Marty Coleman

I was born and raised in Southern California. I am a full time artist and photographer living in Dallas, TX now.My brain made me an artist. I blame it.My Grandfather taught me how to draw and make things out of wood. He was almost blind.My mother loved that I was an artist. She died in 1988. She was very funny. My teachers and fellow students saw me as 'the artist'.I never considered being anything else, ever.My father allowed me to pursue what I wanted. He is almost 90. I emphasized printmaking, drawing, and photography in undergrad and graduate school.I have had 1 one-person show, 1 two-person show and numerous group shows. I won some competitions, some grants, awards, etc. I have been published in some magazines, newspapers, etc.My work started out in grad school as photo-realist drawings. I liked the photos better by themselves so I started doing photography and photo-collage on its own. That is my primary medium currently.I continued to draw and paint, but from live models not photos, with imagined narrative imagery behind the portrait.I also started doing some commissioned photo-shoots; black and white portraits and figures.I left teaching and went into computer art. I moved, along with my family, to Oklahoma to get my first...

EDUCATIONB.A. - U.C. Santa BarbaraM.F.A. - San Jose State UniversityTEACHINGCabrillo CollegeAptos, CA.Beginning and Advanced DrawingEvergreen Valley CollegeSan Jose, CA.Art Appreciation, Beginning Drawing.PUBLICATIONSMinneapolis Star TribuneOnline Edition - Technobabble SectionFeature article on 'Napkin Dad Daily' blogFebruary 5th, 2008Aware Psychologie Magazine (Netherlands)Cover PhotoMarch 2007 issue"Happy Meals"Feature article about napkin drawingsCitizen's WeeklyOttawa Citizen NewpaperFebruary 25, 2007'Gross Anatomy'Exhibition - Apertures Galleryexhibited imageTulsa, OK October, 2005'50 Beans'50 word storyStarwood Hotels Promotion(look up story under my name)ONE & TWO PERSON SHOWS 'Martin ColemanThe Image Hidden and Transparent'Eloise Pickard Smith GalleryUniversity of California Santa CruzSant Cruz, California 1991'The Image Series'Allied Arts GalleryLas Vegas, Nevada 1988'Marty & Marcia / Prints & Drawings'Eulipia GallerySan Jose, California 1985'Drawings of Lawn Order / Photographs of Restraint'Master of Fine Art ExhibitionSan Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California 1984GROUP SHOWS'An Echo of Surrealism'D.P. Fong and Spratt GallerySan Jose, California 1993'Fellowship Award Exhibition'Triton MuseumSanta Clara, California 19...