Born 1965 in Madrid, Spain


One Person Exhibitions

2009
"Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz: Wayward Bound", Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI

2008
"Buried 'till Spring", Galeria Isabel Hurley, Malaga, Spain
"Objects and Photographs", Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
"Islands", P.P.O.W, New York, NY

2007 "Photographs", Cerealart Project Room, Philadelphia, PA
"Secrets Sleep In Winter Clothes", MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria

"White Out", ARCO Projects,Madrid, Spain

2005 "Cold Front", P.P.O.W Gallery, New York, NY

2004 "The Frigid Zone", Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Austria
"Travelers", Museo de la Universidad de Alicante, Spain
"Travelers", Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL

2003 "Travelers", P·P·O·W, New York, NY
"Travelers", Moriarty Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2001 P·P·O·W, New York, NY

2000 "Loss of Experience", Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA

1999 "Dis", Momenta, Brooklyn, New York

Espacio Caja Burgos, Burgos, Spain

1998 P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1997 Alejandro Sales Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

1996 P·P·O·W, New York, NY
Moriarty Gallery, Madrid, Spain

1994
P·P·O·W, New York, NY


Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
"New Now", Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
"Playing Around", The Brattleboro Museum and Art Center, Brattleboro, VT
"The Art of Caring", New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LS
"The Garden at 4 P.M.", Gana Art, New York, NY
"Efecte Souvenir", DHUB Montcada, Barcelona, Spain
"The Beauty of the Mistake", LX Factory, Lisbon, Portugal

2008
"Cool!", George Adams Gallery, New York, NY
"Caucus", Schroeder Romero Gallery, NY
"Artists Plates", Nohra Haime Gallery, New York
Paris Photo, Aperture Foundation, New YorK

2007
"Am Schlimmsten / Nicht im Sommer sterben", Nassauicher Kunstverein e.v.,Wiesbaden, Germany
"Lost in the Woods", University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ

2006 "Das Leben ein nicht endendes Fieber", Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz, Austria
"Little Disasters", Mauroner  RoomnumberOne, Vienna, Austria
"Fête", Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
"Through the Rabbit Hole: Sleights of Scale and Flights of Fantasy", 21C Museum Foundation, Louisville, KY

"Escenografías  Simuladas. Fondos de la Colección Caja de Burgos", Iglesia de Santa Eulalia dei Catalani , Palermo, Italy. Travels to Instituto Cervantes, Stockholm, Sweden
"Paradisio & Inferno", Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Salzburg , Austria
"Double Take", Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York,NY
Sense of the Real”, Ars'06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, Findland
"New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition", Hangar 7-Red Bull Kunsthalle, Salzburg, Austria
"An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration", David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan
"Where Truth Lies", Anne Reed Gallery, Ketchum, ID
"Foreign Affair", Albany Arts and Culture Program at the Albany International Airport, Albany, NY
"From the Island of Misfit Toys", Ben Maltz Gallery, OTIS College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA
Art Brussels, MAM Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Belgium
CIGE, China International Gallery Exposition, Galeria Moriarty, Beijing, China

2005 Art Cologne, Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany
"The Empire of Sighs", Numark Gallery, Washington, DC
"Summertime", Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
"New Art, New York: Reflections on the Human Condition",Trierenberg Holding AG, Traun,  Austria
"Memoria y Deseo", Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona, Spain
"In Focus: Contemporary Photography fromt the Allen G. Thomas Jr. Collection", North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
"Presencias/ Ausencias", CAB, Burgos, Spain
"Along the Way", UBS Gallery, New York
ARCO, Galeria Mariarty, Madrid, Spain
"Foreign Affair”, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY
"Rearranged/Redefined: Domestic Objects Reconsidered", Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA

2004 "Le Drôit de Rève", Mario Mauroner Contemporary Art Salzburg, Austria
ARCO, Galería Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
The Art Show, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
Miami Art, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
Art Cologne, Galerie Academia, Salzburg, Austria

2003 "MetroSpective at City Hall Park", Public Art Fund, New York, NY
"Multiple", Nassau Museum of Contemporary Art, Long Island, NY
"Decade", Schroeder-Romero Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Hot Summer in New York", Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
Miami Art, PPOW Gallery, New York, NY
"White", Bill Maynes Gallery, New York, NY

2001 "Animas!", The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
"Mimic", GaleGates Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2000 "Canal de Seduccion", Valladolid, Spain
"Fantasies and Curiosities", The Art Museum, Florida Int. University, Miami, FL
"Plastic Monuments", Centro Municipal de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay

1999 "True West", P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1998 "De Imagenes y Soportes", curated by P. Navares, Palacio Revillagijedo, Gijon, Spain
"Rights of Spring",
P·P·O·W, New York, NY
"Memorial Book",
Museo Pablo Gargallo, Zaragoza, Spain
"Visions de Futur’98",
Can Paulet Sales d’Exposicions, Mataro, Spain

1997 "Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity", Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
"No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe is Contemporary Art", Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
"Wit, Whimsy & Humor", curated by Mary Close, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
"The Chalkboard Chronicles", TZArt & Co., NY

1996 "Domestic Partnership", Art in General, New York, NY
"Thinking of You: A Collection of Contemporary Spain", Gotheborg Kunstmuseum, Sweden
"Group Hanging", Griffin Linton Gallery, Venice, CA
"Changing Places", MetroTech Center, The Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY
"Restos Humanos", Galeria Alejandro Sales, Barcelona Spain
"The Subverted Object", Ubu Gallery, NY

1995 "Revisiting the Landscape", California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
"USA in ARCO", curated by Kevin Consey, Madrid, Spain

1994 "Trajectories", The Spanish Institute, New York, NY
"The Body Human", Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY

1990 "Les Etoiles de la Peinture", A.T. Gallery, Paris, France
"In Situ", Künstlerhaus Hamburg, curated by Sabine Mohr, Hamburg, Germany

1989 "Otras Miradas", curated by Lola Garrido, Canal de Isabel II, Madrid, Spain
"Talleres de Arte Actual", Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain

1987 "El Jardin de las Sombras", Casa del Reloj, Madrid, Spain

1986 "Bienal del Mediterraneo", Barcelona, Spain
"Madrid, Ciudad Abierta", Universidad Menendez Pelayo, Santander, Spain


Outdoor Sculptures and Installations

2005 "Travelers", Wilshire/Normandie Metro Rail Station, MTA Metro Art, Los Angeles, CA.

2004 "MetroSpective at City Hall Park", City Hall Park, New York, Public Art Fund, NY.

2002-03 "Travelers", Grand Central Terminal, MTA Arts for Transit, NY.

2001 "Forbidden Door", Bloomberg LP, Public Art Fund, NY

1997-2000 "A Gathering", MTA’s Arts for Transit Program, Canal Street Station on the A and the C Lines, New York, NY

1998 Metro Tech Center, The Public Art Fund, Booklyn, NY

1996 "Changing Places", Metro Tech Center, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY


Grants and Awards

2007
Received a 2007 fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

1994-96 Grants from the Spanish Ministerio de Cultura

1992 Grant, Graphic Design at CETECAM by the Comunidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain

Petra scholarship from the EEC

1990
Grant of the Künstlerhaus Hamburg e.v., Germany in association with the Ministerio de Cultura of Spain

Third Prize in the International Art Contest, “Les Etoiles de la Peinture,” Paris, France

1987
Second Prize “Festival de Video,” Instituto de la Mujer, Madrid, Spain


Selected Bibliography

2009 Rice, Robin. "Encasement", Glass Quarterly, Winter Issue 113, pg

2008 Dambert, Samuel & Guiguet, Anne-Sophie, "Nuit Blanche", Citizen K International, p.p. 140-141

Harrod, Horatia. "All Shook Up", The Sunday Telegraph, November 16th, pg 26-27

Lethem, Jonathan. "Travelers", artists' monograph, Aperture , 96 pages, 40 full color plates

Clark, Tim. "Travelers", Next Level magazine, Issue 14, p.p. 14-21

McGee, Celia. "Aesthetic Heft, Sized for a Snow Globe", The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, January 6th, pg.19

Ganis, William B. "Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz. Islands", Glass Quarterly, June,
pg.77

Yablonski, Linda. "Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz. Islands", Catalogue Essay, "Islands", PPOW Gallery, New York



2007
D'Acosta, Sema. "Blanco y Negro (Petroleo y Nieve)", La Fresa.org, March.

Alemany, Luis. "El Arte en la era del calentamiento global", El Mundo, Feb. 17

Vidal Olivera, Jaume. "Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz", El Mundo, Feb. 21

Nunez-Fernandez, Lupe. "Martin & Muñoz at the Nassauicher Kunstverein, Wiesbaden", saatchi-gallery.co.uk, March

2006
O'Neal, Lauren. "Report from Helsinki", Art New England, Cctober/November

Somerstein, Rachel. "The Weather Inside is Frightful", Artnews, Oct. p.p. 122-125

French, Christopher. "Ars'06: Sense of the Real", Art Papers, Sep-Oct, p. 48-49

Lange, Christy."Ars'06", Frieze, Summer Issue, p. 278

Simon, Amy. "Ars 06", Artforum, April, p.290

Herzog, Samuel. "Hüsteln im Paradies", Neue Zürcher Zeitung, March 7th, Nr.55, p. 37

Hirvonen, Ari. "Encounters on Emerging Boundary Spaces", Cataloge,  "Sense of the Real" Ars 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, p.p. 39-45

Olmo, Santiago B. "Winter Journey",  Cataloge,  "Sense of the Real" Ars 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, p.p. 160-163

Hannele, Jäämeri. "Lähde tunteisiin", Suomen Kuvalehti, January, p.3, 46-47

2005 Hake, Elaine. "Little Ball of Horrors", The First Post, December 24th

Dawson, Jessica. "Reflecting on a Cultural Divide", The Washington Post, October 6, p. C08

Kleiman, Molly. "People Sticking their Heads into Things", NY Arts Magazine, Sept-Oct Vol. 10, No 9/10

"Cold Case: Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz", The New York Sun, Jan 14-16, p. 14

“Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, The New Yorker, Feb 7, p. 17

2004 Alarcon, Pedro. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, La Fresa, Julio.

Camper, Fred. Critic’s Choice, “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, Chicago Reader, February 20, p. 24

Alvarez Enjuto, Jose Manuel. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, Lapiz, Isuue 2003, May-June, p.91

G. Artner, Alan. “McElheny succumbs to Glass’ Seductiveness”, Chicago Tribune, February 27, p. 25

B. Olmo, Santiago. “Viaje de Invierno”, Catalogo MUA, Alicante

2003 McCormick, Carlo. “Elegy in White: Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, Aperture, Winter Issue #173, pp. 18-31

Jarque, Fietta. “Misteriosos Cuentos en la Nieve”, El Pais, Babelia, December 13, p. 26

H. Pozuelo, Abel. “Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, EL Mundo, November 20.

Kimmelman, Michael. “A Seasonal Migration of Cultural Scope”, The New York Times , August 8th , Page E29

Johnson, Ken. “Travelers: Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz”, The New York Times, Jan, 17th, Art in Review, page E 48

Johnson, Ken. “Travelers: Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz”, The New York Times, Art Guide, January 23, p. E49

Paredes, Tomas. “Walter Martin & Paloma Munoz: Cuentos de Invierno”, EL Punto, Feb 3rd

2001 Crowder, Joan. “Different Strokes,” Santa Barbara New Press – Scene, Jan. 7, pp. 6

Wilson, Rob. “Walter Martín & Paloma Muñoz”, Sculpture Magazine, Summer, pg 14

Vogel, Carol. New York Times, March 2, p. E34

2000 Catalogue. Canal de Seducción, with text by Mon Montoya, Valladolid, Spain

1999 Art Brooklyn, The New Yorker, “Walter Martín & Paloma Muñoz”, Sept 27, pg 14

Catalogue. Espacio Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain

Laster, Paul. “Brooklyn Spice”, Artnet.com, October

1998 Barr, Tom. Review (Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia) Sculpture, November

Johnson. New York Times, Friday, March 6, p. E43

Chambers, Christopher. “Picks,” NY Arts, March-April 1998, p. 35

1997 Annas, Teresa, “Worldly Visions,” The Virginian Pilot, December 13, pp. 13, E5

Hanzal, Carla, Objectivity: Pursuing the Subjective, exhibition catalogue, reproductions, published by Contemporary Art Center of Virginia

Faultline. Journal of Art and Literature, Vol. V. reproductions, front page, 61, November

Smith, Roberta, “Sculpture Adorns the Urban Terrain,” The New York Times, August 8, page 23.

Le Millenium, no. 19, “In To - Out Of"

Gannett Newspapers, “Art Scene,” reproduction, p. 14C

Raynor, Vivian. “From a Partnership of ‘Elements’ to a Show of Playfulness,” The New York Times

Hudson Valley, “Chuckle, Chuckle,” reproduction, February

1996 Catalogue. Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, essay by Dan Cameron, P·P·O·W, New York; Galería Moriarty, Madrid

Gear, Josephine. “Changing Places,” Review, November 1, p. 18

1995 El Punto, “Más participación extranajera, 75 galerías con oferta de nivel,” February 10-16, p. 18

Babelia (El País), “Poderoso caballero,” February 11, pp. 6-7

El País, “La feria cierra con un aumento de ventas y publico,” February 15, p. 39

Diario, “La Feria de Arte Contemporáneo se clausuró con excelentes resultados de visitantes y de ventas,” February 15, p. 49

1994 Catalogue, ARCO 1994

Village Voice, “Choices,” October 27, p. 84

El Punto, “Paloma Muñoz & Walter Martin: Historias cortas de curas y terapias,” October 23, reproduction, p. 24

1991 El Pais, “Premios,” February 10

Actualidad Aconómica, “Y Además Pintura,” February 10

Asociacion de Ideas, “Premios,” February 10

Elle, February Issue

1990 Die Tageszeitung, Galerienspiegel, August 22

Hamburger Morgen Post, “sechs Wochen Hamburg in Farbe, Comic und Blei,” August 27

El Punto, “Premios Las Estrellas de la Pintura,” December 14

Catalogue, Les Etoiles de la Peintura, December 14

1989 Paredes, Tomás, “Otras Miradas, Los ámbitos que nacen,” El Punto, January

LAPIZ, “Las Otras Miradas,” January Issue

1988 Catalogue, José Manuel Costa, p. 12, reproductions, p. 67-77

Castaño, Adolfo. “Las Otras Miradas,” ABC, December 29

1986 Catalogue, Bienal del Mediterraneo, p. 146

Catalogue, Madrid, Ciudad Abierta, p. 6


Lectures Aperture Foundation, New York, NY.  Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL. 
SUNY, New Paltz, NY.
  Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA. UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA. Escuela de Bellas Artes de Altea, Alicante, Spain.

Collections

University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
The Hunter Museum of American Art, TN
Miami Museum of Art, Miami, FL
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Aperture Foundation, New York
Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
CAB Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
La Caixa, Colección Testimonio, Barcelona, Spain
Museo de la Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Prosegur, S.A., Spain
Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, Spain
CAC Málaga, Spain
MTA Arts for Transit, New York, NY
MTA Metro Art, Los Angeles, CA
Coleccion Norte, Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain
ACCORD Collection, Paris, France
Bloomberg L.P., New York, NY
21C Museum Foundation, Louisville, KY
Progressive Insurance Corporation, Cincinnati, OH
Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, KS
KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland



And private collections in the USA and Europe.