Lydia Martin
Professor of Foundation Studies
Phone
(617) 994-4288
Email
lmartin@suffolk.edu
Courses
Foundation Drawing I & II, Painting
Professional Membership
Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club
Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
DeCordova Museum’s Corporate Art Loan Program, Lincoln, MA
Education
1999: Massachusetts College of Arts, MA. Master’s Independent Study with artist, Janet Monafo.
1984: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, PA. Masters of Fine Arts Equivalent, major: painting and drawing.
1980: West Chester University, PA. Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, major: fine arts, minor: art history.
Teaching Appointments
Professor, NESAD, Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 2006-present
Associate Professor, NESAD/SU, Boston, MA, 2001-2006
Assistant Professor, NESAD/SU, 1997- 2001
Instructor, NESAD/SU, Boston, MA 1989-1997
Art Director and Instructor, Museum of Science, Boston, MA: created, directed and taught Italian Renaissance artisan workshops during the Leonardo Da Vinci Exhibition, 1998.
Exhibitions
Bennington Center for the Arts, VT, American Artists Abroad 2005
Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, Dimensions 2005
Visual Artists Center, Punta Gorda, FLA, National Exhibition juried by renowned painter, Daniel Greene, 2004.
Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, Re-Presenting Representation V, invitational contemporary realism exhibition, 2002.
Lyman-Eyer Gallery, Provincetown, MA, New Works, solo show, 2002
National Arts Club, NYC, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Exhibition, 2002
Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA, Small Works, national exhibition, 2002
Butler Institute of American Art, OH, Midyear Museum Exhibition, 2001
Arts Center, Chatham, MA, Pastels Only, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod’s annual juried exhibition, 2001
Coutt’s Museum, El Dorado, KS, Living on the Praire, Living on the Plain, national juried exhibition, 2001.
Pastel Society of America, National Arts Club, NYC, 28th Juried Show juried by portrait painter, Raymond Kinstler, 2000.
Powell Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA, Realism, 3 artists invitational show, 2000.
Museum of Amercian Art, Philadelphia, PA, The Unbroken Line, international centennial exhibition for the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Fellowship. juried by figurative painter, Philip Pearlstein, 1997.
Chase Gallery, Boston, MA, The Still-life: A Modern View, invitational exhibition of 5 artists, 1995.
James A. Michener Museum, Doylestown, PA, National Exhibition, 1991
First Street Gallery, NYC, The Figure, national exhibition juried by artist, Jack Beal, 1989.
Awards
Sara Lee Painting Prize, Associated Artists of Winston-Salem, NC, Dimensions 2005 national exhibition.
Salmagundi Prize for oil painting, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Arts Club’s international Millenium Exhibition, 2000.
Gerdine Prize for Portrait Painting, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, MO, Portrait Exhibition, 2000.
10 year service Award, NESAD/Suffolk University, Boston, MA, 1999
Finalist, Artists’ Magazine’s painting competition, 1991 & 1992.
First Place in Painting, Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum Spring Art Exhibition, 1991.
Publications
Book Cover image, artist’s oil painting entitled, "The Border" for
Secrets in the Sand: The Missing Women of Ciudad Juarez by Chilean poet, Marjorie Agosin and translation by Celeste K. Cooperman, White Pine Press, NY, 2006.
Encyclopedia of Drawing Techniques by Hazel harrison, Quarto Publications, London, UK and Running Water Press, Philadelphia, PA, USA, 2004. Artist’s pastel drawing, "Popcorn" pictured.
Capturing Texture in Painting and Drawing by Michael Warr, North Light Books, Cinncinatti, OH, 2002. Artist’s paintings, "Early Winter" and "Anticipation" pictured.
Masterstrokes: Pastel by Hazel Harrison, Quarto Publications, London, UK, 1999. Artist’s pastel drawing "On the Porch" pictured.
200 Great Painting Ideas for Artists by Carole Katchen, North Light Books, Cinncinatti, OH, 1998. Trompe l’oeil painting, "Shelves" pictured.
Women Artists Calendar, Cedco Publications, San Rafael, CA 1998 & ’99.
Who’s Who in America and American Women, 1998-2007.