Colete Martin’s paintings function as a bridge between fantasy and emotional reality. Vibrant hues are applied with direct and indirect painting methods to depict symbols rooted in her home’s landscape. Through these nature archetypes she explores themes of acceptance, power, and transformation.
Colete Martin (b. 1995) is an acrylic painter based on Sauvie Island near Portland, Oregon, USA.
Education:
School of Visual Arts, New York City, NY — BFA 2020
Awards:
Juror, Society of Illustrators - Zankel Scholarship, 2025.
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.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026:
(Scheduled) Pictures of You, Group Exhibition, Purple Door Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
2025:
Small Wonders, Arch Enemy Arts, Philadelphia, PA.
Portrait Annual 13, Modern Eden, San Francisco, CA.
Fashion Fights Cancer, Artsy, Online Auction and Benefit.
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.
Contact: martincolete@gmail.com
