Robert Martin

Robert Martin earned their BFA in Studio Art from the University of Wisconsin-Stout (2017), and their MFA in Studio Practices at the University of Colorado-Boulder (Painting & Drawing, 2021). They have exhibited works at Bermudez Projects in Los Angeles, 1969 Gallery in New York, GOCA in Colorado Springs, Sierra Arts Gallery in Reno, IDS Tower in Minneapolis, the Valley in Taos, and along Colorado’s Front Range. They were a 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. Most recently, in the Fall of 2021, Martin was awarded the New American Paintings Emerging Artist Grant, and they will be a featured artist in the Denver Art Museum’s 2022 Untitled series. Martin currently volunteers on the board of the newly formed Rural Midwest Artists Cooperative, is a Program Coordinator at Union Hall in Denver, and they teach in the Foundations Department at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design.