1953      Born in Norfolk, VA
1978      B.A. Old Dominium University, VA
1980      M.F.A. Virginia Commonwealth University

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 de 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 "A Cure for all Remedies and Other Short Stories", P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1993 The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA

1992 P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1991 "Drawings from the Patent Office", P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1989 P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1988 P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1986 P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1984
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

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, MAM 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
"Arts for Transit Along the Way", UBS Gallery, New York
ARCO, Galeria Moriarty, 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 International University, Miami, FL
"Plastic Monuments", Centro Municipal de Exposiciones Subte, Montevideo, Uruguay.
"Snapshot", Comtemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD.

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

1998 "De Imagenes y Soportes", Palacio Revillagijedo, Gijon, Spain
"Rights of Spring", P·P·O·W, New York, NY
"Seeing Money",
The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

1997 "Objectivity: International Objects of Subjectivity", Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA
"No Small Feat: Investigations of the Shoe in 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", TZ Art & Co., NY

1996 "Domestic Partnerships", Art in General, New York, NY
"Group Hanging", Griffin Linton Gallery, Venice, CA
"Homebodies, La Salle Partners at Nations Bank Plaza, Charlotte, NC
"The Subverted Object", Ubu Gallery, New York, NY
"Changing Places", Metro Tech Center, The Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY
"Restos Humanos", Alejandro Sales Gallery, Barcelona, Spain

1995 "Revisiting the Landscape", California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
"(Unpainted to the Last): Moby Dick in American Art 1940-1990", The Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
USA in Arco, curated by Kevin Consey, Arco, Madrid, Spain

1994 "Body Human", Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
"Trajectories", The Spanish Institute, New York, NY
"Woodworks", Adam Baumgold Fine Art, New York, NY
"The Arabesque", P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1993 "Art/Functional Art", Turbulence, New York, NY

1991 "Dead Heroes, Disfigured Love", curated by Christopher Sweet, Lorence Monk Gallery, New York, NY

1990 "Writ in Water", Solo Press/Solo Gallery, New York, NY
Crown Press, New York, NY

1989 Gothenburg Art Gallery, Sweden
Sundsvalls Museum, Sweden
Sodertalje, Sweden
Studio Exhibition, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY

1988 "Sculpture Inside Outside", Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (Winter 1989, show travels to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX)
Esbo Museum of Art, Helsinki, Finland
Norrkoping Museum of Art, Sweden
"Desire Paths", The Schulman Sculpture Garden, White Plains, New York

1986 "Four Sculptors", P·P·O·W, New York, NY

1985 "57th Between A & D", Holly Solomon Gallery, New York, NY
"East Village at the Centre", Saidye Bronfman Centre, Montreal, Canada, curated by Katya Arnold
"Sculpture, Objects & Related Drawings", Art Palace, New York, NY
"Out of Context", Piccadilly Gallery, catalogue, London, England
New Work, P·P·O·W, New York, NY
"A Brave New World, A New Generation", Udstillingsbygning ved Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, curated by Thomas Solomon; traveled to Lunds Konsthall, Sweden, (Catalog)

1984 "Summer Group Exhibition", P·P·O·W, New York, NY
"Behind The Stacks: 4th Annual Artists Books", Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY


Outdoor Sculptures and Installations

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

2003 "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 "Forest", Metro Tech Center, Public Art Fund, Brooklyn, NY

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

1988 "911", The Schulman Sculpture Garden, White Plains, NY


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, October/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 from "Sense of the Real" Ars 06, Museum of Contemporary Art KIASMA, Helsinki, p.p. 39-45

Olmo, Santiago B. "Winter Journey", Cataloge from "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, reproduction.

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, February 3

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 Martin & 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, Ken. 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, p.13, E5.

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

Faultline. Journal of Art and Literature, Volume V. reproductions, front p. 61, November.

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

Le Millenium, no. 19, “In To - Out Of,” p. 4.

Gannett Newspapers, “Art Scene", p. 14C.

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

Hudson Valley, “Chuckle, Chuckle,”  February

1996 Catalogue. Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, with 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, p. 24

1993 Catalogue, Art/Functional Art, Turbulence, New York, NY.

Catalogue, Parameters: Walter Martin, The Chrysler Museum. Norfolk, VA.

McGreevy, Linda. “Irony and Melancholy Haunt Norfolk Native’s Newest Work,” July.

Van Horn, Virginia. “Martin masters sleight of hand in Chrysler exhibit,” The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, August 22

Annas, Teresa. “Pianos, clocks inhabit artist’s surreal world,” The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, July 17

1991 Levin, Kim, "Choices," The Village Voice, February 20.

Levin, Kim, "Choices," The Village Voice, August 13.

The New Yorker, Soho Galleries, October 21.

Nikkei Art, 1992/6, p. 195

1990 Woodard, Josef, "Space and Matter," The Independent, April 5, p. 30

Freeman, Phylis, review, New Art, p. 130-131

New Art, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, NY, p. 130-131

ARCO '90, Ajoblanco, reproduction, March, p. 45, Spain

"Cajon de Sastre para visitantes de escultura," ABC, p. 128, Spain

1989 Porges, M.F., "The Shape of Reason," Shift, Number 2, San Francisco, CA, Spring

Stern, William, "Sculpture: Inside Outside," Cite, Summer, p. 20

Whitmore, Laura, "Outdoor Exhibition," Sculpture, May/June, p. 14

Sculpture: Inside Outside, essay by Carter Ratcliff, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Rizzoli, NY; pp. 14, 44, 45, 166-173

Taylor, Paul, "Art Object Lessons," House and Garden Magazine, October, p. 68

1988 Levin, Kim, "Choices," The Village Voice, February 23, p. 40

Smith, Roberta, "An Array of Artists, Styles and Trends in Downtown Galleries," The New York Times, Friday, February 26, p. C48

Leigh, Christian, Review, Artforum, May, p. 144

Martin, Mary Abbe, "Strange Things Put on View at Walker Center," Star Tribune, Minneapolis, MN, Sunday, May 22

Maggi, Laura, "A New York, Una Galleria Minimalista," Casa Vogue, Italian, June, p. 138

Brenson, Michael, "Coming to Grips with Sculpture," New York Times, Sunday, June 19, p. 33,41

Martin, Mary Abbe, "Splendor in the Grass",  Artnews, October, p. 126-130

Raynor, Vivien, "Outdoor Sculpture With a Critical Note," The New York Times, Sunday, October 30

McCormick, Carlo, Exhibition Catalogue, Collide-A-Scope: The divergent perspectives of contemporary art's many facets, Galleri OTSO, Norrkopings, Konstmuseum, Goteborgs Konsthall, Sundsvalls Museum, Sodertalje Konsthall

1987 Lathern, Alexia, Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, 108 An East Village Review, March/April

1986 Sichel, Andy. Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, DOWNTOWN, June 18, p.6-7A.

Panicelli, Ida. “Alice in Wonderland (Letter from New York),” NIKE New Art in Europe, July/August/September Issue, p. 75.

Cameron, Dan, Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, Flash Art, October/November Issue, p. 75

APPEARANCES, Number 13, Fall/Winter 1986-87, p. 22

1985 Shannon, Mark. Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, ARTS Magazine, February

1984 Raynor, Vivien. Review of Exhibition at P·P·O·W, The New York Times, Friday, November 30


Lectures Aperture Foundation, New York, NY. Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Carbondale, IL. 
SUNY, New Paltz, NY.  The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA.  School of Visual Arts, New York, NY. Princeton University, Princeton, NJ.  University of Memphis, Memphis, TN. 
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA. UCSB, Santa Barbara, CA. Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AK

Grants and Awards

2007                Received a fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts

1988                P.S.1 Studio Program, Long Island, NY



Collections

University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ
The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
Walker Art Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Miami Museum of Art, Miami, FL
The Hunter Museum of American Art, TN
Museum of Art and Design, New York, NY
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
CAB Centro de Arte Caja de Burgos, Burgos, Spain
Colección Testimonio, La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Aperture Foundation, New York, NY
Museo de la Universidad de Alicante, Spain
Prosegur, S.A., Spain
Ayuntamiento de Pamplona, Spain
Colección Norte,Gobierno de Cantabria, Spain
CAC Málaga, Spain
MTA Arts for Transit, New York, NY
MTA Metro Art, Los Angeles, CA
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
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.