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Master of Fine Arts

Virtual Thesis Exhibition, University of Colorado Boulder, Spring 2021

Robert Martin

Painting & Drawing

Robert Martin earned their BFA in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Stout (2017), and is a current MFA candidate in Studio Practices at the University of Colorado-Boulder (Painting & Drawing, 2021). They have exhibited at GOCA in Colorado Springs, Sierra Arts Gallery in Reno, IDS Tower in Minneapolis, the Valley in Taos, and locally around Boulder. They were 2020 Rough Gems Curator at Union Hall in Denver, a 2019 NEST Grant recipient at CU-Boulder, and their work was featured in UW-Stout’s 2017 Journal of Student Research.


Statement:

I am creating work that visually presents as (or perhaps somewhere near) wildlife art. That is, I am using the visual language and motifs of this genre to communicate queer themes, identities, and storylines on the rural American stage. Conversely, in generating wildlife art, I extend an invitation to those who may feel excluded by the sometimes elitist nature of the art world and its institutions. It’s important that my work acts as a bridge rather than present as a Trojan horse. I am interested in generating conversation over critique; between the queer community and rural America, between the canonized fine arts and the commodified wildlife arts, across wealth brackets and beyond a gender binary.

Robert Martin

Thesis Artwork

Robert Martin exhibition installation

Valerie’s Letter, 2021 Oil on stretched canvas in custom frame 27 x 39”

 

"Ruby Breasted Woodcock (Marty’s Calvins)," 2019. Gouache, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper 13 x 9”
"Marty’s Rings, Mother’s Shame + Truvada," 2021. Watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, acrylic and oil on mounted paper 15 x 11”
Bizarre! Female Red-Winged Blackbird with Red Epaulets, 2021 charcoal, acrylic and oil on mounted paper in reclaimed frame 6.5 x 8.5”
Robert Martin (Jacket Portrait), 2021 acrylic and oil on stretched canvas in reclaimed frame 16 x 20”
Martin Ross (Jacket Portrait), 2021 acrylic and oil on stretched canvas in reclaimed frame 16 x 20”
"Marsh Portrait," 2021 acrylic and oil on stretched canvas 31.5 x 71.5”
MFA Thesis Installation View
"Red-Winged Blackbirds (Flock Study)," 2021 watercolor, gouache, acrylic and oil on mounted paper in reclaimed frame 6.5 x 6.5”
Zelda Gooch (Martin Ross McRoberts, 1979), 2021 colored pencil, acrylic and oil on mounted paper in reclaimed frame 11.25 x 14.5”

Robert Martin exhibition installation

Robert Martin, MFA Thesis Installation View, 2021

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