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Martha Colburn, , Untitled, 2011

Martha Colburn




Born in rural Pennsylvania, Martha Colburn is an artist filmmaker. She travels extensively exhibiting and lecturing on her work. She has a B.A. from Maryland Institute College of Art and MA equivalent from Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunst in the Netherlands.

Martha Colburn lives and works in Pennsylvania (US) and Amsterdam (NL).

  • Selected Artworks
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Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, Western Wild…or how I found Wanderlust and met Old Shatterhand, 2017

WESTERN WILD…OR HOW I FOUND WANDERLUST AND MET OLD SHATTERHAND, 2017

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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WESTERN WILD…OR HOW I FOUND WANDERLUST AND MET OLD SHATTERHAND

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, Western Wild…or how I found Wanderlust and met Old Shatterhand, 2017

WESTERN WILD…OR HOW I FOUND WANDERLUST AND MET OLD SHATTERHAND, 2017

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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WESTERN WILD…OR HOW I FOUND WANDERLUST AND MET OLD SHATTERHAND

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, Dispel, 2007

DISPEL, 2007

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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DISPEL

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, The Evil of Dracula, 1997

THE EVIL OF DRACULA, 1997

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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THE EVIL OF DRACULA

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, The Evil of Dracula, 1997

THE EVIL OF DRACULA, 1997

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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THE EVIL OF DRACULA

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, Cats Amore, 2000

CATS AMORE, 2000

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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CATS AMORE

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, Cats Amore, 2000

CATS AMORE, 2000

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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CATS AMORE

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, Destiny Manifesto, 2006

DESTINY MANIFESTO, 2006

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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DESTINY MANIFESTO

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, Destiny Manifesto, 2006

DESTINY MANIFESTO, 2006

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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DESTINY MANIFESTO

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, One-Legged Dog, 2009

ONE-LEGGED DOG, 2009

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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ONE-LEGGED DOG

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Collage painting for the film, One-Legged Dog, 2009

ONE-LEGGED DOG, 2009

Collage painting for the film
Martha Colburn

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ONE-LEGGED DOG

Collage painting for the film

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Animation sheet/collage, 5 min. 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation, Don't kill the weatherman, 2007

DON'T KILL THE WEATHERMAN, 2007

animation sheet/collage, 5 min. 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation
Martha Colburn

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DON'T KILL THE WEATHERMAN

animation sheet/collage, 5 min. 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Animation sheet/collage, 4 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation, Freedom force, 2009

FREEDOM FORCE, 2009

animation sheet/collage, 4 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation
Martha Colburn

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FREEDOM FORCE

animation sheet/collage, 4 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, , Installation view, Museum de Hallen Haarlem,

INSTALLATION VIEW, MUSEUM DE HALLEN HAARLEM


Martha Colburn

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INSTALLATION VIEW, MUSEUM DE HALLEN HAARLEM

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Animation sheet/collage, 6 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta A paint-on-glass and collage animation, Triumph of the wild,

TRIUMPH OF THE WILD

animation sheet/collage, 6 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta A paint-on-glass and collage animation
Martha Colburn

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TRIUMPH OF THE WILD

animation sheet/collage, 6 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta A paint-on-glass and collage animation

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, Meet Me In Wichita, animation sheet/collage, 7 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation, Meet me in Wichita, 2006

MEET ME IN WICHITA, 2006

Meet Me In Wichita, animation sheet/collage, 7 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation
Martha Colburn

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MEET ME IN WICHITA

Meet Me In Wichita, animation sheet/collage, 7 min, 16mm transferred to Digi Beta, a paint-on-glass and collage animation

Martha Colburn

Martha Colburn, , Untitled, 2011

UNTITLED, 2011


Martha Colburn

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UNTITLED

Martha Colburn

Solo Shows:

2018 The Garden, ‘The Garden’ and opera by composer Richard Ayres, Utrecht, NL
2013 Camera, Lights, Charge, Pop, Columbus College of Art & Design, Columbus, US
2013 Cowboys and Icons, AWA Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NL 
2011 Dolls vs Dictators, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL
2010 Dolls vs Dictators, Museum of the Moving Images, New York, US
2010 Don’t Kill the Weatherman!, Stadtmuseum, Jena, DE
2010 Mash-Up: Splicing Life, Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, Storrs, US
2010 Puppet Regime, Ambach and Rice, Seattle, US
2009 MTV Times Square Jumbotron Screen, NY US
2009 Histories in Motion, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, US
2009 Meet me in Wichita, Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, US
2008 Stages of Alarm, Frans Hals Museum De Hallen, Haarlem, NL
2008 Bob von Orsouw/Project Space SuzieQ, Zurich, CH
2008 Art Basel Statements, Myth Labs, Galerie Diana Stigter, NL
2007 Don’t kill the Messenger, Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, NL
2006 Stux Gallery, New York, US
2005 Young and Upcoming, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, DE
2004 W.I.N.D.O.W. Gallery, Walter Van Beirendonk, Antwerp, BE
2003 Young and Upcoming, Frankfurter Kunstverein, W.I.N.D.O.W., Walter Van Beirendonck, Antwerp, BE
2002 Inse(X)cts, De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal, Middelburg, NL

Group Shows:

2022 The Box, Parts Project, Den Haag, NL
2017 Hall Art Foundation, Schloss Derneburg Museum, Derneburg
2017 The Wild West From Bufallo Bill to Bobbejaan, de Warande, Turnhout
2016 When Darkness Comes, Varbergs Konsthall, Varberg
2016 Borderless: In Time, Van Hall Museum, Amsterdam
2016 Cats do Sodre, Galerie GivLowe, Lisbon
2015 Move-On, Kunstahal KAdE, Amersfoort, NL
2015 Squeaky Wheel Film Exhibition, Burchfield Penney Art Center, Buffalo, New York
2014 Manpower, Lisbon, PT
2014 Order and Chaos, Garage, Rotterdam, NL
2013 Collages van een haperende mens, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam, NL
2013 Alaska Kimura Gallery, Anchorage, AK
2013 Camera, Lights, Charge Pop!, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, US
2012 AgitPOP, Guided By Invoices, New York, NY
2012 The Surreal Screen: Collage in Motion, Los Angles Contemporary Museum of Art, Los Angles, CA
2011 The Air We Breathe, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA
2011 Independence Returns, Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2011 DEUS, Venice Biennial, Venice, US
2011 A Paper Trail, De Warande, Turnhout, BE
2011 Revolution, Texas Firehouse, Long Island City, US
2011 New Museum’s Festival of New Ideas, New York, US
2011 The Pavement and the Beach, Paradise Row Gallery, London, GB
2011 Maxxi Museum of Art, Rome, IT
2011 Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New York, US
2010 Shred, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York, US
2010 Danse Macabre, Trans Festival Belfast, Catalyst Arts, Belfast, UK
2010 B.Y.O.P. (Be Your Own Placebo), Williamstown, US
2010 Mash-Up: Splicing Life, The Contemporary Art Galleries, University of Connecticut, US
2010 The Dissolve, Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, US
2010 Video Art: Replay Part II, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, US
2009 No Bees, No Blueberries, Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, US
2009 Martha Colburn and Alyson Mitchell, SAW Gallery, Ottawa, CA
2009 Remain in light, W139, Amsterdam, NL
2009 Vampire Dreams/Stay in the Light, Vegas Gallery, London, GB
2009 White Noise, James Cohan Gallery, New York, US
2009 Double Dutch, HVCCA, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Peekskill, US
2009 StressedSpace, KW14, ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL
2009 StressedSpace, KW14, ‘s Hertogenbosch, NL

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