LYDIA Z. MARTIN Art & Design Department/ Suffolk University, Office room #:1020-Sawyer Building, 8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108-2770
tel: 617-994-4288 email: LydiaMartinpainter@gmail.com website: www.LydiaMartinStudio.com
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EXHIBITIONS 2019 Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members' Show, NY, International Exhibition, June 1-August 30, 2019.
Fine Art America online Gallery, Tea Time, International Exhibition, May 16- June 8, 2019.
Carbon Black, Waltham, MA, DeCordova Museum’s Art Loan Exhibition, June 20, 2017- June 10, 2019.
Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA, Lowell Art Association Members' Juried Exhibit, November 17-March 16, 2019.
2018 Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA, Lowell Art Association Members' Juried Exhibit, 11/17/18- 3/16/19
Suffolk University Fine Art Gallery, Boston, MA, Juxtapose: Art & Design Faculty Exhibition, January 25-February 25, 2018.
Carbon Black, Waltham, MA, DeCordova Museum’s Art Loan Exhibition, June 20, 2017- May 29, 2019.
2017 Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass, Amherst, MA,
Artist’s portrait of UMass English Professor Emeritus, Arthur F. Kinney installation-Center’s reading room. 9/18/17.
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members' Show, NY, International Exhibition
Topsfield Town Library, deCordova Sculpture Park and Art Museum, Art Loan Exhibition, June 20 2016- May 20, 2017.
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Holland and Knight Law Firm, Boston, MA- DeCordova Museum’s Art Loan/ Exhibition June,22, 2015- May, 25, 2016
2016 Odd Nerdrum Art Atelier, Stavern, Norway, Memorosa Atelier International Members' Exhibition, July 2016.
James McNeil Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA, Lowell Art Association's Invitational Members' Exhibition
November 18, 2015 - January 16, 2016. http://cmurphystudios.com/?p=697
Topsfield Town Library, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Art Museum, Art Loan Exhibition, June 20 2016- May 20, 2017.
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2015 National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 119th Opened Juried Show, December 1-18.
http://www.clwac.org/#!119th-annual-open-juried-exhibition/c1zvi
Bennington Center for the Arts, VT, Laumeister Fine Art Competition/ Exhibition, Aug. 8 - Dec. 20.
http://www.thebennington.org/lfac
James McNeil Whistler House Museum, Lowell, MA, Lydia Martin: Lotería II, solo exhibition, July 2015.
http://www.whistlerhouse.org/index.php/exhibits/parker-gallery/94-lydia-martin-priscilla-levesque-exhibits
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Human Nature, international April exhibit/ benefit 'Your Safe Haven'
http://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Human-Nature-2015/Human-Nature-2015-Show/n-XN7h7p
Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Red, international February exhibit/ benefit Red Cross:
http://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Red-Feb-2015/Red-2015-Show/n-J83mN
Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, NESAD Exhibits, art loan and exhibition
Sudbury Hospital, deCordova Sculpture Park and Art Museum, Art Loan Exhibition, June 20 2015- May 20, 2016
2014 Milton Art Museum at Massasoit Community College, Canton, MA- Milton Art Museum Exhibition/ Competition
3 artists exhibit http://miltonartmuseum.org/events.htm - juror: Kaveh Mojtabai- Artscope Founder & Publisher.
Bennington Center for the Arts, VT, Portraying the Human Spirit, international exhibition:
http://www.thebennington.org/portraying-the-human-spirit/
Salmagundi Arts Club, NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members’ Show, international exhibit
Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, NESAD Exhibits, art loan and exhibition
Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI, Best Holiday Gifts, winter exhibition: www.chabotgallery/artists/lydia-martin/
Lincoln Properties Company, The Meadows, Chelmsford, MA, deCordova Museum Art Loan Exhibit, 6/20,/14-5/ 20/15
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2013 Six Summit Gallery, Ivoryton, CT, In the Pink, national exhibition/ benefit Breast Cancer
National Arts Club, NYC, 117th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Open Juried Show, international exhibit
https://sites.suffolk.edu/andthen/page/4/
Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI, Summer Show- gallery artists exhibition
Adams Gallery, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, NESAD Faculty Exhibition: http://corporateartloan.org/page/11
Salmagundi Art Club, NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members’ Exhibition
Suffolk University, 73 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, NESAD Exhibits, art loan and exhibition
Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI, Best Holiday Gifts, winter exhibition
2012 Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI, Lotería , Fall, solo exhibition. http://www.chabotgallery.com/2012/10/loteria/
Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI, Retrospect, Summer, invitational exhibition.
Suffolk University, Boston, MA. NESAD at 73 Tremont Street, art loan exhibition.
2011 Emerson Hospital, Sudbury, MA, artist’s work, “Shelves” on exhibition for one year.
Suffolk University, Boston, MA, NESAD at 73 Tremont Street , art loan exhibition.
2010 Broome Street Gallery, SoHo, NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members’ Show, international exhibit
2009 National Arts Club, NYC, 113th Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club Open Juried exhibit, international show
Broome Street Gallery, SoHo, NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members’ Show, international exhibit
NESAD Gallery, Suffolk University, MA, “Year of Drawing” NESAD Faculty Exhibition
2008 Broome Street Gallery, SoHo, NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members’ Show, int’l exhibit
San Francisco, CA, Art of Democracy, on-line invitational exhibition: http://www.artofdemocracy.org/posters/posters.html
Bennington Center for the Arts, VT, Small Works Show, & Impressions of New England, national exhibits
Franklin Square Gallery, Southport, NC, Associated Artists’ Opened Juried Exhibition, national show
2007 Stony Brook University, NY 450 Women Have Been Murdered in Ciudad Juarez, national exhibit
2006 The 110th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts, National Arts Club, NYC international juried exhibit.
2005 Bennington Center for the Arts, VT, American Artists Abroad, national juried exhibition
Franklin Square Gallery, Associated Artists of Southport, NC, 25th National Show
Art Association of Harrisburg, PA, 77th Annual Juried Exhibition, juror: Linda Simmons, Corcoran Gallery.
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, Dimensions 2005, national juried show
2004 Visual Arts Center, Punta Gorda, FLA, national exhibit; juror: Daniel Greene, renowned American painter.
2003 Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, An American Experience, national exhibit.
Friends of Copley Square, Boston, MA, An Arts Affair, juried by Vose Gallery and curator, Jonathan Fairbanks.
Art Auction proceeds for Copley Square.memorial statue of American portrait painter, John Singleton Copley.
Barnsite Art Studio and Gallery, Kewanee, WI, Barns and Farms, nat’l juried exhibit in concordance with
the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, Barns, Again.
Newington-Cropsey Foundation Gallery, Hudson Valley Art Association Hastings on Hudson, NY,
72nd National Juried Exhibition.
2002 The 106th Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts, National Arts Club, NYC
Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA, New Works, solo exhibition
Somerville Museum, Somerville, MA, Paradox: Artists Respond, regional exhibition
Tremont Street Gallery, Boston, MA, Empathy, International Society’s juried exhibit
2002 Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA, Small Works, nat’l juried exhibition
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Re-Presenting Representation V, invitational, televised on CNN
Lyman-Eyer Gallery, West Newton, MA, Winter Salon & Summer Salon, invitational
South Shore Art Center, Cohasset, MA, Planes, Trains and Automobiles, national exhibition
2001 Coutts Museum, El Dorado, KS, Living on the Praire-Living on the Plain, nattional juried exhibit
Audubon Artists, Inc., Salmagundi Arts Club NY, 59th Open Juried Exhibition
Arts Center, Chatham, MA, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod’s Pastels Only, exhibit
Friends of Copley Square, Boston, MA, An Arts Affair, juried benefit art auction
Butler Institute of American Art, OH, 65th Midyear Museum Juried Exhibition
St. Louis Artists’ Guild, MO, In Your Face, nat’l open juried portrait exhibition
Salmagundi Arts Club, NY, 24th Annual Non Members Juried Exhibition
Lyman-Eyer Gallery, West Newton, MA, Winter Showcase & Summer Salon
2000 Lyman-Eyer Gallery, West Newton, MA, Paintings, solo exhibition
Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts, National Arts Club, NY, 104thInternational Juried Millenium Exhibit
Friends of Copley Square, Boston, MA, An Arts Affair, juried benefit art auction
Pastel Society of America, Nation’l Arts Club, NY, 28th Juried Exhibit;, juror: Raymond E. Kinstler.
St. Louis Artists’ Guild, MO, Faces and Places, nat’l portrait exhibit-1st prize for portrait
Period Gallery, Omaha, NE, Realism, nat’l juried exhibition
Crane Collection, Wellesley, MA Summer Exhibition, invitational
Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Realism, 3 artists invitational show
1999 Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, New Works, invitational 3 artists exhibit Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA,
In Ordinary Time, invitational exhibition
Crane Collection, Wellesley, MA, The Last Little Picture Show, invitational exhibit
ArtWorks! Gallery, New Bedford, MA, Opened Juried Regional Exhibition
Zullo Gallery, Medfield, MA, 8th Annual Juried Exhibition
NESAD Gallery 28, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, Recent Paintings, solo show
1997 Museum of American Art, Philadelphia, PA, The Unbroken Line, international juried show,
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Fellowship; juror: Philip Pearlstein (figurative painter.)
Museum of Science, Boston, MA, Drawing Show held during Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibit
1996 Gallery Alexy, Philadelphia, PA, Contemporary Realism, nat’l show; juror: Sidney Goodman
1995 Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, The Still-Life: A Modern View, invitational paintings exhibition
1994 Chadd’s Ford Gallery, Chadd’s Ford, PA, Oil Paintings, Watercolors & Prints, solo show (Andrew Wyeth in attendance)
1992 & 94 Gallery 28, NESAD, Boston, MA, solo exhibit ’92 & Observing Tradition, group exhibit ’94
1991 Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Arnold Arboretum’s Spring Art Show, juried exhibit- 1st prize award
James A. Michener Museum, Philadelphia, PA, National Juried Exhibition
jurors: Lisa Dennison (curator Guggenheim Museum) and Grace Hartigan (painter.)
1990 Gallery 28, NESAD, Boston, MA, Glass, solo show newworks- figuratie, still-lives, Trompe l’oeil & interiors- theme of glass.
Creative Collections Gallery, Boston, MA, Art Works, solo exhibition
Boston Visual Artists Union, Boston, MA, Members Annual Juried Exhibition
1989 First Street Gallery, NY, National Figure Exhibition, juror: Jack Beal, realist, figurative painter
Creative Collections, Boston, MA, Invitational Group Exhibition
1988 Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA, Gallery Invitational, group exhibit then solo show
Copley Society, Boston, MA, Members Spring Exhibition
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA, Art in New England, regional show.
1985 The Peale House, Philadelphia , PA, The Figure, regional juried exhibition
1984 Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum, Philadelphia, PA, Student Art Exhibition
APPOINTMENTS Professor, NESAD, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2006-present:
Teaches courses in Foundation Drawing 1&2, 2D Design/ Color, Foundation Painting,
Introduction to Painting for Non-Art Majors, Introduction to Drawing to Non-Art Majors.
Associate Professor, NESAD, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2001-2006:
Classes taught: Perspective, & Architectural Rendering, Interior Design Communications 1 &2, Foundation Drawing 1&2.
Assistant Professor, NESAD, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 1997-2001:
Classes: taught Perspective to all majors, Architectural Rendering, Interior Design Communications 1&2,
Printmaking & Paper Making.
Art Director, Museum of Science, Boston, MA, 1997: based on the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci,
Created, designed, directed and taught artisan workshops- in drawing light & shadow; mural painting
techniques; linear & atmospheric perspective of the Italian Renaissance.
Full-Time Instructor, NESAD, Suffolk University, Boston, MA 1989-1997:
Taught 6 days per week-day & evening classes: Perspective and 20th Century Art Movements to all majors,
Foundation Painting (substitute teacher), Contemporary Realism painting-(substitute teacher for
Professor Harry Bartnick on sabbatical leave), Printmaking-(created courses in Silkscreen, Monotype, Drypoint,
Woodblock, Linoleum block), Paper making-(created a course in paper making to apply various prints atop hand-made
papers) Figure Drawing, Portrait Drawing, Mural Painting & Trompe l'oeil techniques.
Substitute Teacher in Introductory Drawing for non-art majors, Suffolk University, Boston, MA 1993:
hired by Suffolk University’s CAS as a substitute for Prof. Raymond Parks.
EDUCATION Odd Nerdrum Atelier, Rodvik gaard, Stavern, Norway 2016: invited to work with renowned painter, Odd Nerdrum.
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, 1999: Independent Masters study in pastel drawing & painting;
instructor / artist: Janet Monafo.
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 1980-84: MFA diploma (Master’s equivalent) in drawing &
painting; instructors: Sidney Goodman, Liz Osborne, Will Barnet, Bruce Samuelson, Arthur DeCosta.
West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 1976-1980: BA, magna cum laude; art major & art history minor;
instructors: Bernice Shapiro, Jack Hawthorne, Victor Lasuchin, William Rerrick.
AWARDS 2015 CAS Suffolk University Summer Stipend, granted for summer solo show at the Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, MA:
http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-lydia-martin.html?tab=press
Noteworthy: The Colors of Humanity Art Gallery, Human Nature International exhibit/ benefit ‘Your Safe Haven”
http://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Human-Nature-2015/Human-Nature-2015-Show/n-XN7h7p
Granted Sabbatical leave, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, spring-,created body of work for solo show at Whistler House Museum of Art.
Honorable Mention: The Colors of Humanity Art Gallery Exhibition “RED”, international exhibit/ benefit the Red Cross.
http://www.colorsofhumanityartgallery.com/Red-Feb-2015/Red-2015-Show/n-J83mN
Nomination: (once again) for “Outstanding NESAD Faculty of the Year” Suffolk University Student Government Association.”
2014 Recognition: The Art Career Project: “15 Notable Art Professors in Boston 2014”
https://www.theartcareerproject.com/blog/15-notable-art-professors-boston/
Honorable Mention- Milton Art Museum Three Artists Exhibition Competition, Massasoit Community College
Canton, MA. Juror, Kaveh Mojtabai, Founder & Publisher, Artscope magazine.- http://miltonartmuseum.org/events.htm
2013 Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Faculty Fellowship, summer study abroad, Paris, France -research on
circle of artists and designers who participated in the Ballets Russes Productions during time of premiere performance
Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”-attended centennial performance-
https://www.suffolk.edu/news-features/news/2018/05/22/17/45/art-professor-wins-prestigious-whiting-fellowship
*Create new student project within 2013-14 foundation drawing and painting classes. In March 2014, plans to coordinate,
install & hold a reception for this special Foundation student exhibition in NESAD’s Project Space:
“Early 20th Century Artists In Paris Who Participated in the Ballets Russes.” Students’ family & friends in attendance.
2010-11 Awarded- “2011 Outstanding NESAD Faculty of the Year” Suffolk University Student Government Association
https://thesuffolkjournal.com/5515/uncategorized/sga-leadership-awards/
20009-10 Nomination, “2010 Outstanding NESAD Faculty of the Year” Suffolk University Student Government Association
2009 Course Reduction, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, Fall 2009, create series of paintings: Mexico/ America.
20 Year Service Award, NESAD/Suffolk University, Boston, MA 11/09
2008 2nd Place Prize for Painting in Oil & Acrylic, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members’ Int’l Exhibit, Broome Street Gallery, NY.
Granted Sabbatical Leave, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, Spring 1-5/08.
2005 Sara Lee Prize for Painting, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, “Dimensions 2005” Nat’l Exhibition, NC, 4-5/2005.
2000 Salmagundi Prize for Oil Painting, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Millennium Exhibition, National Arts Club, NY.
2001 Granted Sabbatical Leave, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, Spring 2001, researched, studied techniques of 5 women artists.
2000 Gerdine Prize for Portrait Painting, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, MO, 8-9/2000.
1999 10 Year Service Award, New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 11/1999.
1999 Summer Stipend, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 6/1999-studied drawing & painting techniques of 5 women artists.
1991 & 1992 Finalist, “Artists’ Magazine’s” Painting Competition 1991 & 1992, December issues
1991 First Place in Painting, Harvard University, Arnold Arboretum’s Spring Art Exhibit, 1991; posters printed winner’s painting; 5,000 sold.
1981-84 Tuition Scholarships and Grants, 1981-84, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
PUBLICATIONS 2014 Book Cover Portrait of Renaissance Reflections: Selected Essays 1976-2012 by Arthur F. Kinney, University of Massachusetts Professor of English, University of Massachusetts Press © 2014 http://www.umass.edu/umpress/title/renaissance-reflections
2006 Book Cover Image for Secrets in the Sand: The Missing Woman of Ciudad Juarez, by Marjorie Agosin (Chilean Poet
and Professor, Wellesley College) and translated by Celeste K. Cooperman (Professor, Suffolk University)
© 2006 White Pine Press, NY; artists’s oil painting “The Border” pictured on cover. http://www.powells.com/biblio/9781893996472
2004 Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques by Hazel Harrison, © 2004, Quarto Publications, London, UK and Running Water
Press, Philadelphia, PA, USA; pastel drawing “Popcorn” pictured on cover and in text.
2002 Capturing Texture in Painting and Drawing by Michael Warr, © 2002, North Light Books, Cinncinatti, OH.
Artist's paintings: “Early Winter” & “Anticipation” pictured.
1999 Masterstrokes: Pastel by Hazel Harrison, © 1999, Quarto Publi., London, UK & Sterling Publi., NYC, USA.-
Artist's pastel drawing“On the Porch” pictured.
1998 200 Great Paintings Ideas for Artists by Carole Katchen, © 1998, North Light Books, Cinncinatti, OH.-painting “Shelves” pictured.
1998 & 1999 Women Artists Calendar, © Cedco publishers, San Rafael, CA.-pastel painting “Tiempo” i& oil painting, “Blue Bottle” pictured.
1998- present Who’s Who in America and American Women
CATALOGS Art Professor Lydia Martin Among Group of Artist Invited to Work with Norwegian Painter, Odd Nerdrum, Suffolk News,
NEWSLETTERS “Research & Insights”- 9/ 8/ 16
& JOURNALS Whistler House’s Shows Provide Fresh Perspectives” Lowell Sun-Nancye’s World: June 22, 2015: review-
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_28360488
"Lydia Martin: Lotería II” at Whistler House Museum of Art , ArtScope Magazine, July/ August 2015 Issue
Arts & Entertainment: The Nashua Telegraph 6/18/15 http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/foodfun/artsentertainment/1065917-485/local-art- news.html
Local Art News: NH.com- Nashua, New Hampshire, http://www.nh.com/food-and-fun/local-art-news-46/
Lydia Martin: Lotería II- Research and Insights: Suffolk University web news- 6/ 10/15 issue: https://www.suffolk.edu/news/59963.php#.Vawc2hkwVj
Lowell Events -AmericanTowns.com: http://www.americantowns.com/ma/lowell/events/lydia-martin-and-priscilla-levesque-exhibitions- opening- reception-2015-06-27
“The Art of Teaching” Suffolk University Magazine, winter 2015 - https://boston.suffolk.edu/magazine/245.php#.XGmyYCMrIuw
NESAD/ Suffolk University Professor Awarded in Online Gallery’s Crusade for A Cause, Suffolk Journal, February 12, 2015
https://thesuffolkjournal.com/tag/lydia-martin/
NESAD/ Suffolk University Professor, Lydia Martin, Named Top 15 Art Professors in Boston, Suffolk News-9/9/15:
https://thesuffolkjournal.com/tag/lydia-martin/
15 Notable Art Professors in Boston 2014, Art Career Project: https://www.theartcareerproject.com/blog/15-notable-art-professors-boston/
Wollaston Resident Recognized as Top Art Professor: Patriot Ledger, Aug. 23, 2014 http://www.patriotledger.com/article/20140823/NEWS/140828316
Lydia Martin, Top Art Professor, Quincy Sun, Sept. 3, 2014
Exhibition News On Lydia Martin: “& Then”, NESAD Blog, CLWAC NY Exhibition and In The Pink Benefit CT Exhibition Oct. 2013
http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/andthen/2013/10/03/exhibition-news-from-lydia-martin/
Lydia Martin, Chabot Gallery Artist Awarded Prestigious Whiting Fellowshiip by Mike Poulin- Rhode Island Echo Magazine,May 2013
https://issuu.com/riecho-mikepoulin/docs/riecho_05_2013_gannett__48_pages_
Art Professor Wins Prestigious Whiting Fellowship: Suffolk University CAS Newsletter, 4/12/13
https://www.suffolk.edu/news-features/news/2018/05/22/17/45/art-professor-wins-prestigious-whiting-fellowship
Lotería: New Paintings by Lydia Martin at Chabot Gallery, Artscope Magazine, exhibition announcement, October 2012
Lotería by Lydia Martin, Art New England magazine, exhibition announcement, October-November 2012
Lydia Martin Solo Show at Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI, DeCordova Museum Corporate Art Loan Program newsletter, October 2012,
http://corporateartloan.org/post/32469300998/lending-artist-highlights/embed
Lotería: New Works by Lydia Martin, Phoenix Magazine, Boston, MA, exhibition announcement, October 2012
Lotería: New Paintings by Lydia Martin Providence Magazine, Provincetown, MA, exhibition announcement, October-November 2012
Demonstration and Lecture by Lydia Martin, Nov. 9, 2012: The Art Guide- on-line art gallery and museum guide:
http://theartguide.com/events/info/4771/demonstration-lecture-by-lydia-martin
Faculty Member and Alum Team Up in Exhibition: & Then, NESAD Blog, August 22, 2012: http://blogs.cas.suffolk.edu/andthen/page/12/
Suffolk Honors Quincy Professor, Patriot Ledger, June 8, 2011: http://www.wickedlocal.com/x1841757144/Suffolk-Honors-Quincy-Professor
Announcing the Suffolk University Student Government Leadership Awards: Suffolk Journal April 13, 2011:
https://thesuffolkjournal.com/5515/uncategorized/sga-leadership-awards/
Professor Displays Art Work in New York City, SUN, Suffolk University Newsletter April 1, 2010: http://www2.suffolk.edu/41469.html
Suffolk Arts and Sciences Alumni Magazine 2008/2009, Suffolk University, Boston, MA
http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/suffolk/alumni-0809/index.php?startid=Cover2#/52
More Than 450 Women Have Been Murdered in Ciudad Juarez, Stony Brook, NY University’s on-line 2007 group exhibition catalogue:
http://www.keith-miller.com/curatorial/juarez/pages/about.html
Exhibition Review: Stony Brook, NYU’s : 450 Women Have been Murdered in Juarez: by Robert Pincus,San Diego Tribune,11/07
Dimensions 2005, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, North Carolina’s exhibition catalogue, April-May 2000
Three South Shore Women Artists, by Valerie Russo, Patriot Ledger, Quincy, MA, July 22, 2003
Barns and Farms, Barnsite Art Gallery’s exhibition catalogue, Kewanee, WI, 2003
Featured Artist: Lydia Martin, Pastelink, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, Chatham, MA, June 2002
Landscapes of Rome by Lydia Martin Provincetown Magazine, Lyman-Eyer Gallery’s summer solo exhibition 2002
Living on the Praire, Living on the Plain, Coutts Museum Exhibition Catalogue, El Dorado, KS, 2001
"Lydia Martin was My Teacher "by NESAD/SU art student, Shawn Dixon, AskArt.com 2001 bulletin:
http://www.askart.com/artist_bulletins/Lydia_Martin/115620/Lydia_Martin.aspx
Martin Receives Award, Suffolk University Journal, Boston, MA, September 2001
New Works by Lydia Martin, Northeast Gallery Guide, Lyman-Eyer Gallery, West Newton, MA, November 2000
Artist from Quincy, Solo Exhibition by John Lerher, Patriot Ledger, October 14, 2000
3 Contemporary Realists, West Coast Gallery Guide, Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, January 2000
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Exhibition, show catalogues, National Arts Club, NY, 2000 & 2002, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2017
The Unbroken Line, exhibition catalogue, Museum of American Art, Pennsylvania Academy, Philadelphia
EXPERIENCE 2017 Arthur F. Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies, UMass, Amherst,MA , Center’s Opening and unveiling
of Martin’s portrait of UMass English Professor Emeritus and Center’s Founder, Arthur F. Kinney. September 18, 2017.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10154927960313671.1073742040.53891078670&type=3
2016 Odd Nerdrum’s Memorosa Artists’ Atelier, Stavern, Norway, invited to work with renowned Norwegian figurative painter, Odd Nerdrum.
file:///Users/lydia/Desktop/Suffolk%20University-Research%20and%20Insights-%20Art%20Professor%20in%20Norway.htm
2015 Arts Awards Judge: Quincy Arts Fest, Quincy, MA, 9/12/15- issued 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes, Honorable Mentions. Regional Artists
participated in this annual fall event.
Arts Awards Judge: Massasoit Arts Festival, Massasoit Community College, Canton, MA, 5/4/15- issued 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes,
Honorable Mentions and Best of Show- South Shore and Boston Area Artists participated in this annual spring event.
http://www.massasoit.edu/Assets/documents/arts/arts-festival/Arts-Festival-Program-Book.pdf
2013 Marion and Jasper Whiting Foundation Faculty Fellowship, summer study abroad, Paris, France -research on
circle of artists and designers who participated in the Ballets Russes Productions during time of premiere performance
Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring”-attended centennial performance-
https://www.suffolk.edu/news-features/news/2018/05/22/17/45/art-professor-wins-prestigious-whiting-fellowship
Arts Awards Judge: Marina Bay Arts Affair, Quincy, MA, 8/3/13 issued 1st, 2nd, 3rd Prizes, Honorable Mentions and Best of
Show- South Shore and Boston Area Artists participated in this annual summer event.
2012 Demonstration and Lecture on Oil Painting Contemporary Realism Techniques, Chabot Gallery, Providence, RI,
October & November 2012: http://theartguide.com/events/info/4771/demonstration-lecture-by-lydia-martin
2010 Renaissance Society of America Conference, Venice, Italy, April 2010, attended lecture/ museum tours in art history, literature, poetry
and music.
2009 Museum Research & Travel: San Antonio Museum of Art, Texas, Halloween and “Day of the Dead “weekend
With course reduction award used available time to visit and meet with museum curator of Latin American Art, Marion Ottienger
on research and study of actual antique “Loteria” Mexican games for up-coming Loteria painting series.
Also attended San Antonio’s “Day of the Dead” and Halloween celebrations/ fiestas.
2007 “450 Women Have Been Murdered/ in Ciudad Juarez” Conference, Stony Brook at NY University, artists and lecturers presentation.
2006 Presentation :Reading , Lecture and Book Signing: Poetry Center, Sawyer Library, Suffolk University,
Boston, MA, Fall “Remembering the Young Women of Ciudad Juarez” reading by Chilean poet, Marjorie Agosin and
lecture by Suffolk University Professor, Celeste K. Cooperman. Artist, Lydia Martin, was present for Q&A and book signing.
Artist’s book cover painting, “The Border” was on exhibit during presentation at SU Poetry Center, October 2006.
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs034/1101352247556/archive/1101447493319.html
2002 Art Awards Judge: Charlestown Arts Fair, Charlestown, MA, 9/02- issued 1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes and honorable
mentions to over 65 participating artists in various artistic fields.
1999 Dean’s Lecture Series, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 11/99- post sabbatical report-“Painting and Drawing Techniques of 5 Women
Artists” Pat Keck, Janet Monafo, Natalie Radina Holland and Jane Lund."
1999 Guest Lecturer: Medfield Public Library, Medfield, MA 10/99- “Painting and Drawing Techniques of the Italian Renaissance Masters.”
1998 Mural Installation: O’Connell Cambridge Public Library, MA, 4/22/98- artist designed collaborative mural, painted by visitors of all ages
during the Museum of Science’s Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition.
1997 Guest Lecturer: Newton Free Library, Newton, MA, 11/97, lecture and demonstration on “The Drawing and Painting Techniques of
Leonardo Da Vinci and Contemporaries.”
Art Director of Artisan Workshops during Museum of Science’s Leonardo DaVinci Exhibition, Boston, MA: based on the notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci -created, directed and taught 5 artisan workshops in drawing light & shadow; mural painting techniques; linear &
atmospheric perspective of the Italian Renaissance.
1993 Painted Trompe l’oeil Mural: Dana Farber Institue, Boston, MA, 8/93- installed in Pediatrics
1991 Attended Introductory courses in Computer Graphics and Calligraphy, New England School of Art & Design, Boston, MA
1990 Attended Paper making Workshops, Cambridge, MA: Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. Introduced paper making to her New England
School of Art & Design students in her printmaking classes.
1986-87 Taught painting and drawing, St. Timothy’s Academy, North Philadelphia, PA.
COMMUNITY SERVICES 2009-10 Volunteer Instructor for arts & crafts workshops at Heritage Apartments, East Boston, subsidized
Housing residence, through S.O.U.L.S. Community Services, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2010.
Hired NESAD students as volunteer teaching assistance. Taught once a month during school year.
1999-2000 Volunteer Instructor in Fine Arts at the Mary E. Curly School, Roxbury, Boston. Through Suffolk University’s
Community Service Center headed by Assistant to the Vice President, Sharon Artis Jackson, Professor Martin
hired NESAD students as teaching assistants.
2003 Volunteer art instruction in painting & drawing to preschool children at the Kinder Kare Pre-School, Quincy, MA.
1989-92 Arts and Crafts Volunteer Instructor : Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA.
1985-86 Arts and Crafts Volunteer Instructor: Cedars Assisted Senior Living Residence, Charlottesville, VA
PROFESSIONAL 2015- present Lowell Art Association, Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
MEMBERSHIP 1999-present Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club at the National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, NY
1998-present DeCordova Museum Corporate Art Loan Program, Lincoln, MA– contributing artist and museum member.
1990-present Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA- museum member
2011- 2013 Louvre Museum, Paris, France- museum member
2000-2010 Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, MA
2007-2010 International Guild of Realism, Scottsdale, AZ
since 1990 Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
ARTIST’S WEBSITES
Artist’s Website: www.lydiamartinstudio.com
Artist’s Website at Useum.org: http://useum.org/artist/Lydia-Martin
Artist’s Website at Fine Art America: http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/1-lydia-martin.html
Professor’s website at NESAD/ Suffolk University: www.suffolk.edu/academics/faculty/m/a/lydia-martin
Artists website at Chabot Gallery: www.chabotgallery.com/artists/lydia-martin/
Artist’s website at Artavit.com: www.artavita.com/artists/8542-lydia-martin
Contributing Artist’s website at DeCordova Museum ‘s Corporate Art Loan: www.decordova.org/lydia-martin
Artist’s AskArt.com: www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=115620
Artist’s Pinterest.com website: https://www.pinterest.com/LydiaMartin8/
Artists website at Brooklyn Arts Project: www.brooklynartproject.com/profile/lydiamartin
Artist’s and Art Professor’s website at Linked In: www.linkedin.com/pub/lydia-martin/b/154/318
