Sam Martineau was born in Springfield, Ohio and lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Selected one-person exhibitions include Just Step S'ways, Rawson Projects, New York (2015); Fair Touching, CCAD, Columbus, OH (2013) and Rawson Projects, Brooklyn, New York; Radio 9, Arts Collinwood, Cleveland, OH (2012); Fingers in the Sun, Rawson Projects, Brooklyn, New York (2010); Paintings/Collages, StudioMiko, Brooklyn, New York (2009); Slip Down Easy, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, New York (2005). Selected past group exhibitions include My Crippled Friend, CCAD, Columbus, OH; Dream Material, Dress Shop, Brooklyn, New York (2014); People Who Work Here, David Zwirner, New York (2012). Martineau is also the founder of EAU records.
Sam Martineau
b. 1973 Springfield, Ohio.
EDUCATION
2001 MFA, Painting, BARD College, Annandale-on– Hudson, NY
1998 BFA, Painting, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
1996 Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016
Field Recordings, Rawson Projects, NY
2015
Just Step S'Ways, Rawson Projects, NY
2013
Fair Touching, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
2012
RADIO 9, Arts Collinswood, Cleveland, OH
Fair Touching, Rawson Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2011
Paintings / LP’s, Rawson Projects, NADA Hudson, Hudson, NY
2010
Fingers in the Sun, Rawson Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2009
PAINTINGS / COLLAGES, StudioMiko, Brooklyn, NY
2005
Slip Down Easy, Brooklyn Fireproof, Brooklyn, NY
2000
Sation to Station, Inside, Cleveland, OH
Works on Paper, Epic, Yellow Springs, OH
1997
Recent Wortks, Chakers Gallery, Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016
People Who Work Here, David Zwirner, NY
Works on Paper, Rawson Projects, NY
2014
Dream Material, Dress Shop, Brooklyn, NY
My Crippled Friend, Canzani Center Gallery, Columbus, OH
2012
Sketchbook, Sardines, Brooklyn, NY
Less is More, Jeffrey Ledger Gallery, Long Island City, NY
Souvenir, Camel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2010
A Lettuce Slaughter in the Woods, Real Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Piles, AD Projects, New York, NY
2009
NEVERandAGAIN, ISCP, Brooklyn, NY
Light of Day, William Busta Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Outside the Time Zone, Camel Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
2007
One Night Stand, 168 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
2006
I was a Sunbeam, David Krut Projects, New York
2005
Solid Green, Two Person Exhibition with Wallace Whitney, David Krut Projects, NY, NY
New York's Finest, CANADA, NY, NY
Thaw the Yeti, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY
2004
Between Interconectedness, Smack Mellon, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Collaborations, Dieu Donne, New York, NY
Eight Emerging Artists, Firelands Association for the Visual Arts, Oberlin, Ohio
2001
Landscape, Bay Area Center for the Consolidated Arts, San Francisco, CA
Artists for a New Era, Spaces, Cleveland, OH
Bibliography
Mantey, Jackie, “Staff Picks: Fair Touching”, Columbus Alive, January 17, 2013
Morse, Trent. “Sam Martineau, Fair Touching.” WG Arts + News, October 9, 2012
Gomez, Enrico. “Critic’s Pick: Fair Touching at Rawson Projects.” WagMag. October 1, 2012
Cox, Stephen. “Interview wit Sam Martineau.” Hunted Projects, September 9, 2012
Kalm, James, “Funkster Formalism, Crap Constructivism”, Brooklyn Rail, October, 2010
Witkin, Jessica. “Q&A with Sam Martineau.” Anthem Magazine, August, 2009
Utter, Douglas, “The Right Stuff”, Cleveland Scene. April 1, 2009
Fyfe, Joe, “Ripped From The Headlines”,Gay City News. October 27, 2005
Tranberg, Dan: Arts Review, The Plain Dealer, January 29, 2002
Tranberg, Dan: “Stellar Show Finds New Terms of Expression.” The Plain Dealer, September 14, 2000
Glen Lincicome, “Paintings and Presley”, Springfield News and Sun, April 17, 1997