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Work by Martin Webb

Paintings



Martin Webb | Biography


Selected solo and two person exhibitions

2017
Dreamboat, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. A permanent interactive room environment and installation for children.

2015
Many Streams, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Nightwalking, City of Berkeley Addison Street Gallery.

2014
Stanford Art Spaces, curated by DeWitt Cheng, Stanford University, CA.

2013
Made For You And Me, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA.

2011
Making The Road By Walking, with TC Haag, The Compound Gallery, Oakland, CA.

2010
Peregrines, Metro Gallery, City Hall, Reno NV.
Manmade, with Al Honig, 525 Market Street San Francisco CA.

2009
Well, How Did I Get Here? De La Sole, San Francisco, CA.

2008
Best Western, Esteban Sabar Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Solo Show, Tercera Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

Selected group shows

2017
With Liberty and Justice for Some, Berkeley Art Center.
Awakening, Carmel, CA. Curated by Green Chalk Contemporary.

2016
Disruptus, Vessel Gallery, Oakland, CA.
Our Town, Richmond Art Center.
Sand City, juried exhibition.

2014
Forces and Perceptions, Thoreau Center for Sustainability, San Francisco.
Triton Museum Of Art, statewide juried show.
Fresh Fish, Green Chalk Contemporary, Monterey, CA.

2013
Out of the Blue, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes.
Wonder, Berkeley Art Center.
50/50, fifty works in fifty days at Sanchez Center.

2012
Duration, Gallery Route One, Point Reyes.

2011
On Being Human, Picture Art Foundation, Dominguez Hills CA.
Support: Artists Unite For Japan, Art from the Ashes at Royal/T, Culver City.
Inaugural Show, Meyer-Metro Gallery, Houston TX.
Animal Dreams, A New Leaf Gallery Sonoma CA.

2010
Bay Area Juried Annual, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA.
Transformative Experience, Art at The Oakbook, Oakland, CA.
BayVAN, Bay Area Visual Arts Network Gallery group show Oakland, CA.
San Francisco City Hall, group show at supervisor’s offices.
Departures, three person show. Float Gallery Oakland CA.

2009
California Modern Gallery, San Francisco CA.
Galleries, Bakersfield CA.

2008
Reflections of the Bay, California Modern Gallery San Francisco CA.
A New Leaf Gallery, Sonoma CA.

2007
Inart Gallery, Santa Fe, NM.
Esteban Sabar Gallery Oakland CA.
Tercera Gallery Palo Alto, CA.
A New Leaf Gallery Sonoma CA.

Public art

2018
Multiple ceramic columns for the garden of Huntington Beach Senior Center.
Reclaimed wood wall piece for Avenidas Senior Center, Palo Alto, CA.

2017
Dreamboat, The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. An interactive room environment and installation for children.

2016
Stream, City of Hayward,1200ft mural.
Aerial 4, City of Santa Rosa, continuation of the 2008 commission with 400 sqft of artwork in the concrete walkways.

2015
Mural, Bridge Housing, 20 x 20ft lobby mural in reclaimed wood for a new affordable housing building at MacArthur Station, Oakland.
Cyclists and Runners, City of Santa Rosa, two murals 25 x 90ft each for a new retail development.
The Fog Was Lifting, San Francisco Art Commission, image purchased for the San Francisco General Hospital collection.

2014
Riding The currents, City of Palo Alto CA, wall mural and free standing wood pieces for the Water Control Plant.
Grove, Napa Valley Community Foundation, wood column installation.

2013
Planter, City of Mountain View CA, cut and stained concrete with stainless-steel design for a large planter in a public paseo.
Aerial 3, City of Santa Rosa, continuation of the 2008 commission with 1500 sqft of artwork in the concrete walkways.

2012
Seed, City of Santa Rosa, jet-cut brass, cut and colored concrete artwork installed across approximately 3000sqft of Santa Rosa Plaza.

2011
Aerial 2, City of Santa Rosa, continuation of the 2008 commission with 2000 sqft of artwork in the concrete walkways.

2010
Converge, Cupertino, CA, concrete installation for Franco Park.

2008
Aerial, City of Santa Rosa, concrete paving with cut and blasted artwork inset into pedestrian walkway.

2007
The First Object He Looked Upon, City of Walnut Creek CA, exterior wallpieces commissioned for The Mercer Building.

Collections
The Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento; City of San Francisco; City of Palo Alto; City of Walnut Creek; City of Santa Rosa; City of Cupertino; City of Mountain View; City of Hayward; Napa Valley Community Foundation; Bridge Housing; Novartis Pharmaceuticals.

Education and awards

2009/10
Northern California Public Art Academy

2000
Fulbright/British Council teaching exchange.

1991
Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds UK. Post Graduate Certificate in Education in Art and Design technology.

1986
Bretton Hall College, University of Leeds UK. Post Graduate Certificate in Education in Art and Design technology.



Artist Statement

My work contemplates fundamental things such as our basic need to provide for ourselves; our desire for home, belonging, and connection; and our being a small temporary part of the natural world’s continuum. These thoughts take shape in images and objects that combine simple representations, layered abstractions, and plain-spoken materials.
Martin Webb


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