MARTIN GANTMAN
  
RÉSUMÉ
  
  EDUCATION  
1978
  • BFA, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1975
    Bachelor of Architecture, Southern California Institute of Architecture, Santa Monica, CA
1963

BS (Civil Engineering), California State University, Long Beach, CA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
  • HAUS, Pasadena, CA
  • "Atmospheric Resources Tracking," Seyhoun Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
2005

"10 Critical Questions," 417 Boyd, Los Angeles, CA

1998
  • "the Odalisque Suite," Buzz, West Hollywood, CA
  • "Resonance Particles," Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, CO
1997
  • "the Odalisque Suite," ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
  • Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1995
  • "Recent Works," Zone Sub Tropical, Los Angeles, CA
  • "Constructions," Carnegie Art Center, Leavenworth, KN
1994
"Constructions," Acme Art Co., Columbus, OH
1992
"Looking for Godot," SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990
"Here/Here," SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
  • "Marque-Page Arte da Sfogliare," Artetica, Rome, Italy
  • Gallery 727, Los Angles, CA
  • "Softcopy," University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, AK

2005

Institute of Cultural Inquiry, Los Angeles, CA
2004
  • Los Angeles World Airport, Los Angeles, CA
2003
  • "3 Acres on the Lake," White Walls, New York, NY
2002
  • Coagula Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • "Works/San José," San José, CA
  • "3 Acres on the Lake/DuSable Park," Gallery 312, Chicago, IL
2001
  • Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
  • San José Art League, San José, CA
  • "Telling Stories," Eye Five Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
  • Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
2000
  • Gallery 225, Raleigh, NC
  • Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  • Southern Graphics Conference, University of Miami, Miami, FL
1999
  • "Black and White," Banana Factory, Bethlehem, PA
  • "The Object; of sculpture," Wright State University, Dayton, OH
  • "Ninety-Nine," Miller Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1998
  • "Interior," POST, Los Angeles, CA Gallery, University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CN
1997
  • El Camino College, Torrance, CA
  • "WORKS/San José," San José, CA
  • "Besides Photography," Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • "Blow Up," SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1996
  • Orange County College, Santa Ana, CA
  • Ceres County, New York, NY
  • Spanish Kitchen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • "Questioning Equality," Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
  • Spark Gallery, Denver, CO
1995
  • SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • EIO Gallery, Cleveland, OH
  • Richard Heller Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
  • Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
1994
  • "On Site at the Gate," Angels Gate Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
  • Alternative Museum, New York, NY
  • "Mapping the Jungle," Novaspace at the LATC, Los Angeles, CA
  • Acme Art Company, Columbus, OH
1993
  • "Book Art Project," La Coruna, Spain
  • "L.A. Biblioteca," SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • "Downart," South Park, Los Angeles, CA
1992
  • "Imperfect Order," Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
  • LSA Union Art Gallery, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA
  • Maude Kern Art Gallery, Eugene, OR
1991
  • Gallery 5, Santa Monica, CA
  • Century Gallery, Sylmar, CA
  • Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
  • Richard/Bennett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1990 & before
  • San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, CA
  • "Installation," L.A. Festival, Los Angeles, CA
  • Long Beach Art Association, Long Beach, CA
  • Project Space, Eugene, OR
PUBLIC ART
2001

"Paul," permanent installation, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, OH
PERFORMANCES
1983

"Open Trench," Martin Gantman Studio, Venice, CA
1981

"Goats and Other Sacrificial Pastimes," Construction Site, Venice, CA
LECTURES
2000

"Visualizing the Body," annual conference, College Art Association, New York, NY
1998

"Current Work," Chaffee College, Rancho Cucamonga, CA
1997

"Current Work," Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
1995

"Participatory Works," Carnegie Art Center, Leavenworth, KN
WRITINGS
2005

"Swingin' in the Slammer," Coagula Art Journal, Los Angeles, CA.
2004

"The Word Was Charm," Coagula Art Journal, Los Angeles, CA.
 
2003
  • "DuSable Park Project," 3 Acres on the Lake, White Walls, New York, NY.
  • "The Irresolute Potential in the Unimagined Possibility," ARTLIES, Houston, TX (Fall).
 
2002

"DuSable Park: An Archaeology," Midnight Mind Magazine, New York, NY (October).
 
2001
  • "Notes on the Oddness of Things," Midnight Mind Magazine, New York, NY (October).
  • "Mapping the Lost Idea," Benjamin's Blind Spot, DAP Publications, (April).
1989-1991

Various editorials, SITE Local, quarterly art journal, Los Angeles, CA.
1988

"Art is Landscape, Landscape is Art," The Progress Print, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Los Angeles, CA.
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  • “See you when we get home,” (featured project), Art Journal, December, 2002.
  • Costello-Dougherty, Malaika. “Wish You Were There,”Los Angeles Independent, November 14, 2001.
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  • Rubin, Gregory. “Deconstructing the Gaze,”The Critical Eye, Members.aol.com/grubin1/index.html, 1997.
  • Jenkins, Steven. “Previews,” Artweek, July, 1997.
  • Berger, Shelley A.. “Inside Out,” Coagula Art Journal (#19), 1995.
  • Community Redevelopment Agency of L.A.. “South Park: development strategies and design guidelines,” Olympic & Broadway Gateway Proposal, 1995, p. 45.
  • “Art of California Discovery Awards,” Art of California Magazine, January, 1993, p. 86.
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    HONORS & AWARDS
    2001

    Winner, sculpture competition, Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park, Hamilton, OH
    1995

    Invitational proposal, South Park Gateway Project, Community Redevelopment Agency of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
    1988

    Semi-finalist, Veteran’s Memorial design competition, City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA

    INVOLVEMENT
    1997
    • Juror, Medici Awards, Arts Inc., Los Angeles, CA
    1995-1996

    Board of Directors, SITE, Los Angeles, CA
    1993

    Chairperson, Exhibition Committee, SITE, Los Angeles, CA
    1987-1992

    Board of Directors, SITE, Los Angeles, CA
    1989-1991

    Executive Editor, SITE Local, Los Angeles, CA
    1997

    Juror, Public Art, Edwards Social Services Building, Santa Monica, CA