Martin Carey graduated from the school of the Worcester Art Museum and the Yale University School of Art and Architecture. His paintings are in the collections of the Whitney Museum of Art, the Chicago Art Institute, the Kansas City Art Institute, the de Menil Collection, and the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, as well as many other public and private collections all over the world.
EDUCATION:
1956-59, The School of the Worcester Art Museum, MA
1959-60, Yale University School of Art and Architecture, CT
1960-61, Bowling Green State University, OH
FELLOWSHIPS:
1959, Cummington Summer School of the Arts
1960, Yale-Norfolk Summer Art School
AWARDS:
Ford Foundation at the Museum of Modern Art
Silvermine Guild of Artists
Berkshire Art Museum
Ball State College Drawing Show
Woodstock Artists Association – Lucille Blanche Award
First Prize, “Nature … and lier Inhabitants”, Spirit Echoes Gallery, Austin, TX
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS:
Chicago Art Institute
Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum of Modern Art, Rose Art Museum
Worcester Art Museum
Kansas City Art Institute
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
1962, Nexus Gallery, Boston, MA
1963, A.M. Sachs Gallery, NY
1969, Cordier and Ekstrom, NY
1972, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
1976, Ulster County Community College, Stone Ridge, NY
1980, Night Gallery, Woodstock, NY
1981, Peel Gallery, Danby, VT
1994, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, NY
1996, Catskill Corners Gallery, Mt. Tremper, NY
1997, The Gallery at the Quechee Inn, Quechee, VT
1998, Clark Whitney Gallery, Lenox, MA
GROUP SHOWS INCLUDE:
Museum of Modern Art
Chicago Art Institute
Whitney Museum of American Art
Dallas Museum
Worcester Art Museum
Rose Art Museum
Kansas City Art Institute
Arkville Catskill Center, NY
Vero Beach Art Center,FL,
Hurlbutt Gallery Greenwich Library, CT
DFS Industries, CA
Gallery at Park West, Kingston, NY
“Artists For The Environment” Visual Field, Rhinebeck, NY
“The Collection” Sherry French Gallery
“Painted Menargery”
“Flowers in February”
“Summer Show”
“Mainly Maine”
“Small Sizes-Precious Pieces”
EXHIBITION CURATOR:
1965, THE NEW AMERICAN REALISM, Worcester Art Museum, the first museum level survey of POP Art
1981, Solar Art Exhibition, Portland, OR 1980
SUN AS SOURCE, 5th Passive Solar Conference, University of MA, Amherst, MA
EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS:
1971, Organized the Community Free School, Woodstock, NY, an alternative grammar school
1975, Co-Founder of The Arts Community, a program designed to offer professional classes in art, music, dance and theatre to pre-college students.
PUBLICATIONS:
1965, THE NEW AMERICAN REALISM, exhibition catalogue essay, the Worcester Art Museum
1972, FEAST, A TRIBAL COOKBOOK, Doubleday
1973, ON THE BUS, TRUCKIN’ THRU MEXICO WITH THE COMMUNITY FREE SCHOOL, Doubleday
GRANTS:
1976, New York State Arts council, public art project on ‘billboards
1978, California State Arts Council, organizing exhibition using billboards to exhibit California artists
1980, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, to direct a public forum – on Solar Art and its use in public spaces
1981, NEA Inter-Arts Program for curating an Exhibition of Solar Art for Passive ’81 in Portland, Oregon
1981, NEA, Museums Programs, Special Exhibitions, for organizing an exhibition using billboards to exhibit artists’ work nationally
1981, Philip Morris Foundation, Art on Billboards
ENVIRONMENTAL WORK:
Public Service announcement puzzle painting of 15 endangered
species for the Wildlife Conservation Society, shown on the
John Denver TV Wildlife Concert
Print for Barton Springs Association, Austin, TX
Poster for the Catskill Alliance for the Environment,
First Earth Day poster,
Nuclear Freeze NY march poster
ASSOCIATIONS:
Board of Directors of the Zen-Arts Center, Mt. Tremper, NY
Board of Directors,The Woodstock Artists Association
Board of Directors, The Center for Photography at Woodstock
Board of Directors, The Ulster County Council for the Arts
1985-October 1993, Owner of PICTURES GALLERY, Willow, NY specializing in Vintage and Contemporary Fine Photographs
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS:
The Crocker National Bank of San Francisco
The Security National Banks of California
First National Bank of Chicago
Needham and Speers, Chicago, Mid-West Energy Industries
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1961, Bowling Green State University, Basic design and the Interaction of Color
1964, Visiting Critic, Rhode Island School of Design
1962-68, School of the Worcester Art Museum, Drawing, Painting, Art History, Museum Public Education Division, Adult Education Program, high school painting classes
1967, Visiting Critic, Parsons School of Design
1966-68, Pratt Institute, mixed Media
1976, ERPF Catskill Cultural Center, Painting Workshop
1976-78, Mentor in Painting, Empire State College
1979-81, Artist-In-Residence, Columbia Greene Community College,
Painting, Drawing, Art History
Private classes: Drawing on the Right side of the Brain
Art All State, Worcester Art Museum, 1999-2000
Selected collections and commissions include:
Marty Keltz, film producer, entry hall, Woodstock, NY
Edward Ullman, CEO Wellcare-HMO, bedroom, Mt. Tremper, NY
Stone Flower Acupuncture Clinic, Hurley, NY
Curry Rinzler, architect, residence, Woodstock, NY
Peter Coyote, actor, Wild Dog Productions, Mill Valley, CA
Steve Menkin, CEO, Crystal Pictures, office, Los Angeles, CA
Sylvia Rosenfeld, therapist, office, NY
Dr. Maurice Tischler, office, Woodstock, NY
Howard St. John Associates, law offices, Kingston, NY
Ricken, Golden Sussman & Blythe, law offices, Kingston, NY
Tim Hurst and Ginger Rhodes, private residence, Austin, TX
Dr. Robert Gross, private residence, Rochester, NY
Senator Arlen Spector, law offices, Philadelphia, PA
Davey’s Belts & Bags, offices, Worcester, MA
Gary and Dianne Kvstad, private residence, Olivebridge, NY
Dr. and Mrs. Steve Young, private residence, Princeton, MA
Alan and Gayle Zwiebel, private residence, Woodstock, NY
