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MARTHA COLBURN
Phone: 646-400-7633
3862 11th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101-6114
Email: info@marthacolburn.com
Website: www.marthacolburn.com
Biography
Born in Pennsylvania (1971), Martha Colburn is an artist filmmaker based in New York. She travels extensively exhibiting and lecturing on her work. She has a B.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art and MA equivalent from Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunst (Royal Academy of Art) in Holland.
A self-taught filmmaker, she began in 1994 with found footage and Super 8 cameras and has since completed over 40 films. She also selects elements from her films and using slide projections and murals to create installations. Ms. Colburn has taught workshops on her animation technique in China, Europe, Canada, and all parts of America. She has made music videos/ music-art films for bands such as ‘Deerhoof’, Serj Tankian, ‘They Might Be Giants’ and the documentary ‘The Devil and Daniel Johnson’.
In the 2007 Sundance Film Festival she was invited to initiate the ‘New Frontiers’ film and video installation program, with ‘MEET ME IN WICHITA”. Her work will also be exhibited in Centre Pompidou in Paris, Pallant House (UK) and at Galerie Anne De Villepoix in Paris in 2007. She exhibits with Galerie Diana Stigter in Holland.
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, (BA degree in Art) Baltimore, MD, 1990-1994 Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, (MA equivalent) Amsterdam, NL 2000-2
Solo Visual Art Exhibitions
2007
Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL
2003
Frankfurter Kunstverein, "Young and Upcoming", Frankfurt, Germany.
W.I.N.D.O.W. gallery, Walter Van Beirendonk Fashion shop Antwerp, Belgium
2002
De Kabinetten of De Vleeshal, Middelburg,NL "INSE(X)CTS"
Major Art Fair, Amsterdam,NL
Group Visual Art Exhibitions
2007
FEM (Festival Edicion Madrid) organized by Victor del Campo, Madrid, Spain
The Kitchen, ‘K48 Priznbreak’, New York, NY
“Don’t kill the weatherman” film and installation, Rosenbach Museum & Library
Sundance Film Festival, Art Installation in New Frontiers Program
New York Digital and Video Art Fair
2006
Initial Public Offerings Series. Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Peekskill Project. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Hudson, NY
‘Six Degrees of Seperation’ Stux Gallery, New York, NY.
New American Talent: the Twenty-First Exhibition, Arthouse, Austin, TX.
‘Undo Redo’ Kunsthalle Friedericianum Kassel
Swing Space Open Studios, NY, NY
Scope Art Fair, New York , NY
2005
Whitney Biennale, Whitney Museum,NY
Gorgeous Isn’t Good Enough, Spazio Pirelli, Milan, Italy
Entr'acte 2 ,Casa Pinot Gallizio, Alba, N. Italy
Traveling Tales, Aratoi Wiararapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ
Nieuwe Vide, “Off Track”, Haarlem, NL
2004
Red Gate Gallery, London, UK “Rhyme Nor Reason”
Art Space, “Dutch Film show” Auckland, NZ (catalogue)
Musee d Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY. US. group show with Jonas Mekas
"Luggage" Nanjing Art Institute Gallery, Nanjing, China (catalogue)
Anne Course/ Martha Colburn, Beursschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium
"Vixens" Diana Stigter Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Studium General, Technical University, Eindhoven, NL
2003
"Site Specific" Deiska, Amsterdam, NL
"FUSE Group Show, De Beyerd, Breda, NL
Group Show", Diana Stigter Gallery, Amsterdam,NL
" GOTHIC", National Touring Exhibtions, Norway.
2002
Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius,LT "Baltic Triennale of International Art" Opening
San Francisco Cinemateque, CA. U.S. "Obscure Love and Death”
"Entracte", Bologna ,Italy
De Appel, Amsterdam , NL "Adam and Eve"
2001
Whitney Museum, N.Y.,US,
Las Palmas, Rotterdam , NL "Transmission : Emerging Artists: North Sea"
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, NL
2000
PS1, New York, US, "Drive-In Movies: Flicks From The Great Beyond"
Lux Centre, London,UK, "Obscure Love and Death”
Courthouse Gallery, Anthology Film Archive, New York,NY, US
1999
Pacific Film Archive, C.A.,US, Film Series.
1998
Harvard Film Archive, US, Two films screened in "Cinema of the Grotesque"
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.,US, Five films screened in "Big As Life: An American History of 8 m.m. Films."
Lectures/ Teaching
2006
Lecture: Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
Lecture: (American Institute
of Graphic Artists- MOVE annual design symposium, NY, NY.
2005
Expanded Animation Workshop, Wiggly World Studios, Seattle, WA
School of the Museum of fine Arts, Boston, MA (visiting artist)
MIT, Massachusetts. US, (visiting artist)
2004
California Institute of the Arts, USA (3 week visiting artist/professor)
Nanjing Art Institute, China (animation workshop)
1998
Visiting Professor of Animation, San Francisco Art Institute, US
Grants
2007 New York Foundation for The Arts Grant
2005-6 Jerome Foundation Film Grant
2005 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grant
Phone: 646-400-7633
3862 11th Street
Long Island City, NY 11101-6114
Email: info@marthacolburn.com
Website: www.marthacolburn.com
Biography
Born in Pennsylvania (1971), Martha Colburn is an artist filmmaker based in New York. She travels extensively exhibiting and lecturing on her work. She has a B.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art and MA equivalent from Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunst (Royal Academy of Art) in Holland.
A self-taught filmmaker, she began in 1994 with found footage and Super 8 cameras and has since completed over 40 films. She also selects elements from her films and using slide projections and murals to create installations. Ms. Colburn has taught workshops on her animation technique in China, Europe, Canada, and all parts of America. She has made music videos/ music-art films for bands such as ‘Deerhoof’, Serj Tankian, ‘They Might Be Giants’ and the documentary ‘The Devil and Daniel Johnson’.
In the 2007 Sundance Film Festival she was invited to initiate the ‘New Frontiers’ film and video installation program, with ‘MEET ME IN WICHITA”. Her work will also be exhibited in Centre Pompidou in Paris, Pallant House (UK) and at Galerie Anne De Villepoix in Paris in 2007. She exhibits with Galerie Diana Stigter in Holland.
Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, (BA degree in Art) Baltimore, MD, 1990-1994 Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, (MA equivalent) Amsterdam, NL 2000-2
Solo Visual Art Exhibitions
2007
Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL
2003
Frankfurter Kunstverein, "Young and Upcoming", Frankfurt, Germany.
W.I.N.D.O.W. gallery, Walter Van Beirendonk Fashion shop Antwerp, Belgium
2002
De Kabinetten of De Vleeshal, Middelburg,NL "INSE(X)CTS"
Major Art Fair, Amsterdam,NL
Group Visual Art Exhibitions
2007
FEM (Festival Edicion Madrid) organized by Victor del Campo, Madrid, Spain
The Kitchen, ‘K48 Priznbreak’, New York, NY
“Don’t kill the weatherman” film and installation, Rosenbach Museum & Library
Sundance Film Festival, Art Installation in New Frontiers Program
New York Digital and Video Art Fair
2006
Initial Public Offerings Series. Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
Peekskill Project. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Hudson, NY
‘Six Degrees of Seperation’ Stux Gallery, New York, NY.
New American Talent: the Twenty-First Exhibition, Arthouse, Austin, TX.
‘Undo Redo’ Kunsthalle Friedericianum Kassel
Swing Space Open Studios, NY, NY
Scope Art Fair, New York , NY
2005
Whitney Biennale, Whitney Museum,NY
Gorgeous Isn’t Good Enough, Spazio Pirelli, Milan, Italy
Entr'acte 2 ,Casa Pinot Gallizio, Alba, N. Italy
Traveling Tales, Aratoi Wiararapa Museum of Art and History, Masterton, NZ
Nieuwe Vide, “Off Track”, Haarlem, NL
2004
Red Gate Gallery, London, UK “Rhyme Nor Reason”
Art Space, “Dutch Film show” Auckland, NZ (catalogue)
Musee d Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France
Sideshow Gallery, Williamsburg, NY. US. group show with Jonas Mekas
"Luggage" Nanjing Art Institute Gallery, Nanjing, China (catalogue)
Anne Course/ Martha Colburn, Beursschouwburg, Antwerp, Belgium
"Vixens" Diana Stigter Gallery, Amsterdam, NL
Studium General, Technical University, Eindhoven, NL
2003
"Site Specific" Deiska, Amsterdam, NL
"FUSE Group Show, De Beyerd, Breda, NL
Group Show", Diana Stigter Gallery, Amsterdam,NL
" GOTHIC", National Touring Exhibtions, Norway.
2002
Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius,LT "Baltic Triennale of International Art" Opening
San Francisco Cinemateque, CA. U.S. "Obscure Love and Death”
"Entracte", Bologna ,Italy
De Appel, Amsterdam , NL "Adam and Eve"
2001
Whitney Museum, N.Y.,US,
Las Palmas, Rotterdam , NL "Transmission : Emerging Artists: North Sea"
Open Ateliers, Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, NL
2000
PS1, New York, US, "Drive-In Movies: Flicks From The Great Beyond"
Lux Centre, London,UK, "Obscure Love and Death”
Courthouse Gallery, Anthology Film Archive, New York,NY, US
1999
Pacific Film Archive, C.A.,US, Film Series.
1998
Harvard Film Archive, US, Two films screened in "Cinema of the Grotesque"
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.,US, Five films screened in "Big As Life: An American History of 8 m.m. Films."
Lectures/ Teaching
2006
Lecture: Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
Lecture: (American Institute
of Graphic Artists- MOVE annual design symposium, NY, NY.
2005
Expanded Animation Workshop, Wiggly World Studios, Seattle, WA
School of the Museum of fine Arts, Boston, MA (visiting artist)
MIT, Massachusetts. US, (visiting artist)
2004
California Institute of the Arts, USA (3 week visiting artist/professor)
Nanjing Art Institute, China (animation workshop)
1998
Visiting Professor of Animation, San Francisco Art Institute, US
Grants
2007 New York Foundation for The Arts Grant
2005-6 Jerome Foundation Film Grant
2005 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council grant