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ArtPrize

Wednesday, July 14th, 2010

I will be participating in ArtPrize this year, a radically open art competition, giving away the world’s largest art prize based solely on public vote. ArtPrize is now in its second year and is held in Grand Rapids, MI. I was invited by the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park to install my sculpture on [...]

Nature Rules!

Friday, April 30th, 2010

I was just accepted into the 28th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Show on Governor’s Island, NY sponsored by the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. The title of the show is Nature Rules and I am one of 15 artists that will be installing work. The show opens on June 5th and will be on view through October [...]

Current/Upcoming exhibitions

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

I would like to announce a few of my current and upcoming exhibitions: I recently returned from Key West, FL where two students and I installed The Redemptive Quality of Life for Sculpture Key West 2010. You can view the images at www.jacksonmartin.com/RQL.php. Travis Graves and I will be installing a site-specific piece titled, Time [...]

SKW 2010

Monday, December 14th, 2009

I would like to announce the opening of Sculpture Key West 2010. This year’s exhibition was curated by New York-based critic, Lilly Wei. The show begins on Saturday, January 16 and will be on view until April 16, 2010. My site-specific sculpture will be placed near the grove of pine trees at Fort Zachary Taylor [...]

Pending Exhibition

Sunday, November 8th, 2009

My fellow visiting faculty members and I have an exhibition open at the Tipton Gallery in downtown Johnson City. If you are in the area between now and December 5th, please check it out.

Objects on the Horizon

Monday, August 17th, 2009

I recently installed a new piece of sculpture for an exhibition at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The show runs from August 17th thru October 4th with a closing reception and gallery talk. Objects on the Horizon features six TN based sculptors working in a range of media from organic materials to electronic video and [...]

Artscape & UT Knoxville

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

I will be participating in the Baltimore Sculpture Project again this year with Rooted, the piece that I had at Sculpture Key West 2009. It will go up late June and be on display until May of 2010. If you are in the area, check it out. I will also be included in an exhibition [...]

Spctclr Vws

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Travis Graves and I just returned from New York City where we set up a collaborative installation for the show, Spctclr Vws. This exhibition will be up thru June 7th and can be viewed Saturdays & Sundays, noon to 6. Also, check out the article in The New York Times: www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/realestate/10posting.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=One%20Brooklyn%20Bridge%20park&st=cse

Sculpture Key West & Threshold

Friday, January 9th, 2009

I would like to announce two of my upcoming exhibitions. The first is Sculpture Key West 2009. The show will feature installations that were selected by a jury led by Shamim M. Momin, Associate Curator of the Whitney Museum in New York and co-curator of the 2008 Whitney Biennial. The majority of the artworks will [...]

AguaTrip Release Party!

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008

I would like to announce an important event happening in the very near future. On November 5th, the New York-based band, Agua Trip will be releasing their new album, Genetics, in Times Square. In addition to live music there will be an art exhibition/fundraiser of 20 artists who have created work that visually represents the [...]