Daria Martin (born 1973) is a contemporary American artist and
filmmaker based in London and San Francisco since 2002. Working
primarily in 16mm film, her work has been exhibited in twenty four
solo shows in public galleries including at the Barbican, the Hammer
Museum, The New Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the
Stedelijk Museum and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Martin's
films address the space between disparate states of being â€" levels
of consciousness, internal and social worlds; subject and object â€"
working to unravel viewer's learned habits of perception. Martin's
films also often explore the differences and similarities between
other artistic mediums including painting, performance, dance, and
sculpture. Some subjects Martin's work touches on include dreams,
feminism, inherited trauma, artificial intelligence, and mirror-touch
synesthesia.Daria Martin was born in San Francisco, CA. Martin earned
a BA in Humanities from Yale University (1995), and an MFA in Art from
UCLA (2000). She is represented by Maureen Paley, London. Martin's
artistic journey began with abstract paintings, which she describes as
"formal and strict." She was drawn to film as she found it gave her
the freedom to explore time, space and narrative. Martin's films also
often explore the differences and similarities between artistic
mediums including painting, performance, dance, and sculpture.
Martin's first films drew inspiration from a range of early
twentieth-century artists and choreographers such as Oskar Schlemmer,
Varvara Stepanova, Alexander Rodchenko. Her films are created
organically, often taking on a collaborative process between the
selected actors, choreographers and musicians she chooses to work
with.Martin's work is in the collections of the Tate, London, the New
Museum, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles,
Arts Council England, London, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, and
Ringier, Zurich.
filmmaker based in London and San Francisco since 2002. Working
primarily in 16mm film, her work has been exhibited in twenty four
solo shows in public galleries including at the Barbican, the Hammer
Museum, The New Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, the
Stedelijk Museum and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art. Martin's
films address the space between disparate states of being â€" levels
of consciousness, internal and social worlds; subject and object â€"
working to unravel viewer's learned habits of perception. Martin's
films also often explore the differences and similarities between
other artistic mediums including painting, performance, dance, and
sculpture. Some subjects Martin's work touches on include dreams,
feminism, inherited trauma, artificial intelligence, and mirror-touch
synesthesia.Daria Martin was born in San Francisco, CA. Martin earned
a BA in Humanities from Yale University (1995), and an MFA in Art from
UCLA (2000). She is represented by Maureen Paley, London. Martin's
artistic journey began with abstract paintings, which she describes as
"formal and strict." She was drawn to film as she found it gave her
the freedom to explore time, space and narrative. Martin's films also
often explore the differences and similarities between artistic
mediums including painting, performance, dance, and sculpture.
Martin's first films drew inspiration from a range of early
twentieth-century artists and choreographers such as Oskar Schlemmer,
Varvara Stepanova, Alexander Rodchenko. Her films are created
organically, often taking on a collaborative process between the
selected actors, choreographers and musicians she chooses to work
with.Martin's work is in the collections of the Tate, London, the New
Museum, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, the
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles,
Arts Council England, London, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, and
Ringier, Zurich.
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