Charles Martin

	Born Yeadon, Pennsylvania Lives and works in New York City
Education
		Yale University, New Haven, CT
	1988	Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese
	1985	MA, Spanish and Portuguese
	1982-84	Photography classes in the School of Art with Thomas Roma and JoAnn Walters
	1974	BA, English
Selected Solo Exhibitions
	2019	Affinity with Brazil: 1982-Present, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2016	Storied People: Photography, June Kelly Gallery, New York Optical Thinking, Galeria marta Traba, Memorial da America Latina, Sao Paulo, Brazil; book Reflections/Connections, Associacao Brasilseira de Arte Fotografica, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
	2014	Reflections/Connections, Ima Foto Galeria, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	2014-2013	Because of Algiers, Festival of Contemporary Art, Musee Public National d’Art Moderne et Contemporain d’ Alger,Algeria (MAMA); catalogue
	2012	Manhattan, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2010	Algiers: Charles Martin & Jean-Pierre Hautecoeur, The International Center, New York
	2009	Civil Search: Charles Martin, photographs and Dick Griffin, paintings, The International Center, New York
	2008	Also Brazil, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2005	Motion, June Kelly Gallery, New York Yin Mei Dance, Dance Theatre Workshop, New York
	2004	Ferryboat, Amarillo College, TX
	2003	Ferryboat, June Kelly Gallery, New York Making Carnival, Tamarkin, New York Making Carnival, Newhouse Center, Snug Harbor, Staten Island, NY
	2002	Myth and Reality: Masques & Portraits, Galerie Lulu Lyon, Paris Charles Martin & LeRoy Henderson Photographs, HBO Executive Offices Gallery, New York
	2001	Masquerades, IRADAC, City College of New York
	2000	Reflections and Motion, Yeadon, Pennsylvania Public Library Ferryboat, Alice Austen House Museum, Staten Island, NY Ferryboat, Modernage, New York Spaces, Tamarkin, New York
	1999	Reflections, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	1998	Photographing the Diaspora, University of Maryland, College Park, MD Home & Away (Eastern Parkway Carnival, Brooklyn and Brazil) Queens College, Flushing, NY; catalogue
	1997	New York Cityscapes, Access Gallery, Staten Island, NY Flavors of Brazil, Charles Martin & Fernando Natalici, Arts of Brazil Gallery, New York Brazil, School of New Resources, Gordon Parks Gallery, College of New Rochelle, Bronx, NY
	1996	Brazil, Paris, New York, Abrons Arts Center, Henry Street Settlement, New York Made in Brazil, University of Wisconsin-Madison, WI; traveling exhibition Made in Brazil, Access Gallery, Staten Island Community Television, NY
	1995	Brazil, Paris, New York, Cinque Gallery, New York
	1993	Portraits et Vues, Odéon Photo-Vidéo, Paris, France Portraits Noirs Américains, Musée de la Halle St. Pierre, Paris
	1992	Isolation, Grandview Gallery, West VirginiaUniversity, Mountainlair, Morgantown, WV Fotografias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
	1991	Portraits and Places, Creative Arts Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
	1990	Portrayals, 4th Street Photo Gallery, New York
	1989	Portrayals, Edward Williams College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ Portrayals, WBGO Radio Station, Newark, NJ Brooklyn to Brazil, Corner Gallery, World Trade Center, New York Passage, Yale University, New Haven, CT
	1988	Photographs, En Foco, Inc., Bronx, NY
	1987	Optical Thinking, Maples Gallery and Weiner Library, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
	1986	Optical Thinking, Afro-American Cultural Center, Yale University, New Haven, CT; traveling exhibition
	1983	African Eyes/Brazil, Charles Martin and Jesse A. Rhines, Afro-American Cultural Center and Cross Campus Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT, Fall/Winter
Selected Group Exhibitions
	2017	Celebrating 30 Years, Gallery Artists: Drawings and Photographs, June Kelly Gallery, New York
	2013	Spectacles: 4 Olhos-4 Visions, photographs by Charles Martin, Eduardo Castanho, Fernando Natalici and Antonio Oliveira, New York Public Library- 43rd Street main branch and Mulenberg Branch
	2011	African Transitions: Reflections and Change 1980-2010, Bronx Community College, NY 2nd Pan African Cultural Festival of Algiers, Algeria, University System of the District of Columbia 4, Washington, DC
	2010	2nd Pan African Cultural Festival of Algiers, Algeria, Institute of African American Affairs at New York University,
	2009-2010	Picturing New York: Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art, curated by Sarah Meister, Associate Curator in the Department of Photography; traveled to the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin; Fundació la Caixa, Barcelona; and Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto; Italy; catalogue
	2009	Civil Search: Charles Martin photographs & Dick Griffin paintings, The International Center, New York
	2008	New York City: In Focus, Bellevue Hospital Center Atrium, New York
	2007	Celebration: Nine Artists Commemorate the 35th Anniversary of Winston-Salem Delta Fine Arts, Winston-Salem, NC; brochure
	2005	Tsunami Relief, ABC no Rio & Carriage House, New York
	2002	Life of the City, Museum of Modern Art, New York
	2001	Made in Woodstock, Center for Photography, Woodstock, NY Committed To The Image: Contemporary Black Photographers, organized by the Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY; catalogue
	2000	Reflections in Black: A History of Black Photographers, Smithsonian Institution and Anacostia Museum, Washington, DC; catalogue, traveling exhibition
	1998	Benefit Show, Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY The Wedding Show, Leica Gallery, New York Dream City, slide projections for dance-theater by Shu-Wing Tang, Victor Ma and Mandy Yim, Fringe Studio, Hong Kong and Pace University, presented by Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America, New York
	1997	Flavors of Brazil, Arts of Brazil Gallery, New York
	1996	Shots: Members Exhibition, Afterimage Gallery, Dallas, TX Reframing Tradition, juried by Susan Kismaric, Museum of Modern Art and Tod Papageorge, Yale School of Art, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Place, Marymount Manhattan College Gallery, New York
	1995	Made in Brazil, Charles Martin and Fernando Natalici, Aba Gallery, New York Summer Exhibit, Leica Gallery, New York New York Artists at AAMARP, Northeastern University, Boston, MA Travelscapes, Multi Media Arts Gallery, New York
	1994	Black Beauty, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York Known, 4W Circle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY New York Scenes, Multi Media Arts Gallery, New York
	1990	New York Time Capsule: Joseph Caputo, Steve Hart and Charles Martin, Multi Media Arts Gallery, New York
	1988	Kizomba, Segundo Encontro Internacional de Arte Negra, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, (Second International Congress of Black Art, University of the State of Rio), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
	1985	Building Wrap, Invitational Artists’ Exhibition, New Haven Environmental Art Works, CT
Public Collections
	The Museum of Modern Art, New York Museum of the City of New York Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ KeySpan (Brooklyn Union Gas), NY Pfizer Incorporated, New York Mott-Warsh Art Collection, Flint MI Walter Heun Collection (Leica Camera Inc., administrators), New York Marriott Hotel
Monographs
	2014	Reflections/Connections, Queensborough Community College Art Gallery, City University of New York, approximately 40 photographs. Produced by Hybrid Media Project, design by Fernando Natalici, bi-lingual texts in English and Portuguese by Luiz Paulo Lima; curator Marina Lins and Charles Martin, soft cover, landscape format
	2013	Because of Algiers, Queensborough Community College Art Gallery—City University of New York. Approximately 100 photographs. Produced by Hybrid Media Project in association with W.E.B. Du Bois Institute, Harvard University; and Office of Dean of Arts & Humanities, Queens College—City University of New York. Design by Marvin Hoshino. Tri-lingual: texts in English, French and Arabic by Khalida Toumi, Minister of Culture, Algiers; Mohammed Djehiche, Director of Museum of Modern Art, Algiers; and Charles Martin. Translations by American Embassy, Algiers; and Mohamed Badr. Cultural advising: Yasmin Nooreddin. Soft cover, landscape format, 9x11.5 inches. ISBN 978-1-936658-18-3
Digital Films
	2015	Playing New York, direction, co-production, co-camera, editing, stills (documentary, 75’ run time)
	2011	Apple Pie, direction, production, co-shooting, editing (music video, approx. 4’run time Warren Smith: Percussionist and Archivist, production, direction, shooting and editing (documentary, 23’ run time)
	2010	Get It Poppin, direction, co-production, editing (music video, approx 4’run time
	2008-2009	Tai Chi, production, direction, co-shooting and editing, (documentary in post production)
	2008	Masking, production, direction, shooting and stills photography (documentary, 9’ 21” run time) The Hewitt Art Collection, direction, produced by C2 Creative Bank and Bank of America (documentary, 14’45” run time) Continuous Incident: Lisa Mackie at June Kelly Gallery, production, direction, shooting, editing (documentary 7’46” run time)
	2007	Hats by Bunn: An Extraordinary Milliner in Harlem, documentary, production, direction and editing
	2006	Ed Clark: A Brush with Success, direction, still photography (documentary 29” 20” run time)
	2001	Japanese Cowgirl Sings – Dorothy Cowfield and the Barnyard petting Zoo in concert at Fez, NY; direction, co-camera, editing (music performance, approx. 20’ run time) Making/Asunder – Yin mei Dance at St. Mark’s on the Bowery. Direction, production, camera, editing (documentary, 26” run time) Musician Pheeroan akLaff – Friends & Peers, direction, editing (documentary, approx. 26’ run time)