Caryn Martin
EDUCATION
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Master of Fine Arts, 2017
Certificate in the College Teaching of Art, 2017
Master of Arts in Teaching, 2006
American University, Corciano (Perugia), Italy
Arts In Italy Program, graduate-level courses in painting and art history, 1999
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Bachelor of Arts, Studio Art. Cum Laude, 1997
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Upcoming: "Unanchored," Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD, Summer 2025
"Caryn Martin and Stephanie Wolff: The Weather Within and Without," Kohl Gallery, Washington College, Chestertown, MD, 2024
"Water's Edge," Waddell Art Gallery, Northern Virginia Community College (Loudoun,) Sterling, VA, 2022
"Room," Decker Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2017
“Things Left Unsaid,” Creative Alliance, Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2014
“The Nature of Things,” Towson Unitarian Universalist Church, Lutherville, MD, 2012
“Atmospheric Abstractions,” Creative Alliance, Rothschild Gallery, Baltimore, MD, 2008
“A Sense of Place,” Sheppard Art Gallery, Ellicott City, MD, 2005
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS & ART FAIRS
Art on Paper, Site-specific installation: "Tomorrow's Storm (Redux)," Pier 36, New York, 2023, participation hosted by Catalyst Contemporary
"The Elastic Mind," The South Gallery, Broward College, Pembroke Pines, FL, 2023
2nd Annual Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Site-specific installation: "Tomorrow's Storm," Baltimore Innovation
Center, Baltimore, MD 2023, participation hosted by Catalyst Contemporary
"12th Annual National Juried Exhibition," Marshall University, Carroll Gallery, Huntington, WV, 2023
"The Foundations of What," Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD 2023
Trawick Contemporary Art Award Finalists Exhibition, Gallery B, Bethesda, MD 2022
Baltimore Fine Art Print Fair, Baltimore Innovation Center, Baltimore, MD 2022, participation hosted by Catalyst Contemporary
"Dear Diary," three-person exhibition, Catalyst Contemporary, Baltimore, MD 2022
"2021 National Juried Exhibition," The Delaplaine Arts Center, Frederick, MD 2021
"Blue," O'Hanlon Center for the Arts, Mill Valley, CA, (online exhibition,) 2021
"ICA Baltimore Flat Files Exhibition," Institute of Contemporary Art, Baltimore, MD 2021
"ReNew," Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA 2021
"Online Juried Exhibition in Social_______Distance," New American Paintings, Instagram, 2020
"Left Space," 1100 Wicomico, Baltimore, MD 2019
"Della Pieve," Villa Pieve, Corciano, Italy, 2019
"Faculty Exhibition," Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2018
"Repurposed with Purpose: Meaning in the Materials of Making," Maryland Art Place, Baltimore, MD, 2018
"New Dimensions," The Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, MD 2018
“New Work: Faculty Exhibition,” CADE gallery, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD 2017
"Annual Marquee Ball Exhibition," Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD, 2016
“MFA First Year Show,” Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2015
Juried by Ingrid Schaffner, Chief Curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
"Lotta Art Invitational Exhibition," School 33, Baltimore, MD 2015
“Winter,” Galerie Francoise, Baltimore, MD, 2014
Art Faculty Exhibition, Baltimore County Board of Education, Greenwood Mansion, Baltimore, MD, 2013
“MAT Thesis Exhibition,” Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD, 2006
“The Big Show,” Creative Alliance, Baltimore, MD 2004
“Open Studio Exhibition,” School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD, 2002
“AU Faculty and Student Show,” Palazzo Comunale di Corciano, Corciano (Perugia), Italy, 1999
“On the Map,” Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1997
HONORS
3rd Place, Trawick Contemporary Art Awards, 2022
Outstanding Achievement in Leadership, Maryland Institute College of Art, 2016
Patricia Lion Krongard Award for Excellence in Art Education, MICA, 2006
Honorary Speaker, University of Maryland Studio Art Commencement, 1997
National Art Recognition and Talent Search (Young Arts,) Honorable Mention, 1993
RESIDENCIES
VCCA residency at Moulin à Nef Studio Center, France, Fall 2023
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Fall 2022
ACI Residency, Corciano, Italy, Summer 2019
Windy Mowing Residency, Halifax, Vermont, Summer 2018
REVIEWS
Fanni Somogyi, “Mystic Materiality in the Round: Zoë Charlton’s ‘Smokey Hallow' and 'The Foundations of What,’” BmoreArt, 2023
Claudia Rousseau, Ph.D., "2022 Trawick Prize Finalists Exhibition at Gallery B," East City Art Reviews, 2022
Kate Noonan, “Caryn Martin: Atmospheric Abstractions,” Baltimore City Paper, 2008
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Loyola University Maryland, Baltimore, MD
Affiliate Professor, 2024-
2D Design
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
Adjunct Professor, 2017-2020
Cross-departmental: Undergraduate Independent Studio (juniors and seniors)
Photography: Digital Photography I
First Year Experience: Color/Design/Pattern, Color/Design/Process
First Year Experience: Systems/Time: Haptics and Optics
Thesis Mentor, Master of Arts in Teaching program, 2018, 2019
Guest juror, fall 2013
Juror for the Master of Arts in Teaching undergraduate show
Presenter, Master of Arts in Teaching program, 2010, 2011
Baltimore County Department of Aging: Bykota Senior Center, Towson, MD
Instructor, 2020
Exploring Color
Towson University, Towson, MD
Adjunct Professor, Digital Photography I, 2019
Anne Arundel Community College, Severna Park, MD
Adjunct Professor, Digital Photography I, Color Theory, 2D Design, Drawing I, 2017-2018
Baltimore County Public Schools, Towson High School, Towson, MD
Secondary Art Educator, 2006-2014
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
Marketing & Communications Coordinator, 2000-2004
Coordinated the development of marketing materials for family programs and exhibitions, worked
with designers to create exhibition and institutional signage
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Co-presenter, “Expect the Unexpected: One Time Only Art Activities,” Maryland Art Education
Association Conference, Baltimore, MD, 2013
Presenter, “Researching Relevancy,” National Art Education Association Conference, NY, New York, 2012
Co-presenter, “Accelerating the High School Sequence,” Baltimore County Public Schools
Professional Development workshops, Towson, MD, 2008
Co-presenter, “Toward a Holistic Paradigm,” National Art Education Association Conference,
NY, New York, 2007
AFFILIATIONS
Member, Creative Alliance, Baltimore
Member, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
Member, The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC
Member, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Member, Museum of Modern Art, New York