Michelle M. Martin

Michelle Martin

Associate Professor of Art Phillips Hall 313
(918)631-2736
michelle-martin@utulsa.edu

Michelle Martin is an Associate Professor of Printmaking at The University of Tulsa, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where she teaches all printmaking media at both undergraduate and graduate levels. She received her BFA in 1993 from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and she went on to earn her M.F.A. in Printmaking at The Ohio State University in 1996. An active artist working in all print media and drawing, her work has been shown in over 90 national and international exhibitions since 1995, including venues in Iceland, Italy and England. She has won numerous awards, including an Oklahoma Artist Fellowship in 2008 and the 2007 Print Prize in the Bradley Print and Drawing Exhibition. Her work is in several private, public and university collections, including the Kohler Library (Madison, Wisconsin), Muscarelle Museum of Art (The College of William and Mary), The University of Wisconsin-Madison, The College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Rutgers Center for the Innovative Paper, the Southwest Collection (Texas Tech University), and the Southern Graphics Council.

Education and Degrees Earned

  • M.F.A., The Ohio State University (1996) (Printmaking)
  • B.F.A. Texas Tech University (1993) (Printmaking/Art History)

Areas of Academic Specialty

  • Printmaking

Previous Teaching Experience

  • TA positions, The Ohio State University

Professional Affiliations

  • Southern Graphics Council
  • College Art Association

Courses Taught at TU

  • Drawing: Advanced Studio (ART 3053)
  • Drawing II (ART 2023)
  • First Year Experience/Visually Speaking (AS 1001)
  • Independent Study (ART 7991-6)
  • Independent Study (ART 4991-6)
  • Printmaking (ART 7062-9)
  • Printmaking I (ART 2123)
  • Printmaking Studio (ART 3063)
  • Printmaking Studio (ART 4062-6)
  • Research and Thesis (ART 7981-6)

Awards & Recognition

  • 1999 Honorable Mention, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 1999 Artist Award of Excellence. Juror: Dr. Don Bacigalupi; Director, San Diego Museum of Art.
  • 1999 Purchase Award, 11TH NATIONAL DRAWING & PRINT COMPETITIVE EXHIBITION, Gormley Gallery, College of Notre Dame of Maryland (Baltimore). Juror: Jan Howard, Curator of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs; The Baltimore Museum of Art. March 10 - April 21. (Lithograph Dress Scan was purchased for College of Notre Dame of Maryland collection).
  • 2000 Best of Show, PRESSURE: 3rd BIENNIAL CONTEMPORARY PRINT EXHIBITION, Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, CO. Juror: Clinton Cline.
  • 2002 Frederick Werhle Memorial Prize, from the St. Louis Art Guild for Observation #30, exhibited in the EXPRESSIONS OF WOMANHOOD Exhibition (St. Louis, MO).
  • 2003 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition 2003 Artist Award of Excellence. Juror: Patricia C. Phillips, Executive Editor of the Art Journal and Professor of Art at the State University of New York, New Paltz.
  • 2005 Juror’s Discretionary Award, LOS ANGELES PRINTMAKER’S 18TH NATIONAL EXHIBITION. Juror: Ruth Weisberg, Printmaker and Dean of Fine Arts, University of Southern California. (September 25 - November 20, 2005).
  • 2005 Materials Award, THE BOSTON PRINTMAKERS NORTH AMERICAN PRINT EXHIBITION. Juror: Joann Moser, Senior Curator of Graphic Arts at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
  • 2007 Excellence in Teaching Award, Henry Kendall College of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK.
  • 2007 Outstanding Achievement in Printmaking Award, 31ST BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION, Juror: Judith K. Brodsky, Professor Emerita, Department of Visual Arts at Rutgers University and Founder of Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper.
  • 2008 Oklahoma Visual Arts Fellowship, Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition. Juror: Elizabeth Hahn, Hahn Ross Gallery, Santa Ffe, NM.

Publications

  • CONTEMPORARY PRINTS AND ARTIST'S BOOKS
    Exhibition, Clara Eagle Main Gallery, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky (5 works). 2006.
  • 28th ANNUAL PAPER IN PARTICULAR NATIONAL EXHIBITION
    Columbia College, Columbia, MO. 2007.
  • 31st BRADLEY INTERNATIONAL PRINT AND DRAWING EXHIBITION
    Bradley University, Peoria, IL. 2007.
  • DIRTY FINGERNAILS SAY A LOT II: A CELEBRATION OF PURE PRINTMAKING
    Exhibition, Foundry Art Centre; St. Charles, MO. 2008.
  • MONOTYPE GUILD OF NEW ENGLAND NATIONAL EXHIBITION
    Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA. Juror: Aprile Gallant, Curator of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, Smith College Museum of Art. 2008.
  • NORTHERN ILLINOIS INVITATIONAL PRINT EXHIBITION
    Jack Olson Gallery, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL (5 works). 2008.
  • PLOT INFLUENTIAL: A NATIONAL PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION
    Ortlip Gallery, Houghton College, Houghton, NY. 2008.
  • RECENT PRINTS AND DRAWINGS
    Exhibition, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND. 2008.
  • THE SIXTH MINNESOTA PRINT BIENNIAL
    Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. 2008.
  • MICHELLE MARTIN: RECENT OBSERVATIONS
    Exhibition, I.A.O Gallery, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 2008.