Petros Martin

Petros Martin has attended the Academy of Fine Arts in
Rome Venice from 1975 to 1980 and he dedicated his
studies and training in sculpture .Being educated in the cradle of Western culture has left a lasting impression in
his work. In fact his consummate passion for drawing and his persistent search for pure form are a constant
reminder of the influence of great masters . By the
sheer magic of few lines ( a remnant of his training in
sculpture ) he combines the massive and delicate form of the subject with the textured abstract background. harmonizing thus the figurative with the abstract in well-balanced and indelible canvases .his
minimalized conceptualism is an attempt to blend the grace and sensuality of the Renaissance masters with
the many facets of contemporary abstract expressionism . in my opinion the classic and the
contemporary do meet in Martin's work . this is not an
easy task to be accomplished.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS :
1999 Galerij Marc van Meensel
Zelem-Halen, Belgium
1999 Rebecca Gallery , Toronto
1998 360 Degree Gallery , Toronto
1996 Gallery Birmingham, Birmingham, Michigan
1996 Alexander's Gallery, Tampa, Florida
1994 Studio/Salon Show, Toronto
1993 216/ Salon Show , Toronto
1993 Franklin Carmichael Art Gallery , Toronto
1992 Victoria Art Gallery, Toronto
1991 Gallery 504, Toronto
1984 Galleria d'Arte IN, Padua , Italy

EXHIBITIONS ( COLLECTIVE ) :
1999 EP- Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
1998 Mary Bell Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
1997 Aaron Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1996 S.E Feinman Gallery, New York, N.Y.
1996 John Callahan Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
1996 Carmel Gallery , Ottawa , Ontario
1995 Gallery 721, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
1995 International Exhibition of Prints , Kanagawa , Japan
1993 Sodarco International Art Exhibition , Montreal, Quebec
1987 Del Bello Gallery, Toronto, Ontario International
Exhibition of Miniature Art
1996