Gayla Martin

Gayla Martin (b. 1985, Rockport, MA) uses printmaking, painting, and textiles to create a portrait of a place.  Martin earned a BA from Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY and received her MFA from The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY. The artist has participated in group shows at The Local Project, LIC, NY, and The Colin Chase Gallery, The City College of New York, New York, NY. In 2022 she was awarded a residency at Catwalk Art Residency, Catskill, NY. Martin currently resides in Queens, New York and manages a custom frame shop and art gallery in Long Island, NY.

EDUCATION

The City College of New York, CUNY, New York, NY, MFA in Studio Art, 2013

Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, BA in Studio Art, 2007

University of Complutense, Fine Arts Program, Madrid, Spain, 2006 

SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2013 Constructed Impressions, MFA Thesis Show, City College Gallery, New York, NY

2011 Observations, Addison Gilbert Hospital, Gloucester, MA

2010 Nightscapes, Topsfield Library, Topsfield, MA

SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2025 Member Exhibit, Barnes Gallery, Garden City South, NY

2024 Member Holiday Exhibit, National Art League, Douglaston, NY

2023 Continuation: A Tribe to Colin Chase, Colin Chase Gallery, New York, NY

2019 Staff Show, J Pocker Gallery, New York, NY

2017 Women Make Art, Cohen Library Archives Gallery, New York, NY

2016 Botanical, Local Project, LIC, NY

2015 Constrained, City Life, Jersey City, NJ

2015 Working Artist, Academic Gallery, Queens, NY

2015 Demystifying Feminism, Cohen Library Archives Gallery, New York, NY

2014 World Building, Academic Gallery, Queens, NY

2014 Women Make Art, Cohen Library Archives Gallery, New York, NY

2013 City's Six, One Art Space, New York, NY

2013 HeightXWidthXDepth, The City College of New York CUNY, Art Gallery, New York, NY

2012 In Between, The City College of New York, Art Gallery, New York, NY

2009 Brooklyn Trunk Show, NY City Explorers, Brooklyn, NY

2007 Senior Thesis Show, Renovated Building, Poughkeepsie, NY

2006 Sculpture II, Palmer Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY

AWARDS

2022 Catwalk Art Residency, Catskill, NY

PRESS

When Your Studio is Also Your Apartment, New York Magazine, 2023