ABOUT
Breanna Cee Martins (b. 1987) grew up in New Hampshire and lives and exhibits in New York City.
She has participated in many exhibitions including the Whitney Museum Art Party as the featured artist (New York, NY) La Luz De Jesus’ Summer Exhibition (Los Angeles, CA), Flowers Gallery (New York, NY), Palazzo Ca Zanardi (Venice, ITA), Cica Museum (Brooklyn, NY), Sloma Museum (San Luis Obispo, CA), and others. She has curated exhibitions at The Lodge Gallery, White Cube Gallery, Klein Projects, and The Lodge NYC.
She was the Commencement Speaker at the 22nd Graduation Ceremony, New York Academy of Art, NY alongside the artist Jenny Saville, winner of The Richard Kubiak Memorial Curatorial Award, Designed the Westminster Dog Show Poster two years in a row, and Participating Artist in the Sing For Hope Piano project, under the Queensboro Bridge
“The female body also appears, somewhat fragmented and fiery, in Breanna Martins’ Pretty Fierce – pretty but fierce, suggesting the difficulty of relating to her, if also her self destructiveness”
~ Donald Kuspit, Essay, Some Dialectical Images
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Studio Address:
17-17 Troutman St, Ridgewood NY
Email: prettyspookygirls@gmail.com
Currently unrepresented, email for inquiries.
EDUCATION:
2011 MFA NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York City, NY 2009 BFA UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS, Amherst, MA 2006 SCUOLA DI GRAFICA VENEZIA, Venice, Italy
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Brooke Shields, Actress
Mr. David Kratz, President, New York Academy of Art Kate Spade, Fashion Designer
Alina Lundry, Director of High Line Stages
Greg Unis, President, Victoria Secret
Beth DeWoody, Collector and Curator
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SELECTED AWARDS:
Best In Show, SATELLITE ART FAIR, Miami, FL, 2023
2016 Whitney Museum Art Party Featured Artist
Finalist Candidate, New York City Teaching Fellowship
Commencement Speaker, 22ndGraduation Ceremony, New York Academy of Art Founder and President, New York Academy of Art Curatorial Commission Board
Board Member Alumni Association of the New York Academy of Art Participating Artist, Sing For Hope Piano, New York City
The Richard Kubiak Memorial Curatorial Award, 2011
Runner Up, 2012 Westminster Dog Show Poster Competition
Founding Board Member, Women Artists in Action, Boston
Runner Up, 2014 Westminster Dog Show Poster Competition
Winter 2016-2017 Participating Artist, The Postcard Collective
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RECENT SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
THE FRUIT OF HER LOINS WENT ROTTEN ArtMiami, 2023
POOR UNFORTUNATE SOULS, Aeronaut, Boston, 2023
THE LABYRINTH Palazzo Ca’Zanardi Venice, Italy 2021
SO MUCH FOR THE AFTERGLOW Thomases Gallery, Youngstown, OH, 2018 PRETTY SPOOKY Le BonNton Northampton, MA 2017
YOU LITTLE MONSTERS, Two Moons, Brooklyn, NY 2014
WHAT CAN SOULS FEEL DIB Gallery, New York City, NY 2011 NAME.DATE.TITLE FordProject New York City, NY 2011
2 AND 4 PERSON EXHIBITIONS :
ALL THE TEARS IN THE WORLD Jco’s Art Haus, Los Gatos, CA 2021
ARTIST SHOWCASE CollierWest, Brooklyn, NY 2019
PULSE ART FAIR - Satellite Treat Gallery, Orlando, FL 2019
SHIFTING PERCEPTIONS ON TRAUMA Substrate Gallery Los Angeles, CA 2018
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SELECTED CURATORIAL:
FROM THE BARN TO THE APPLE, Herter Gallery, Amherst, 2020 NO FUTURE WhiteBox, New York City, NY 2016 SPRING/BREAK ART SHOW New York City 2023
BETTER LUCK NEXT YEAR Satellite Art Fair, 2023
BETWEEN US The Lodge Gallery, New York City, NY 2015
SELF PORTRAIT AS A MONSTER TRUCK Kleio Projects, New York, NY 2011 AS BELOW/AND ABOVE Brooklyn Gallery, New York City, NY 2012
GLITTER AS F*CK ECA Gallery, Easthampton, MA, 2019
SPECTRUMS, Le Bon Nton, Northampton, MA, 2020
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
ART YELLOW BOOK #3 CICA PRESS 2017
PRESENT TENSE SLOMA MUSEUM San Luis Obispo, CA 2016 LITTLE PHARMA Issue 2 2018
TRANSVERSALS Vol 2 2020
BAIT/SWITCH VOL 3 2023 LAVENDER DREAMS ZINE 1 2023
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
SOUTH SALON, Thomas Van Dyke Gallery, New York City, NY, 2023
FEMINISTS FOR, Asian American Writers Workshop, New York City, NY 2023
OBJECTS, Stop Gap Projects, Columbia, MO 2023
DECONSTRUCTED, PULP, Holyoke, MA 2023
TINY, Two Cats Gallery, El Cerrito, CA 2023
SUMMER EXHIBITION, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, LA 2023
SKETCHBOOKS, Pulpo Gallery, Holyoke, MA 2023
HOLDING SPACE, Assemblage Gallery, Boston, MA 2023
A WAY OF WATER, James May Gallery, Milwaukee, WI 2023
SMALL WORKS 2, Soft Times Gallery, San Francisco, CA 2023
EVERYTHING BUT THE... LA LUZ DE JESUS Gallery Los Angeles, CA 2022
TAKE HOME A NUDE, Sotheby's, New York City, NY 2022
DECK THE WALLS, New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY, 2022
GESTALT PROJECT BGG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 2021
REAWAKENING Corkhouse Gallery Savannah, GA 2021
CALL AND RESPONSE 13 Shoebox Gallery Los Angeles, CA 2021
6x6 Rochester Contemporary Art Center Rochester, NY 2021
THERE IS A CRACK IN EVERYTHING New York Breeze, Bronx, NY 2021
TAKE HOME A NUDE, Sotheby's, New York City, NY 2020
DECK THE WALLS, New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY, 2020
DWELLINGS NCFA Northampton, MA 2019
ART TELEPORTED CICA Museum Brooklyn, NY 2019
MIAMI ART FAIR EXHIBITION Mandarin Oriental Miami, FL 2019
FACES OF THE WORLD Squidink New York, NY 2019
10 BY 10 Payson Gallery Easthampton, MA 2019
STOREFRONT Paddle8 New York, NY 2019
DECK THE WALLS New York Academy of Art New York, NY 2018
TEENAGE DREAM Treat Gallery Brooklyn, NY 2018
GROUP EXHIBITION: CollierWest Brooklyn, NY 2018
SUMMER EXHIBITION Flowers Gallery New York City, NY 2018
MEOWZY 3 Square Gallery Fort Collins, CO 2018
FADE AND SPARKLE Iconica Northampton, MA 2018
MUSEUM OF GOODBYE Creative Caravan Montclair, NJ 2018
8TH ANNUAL POSTCARD SHOWArtlink Contemporary Gallery Fort Wayne, IN 2017
SKETCHBOOK WEST Las Lagunas Gallery Laguna Beach, CA 2017
PATTERNS OF DISORDER The Red Museum Sacramento, CA 2017
PETIT DEUX Emerge Gallery Saugerties, NY 2017
HELLO DECEMBER Gallery 50 Toronto, Canada 2016
LEGENDS Carnival of Collectables Sicklerville, NJ 2016
NYAA AT VENDUE GALLERY The Vendue Gallery South Charleston, SC 2016
PETIT Emerge Gallery Saugerties, NY 2016
REDUX: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN Dehn Gallery Manchester, CT 2016
TAKE HOME A NUDE, Sotheby’s Auction House, New York, New York,2016
BETWEEN US, The Lodge Gallery, New York, NY 2015
HOT DRY MEN/COLD WET WOMEN Mark Millar Gallery New York, NY 2015
SUMMER EXHIBITION 2014 Flowers Gallery, New York, NY 2014
LOVE IT, LOCKET, LEAVE IT Island Weiss Gallery, New York, NY 2014
TAKE HOME A NUDE Sotheby’s Auction House New York, New York 2014
MYTHICAL BEASTS One Mile Gallery Kingston, NY, 2013
SINGLE FARE 3 RH Gallery, New York City, NY, 2013
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS Littlefield Gallery, New York City, NY 2012
FOOLSGOLD VALENTINES RH Gallery New York City, NY,2012
SUMMER EXHIBITION 2011, Flowers Gallery New York City, NY 2011
FOOLSGOLD SANCTUARY EXHIBITION One Mile Gallery, Kingston, NY 2011
THE CHEAPER SHOW: VOL 10 Broadway and Kingsway, Vancouver, BC,2011
TEENY TINY MONSTERS Cellar Door Gallery Albuquerque, NM, 2011
FITCHBURG 76th REGIONAL Exhibition Fitchburg Art Museum Fitchburg, MA 2011
FROM THE BARN TO THE APPLE, Herter Gallery, Amherst, MA 2011,
SINGLE FARE 2 Alix Sloan Gallery New York City, NY 2011
SHE’S GOT THE RIGHT STUFF Medialla Gallery, New York City, NY 2011
DECK THE WALLS New York City, NY 2010
NOTHING BUT TROUBLE,New York City, NY 2010
FROM THE BARN TO THE APPLE
Herter Gallery
Amherst, MA
2011
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SINGLE FARE 2
Alix Sloan Gallery
New York City, NY
2011
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SHE’S GOT THE RIGHT STUFF
Medialla Gallery
New York City, NY
2011
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DECK THE WALLS
New York City, NY
2010
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NOTHING BUT TROUBLE
New York City, NY
2010
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FITCHBURG 74​th​ REGIONAL EXHIBITION
Fitchburg Museum of Art
2010
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SINGLE FARE: AN EXHIBITION
New York City
2010
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FITCHBURG 72​ND​ REGIONAL EXHIBITION
Fitchburg Museum of Art
2007
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FITCHBURG 73​RD​ REGIONAL EXHIBITION
Fitchburg Museum of Art
Honorable Mention
2008
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MOOSE HILL GALLERY SPRING EXHIBITION
The Gallery at Moose Hill, Sharon MA
2007
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BFA THESIS BETWEEN THE HOUR AND THE AGE
Student Union Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 2008
CURATORIAL:
SELF PORTRAIT AS MONSTER TRUCK VOL 2: THE RECKONING
KLEIO PROJECTS
New York City, NY
2011
FROM THE BARN TO THE APPLE
HERTER GALLERY
Amherst, MA
2011
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
Mr. David Kratz, President, New York Academy of Art
Mrs. Kim McCarty, Artist
Mr. Theodore Schmidt
Mr. Andy Spade, Partners and Spade, co
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