About the Artist: Vickie Martin

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UNIVERSAL ARTIST STATEMENT

The Universe has a rhythm and a pattern, being born of both order and chaos. This is the world my work comes from. I begin with an arbitrary composition. Rhythms and patterns form over each other and patterns begin to appear in different sizes. With repeated building up and rubbing off a form begins to develop. While in a responsive dialogue with the page, images appear and disappear. There is not always a beginning or an end. Small intimate details cause the images to shift and it allows a story to be told and a new world explored.

ABOUT VICKIE’S ART

Vickie’s art has been described as a dance of shapes, rhythms and textures. Being the daughter and grand-daughter of piano tuners, using rhythm is natural for her. Collage is added using anything interesting she finds, such as dress patterns, old maps, tissue paper, produce bags and stamps to name a few. A tactile surface is created, using not only paint, but everyday household items, such as salt, coffee, tea and alcohol. Not afraid of experimenting, she has been known to set canvases outside during a storm. The layering of all of this creates a depth, and the more you look at her work, the more unexpected things begin appearing.

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EDUCATION

ABJ, University of Georgia
Spruill Arts Center, Atlanta, Ga. on-going
Art School of Sandy Springs, Atlanta, Ga. on-going

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2009
Solo Show - Sandy Springs Library, Atlanta, Georgia
A night of Arts with the Emerging At Scene at Troy Peerless Lofts
Attractions - a juried show, Atlanta Arts Center
Canvas Project II, group show at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Airport
Celebrating 100 Artists, Artist's Haven, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Kirkwood Fling, Atlanta, Ga.
Lemonade Days, Dunwoody, Ga.
Mayretta Daza, Marietta, Ga.
Staycation in Decatur, in conjunction with The Seen Gallery, Decatur, Ga.

2008
Group Show, Michael Joseph Gallery, Ft. Lauderdale
Transformations, a 2 person show at Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody, Ga.
A Summer Assemblage, Atlanta Collage Society Annual Exhibition, Limetree Gallery, Decatur, Ga.
150 - A Group Show, Gallery Stokes, Atlanta, Ga.
Red, Fine Arts Gallery of Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, Ga. group show
with Women’s Caucus of Art in Georgia
Drawn - A Mixed Media Drawing and Exhibition, Limelight Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Georgia Artists - A Juried Event, Abernathy Arts Gallery, Sandy Springs, Ga.
Dogwood Show, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta, Ga. MERIT AWARD
2008 Spotlight on Artists Invitational Show, Trinity School, Atlanta, Ga.
An Artful Evening for Gilda’s Club, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, Ga.
Command Performance, Kudzu Theater, Roswell, Ga.

2007
Looks Good on Paper, Spruill Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Coming Out, The Forum Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Wish you Were Here, National Collage Society Annual Postcard Show, Art Dialogue
Gallery, Bufflo, NY
8X8 Art Open, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Ill.
Cut That Out, Atlanta Collage Society Annual Exhibition, Limelight Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
Artist Xplosion, Southern Mills Warehouse, Atlanta, Ga.
Art in the Woods, Invitational, Tucker, Ga.
2007 Spotlight on Artist’s Invitational Show, Trinity School, Atlanta, Ga.
Kirkwood Spring Fling, Atlanta, Ga.
Holiday Traditions at Marist, Atlanta, Ga.
Say it or Spray It, Flex Art Space, Atlanta, Ga.
A Charitable Event at the Lowe Gallery, for Georgia Lawyers for the Arts, Atlanta, Ga
Mixed Messages - a 2 person show, Cafe Radial, Atlanta, Ga.
T42, a 2 person show, IntegriTEA, Atlanta, Ga.

2006
Sabra Gallery, SOLO SHOW, Atlanta, Ga.
Up and Coming, Huff Harrington Gallery, HONORABLE MENTION
An Evening of Arts, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
The Shape of Things, a group show with Shadowline Artist Group, The Forum Gallery,
Atlanta, Ga.
V-Day, Neighborhood Playhouse, Decatur, Ga.

2005
Pin Up Show, Museum of Contemporary Art, Atlanta, Ga.
ARTrageous, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Cut, Torn and Pasted, Atlanta Collage Society group show, Limelight Gallery, Atlanta, Ga
Shadowline Group Show, Carlson & Mosley Architects, Atlanta, Ga.

2004
Form and Function, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.
Performance Piece, Grandview Gallery, Atlanta, Ga.

2003
Group Invitational Show, Dekalb Executive Office, Decatur, Ga.

AFFILIATIONS
Atlanta Collage Society, founding member and past-President
Shadowline Artist Group, founding member
National Collage Society
Women’s Caucus of Art, Georgia and National Affiliations
High Museum of Art
Atlanta Artist Center
Spruill Center for the Arts

PUBLICATIONS
Celebrating 100 Artist's
Canvas Project at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Airport
Flourish, a publication of the Atlanta Artist Center

REPRESENTATION
Emerging Art Scene, Atlanta, Ga.
Artist's Haven, Ft. Lauderdale, Ga.