Eddie Martinez (b. 1970)
Born Groton Naval Base, Groton, CT
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Inside Thoughts, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
New Paintings 2, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm
2019 Eddie Martinez: Open Feast, Yuz Museum, Shanghai, China
Eddie Martinez: Fast Eddie, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
EMHK19, Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
2018 White Outs, The Bronx Museum, New York, NY
Blockhead Stacks, Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
Love Letters and Yard Work, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
2017 Studio Wall, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Ants at a Picknic, Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Cowboy Town, Timothy Taylor, London
2016 Stop the world and let me off, Sorry We’re Closed, Brussels
Salmon Eye, Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York, NY
2014 Island I, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London
Nomader, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Neanderthal Jeans, Half Gallery, New York, NY
2013 Beginner Mind, Bill Brady KC, Kansas City, MO
Matador, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
2012 Studio Drawings, Half Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Seeker, Peres Projects, Berlin
New York Electric, Patricia Low Contemporary, Geneva
Eddie Martinez – Drawings, 2005-2011, Schwarz Contemporary, Berlin
2010 The Feast, presented by ZieherSmith, Art Positions, Art Basel Miami
Beach, FL
Buffet State Of Mind, Sorry We're Closed, Brussels
Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
2009 News and Updates, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Copenhagen
Eddie Martinez, Seomi & Tuus, Seoul
2008 Some Drawings, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY
Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
New Paintings, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm
2007 Hooters, Galeria Comercial, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Darkness, aliceday, Brussels
2006 Eddie Martinez, ZieherSmith, Volta Show, Basel
A Horse With No Name, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
A Mini Carrot Experience, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm
2005 Abracadabra, Bucket Rider, Chicago, IL
A Big Ole Steely Dan Conversation, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Cool Beans Brother, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 100 Drawings from Now, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Kaleidoscopes: Contemporary Portraiture, Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
Sympathetic Magic, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
How ‘Bout Them Apples?, ross+kramer gallery, New York, NY
Arthur, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
2019 Senior Coconut, Reyes | Finn, Detroit, MI
Jaywalkers, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
2018 Palo Santo, Ratio 3, San Francisco, CA
A New Way of Walking, Timothy Taylor, London
Beyond the Streets, Los Angeles, CA
2017 10th Anniversary, Gallery Target, Tokyo
Drawing Island, The Journal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 13, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2015 The Avant-Garde Won’t Give Up: COBRA and it’s Legacy,
Blum and Poe, Los Angeles, CA
New York Painting, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Die Dritte Hand – Last Exit Painting, Salon Dahlmann, Berlin
2014 Brushcrusher, Studios353, New York, NY
Vanitas: Contemporary Reflections on Love and Death from the
Collection of Stephane Janssen, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Life, The Journal Gallery at Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY
Tip Top, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Body Language, Saatchi Gallery, London
Paint On, Paint Off, Halsey McKay Gallery, New York, NY
Draw Gym, organized by Brian Belott, 247365 & Know More Games,
New York, NY
LAT. 41° 7′ N., LONG. 72° 19′ W, Martos Gallery, East Marion,
New York, NY
Work, Klaus Von Nichtssagend Gallery, New York , NY
2012 EDDIE MARTINEZ - Paintings / PABLO PICASSO – Ceramics,
Sorry We’re Closed, Art Brussels
Group Show, Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, NY
Wonders - Masterpieces from Private Collections in Denmark,
KUNSTEN Museum of Modern Art, Aalborg, Denmark
Jose Lerma & Eddie Martinez, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton,
New York, NY
Eagles, Marlborough Madrid
Breed, Greenberg Van Doren, New York, NY
Portrait of a Generation, The Hole, New York, NY
Eddie Martinez & Jose Lerma, Halsay McKay, East Hampton, New
York, NY
New Prints 2012/Winter, International Print Center New York, New
York, NY
Thanksgiving, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen
2011 BNA, ZieherSmith Pop-Up Gallery, Nashville, TN
back room, Untitled, New York, NY
Facemaker, curated by Kathy Grayson, Royal/T, Culver City, CA
Body Language, The Saatchi Gallery, London
The Big Clown Show, Sorry We're Closed, Art Brussels
New York Minute, Garage Center For Contemporary Culture, Moscow
Triangle Fool, Hiromiyoshii Roppongi Gallery, Tokyo
I Am Who I Am: The Portrait Reconsidered, Steven Zevitas Gallery,
Boston, MA
Cover Version LP, curated by Timothy Hull, BAMart, Brooklyn, New
York, NY
Group Show, Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve, Paris
2010 The Power of Selection, curated by Ryan Travis Christian, Western
Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
Not Quite Open for Business, The Hole, New York, NY
Insider/Outsider, Portugal Arte 2010, Lisbon
Draw, curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey, Museo de la Cuidad
de Mexico, Mexico City
Wall to Wall, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Apartment Show Presents Big Apple, Clifton Benevento, New York, NY
Forth Estate Editions, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York, NY
The Cannibal's Muse, curated by Max Henry, Patricia Low Gallery,
Gstaad, Switzerland
2009 Forth Estate Editions, RISD Memorial Hall Gallery, Providence, RI
New York Minute, MACRO FUTURE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Rome
Grand Reopening, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
Leaves of Ash, Suzanne Tarasieve Gallery, Paris
Just Landed, two person show with Wes Lang, aliceday, Brussels
Collaborations, ZieherSmith, New York, NY
2008 This is Boston, Not LA, LaMontagne Gallery, Boston, MA
Whatever is Whatever, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, Hydra Project,
Hydra, Greece
Timeless, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Andreas Melas
Presents, Athens and Max Wigram Gallery, London
Living In A Box, Galerie Mikael Andersen, Berlin
ambivalent figuration; people, Samson Projects, Boston, MA
2007 Eddie Martinez, William J. O’Brian, Roman Wolgin, Jonas Wood,
Gallery Min Min, Tokyo
Accessories, Galerie Mikael Anderson, Copenhagen
Painters, Cosar HMT, Düsseldorf
Mail Order Monsters, curated by Kathy Grayson, Deitch Projects, New
York and Peres Projects, Berlin
Athens Biennial, curated by Dan Nadel, Athens
Cabinet of Curiosities, curated by Kathy Grayson, The Journal,
Brooklyn, NY
So Wrong, I'm Right, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
Crystal Crunch, curated by Taylor McKimens, Perugi, Padua, Italy
Five Painters, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm
2006 Panic Room: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Deste
Foundation Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens
Beyond, curated by Caroline Hwang & Suzannah Sinclair, New Image
Art, Los Angeles, CA
You have to be almost gifted to do what I do, Alexander and Bonin,
New York, NY
Don't Abandon The Ship, Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, MA
Fine Line, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Thank You for the Days, Bucket Rider Gallery, Chicago, IL
Winners, HiFi Gallery, Austin, TX
Greater Brooklyn, CRG Gallery, New York, NY
Loyal and his band hand drawn covers, Loyal Gallery, Stockholm
2004 Eddie Martinez and Denise Kupferschmidt, Evos Arts, Lowell, MA
In The Making, KCDC, Brooklyn, NY
The 18th Drawing Show, Mills Gallery, Boston, MA
Eddie Martinez and Matt Clark, Compound Gallery, Portland, OR
Suburban, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
The Russian Doll Show, 65 Hope Street Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition also traveled to New Image Art, Los Angeles, CA; Space
1026, Philadelphia, PA; and Green Street Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA
2003 Dishwasher Safe, Wurst Gallery, Portland, OR
Halloween Show, Evos Arts, Lowell, MA
Go Team, Upstairs At Johnsons, Boston, MA
Textile, Somerville Arts Center, Somerville, MA
Subconscious, 1300 Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Overhung, Oni Gallery, Boston, MA
Animal Show, Mass Art, Boston, MA
Honors and Residencies
2008 Bauernmarkt Residency, Lenikus Collection, Vienna
2007 First Place, Best Group Show in a Commercial Gallery Boston-area,
International Association of Art Critics (AICA) Awards
Selected Public and Private Collections
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY
La Colección Júmex, Mexico City, Mexico
Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA
Hiscox Collection, London, UK
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
RISD Museum, Providence, RI
The Marciano Collection, Los Angeles, CA
The Morgan Library, New York, NY
The Saatchi Collection, London, UK