HEATHER GWEN MARTIN: Riding High

Heather Gwen Martin (b. 1977 in Saskatoon, Canada) studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL and the University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA.

Solo and two person exhibitions include “Riding High,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; “The Lyrical Moment: Modern and Contemporary Abstraction by Helen Frankenthaler and Heather Gwen Martin” (curated by Christian Viveros-Fauné), University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum, Tampa, FL; “Verse,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; “Nerve Lines and Fever Dreams,” L.A. Louver, Venice, CA; “Heather Gwen Martin,” Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY; and “Currents,” L.A. Louver, Venice, CA.

Her work has been included in group exhibitions at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA; Claremont Lewis Museum of Art, Claremont, CA; Contemporary Art Matters, Columbus, OH; Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA; Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA; University Art Gallery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, among others.

Her work may be found in the Equinor Art Collection, Houston, TX; Hallmark Art Collection, Kansas City, MO; Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, CA; and the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus, OH.

The artist lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.