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Lydia Martin

www.sugarlift.com

             

 LYDIA Z. MARTIN        
 email: 
LydiaMartinpainter@gmail.com 
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 websites: www.LydiaMartinStudio.com  & www.sugarlift.com &
  https://www.artelibre.net/autores/autor.php?aut=lydia-martin
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EXHIBITIONS   2024    
 Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, Associate Artists online exhibition 2022-2024.  


                          2023      Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 109th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, 9/1/22-9/1/23
                                             
www.alliedartistsofamerica.org.
                                        
Sugarlift Gallery, New York City, NY- artworks available and can be viewed in online gallery: www.sugarlift.com
                   
                                        
 Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, Associate Artists online exhibition 2022-2024.  


                          2022     Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA, 'Collector's Corridor'   artwork available in ongoing exhibition.
            
                                        
Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, online 109th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, S9/1/22- 9/1/23.
                                        
                                       Cape Cod Museum of Art, Dennis, MA,
All the World's A Stage, international juried exhibition, May 11-July 24th, www.ccmoa.org .  

     
                                      Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, Associate Artists online exhibition 2022-2024.   

                                         

                                         Dacia Gallery, NY, Women Artists, national juried exhibition, February 15th- 27th, 2022: www.daciagallery.com .

                                         Sugarlift Gallery, New York City, NY- artworks available and can be viewed in online gallery: www.sugarlift.com

                                        
 Galería Artelibre-, Zaragosa & Barcelona, Spain- art works  available and exhibited on Galería Artelibre 's website:  
                                            
www.artelibre.net/autores/autor.php?aut=lydia-martin

                                         The Contemporary' Fine Art Gallery,  Northern Waters, Watersmeet, MI- Small Works Show, Dec. 17 2021-Jan. 7, 2022.


                           2021      
Sugarlift Gallery, New York City, NY- artworks available and can be viewed in online gallery: www.sugarlift.com

                                         The Contemporary' Fine Art Gallery,  Northern Waters, Watersmeet, MI- Small Works Show, Dec. 17 2021-Jan. 7, 2022.
            
                                         MEAM, Barcelona & 
Galería Artelibre, Zaragosa, Spain, online gallery and juried 2021 ModPortrait/MEAM special paintings catalogue.

                                          Salmagundi Club, NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 124th Annual Open Juried Show, May- June, 2021.

                                         Galería Artelibre, Zaragosa & Barcelona, Spain- 2021 Guía de Arte LEONARDO - competitive publication- paintings accepted into
                                               special gallery catalogue + 
art works exhibited on Galería Artelibre 's website:www.artelibre.net/autores/autor.php?aut=lydia-martin
Jan.   

                           
2020    
   Biafarin Arts, Toronto, Canada-Exhibizone- Diversia: Food online exhibition,  October 9th- November 15th.

                                           Allied Artists of America, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, 108th Annual Open Juried Exhibition, September 2nd -19th.

                                          Galería Artelibre, Zaragosa & MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain, 2020.ModPortrait /MEAM Paintings Catalogue
                                               competitive publication- portrait paintings accepted into special paintings catalogue.  


                                            Akebia Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA, DeCordova Museum’s Art Loan Exhibition, November 4, 2019- October 31, 2021


                             2019       Gallery Twist, Lexington, MA re/ seeing HUMDRUM  juried  exhibition, September 27- October 20, 2019

                                             Zullo Gallery, Medfield MA, 25th Annual Juried Exhibition, juror: artist/ Jacob Ginga,  September 14 - November 2, 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.
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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, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 
                                                      Artist’s portrait of UMass English Professor Emeritus, Arthur F. Kinney installation-Center’s reading room. 9/18/17.

                
                                               National Arts CLub, 
NY, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club Members' Show,  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          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
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                                                 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
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                                               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 Juried 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, exhibition
                                          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, 104th International 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

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                       1988    Thronja Gallery, Springfield, MA, Gallery Invitational, group exhibit followed by a 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 Emerita of Art & Design, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2021
                                      Professor, Art & Design department, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2006-2020:

                                                                   Taught 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, New England School of Art & Design, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2001-2006:
                                                                   Classes taught: Perspective, & Architectural Rendering, Interior Design Communications 1 &2, Foundation Drawing 1&2.
                                      Assistant Professor, New England School of Art & Design, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 1997-2001:
                                                                   Classes: taught  day &  evening: Perspective to all majors, Architectural Rendering, Interior Design
                                                                   Communications 1&2, Printmaking & Paper Making, Figure & Portrait drawing, Trompe l'oeil & Mural Painting Techniques.  
                                      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, New England School of Art & Design, 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 Art 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, Joseph Amarotico, Bruce Samuelson, Peter Paone,
                                                            Seymour Remnick, Louis B. Sloan, 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      2020    Best In Show & Honorable Mention, Small Works Show , Michigan's Fine Art Gallery,'The Contemporary"-Northern Waters Resort. 
                      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.

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PUBLICATIONS   2022  Clover and Bee magazine, issue #2, January 2022- New Hampshire: www.cloverandbeemagazine.com 
                                       
Guía de Arte LEONARDO  2022 catalogue - Galería Artelibre- Zaragosa, Spain.
               
                              2021  Guía de Arte LEONARDO  2021 catalogue - Galería Artelibre- Zaragosa, Spain.
                                        ModPortrait /MEAM 2021 Paintings Catalogue- Galería Artelibre, Zaragosa & MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain-competitve publications. 
                               
                              
2020  ModPortrait /MEAM 2020 Paintings Catalogue- Galería Artelibre, Zaragosa & MEAM Museum, Barcelona, Spain-competitve publications.
                                        Portraits & Figures painting, "Patch Fool" included in "Voices of the Artists"- @Artit_net magazine, issue #14, April 2021

                               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.
               

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.
                                               2003           Volunteer art instruction in painting & drawing to preschool children at the Kinder Kare  Pre-School, Quincy, MA.
                                             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.   
                                                  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


                 
                       2021- present      Sugarlift Gallery, New York, NY
                                        2021- present      
Galería Artelibre, Zaragosa, Spain 
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
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ARTIST’S WEBSITES         
                                    Artist’s Website: www.lydiamartinstudio.com
                                    Sugarlift Gallery, New York: www.sugarlift.com
                                    Galería Artelibre, Spain- Artist’s Website: https://www.artelibre.net/autores/autor.php?aut=lydia-martin 
                                    Instagram: @LydiaMartinPainter
                                    Art It  Artist's website: https://artit.net/artists/LydiaMart
                                    Artist’s Website at Useum.org: http://useum.org/artist/Lydia-Martin
                                    Artist’s Pinterest.com website: https://www.pinterest.com/LydiaMartin8/
                                    Artists website at Chabot Gallery, RI: www.chabotgallery.com/artists/lydia-martin/ 
                                    Artist’s website at Artavita.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 
                                    Artists website at Brooklyn NY Arts Project: www.brooklynartproject.com/profile/lydiamartin
                                    Professor Emerita’s website- Art & Design/ Suffolk University: https://www.suffolk.edu/academics/faculty/m/a/Lydia%20MartinSuffolk University Art & Design Professor Emerita’s website:  
                                                                      
 



 



 


 

                                 








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