Martha Lloyd
261 Viewmont Road
12526 Germantown, New York
United States
518 537 3414
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category: Painting
technique: Oilpainting
Style: Abstract
Bio / Resumee / Statement:
EDUCATION:
MFA painting- Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts, Annandale, NY
Yale University School of the Arts, New Haven, CT.
BFA painting- American University, Washington, D.C.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2007 BCB ART- 3 Person Show, Hudson, NY
2006 CCCA 11th Juried Show, Hudson, NY, juried by Donald McKinney
2002 Musee de L'Ecole, E. Nassau, NY -Open Studios/Curatorial
2000 Albany Centers Gallery- with SUNY Albany and RPI
1999 Barbara Singer Fine Art Gallery, Cambridge, MA
1998 Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY
1997 Spencertown Academy- "Breaking Four Feet", Spencertown, NY
1993 Kimball Bourgault Gallery, Boston, NY
1992 Attleboro Museum- "Impressions", Boston, NY
1991 The Harcus Gallery- "Installation 2", Boston, MA
1991 The Harcus Gallery- "Through the Years", with ICA Boston Now Exhibition
1989 Merrimack College- North Andover, MA
1986 DeCordova Museum - "Extra Murals: Larger than Life", Boston, MA
1983 Northeastern University- "New England Women Painters Selected Invitational"
1983 Gallery Naga- "New Directors Choice", Boston, MA
1981 Institute of Art, Beijing, China- "12 American Artists, slide lecture.
1980 Tufts University, Medford, MA
1976 Boston Museum School of Fine Art- Slide Lecture
Clark Gallery- Exhibitions through 1981, Lincoln, MA
1970 Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1965 Minneapolis Institute of Art- "Five State Biennial" -Minneapolis, Minn.
1964 American University- Watkins Gallery Show, Washington, D.C.
COLLECTIONS:
Over 100 Private and Public Collections including Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; XV Beacon Hotel, Boston, MA; Liberty Hotel, Boston, MA; Cigna, Philadelphia, Penn;Merrimack College, N.Andover, MA;Historic Schuyler House, Rhinebeck, NY;Rasky/Baerlein Collection; Jorge Posada Collection, many others.
AWARDS/HONORS:
2004- Painting Grant, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.
30 Year Retrospective Slide Lecture-Simons Rock College of Art, Gt. Barrington, MA
Visiting Artist- Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA
Artist in Residence- Grant Program, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
STATEMENT:
The natural world and the inner world are my inspirations. I aim to rein in a free painterly intuition(expressionism) with the logic of a grid and gentle geometry to convey feeling- with abandon and control. My journey is the risk of the search for truth. It is always on my mind to discover something I don't know, to go somewhere I have not been. My tools range from collected accumulations of inspiration-files of drawings, images, designs- from my own photography; objects gathered from nature, to experimental materials such as water-based rustoleum, gold leaf, and shoe polish- as well as the traditional oils and acrylics.
I begin with an oblique image pressing with urgency. A lot of hard work follows, then as the work progresses it tells me where it wants to go, and if I am a good listener- I succeed. But I try not to will its conclusion. A sort of zen-like focus takes over the will. For me this is a state of truth, and the painting is finished. Titles come to me unconsciously and are inspired by poetry, which I sometimes distort or enhance to convey what is on my conscious mind.
Through 40 years of my practice in fine art, I like to think that I have absorbed the history as well as the craft of painting- while keeping an open mind to new procedures of the 21st C. This frees the boundaries of visual conception and retains the freshness I hope to achieve in my journey.
Activities:
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"Labyrinth I"
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16 x 18 cm
2008
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"Ode"
Painting
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46 x 40 cm
2008
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"Float"
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40 x 46 cm
2008
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"Go"
Painting
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15 x 20 cm
2008
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Untitled
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51 x 51 cm
2006
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"A door just floats ajar, the stillness..."
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40 x 30 cm
2006
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"Buckle Up"
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15 x 15 cm
2008
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"Labyrinth 2"
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56 x 46 cm
2008
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"Absolute Joy"
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40 x 46 cm
2008
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"Three Stacked Spheres- tar bubble"
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18 x 13 cm
2008
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