About the Artist

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David W. Martin graduated with a BFA in Printmaking from the University of Oklahoma in 1985. He went on the achieve his MFA in Sculpture from Virginia Commonwealth University 1989.

During the next six years he remained in Richmond, VA. teaching as an adjunct faculty at VCU in the Foundation Program and Sculpture Department. Concurrent to this, he maintained a studio space where he produced his artwork. Durning this time, he was represented at the "Henri Gallery" a prominent venue in
Washington D.C.

In 1995 he was hired at Ohio State University as the Sculpture and Glass Programs Studio Technician, while simultaneously teaching courses in drawing and foundry processes for the OSU Art Department through 1997.

Professor Martin began his appointment at Edinboro University as an Instructor in the
fall semester of 1997. Eventually hired as an Assistant Professor in 2000, he teaches 3D Foundations and all levels of Sculpture. He has since been promoted to Full
Professor in 2010.

D.W. Martin is currently working and living in Edinboro, PA. where he teaches art and maintains his studio productions. He exhibits large outdoor sculptures in Pennsylvania Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia, New York, Michigan, and Tennessee. He is represented by "Flatlanders Gallery" located in Michigan between Detroit and Toledo, OH. He is also affiliated with the "Midwest Sculpture Initiative" through which he exhibits consistently in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana.

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Education

1989 -
1985 -

M.F.A. Sculpture, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
B.F.A. Printmaking, with Distinction, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK.

Teaching Experience

2010 - Present
2005 - 10
2000 - 05
1997 - 00
1998
1995 - 97
1996
1994 - 95
1992 - 95
1989
1988

Full Professor, 3-D Design, Sculpture I, II, Advanced and, Graduate levels Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.
Associate Professor, 3-D Design, Sculpture I, II, Advanced and, Graduate levels Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Associate Professor, 3-D Design, Sculpture I, II, Advanced and, Graduate levels Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.
Faculty/Instructor, 3-D Design, Sculpture I, II, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Instructor, Basic Sculpture, Summer Session, Virginia Commonwealth University.
Foundry Supervisor/Instructor, Department of Art, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Instructor, Drawing, Department of Art, Ohio State University.  
Foundry Supervisor/Instructor and operations technician for ceramic shell lab, Sculpture Dept., Virginia Commonwealth University
Adjunct Faculty, Sculpture Department, Basic Sculpture, VirginiaCommonwealth University, Richmond, VA.
Instructor, Art Foundation Program, Virginia Commonwealth University
Graduate Teaching Assistantship Sculpture Department, V.C.U.  

Exhibitions

2023 - 2024

2022 - 2023

2023-2024

6th Annual Fostoria Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Fostoria, Ohio, Fall Series, one piece excepted, “Surely”
6th Annual Sandusky Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Sandusky, Ohio, Spring Series, one piece excepted “Seeker

2022 - 2023

13th Annual City of Hastings Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Hasting Michigan, Spring Series
17th Annual Outdoor Exhibition, Canton Michigan, Spring Series
2nd Annual Falling Waters Sculpture Trail Exhibit.
Jackson, Michigan, Fall Series, “Seeker”
5th Annual Mount Clemens Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit,
City of Mount Clemens, Michigan, Fall Series, “Surveyor” holdover
8th Annual Vandalia Art Parked Sculpture Exhibit,
Vandalia, Ohio, Fall Series, “Mimic’

2021 - 2023

2021 - 2023

2021 - 2022



2020 - 2021




2019 - 2020




2018 - 2023

2018




2017

2016 - 17




2015 - 16

2014 - 15


2013 - 14


2012 - 13



2012



2011 - 12


2011



2010 - 11

2009 - 10


2009

2008 - 09



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1992

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1990

2020 - 2021

Sculpture Walk, Erie Arts and Culture Program, Erie, Pennsylvania

2021 - 2022

7th Annual Vandalia Parked Sculpture Exhibition, Vandalia, Ohio, Fall Series
4th Annual City of Mount Clemens Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Mount Clemons. Michigan, 2 sculptures accepted, Fall Series
10th Annual Fenton Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Fenton, Michigan, 2 sculptures accepted, Spring Series

2020 - 2021

3rd Annual Sandusky Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Sandusky, Ohio
3rd Annual City of Mount Clemens Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Mount Clemens, Michigan
9th Annual City of Adrian Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Adrian, Michigan
7th Annual Belleville Area Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, The City of Belleville, Michigan

2019 - 2020

8th Annual City of Adrian Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Adrian, Michigan
6th Annual Belleville Area Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, The City of Belleville, Michigan
2nd Annual Macomb Township Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Macomb Township, Michigan
Moross Greenway Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Detroit, Michigan

2018 - 2023

Allegheny County Airport Authority, “Art at the Airport” Pittsburgh International Airport, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2018

9th Annual Hastings Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Hastings, Michigan
7th Annual City of Valparaiso Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Valparaiso, Indiana
4th Annual Vandalia Art Parked Sculpture Exhibit, Vandalia, Ohio
Pittsfield Charter Township Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Pittsfield, Michigan

2017

Solo Exhibition, Pairing Similarities, Erie Art Museum, Holstein Gallery, Erie, Pennsylvania, slated to open June 30th-October 20th

2016 - 17

100SculptorsX100Sculptures, Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History, Jackson, Michigan
 8th Annual Dearborn Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition Dearborn, Michigan
4th Annual Fenton Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Fenton, Michigan
11th Annual Sculpture on Ford Road, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Canton, Michigan

2015 - 16

8th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Ella Sharp Museum of Art and History, Jackson, Michigan

2014 - 15

7th Annual Art Trail, Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibit, Tecumseh, Michigan Two separate works presented
Art In Public Places, Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville Tennessee, Juried Exhibition, Juror Ken Thompson

2013 - 14

Art In Public Places, Dogwood Arts Festival, Knoxville Tennessee, Juried Exhibition, Juror Ken Thompson
2nd Annual City of Valparaiso Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Valparaiso, Indiana

2012 - 13

Inaugural Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Edinboro University of PA. Invitational, three pieces presented
4th Annual Main Street Lancaster Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Lancaster, Ohio
2nd Annual City of Hastings Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Hastings, Michigan

2012

Slippery Rock Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA. Invitational, Two works selected
ArtPark, Edges III, Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Lewiston, New York, selected for Grand Prize
89th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Juror Emily Hubley, Erie, PA. Received Juror’s Award

2011 - 12

3rd Annual City of Dearborn Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Dearborn, Michigan
Ottawa Hills Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Village of Ottawa Hills,Toledo, Ohio

2011

Pressing Current Boundaries, Solo Exhibition Flatlanders Gallery, Blissfield, Michigan
ArtPark, Edges II, Outdoor Sculpture Competition ,Lewiston, NY, selected for Grand Prize
88th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Juror Mark Newport, Erie, PA.

2010 - 11

Art Trail, 3rd Annual Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibit, Tecumseh, Michigan City of Novi, Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Novi, Michigan

2009 - 10

Art in Place, Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibition, Charlottesville, VA.
Sculpture on Ford Road, Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibit, Canton, Michigan

2009

86th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Juror Wendell Castle Received Jurors Award, Erie, PA.

2008 - 09

Sculpture on Ford Road, Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibit, Canton, Michigan
Art in the Eye, Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibit, Marshall, Michigan
Art Trail, Outdoor Public Sculpture Exhibit, Tecumseh, Michigan

2008

Space And Place, National Open Exhibition, Manchester Craftsmen Guild/Pittsburgh Society of Sculptors, Pittsburgh, PA.

2007

Courthouse Galleries, Juried Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Portsmouth, Virginia
84th Annual Spring Show, Erie Art Museum, Juror Janet Kolplos Senior Editor for Art In America, Erie, PA.

2006

Borderline Bliss, Solo Show, Flatlanders Galleries Blissfield, Michigan
Annual Faculty Exhibition, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University Edinboro, PA.

2005

Wilderness” 2nd Annual Environmental Art Fair, Erie Art Museum Annex , Erie, PA.
“Sculpture In The Park” Village of Ottawa Hills, Toledo, OH.

2004

Invitational Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit, Allegheny Riverstone Center for the Arts, Foxburg, PA. Curated by Tom Rudd
Erie Art Museum Celebrates the Erie Philharmonic Exhibit, Erie Art Museum, Erie, PA.

2003

Meadville Council for the Arts Annual Fall Exhibition, Meadville, PA.
2nd Annual Western PA Collegiate Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Flights From Fancy , Harlan Gallery, Seton Hill University, Greensburg, PA.
Appalachian Corridors Juried Exhibit, Juror: Eleanor Heartney, (critic- Art In America), Sunrise Museum, Charleston, WV
Contact, Art Faculty Exchange Exhibition, Maria Curie- Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland

2002

First Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock, Pa
Niagara Invitational Art Exhibit, Erie Maritime Museum, Erie, PA.

2001

The Shortest Distance, Solo Exhibit, Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Figure as Object/ Object as Figure, Brownson Gallery, Manhattenville College, Purchase New York

2000

Bruce Gallery, Annual Faculty Exhibition, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.

1999

76th Annual Spring Show, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA. Juror: Mary Jane Jacob (Consulting Program Director of Sculpture, Chicago, IL)

1998

Elements of Art Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Columbus, OH
Bruce Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA
Three Rivers Arts Festival, Juried Visual Art Exhibition, Juror: Fred Wilson (New York artist), Pittsburgh, PA
75th Annual Spring Show, Erie Museum of Art, Erie, PA. Juror: Robert Storr (Curator, Painting & Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, (NYC)
Twelve Great Artists Portrayed On Plates, Invitational Exhibition No Spitting Gallery, Richmond, VA

1997

Edinboro University Annual Faculty Exhibit, Bruce Gallery of Art, Edinboro, PA
22nd Annual October Evening Exhibit, Meadville Council on the Arts, Meadville, PA
Ar(t)thropoda, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio St. University, Columbus, OH
“Variable Degrees of Discourse in the Art of Casting”, Astra Gallery, Richmond, VA

1996

Coercive Confluence, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Ohio State University  

1994

Summer Sculpture Show, Group Exhibition, NationsBank Gallery, Coordinated by the Arts Council of Richmond, VA
Solo Exhibition, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
Black & White Show, Main Art Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Hand Workshop, Group Exhibition, Richmond, VA

1993

Faculty Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Solo Exhibition, Annex, 1501 W. Main St., Richmond, VA
1708 Gallery Juried Show, Juror: Eleanor Heartney, (critic, Art in America), Richmond VA
New Work, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC
Traces/Proposals, Plans & Documentation, Trahern Gallery, Austin Peay University, Clarksville, TN

1992

Solo Exhibition, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC

1991

23 Hanging”, Group Exhibition, 1523 W. Main St., Richmond, VA
Figures in Motion, Juried Exhibition, Juror: Harry Rand (Curator of 20th Century Painting & Sculpture at National Museum of American Art),
Washington Square, Washington, DC
Faculty Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, VCU, Richmond, VA
1708 E. Main Gallery, Group Exhibition, Juror: Marilyn Zeitlin (former Director of WPA in Washington, DC), Richmond, VA
Absolute Henri, Invitational Exhibition, Henri Gallery, Washington, DC

1990

The Intimate Eye, Group Show from Jack Blanton Collection, Randolph- Macon College, Ashland, VA
Annual Invitational Exhibition, 1708 E. Main Gallery, Richmond, VA

Gallery Representation

Flatlanders Galleries, Blissfield, Michigan
Glass Growers Gallery, Erie, PA.
Astra Gallery, Richmond, VA.
Henri Gallery, Washington, DC. 

Collections

Edinboro University of PA.
Office of Development
Edinboro University Foundation,
Highlands Collection, Edinboro, PA.
Mary Washington University,
Fredericksburg, VA.
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts
Museum, Farmersville, VA.
Nancy Daffin, PA.
Joe Seipel, Richmond, VA.
Tracie Taylor, Richmond, VA.
Josh Aubry, Richmond, VA.
Jack Blanton, Richmond, VA.
Robert Syme, Washington, DC
Helen Schoebelen, Washington, DC
Harold North, Richmond, VA.
Norwood Davis, Deltaville, VA.
MCV hospital, Richmond, VA.
Gene Ruark, Deltaville, VA.

Alice Denny, Washington, DC
Dr. Vladimir Dupre, Bethesda, MD.
Jim Deveney, Richmond, VA.
Slippery Rock University
Foundations, Campus Collection
Janet Decover, Richmond, VA.
Leonard T. Marie, Ashton, MD
Elizabeth French, Washington, DC
Marian Hill, Washington, DC
Richard Slusser, Washington, DC
Fred Cain, Manassas, VA.
Vivienne Lassmon, Washington, DC
Dr. Andrew S. Wechsler, Richmond, VA.
Robert Moller, Washington, DC
William Hawdershell, Washington, DC
Donna & Lester Van Winkle, Farmersville, TX.
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Reinhart, Arlington, VA.
Ronald Q. Henery, Erie, PA.

DW Martin