About:

Colete Martin (b. 1995) is an acrylic painter based on Sauvie Island near Portland, Oregon, USA.

Statement:

I think of my work as a bridge between fantasy and emotional reality. Through vibrant hues and symbols rooted in my home’s landscape I explore themes of radical acceptance, mental wellbeing, power, and transformation.

Education:

School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY — BFA 2020

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 

2024:

Case Study, Solo Exhibition, Treadwell Gallery, Provincetown, MA.

Spectrum 5, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

Portrait Annual 12, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA.

2023:

Portrait Annual 11, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA.

Sculpture Garden, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA.

Send Me Across The Sea, Helvella Art, Oakland, CA.

2022:

10 Year Anniversary Show, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

Portrait Annual X, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA.

Chroma, Gristle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.

Spotlight Showcase, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA.

2021:

Rites of Passage, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

Ambiguity, Carter Center for Art, Kansas City, MO.

Flat File, Art Space, Kansas City, MO.

Portrait Annual IX, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA.

2020:

2020, Serving the People, Online Exhibition.

Tapped, Nationally Juried competition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.

Teaching:

Pacific Northwest College of Art, Illustration BFA, 2021- Present. 

Rhode Island School of Design, Online Painting Cert Program, 2022- Present. 

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, BFA, 2022.  

Awards:

American Illustration 40, selected works, online archive, 2021.

International Painting Annual, Accepted works, juried publication, 2021.

Rhodes Family Award for Outstanding Achievement in Illustration, School of Visual Arts, 2020.

Contact: martincolete@gmail.com