Elyse Martin

Education
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Washington University, St. Louis, MO, BFA.

Selected Exhibitions

• 2023
• "Internal Perspectives", Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
• "Fiftieth Anniversary Members Show", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
• Alma Art and Interiors, Chicago, IL
• "Resolute", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
• "In View", The Art Center, Highland Park, IL
• Dr. Michael Byun Gallery, Northbrook, IL
• 2022
• "Elyse Martin: Serendipitous Flow", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
• "Studio 41", Chicago, IL
• "In View", The Art Center, Chicago, IL
• "The Consciousness of Abstraction II", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
  Juror: David Reif
• 2021
• "Rostrum 312", Chicago, IL.
• "Imagining Futures", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• "Elyse Martin: New Work", Nych Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• 2020
• "All in the Same Boat or Are We" Stola Contemporary, Chicago, IL
  Curator: Anne Farley Gaines
• "Elyse Martin Solo", Paula Interiors, 3007 Armitage, Chicago, IL.
• "In Dialogue" Governor's State University, University Park, IL.
  Curator: Sarah Krepp
• 2019
• "Abstractly Speaking" Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL.
  Juror: Melanee Cooper
• "Elyse Martin Solo", Paula Interiors, 3007 Armitage, Chicago, IL.
• Member Show, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• 2017
• "Tiny Jumping Spiders Can See The Moon"
  Elyse Martin, Susan Emmerson, Michele Thrane
  Nych Gallery, Chicago, Il
• "Oddly Enough" Elyse Martin, Susan Emmerson, Michele Thrane
  The Art Center, Highland Park, Il
• 2016
• "Size Matters" Flat Iron Building, Chicago, IL.
  Curator: Patrick Ogle
• 2016 "Cut and Color" Elyse Martin, Susan Emmerson, Michele Thrane
  Nych Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• "Dialogue Chicago: Full Force", Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL.
  Curator: Sarah Krepp
• "In View" Annual Faculty and Member Show, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL.
• 2015
• "TAKING CHANCES: No/Yes?", Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL.
  Curator: Sarah Krepp
• 2014
• Participating artist, Horses Of Honor Public Art Exhibition, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL.
• "Pentimento 2" Elyse Martin and Jenny Learner, Studio 303. Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL.
• 2013
• “Taking Chances”, Dialogue Chicago, Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL.
  Curator: Sarah Krepp
• Fused Chicago Group Show, Robert Wright Gallery, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL.
  Curator: Steven Jones
• “Rhythm in Wax”, Norris Cultural Center, St. Charles, IL.
• 2012
• Rockford Museum Midwestern Biennial, Rockford, IL.
  Juror: Lisa Stone
• “Pentimento” Elyse Martin and Jenny Learner, Lincolnwood Village Hall Gallery, Lincolnwood, IL.
• 2011
• “Explorations: New Works by New Artists”, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL.
  Juror: Margaret Hawkins
• “New Encaustic Explorations”, Noyes Cultural Art Center, Evanston, IL.
• “Fused Chicago Encaustic Showcase,” Black Cloud Gallery Chicago, Chicago IL
• “Art Bazaar” Black Cloud Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• 2010
• Encaustic:  “Hot Art”, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL.
• Later Impressions, Chicago Cultural Center Renaissance Court, Chicago, IL
• “Kaleidoscope”, IBC Gallery, Chicago, IL

Recent Awards and Honors

2022 "The Consciousness of Abstraction ll", ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
Jurors Award, Juror: David Reif

A Review by Lori Waxman on 8/24/2020
For the web site 60 Wrd/Min Art Critic

2017 “A View” Annual Faculty and Member Show
Best in Show

2016 ArtSlant International Award
First Showcase - Mixed Media

2015 “Horses of Honor” Public Installation
People's Choice Award

2015 ArtSlant International Award
First Showcase - Mixed Media
Second Showcase - Mixed Media
Third Showcase - Mixed Media

2013 “A View” Annual Faculty and Member Show, The Art Center, Highland Park, IL.
Best In Show

2012 Rockford Museum Midwestern Biennial
First Place - 2D, Juror Lisa Stone

2011 ArtSlant International Award
Fifth Showcase - Mixed Media

2010 ArtSlant International Showcase Awards
First Showcase - Mixed Media
Second Showcase - Mixed Media
Third Showcase - Mixed Media

Juried Publications

• 2016 Studio Visit Magazine Volume 31
• 2012 East On Central, Journal of Arts and Letters, Highland Park, IL.
• 2009 The Tulane Review, Tulane University Literary and Art Magazine

Associations

• Member of ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL.
• Co-Curator with VA DePintor and Linda Sorkin-Eisenberg, The Dot Show, featuring members of Fused Chicago, Chicago Arts District Pilsen, Chicago, IL.
• Dialogue Chicago, critique group with Sarah Krepp, artist and Professor Emerita University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (UIUC)
• Former Member of Fused Chicago, a professional organization of Midwest artist working in encaustics.