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Martha J. Whittington

Sculpture professor

Education

  • M.F.A., sculpture, Temple University
  • B.F.A., sculpture, Kansas City Art Institute
  • A.A., graphic design, Portfolio Center

Credentials

  • Professor of sculpture, 2008–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Wood shop instructor/manager, 2006–08, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
  • Gallery manager, 2003–06, The Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta
  • Teaching assistant, 1992–94, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Fully Funded Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 2017
  • Finalist and People's Choice (Contemplation, Resolution, Unity) Field Experiment, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Science and The Goat Farm Arts Center, Atlanta, 2016
  • Nominated: Joan Mitchell Painters Sculptors Grant, New York, 2015
  • Project Grant, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA, 2015
  • Herradura Art Barrel Competition, Southeastern first-place Winner, Atlanta, 2014
  • Creative Capital Branding Workshop, Atlanta, 2014
  • Artist Project Grant City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, 2014
  • NEA-funded Southern Constellations Fellow, Elsewhere Artist Residency, Greensboro, NC, 2014
  • Idea Capital, Grant Recipient, Atlanta, 2013
  • Dashboard Co-op, artist, Atlanta, 2013
  • Sculpture Space, selected artist, Utica, NY, 2013
  • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, selected resident, 2013
  • Working Artist Project Grant, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, 2011
  • Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, 2011
  • Residency, The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA, 2010
  • City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Project, A (new) Genre Landscape, 2008
  • Artist Project Grant, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta, 2006
  • Travel Grant, Artist in Residence International (AIRI), Atlanta, 2006
  • Austin Green Project Grant, Austin, TX, 2005
  • Best in Show, Decatur Arts Festival, Fine Arts Exhibition, Decatur, GA, 2004
  • Graduate Fellowship, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, 1992–94
  • Internship, Fabric Workshop, "tropos" Ann Hamilton, Philadelphia, 1993
  • Residency, Bemis Foundation, Omaha, NEClio Award for Advertising Excellence, for Art Direction, 1992

Organizations

  • The College Art Association of America (CAA)
  • FATE (Foundations in Art: Theory Education)
  • Atlanta Contemporary Art Center
  • The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • "Dialog with The Industries for the Blind," presented at Southeastern Center of Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 2015.
  • Lecture at Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, 2014.
  • Lecture at Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery, Milledgeville, GA, 2014.
  • Lecture at Dashboard-Coop, Atlanta, 2014.
  • "deus ex machina," presented at Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, 2012.
  • Lecture and demonstration at ArtMerge visit with Martha Whittington, 2011.
  • Lecture at Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, 2010.
  • Lecture at Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2010.
  • Lecture at C. Emerson Fine Arts, Saint Petersburg, FL, 2009.
  • Lecture at City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Public Art Project, Atlanta, 2008.
  • Lecture at Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, 2007.
  • Lecture at Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, 2007.
  • Lecture at Emory University Gallery, Atlanta, 2007.
  • Lecture at Eyedrum, Atlanta, 2006.
  • Lecture at GALLERY twenty-four, Berlin, Germany, 2006.
  • Lecture and critiques at Louisiana Tech, Ruston, LA, 2005.
  • Lecture and critiques at Dalton Gallery at Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2005.
  • Lecture and critiques at UGA Main Gallery, Athens, GA, 2004.

Selected exhibitions

  • Solo exhibition, Stanley, Beaman, and Sears, Atlanta, 2017
  • Featured artist work, CSA, Wonderroot, Atlanta, 2016
  • Contemplation, Resolution, Unity, field experiment, Atlanta, 2016
  • With the Grain, solo show, Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, 2016
  • Silo, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Science, Rabun Gap, GA, 2015
  • Sprawl, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 2015
  • Exchange, solo show, Dashboard-Coop, Atlanta, 2015
  • Collective Actions, Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 2015
  • Hunter Invitational III, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN, 2014
  • Shift/Split, solo show, Blackbridge Hall Art Gallery, Milledgeville, GA, 2014
  • SCORE, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, 2014
  • COSMS, Dashboard-Coop, Atlanta, 2014
  • Used Air, solo show, Whitespace Gallery Project Room, Atlanta, 2013
  • Exhibiting artist, Art on the Beltline, Atlanta, 2013
  • short shorts, video screening, Whitespace Gallery, Atlanta, 2013
  • deus ex machina, solo show, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, 2012
  • Pull, Dans Kamera Istanbul 2012, Istanbul, Turkey, 2012
  • Double Think Redux, Gallery 1600, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, 2011
  • 100 Whispers a sound collection, solo show, Studio Plex Gallery, Atlanta, 2010
  • Graphic Abstraction, Moot Gallery, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong, 2010
  • MOCA GA Collects: Height x Width x Depth, Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, Atlanta, 2010
  • Double Think, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2010
  • Limitless, Rocio Rodriguez and Martha Whittington Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA, 2010