Sweden Sodertalje, Sweden Studio Exhibition, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
	1988	Sculpture Inside Outside, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Winter 1989, show travels to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX) Esbo Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland Norrkoping Museum of Art, Sweden Desire Paths, The Schulman Sculpture Garden, White Plains, New York
	1986	Four Sculptors, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
	1985	57th Between A & D, Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY East Village at the Centre, Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada, curated by Katya Arnold Sculpture, Objects & Related Drawings, Art Palace, New York, NY Out of Context, Piccadilly Gallery, catalogue, London, England New Work, P·P·O·W, New York, NY A Brave New World, A New Generation, Udstillingsbygning ved Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, curated by Thomas Solomon; traveled to Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, (Catalog)
	1984	Summer Group Exhibition, P·P·O·W, New York, NY Behind The Stacks: 4th Annual Artists Books, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
	Outdoor Sculptures and Installations
	2005	Travelers, Wilshire/Normandie Metro Rail Station, MTA Metro Art, Los Angeles, CA.
	2002-03	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	Forest, Metro Tech Center, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY
	1996	Changing Places, Metro Tech Center, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY
	1988	911, The Schulman Sculpture Garden, White Plains, NY
	Grants and Awards
	2007	Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
	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.
	2006 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	Alarcon, Pedro. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, La Fresa, Julio. Camper, Fred. Critic’s Choice, “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, Chicago Reader, February 20, p. 24. 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, 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, p.13, E5. Hanzal, Carla, Objectivity: Pursuing the Subjective, exhibition catalogue reproductions, published by Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. Faultline. Journal of Art and Literature, Volume V. reproductions, front p. 61, November. Smith, Roberta, “Sculpture Adorns the Urban Terrain,” The New York Times, August 8, p. 23. Le Millenium, no. 19, “In To - Out Of,” reproductions p. 4. Gannett Newspapers, “Art Scene,” reproduction, p. 14C. Raynor, Vivian. “From a Partnership of ‘Elements’ to a Show of Playfulness,” The New York Times. Hudson Valley, “Chuckle, Chuckle,” reproduction, February.
	1996	Catalogue. Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, with essay by Dan Cameron. P·P·O·W, New York; Galería Moriarty, Madrid. Gear, Josephine. “Changing Places,” Review, November 1, p. 18
	1995	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 s coleccionistas,” February 12, p. 45, reproduction. 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.
	1994	Catalogue, ARCO 1994, reproduction.
	1993	Catalogue, Art/Functional Art, Turbulence, New York, NY. Catalogue, Parameters: Walter Martin, The Chrysler Museum. Norfolk, VA. McGreevy, Linda. “Irony and Melancholy Haunt Norfolk Native’s Newest Work,” July. Van Horn, Virginia. “Martin masters sleight of hand in Chrysler exhibit,” The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, August 22, reproduction. Annas, Teresa. “Pianos, clocks inhabit artist’s surreal world,” The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, July 17, reproduction.
	1991	Levin, Kim, "Choices," The Village Voice, February 20. Levin, Kim, "Choices," The Village Voice, August 13. The New Yorker, Soho Galleries, October 21. Nikkei Art, 1992/6, p. 195.
	1990	Woodard, Josef, "Space and Matter," The Independent, April 5, p. 30. Freeman, Phylis, review, New Art, p. 130-131. New Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY, p. 130-131. ARCO '90, Ajoblanco, reproduction, March, p. 45, Spain. "Cajon de Sastre para visitantes de escultura," ABC, reproduction, p. 128, Spain.
	1989	Porges, M.F., "The Shape of Reason," Shift, Number 2, San Francisco, CA, Spring. Stern, William, "Sculpture: Inside Outside," Cite, Summer, p. 20. Whitmore, Laura, "Outdoor Exhibition," Sculpture, May/June, p. 14. Sculpture: Inside Outside, essay by Carter Ratcliff, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Rizzoli, NY; pp. 14, 44, 45, 166-173. Taylor, Paul, "Art Object Lessons," House and Garden Magazine, October, Reproduction, p. 68.
	1988	Levin, Kim, "Choices," The Village Voice, February 23, p. 40. Smith, Roberta, "An Array of Artists, Styles and Trends in Downtown Galleries," The New York Times, Friday, February 26, p. C48. Leigh, Christian, Review, Artforum, May, p. 144. (reproduction) Martin, Mary Abbe, "Strange Things Put on View at Walker Center," Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, Sunday, May 22. Maggi, Laura, "A New York, Una Galleria Minimalista," Casa Vogue, Italian, June, p. 138. Brenson, Michael, "Coming to Grips with Sculpture," New York Times, Sunday, June 19, p. 33,41. Martin, Mary Abbe, "Splendor in the Grass," reproduction, Artnews, October, p. 126-130. Raynor, Vivien, "Outdoor Sculpture With a Critical Note," The New York Times, Sunday, October 30. McCormick, Carlo, Exhibition Catalogue, Collide-A-Scope: The divergent perspectives of contemporary art's many facets, Galleri OTSO, Norrkopings, Konstmuseum, Goteborgs Konsthall, Sundsvalls Museum, Sodertalje Konsthall.
	1987	Lathern, Alexia, Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, 108 An East Village Review, March/April 1987.
	1986	Sichel, Andy, Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, DOWNTOWN, June 18, p.6-7A. Panicelli, Ida, “Alice in Wonderland (Letter from New York),” NIKE New Art in Europe, July/August/September Issue, p. 75. Cameron, Dan, Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, Flash Art, October/November Issue, p. 75. (reproduction) APPEARANCES, Number 13, Fall/Winter 1986-87, reproduction, p. 22.
	1985	Shannon, Mark, Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, ARTS Magazine, February.
	1984	Raynor, Vivien, Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, The New York Times, Friday, November 30.
	Collections University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio Walker Art Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN Miami Museum of Art, Miami, FL The Hunter Museum of American Art, TN Museum of Art and Design, New York Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain La Caixa, Colección Testimonio, Barcelona, Spain Colección Norte, Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain Aperture Foundation, New York 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 Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY Bloomberg L.P., New York, NY 21 C Museum, Louisville, Kentucky Progressive Insurance Corp. Cincinnati, OH And private collections in the USA and Europe.