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Dakota X

b. Boston, 1961
Lives and works in Sky Valley, CA

EDUCATION
1992  BFA, The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
1992  BS, Master of Arts in Teaching, Art Education, Tufts University, Medford, MA
1979  Foundation Program, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

SOLO EXHIBITONS
2018  Deborah Martin:The Bath House, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2018  Portraits of Autism, Stepping Forward Counseling Center Yorba Linda, CA
2017  Portraits of Autism, AMP Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2015  The Slabs: The Last Free Place in America, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014  Narrow Lands, Paintings by Deborah Martin with Poems by Nicky Sa-eun Schildkraut,                  Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2013  Narrow Lands, Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2012  Back of Beyond, Paintings by Deborah Martin with Poems by Nicky Sa-eun Schildkraut,                George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011  Wonder Valley, The Red Arrow Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
2011  Narrow Lands, Paintings by Deborah Martin with Prose Poems by Quintan Ana Wikswo,                Patty DeLuca Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2010  Home on the Strange: In Search of the Salton Sea, New Work by Deborah Martin with                  collaborative works by Amy Sather Smith and Juli Vizza, Deborah Martin Gallery, Los                    Angeles, CA
2009  America, Phyllis Stein Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999  Deborah Martin: Polaroids, The Driskel Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1998  Pure: Photographic Work by Deborah Martin, The Driskel Gallery, Provincetown, MA

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019  Forthcoming: The Circle of Truth, Curated by Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg, Lancaster              Museum of Art and History (MOAH) Lancaster, CA
2019  Forthcoming: The Circle of Truth, Curated by Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg, Orange                  County Center for Contemporary Art (OCCCA) Santa Ana, CA
2018  The Circle of Truth, Curated by Laura Hipke and Shane Guffogg, New Museum, Los                      Gatos, CA
2018  SHē, Curated by Elizabeth Tinglof, Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA
2018  American Realism, Curated by Peter Marcelle, MM Fine Art, South Hampton, NY
2018  Cityscape Show Vlll, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017  Portraiture an Exhibition, Curated by Shane Guffogg, Orange County Center for                            Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
2017  Cityscape Show Vll, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017  Below Sea Level, Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2017  Desert Island, Curated by Epicenter Projects, Coachella Valley Art Center, Indio, CA
2016  Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Featured Artist, Palm Desert, CA
2016  The Salton Sea: Lost in Paradise, Curated by Deborah Martin with Historical Works by the            Late Jenny Kelly, The Marks Art Center, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
2016  Oculus Clamantis in Deserto: Splendor and Disaster in the California Outback, Curated by            Peter Frank, Palm Springs Fine Art Fair Special Exhibits, Palm Springs, CA
2016  Open Desert, Curator/Producer Cristopher Cichocki, Annenberg Theatre, Palm Springs                Art Museum, Palm Springs, CA
2016  Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2016  The Cityscape Show Vl, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015  Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015  The Cityscape Show V, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015  Kobalt Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2014  Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA
2014  PAAM 100, Curated by Craig Bloodgood, Provincetown Art Association and Museum,                    Provincetown, MA
2014  The Cityscape Show IV, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2014  CK Contemporary, San Francisco, CA
2013  The Cityscape Show III, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2013  Orlowsky Freed Grant Foundation Recipients Exhibition, Three - Person Exhibition,                      Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
2012  The City Scape Show ll, Images of LA: Land and City, George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles,              CA
2012  George Billis Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011  The School House Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2011  In Process, Curated by Thinh Nguyen, Ann 330 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011  Valley of the Ancient Lake: Works Inspired by the Salton Sea, Curated by Deborah Martin              with Historical Works by Jenny Kelly, The Salton Sea History Museum, North Shore, CA
2011  Threads, Curated by Peter Frank, The Factory Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2011  Art House, Curated by Jacquie Israel, Pacific Palisades, CA
2010  The School House Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2010  Refuge, Peggy Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
2010  Flash Backs, Samuel Francis Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009  Home, A video Installation by Mia Babalis and New Paintings by Deborah Martin, Deborah            Martin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009  LA2OC Emphasis Extreme, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA 
2008  The Dale Youngman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2008  Los Angeles Then and Now, The Regent Gallery, Los Angeles CA
2006  Spring Arts Collective Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1997  Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown MA
1993  Abney, Gallery, SoHo, NY
1993  Inversions, The Gallery at The Piano Factory, Boston MA
1992  The Huntington Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
1992  The Massachusetts State House (Work on Loan), Boston, MA

FINE ART FAIRS
2013-16  Palm Springs Fine Art Fair, George Billis Gallery Palm Springs, CA
2015  Art Silicon Valley, Hespe Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012-13  Red Dot Fine Art Fair, George Billis Gallery, Miami, FL
2012  Boston International Fine Art Fair, Kobalt Gallery, Boston, MA

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018  Biller, Steven. Vive La Résistance, Palm Springs Life Magazine, May 2018 pp 44-48
2017  Brown, Susan Rand. Deborah Martin’s Art Makes a New Connection, The Provincetown                Banner July 27, 2017 pp. B9, B11
2017  Deroches, Steve. A Complete Portrait, Provincetown Magazine, Volume 40 Issue #15 July            27, 2017 Cover, p.40
2016  Biller, Steven. Art Exhibition Speaks for The Salton Sea, Biller on Art, La Quinta Arts                      Foundation, March, 2016
2016  Japenga, Ann. Deborah Martin Curates The Salton Sea, California Desert Art, 
          Palm Springs, CA March 10, 2016
2016  De Crinis, Mona. Freedom to Make a Difference, ARTS+CULTURE, Palm Springs Life                  Magazine, Winter/Spring, 2016 pp. AC26, AC27
2015  Biller, Steven. Springtime Desert Expressionism, Biller on Art, Laquinta Arts Foundation                October 5, 2015
2015  De Crinis, Mona. In the Studio, Freedom to Make a Difference, Palm Springs Life                          Magazine, pp. 26, 27
2015  Stevens, Anise. Deborah Martin's Newest Series Continues to Illuminate the Uncanny in              America's Outback, AEQAI Magazine, Los Angeles, June, 2015
2015  Local Artist's Redefined, The Standard Magazine, Palm Springs, CA June, 2015
2014  Busa, Chris. Deborah Martin: Uncanny Luminosity, Provincetown Arts Magazine,                          Provincetown, MA 2014/15 Vol 29 pp. 75-77
2013  Brown, Susan Rand. A Hushed Reverence: Deborah Martin Shows Provincetown in                      Magical Light, The Provincetown Banner, July 18, 2013 p. 27
2013  Busa, Chris. Art Talk, Interview with Artist Deborah Martin, WOMR (Podcast), Part 1 and              2, September 2013, Provincetown, MA
2013  Biller, Steven. Palm Springs and the High Desert: It’s a Dry Heat, art ltd. Magazine, Los                Angeles, CA pp. 12-16
2013  Japenga, Ann. Deborah Martin and Contemporary Southwest Art at Palm Springs Fine Art            Fair, Art, History and Landscape of the California Desert, Palm Springs, CA February, 2013
2012  Art Week LA, Deborah Martin, Back of Beyond, Los Angeles, CA
2012  Art Week LA, Deborah Martin, Home on the Strange: In Search of the Salton Sea, Los                  Angeles, CA
2012  Japenga, Ann. The New Sublime, Valley of the Ancient Lake: Work Inspired by the Salton            Sea, Palm Springs Life Magazine, Palm Springs, CA pp. 22-25
2011  Dambrot, Shana Nys. Miscellaneous and Memorable Museums of Greater Los Angeles,                Blue Canvas Magazine, Issue No. 09, Blue Canvas Inc. Los Angeles, CA
2011  Amor Fati Los Angeles Art & Literary Magazine, Featured Artist, Origins Issue 4, Los                    Angeles, CA
2011  Frank, Peter. Fabrik Magazine, Artist Spotlight, Issue No 11, Los Angeles, CA p. 70
2011  Frenz, Leslie. America the Surreal: Deborah Martin, Artsy Forager, October 17, 2011
2010  Dambrot, Shana Nys. Editorial, Deborah Martin: Home on the Strange in Search of the                  Salton Sea, Los Angeles, CA
2010  Blue Canvas Magazine, Issue No 3, Blue Canvas Inc., Featured Artist, January, 2010, Los            Angeles, CA, pp. 90-91
2009  LA 2OC Emphasis: Extreme, Catalogue, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,                  Santa Ana, CA
2009  New American Paintings Magazine, Issue No 85, Open Studios Press, Juried by Dominic              Molon, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. pp. 84-87
2009  Dambrot, Shana Nys. Home, A Video Installation by Mia Babalis and New Paintings by                  Deborah Martin, Flavorpill, July 2009, Los Angeles, CA
2009  N.N. Nouveau Pitch, Deborah Martin Gallery, Angeleno Magazine, July, 2009, Los                        Angeles, CA
2009  Road Trip, Light Leaks Magazine, Featured Photographer, Issue No 13, April 
          2009, p. 30
2009  Youngman, Dale. Downtown LA Life Magazine, Featured Artist, March 2009, Los Angeles,            CA
2009  Freidrek, Kristen. Downtown Art Walk, Flavorpill, February 12, 2009, Los Angeles, CA
2009  Villefane, Andie. Artist Spot Light, Citizen LA, February 2009, Los Angeles, CA, p. 8
2008  Studio Visit Magazine, Juried by Carl Belz Director Emeritus of the Rose Art Museum at                Brandeis University, managing editor of Art New England Magazine
2008  Polaroid, Light Leaks Magazine, Featured Photographer, Issue No 11, October 2008, p. 23
2007  Scott, Anna. Downtown News, October 2007, Los Angeles, CA 
2005  Downtown News, St. Vibiana’s Cathedral Ceiling Mural Restoration Project, November,                2007 Los Angeles, CA
1988  Hagar, Jennifer. Four Photographic Explorations Arrive at the School House, The Cape                Codder, October 16, 1988 p. 31
1988  Through a Woman’s Eyes, The Cape Cod Times, October 22, 1988 p. 10

GRANTS
2011  Orlowsky Freed Foundation Grant, Sponsored in part by the Lilian Orlowsky and William Freed Foundation Grant and the Provincetown Art Association and Museum.

AWARDS 
2018  BP Portrait Award, Finalist in a shortlist of seventy, National Portrait Gallery London,                      England
2011  Fabrik Magazine International Competition, Curated by Peter Frank, Third Place, Los                    Angeles, CA

CURATORIAL
2018  Available to All, Curated by Rough Play Projects with Deborah Martin, in partnership with              Mojave Desert Land Trust Reading The Landscape, Joshua Tree, CA
2018  Earth Day, Featuring a Site-specific Installation by Sarah Vanderlip, Curated by Deborah              Martin in partnership with Rough Play Projects and Mojave Desert Land Trust, Joshua                  Tree, CA
2016  The Salton Sea: Lost In Paradise, Curated by Deborah Martin with Hisotrical Works by the            late Jenny kelly, The Marks Art Center, College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA
2011  Valley of the Ancient Lake Works Inspired by the Salton Sea, Curated by Deborah Martin             with Historical works by Jennie Kelly, Salton Sea History Museum, North Shore, CA
2009-10  Deborah Martin Gallery, Founder, Director, Curator, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
2009  Re: Materialization, Curated by Deborah Martin and Shana Nys Dambrot, Deborah Martin            Gallery, Downtown, Los Angeles, CA
2006-09  Spring Arts Collective Gallery, Co-Founder, Director, Curator, Downtown, Los Angeles,            CA

PUBLICATIONS
2015  Dunlap. David, Building Provincetown, The Town of Provincetown, Provincetown Historical Commission, First Edition June, 2015 pp. 149, 179, 192

ARTIST BOOKS AND COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2010-13  Catalysis Projects, Co-Founder, Los Angeles, CA
2011  Japenga, Ann. Catalogue, Valley of the Ancient Lake: Work Inspired by The Salton Sea,                Los Angeles, CA
2010  Smith, Amy Sather. Home on the Strange: In Search of the Salton Sea, Deborah Martin                [Polaroid’s and Paintings] Amy Sather Smith [Text], a Catalysis Projects Publication, Los              Angeles, CA
2010  Vizza, Juli. Movement on the Strange, Video, Salton Sea, CA

BENEFITS
2017  Photographic Memory, Alzheimers Family Support Center of Cape Cod, Fine Arts Work                Center, Provincetown, MA
 
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
Stepping Forward Children's Counseling Center, Irvine, CA
Stepping Forward Children's Counseling Center, Chatham, NJ
Stepping Forward Children's Counseling Center, Yorba Linda, CA

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