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VITAE
Martha Channer
7191 Keating Ave. Suite B Sebastopol, California 95472
707 829-1439 (studio)
619 865-7885 (cell )
Born: Chicago, Illinois
Education: The school of The Art Institute of Chicago, painting, sculpture
and 3d design. Barat College, Lake Forest, Illinois, B.F.A. Focus on
painting and printmaking.
Solo and two person exhibitions & installations:
Arts Council Of Sonoma County, “Interior – Exterior,
New perspectives on landscape”
Santa Rosa, California, January – February 2007
A collaborative, full gallery installation with sculptor Craig Mitchell. We were
awarded this show based on our proposal to thoroughly transform the gallery space.
The conceptual/abstract theme was created with paintings on canvas, sculpture,
and murals that were placed in connected vignettes. It expresses the concept
of “landscape”, both inner (human) and outer (world), through the
juxtaposition of abstract design elements that are both spatial and illusory
(* see Events Page). Santa Rosa, California, January – February 2007
The San Diego Loft, “An Afternoon of Art”
San Diego California, December 2002
A solo exhibition of twenty new paintings from my “Re-vitalizing the Subliminal” series.
MBS Studios presents, “Collected works by Martha
Channer”
San Diego, California, April – May 1996.
Featured Artist for this on-going solo exhibition venue.
Organica Gallery, “Collective parts”
San Diego, California, February 1998
An exhibition of new paintings and installation work with Sculptor Doren Rosenthal.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock, “Four Solo Works”
Spring session 1989
A solo exhibition of paintings and drawings in conjunction
with an evening length, solo concert of my performance art and choreography.
The exhibition and performance was in tandem with a week-long arts residency,
during which time I taught classes in; dance and choreographic technique, and
demonstrated parallels to the plastic arts. In addition, I gave two lecture/demonstrations
entitled: “A gallery adventure” at
the ULAR Fine Arts Gallery; about how art effects choreography, and an art historical
lecture/ demonstration, “Parallels in the visual arts 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s to
the present“ demonstrating the association of painting, sculpture and dance from
these eras to the present.
Museum Exhibitions and Collections:
The Hunter Museum of American Art , “ARTstravaganza”
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Shown and collected as “American Still life” a five part painting on a wrought
iron armature.
Grants and Awards:
Illinois Arts Council - Special assistance grant 1987
San Diego Art Institute - Juror’s choice award 1996 – for “Winter show”, Juror: Gerrit Greve.
Collections:
AIDS foundation of California, La Pensione Hotel “little Italy” San Diego, Ca./ Inns of America, San Francisco, Ca./ La Taverna café, LaJolla, Ca./ Leona’s Restaurant, Chicago, Ill./ The Gourmet Diner, Albuquerque, New Mexico/ and numerous private collections.
Selected Group Exhibitions:
April 2007
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Expressing the muse”,
Sebastopol,
Ca. Gallery performance art
( * see performance section ) in tandem with “Abstract Rhythms” show.
March 2007
Sebastopol Center for the Arts, “Abstract Rhythms”,
Sebastopol, Ca. Group show of abstract
work that relates to Music and dance.
January &
February 2007
Gallery of the Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County,
“Interior – Exterior, New perspectives
on Landscape”
A full gallery installation
with Craig Mitchell ( *see two person
exhibitions & installations
).
October 2006
Graton Gallery, “Collected works”, Graton, Ca.
Group show
October 2006
Gallery of the cultural Arts Council
of Sonoma County, Santa Rosa, Ca.
October 2005
Group exhibition for “Art Trails”.
December 2004
Limner Gallery, “Small Works 2004”, New York, New
York
June 2003
Limner Gallery,“Spring Salon V.2”, New York,
New York
December 2002
Garage Studio Gallery,“Group Therapy 3”,
San Diego Ca.
September 1997
A.S.I.D. loft project, “Public Artists, Private works”
San Diego, Ca. A showcase of fine art
by San Diego muralists.
May 1997
Sushi Performance & Visual Art, “Art with a new
View”,
San Diego, Ca. Exhibition/Auction.
June 1996
The Art Center of Douglas County “What I ate
and when”,
Castlerock, Co.
May 1991
Moming Gallery, Moming dance and arts
center, “Visual
Art by performing artists”, Chicago, Ill.
Performance Art and art for performance:
Sebastopol center for the arts, “Expressing the Muse” Sebastopol,
Ca. April 2007 . A collaborative gallery performance of music and movement; a
co-creation inspired by the non-objective art of the “Abstract Rhythms” exhibition.
I was selected as the co-coordinator, and a participating curator for the “Abstract
Rhythms” show as well as the artistic director for the music and movement concert.
La Pensione Hotel, “Courtyard performance” San Diego, Ca. July 2005. Dance and musical premiere of “Gypsy Dance” with selected excerpts of Italian opera, sung by Cynthia Ryder and Mara Cooper. Performance was created for the extensive, permanent courtyard installation that I created with sculptor Craig Mitchell - known as the pre-renaissance Florentine fantasy of modern architecture “Cristo meets Giotto”.
Mandell Weiss Auditorium, UCSD, “Death and Other Exits” La Jolla, Ca. January 1996. Collaboration with choreographer Jean Issacs of Issacs–McCaleb and dancers for set design. Created two 18 foot (painted) panels as a stage set for full evening performance.
Columbia College Dance Theater, “Source”, Chicago, Ill. June 1987. A self- produced performance art collaborative with artists Shaun Gilmore and Brian Saner.
The Baha’i temple, “Women in art”, Wilmette, Ill. May 1986. Performance and exhibition of collected work.
David Puszh studios presents, “Heads or Tales”, Chicago, Ill. December 1986. A self-produced performance art collaborative with artist/choreographers Shaun Gilmore and Mila Parrish.
Publications:
Sonoma woman magazine, The PRESS democrat, Sonoma County, November 2006
San Diego Home/Garden magazine, February 2003, May 2002, December 2002, August
1999, June 1997, May 1994, May 1993, and June 1993.
South Coast style Magazine, June 1996
San Diego Decorating Magazine, November 1993
Better Homes and Gardens – Windows and walls – Spring 1991
Better Homes and Gardens ( cover ) Remodeling Ideas – Spring 1990
Northshore Magazine, June 1990
San Diego Union Tribune, 1993,1996, 1997
Chicago Tribune, 1990, 1991
Chicago Sun times, 1990. 1991
Additional interests and abilities:
Language, literature and writing/
I have an on-going interest in the French language and in French literature, as well as in English and American literature; both modern and pre-Victorian. I am currently in the process of writing two pieces of fiction ( for publication ) that center around the world of the visual arts for both dance and painting.
Art History( ancient – modern )and pre-Elizabethan
English history/
I have spent many years incorporating my knowledge of art history into my art; especially into my commercial design work. History is vital knowledge for any artist and I do my homework daily!
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