Delita Martin

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Delita Martin
Born1972 (age 52–53)
Conroe, Texas
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater Texas Southern University (BFA)
Purdue University (MFA)
Known for Printmaking, mixed media
Website blackboxpressstudio.com

Delita Martin (born 1972) is an American multimedia artist based in Huffman, Texas. [1]

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Early life and education

Delita Martin was born in 1972 in Conroe, Texas. She attended Texas Southern University in Houston, receiving a BFA in drawing in 2002. [1] She then earned her MFA in printmaking from Purdue University in 2009. [2] She taught at University of Arkansas at Little Rock. [3]

Martin has stated that she knew she wanted to be an artist since she was five years old as she was exposed to art through her father's work as a carpenter and painter. [4]

Career

As a multidisciplinary artist, Martin works across various techniques including printmaking, painting and stitching which incorporates indigenous and modern art-making. [5] Martin uses storytelling to provide a platform for Black women who have often been marginalized. [6] She frequently uses symbolism such as moons to represent women and birds to represent the human spirit. [7] Many of her works contain West African masks which highlight the connection between the mortal and spiritual world. [7] Martin's influences include Elizabeth Catlett, whose work she was introduced to as an undergraduate student. [8] Delita is also inspired by the African aesthetics she has learned exists throughout Black culture. [9]

Martin had her first show at the Community Artists' Collective and was an education coordinator for the nonprofit. [10] [11] She later founded her own studio, Black Box Press, in 2008. She was a lecturer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in the Fine Arts department from 2008 to 2012. [2] Her work has been shown in the Havana Biennial and in Art Basel Miami. [5] She is a founding member of Black Women of Print, a printmaking collective for Black women which was founded in 2018. [5] [12] She is also a member of the ROUX artist collective alongside Ann Johnson, Rabéa Ballin, and Lovie Olivia. [13] [14] Delita has been featured as a black woman artist to have on your radar by Marie Claire. [15] She was a juror for “The Contemporary Print: 5×5,” at PrintAustin. [16]

Permanent collections of Delita Martin's works are held by National Museum of Women in the Arts, [17] Salamander Resort, [18] Minneapolis Institute of Art, [19] Bradbury Art Museum, [20] C.N. Gorman Museum, [21] Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, [22] David C. Driskell Center, [23] Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American-Art, [24] Studio Museum in Harlem, [25] Thrivent Financial, [26] William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, [26] US Embassy (Mauritania), [27] Muscarelle Museum of Art, and the Georgetown University Art Collection [28] and more.

Awards

Exhibitions

Publications

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References

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  2. 1 2 Butcher, Jesse (March 21, 2017). "Interview With Delita Martin" . Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Delita Martin - Bio - Galerie Myrtis" . Retrieved March 6, 2021.
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  7. 1 2 "Delita Martin: Calling Down the Spirits". National Museum of Women in the Arts. Retrieved May 24, 2020.
  8. ↑ Clancy, Sean (January 13, 2019). "Past meets present at exhibition; 'On Their Own Terms' juxtaposes works by contemporary black artists and those who influenced them". Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  9. ↑ Martin, Delita (2019). Shadows in the Garden. Black Box Press Studio. p. 65. ISBN   9781732081703.
  10. ↑ Brent, Kim (April 3, 2021). "Discovering 'Conjure': Identity of Black women at fore of artist's AMSET exhibit". Beaumont Enterprise . pp. C9.
  11. ↑ Rozen, Daphne (March 20, 2003). "Connecting to one's own creative self - Collective changes the way people think about art through education". Houston Chronicle . p. 1.
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  30. ↑ "Houston Artist Delita Martin Gives Black Women a Seat at the Table in New Exhibit". The Texas Observer. June 20, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
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