John Berggruen Gallery
Enrique Martinez Celaya
Biography
ENRIQUE MARTINEZ CELAYA1964 Born in Cuba
Education
1994 M.F.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
1986 ? 1989 M.S., Quantum Electronics, University of California, Berkeley, California
1982 ? 1986 B.S., Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
1978 ? 1980 Liga de Arte de San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Teaching
2001 Distinguished Visiting Artist, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
1994 ? present Pomona College, Department of Art and Art History, Claremont, California
Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California
1994 University of California, Art Department, Santa Barbara, California
Selected solo exhibitions
2007 Enrique Martinez Celaya, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
2006 Splinter, Return, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Schneebett, Museum der bildenden K?nste Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
2005 Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Works on Paper, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Enrique Mart?nez Celaya, Whale and Star, Delray Beach, Florida*
Shore: "Is today yesterday" (Part II), Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, California
Enrique Mart?nez Celaya: The Photographs, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, Indiana
Shore: "Is today yesterday" (Part I), Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Boy in the Landscape, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Schneebett, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Poetry in Process, CU Art Museum, Boulder, Colorado*
The October Cycle, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Boy (Part II), Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
Boy (Part III), Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2003 October Cycle, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska*
All the Field is Ours, Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, California*
Recent Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Galer?a Nina Menocal, Mexico City, Mexico
2002 Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Griffin Contemporary, Venice, California
Danese Gallery, New York, New York
2001 The Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California
Enrique Mart?nez Celaya, 1992-2000, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii; traveled to the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts
Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
FIAC 2001, Statement Room, Paris, France
2000 Griffin Contemporary, Venice, California
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
Galer?a Ramis Barquet, New York, New York
Pinturas de Merced, Galer?a Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico
1999 Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Griffin Contemporary, Venice, California
ARCO, Cutting Edge, Statement Room, Madrid, Spain
The Field, St. Pancras Chambers, London, United Kingdom
1998 Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
Works on Paper and Poems, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, Colorado; traveled to Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Galerie B?umler, Regensburg, Germany
1997 Redemption, Burnett Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, California Burnett Miller
1996 Tricia Collins, Grand Salon, New York, New York
Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, California
Bronx Museum of the Arts (2), Bronx, New York
1995 Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1994 Black Paintings, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
Selected group exhibitions:
2006 Coming Home, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Akira Ikeda Gallery, Taura, Japan
The Missing Peace, Dalai Lama Portrait Project
Cowboy Junkies, book, Whale and Star, Delray Beach, Florida
Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington
2002 Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2001 Amerika ? Europa: Ein k?nstlerischer Diaolog, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany*
Surrealism in Photography, The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Contemporary Latin American Art, Momus Gallery Tula Art Center, Atlanta, Georgia
2000 Next Wave: New Painting in Southern California, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California
Made in California, 1900-2000, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Representing L.A., Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Material and Ethereal, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, Delaware
1999 Recent Acquisitions, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Peque?o Formato 98.99, Museo de las Americas, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Contemporary Latin American Artists in Los Angeles, Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, California
1998 Galerie T-19, Vienna, Austria
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
National Drawing Invitational, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, New York
Interactions, Montgomery Gallery, Claremont, California
Pulse, Painting Now, Rare Gallery, New York, New York
1997 The Permanent Collection, the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
Andrew Mummery, London, United Kingdom
George Adams Gallery, New York, New York
1996 Drawings: Realism to Abstraction, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Stephen Lacey Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Reed?s Wharf Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Carla Stellweg Gallery, New York, New York
Tricia Collins, Grand Salon, New York, New York
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
1994 Re-Inventing the Avant-Garde: Modernism and the Art of Latin America, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
New American Talent: The Eleventh Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Dorothy Goldeen Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Nature re(contained), Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, California
1994 Lagrange XVIII National Biennial, Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum, Lagrange, Georgia
National Contemporary Painting Exhibition, Cheekwood Museum of Art, Nashville, Tennessee
Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, California
Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas
Texas A & M University Gallery, College Station, Texas
Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1993 Brown County Museum, Brownwood, Texas
Plainview Cultural Arts Council, Plainview, Texas
1992 Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Honors and awards
2002 La Rosa Blanca, Patronato Jos? Mart?
2001 Hirsch Grant
1998 Art Here and Now Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Fellowship
Art Affiliates Award, Most Distinguished Graduate Student, University of California, Santa Barbara, California
1992 ? 1994 Regents Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, California
Selected private collections
The Capital Group, Los Angeles, California
MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada
Microsoft Corporation, Seattle, Washington
Neuberger Berman, New York, New York
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Sammlung Rosenkranz, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung und Privatmuseum Martin Scheuerer, Germany
Selected public collections
Arizona State University Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, New York
The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
Davenport Museum of Art, Davenport, Iowa
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
German Centre of Photography, Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhoff, Berlin, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Ludwig Museum, K?ln, Germany
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Museum of Art, Pomona College, Claremont, California
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California
Neues Stadtmuseum der Stadt Landsberg, Lech, Germany
Oakland Museum of Art of California, Oakland, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
Literature
2005
MOCA announces major 2004 acquisitions. Art Museum Network News, 10 March;
Photography of Celaya, Erickson featured in exhibits. Northwest Indiana News, 30 October;
Mills, Michael. Best local artist. Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 12-18 May;
Farmer, David C. Peek into Cornell's magical dream world: More to see. The Honolulu Advertiser,
6 March;
Mills, Michael. Away from the buzz. Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 7-13 April: 34.
2004
Forck, Gerhard. Schneebett: Eine installation in der Philharmonie. Berliner Philhamoniker Das
Magazin, November/December: 85;
Knott, Marie Luise. K?nstler dieser ausgabe: E. M. Celaya. Le Monde Diplomatique, November;
Turner, Elisa. The prince of darkness. The Herald, 7 March: 3M, 5M;
Damian, Carol. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Art Nexus, No. 53, Vol. 3: 129-130;
Becker, Lisa Tamiris. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya: Poetry in process. Colorado University Art
Museum Bulletin, Volume II: 1(photo), 3;
Rakow, Mary. Looking for a context for Mart?nez Celaya?s work. works + conversations, No. 9,
October:14-19;
Whittaker, Richard. A conversation with Enrique Mart?nez Celaya, Self & beyond self. works +
conversations, No. 9, October: 2-13;
Gilbert, James. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Flaunt, No. 54: 86-89;
Mills, Michael. Black is back. Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 25-31 March: 34;
Schudel, Matt. Layers of meaning. South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 7 March: 14-15;
Voelz Chandler, Mary. Big on medium. Rocky Mountain News, 14 September: 8D, 10D-11D;
Oksenhorn, Stewart. Winter's child. Aspen Times Weekly, 21-22 February;
Marglin, Elizabeth. CU?s ?Poetry in Process? show explores identity. Daily Camera, 26 September:
6D;
Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia. Collectors' haven. Singapore Tatler, Vol. 22, No. 258, March;
Hassebroek, Ashley. Artist, curator collaborate for exhibition now at Sheldon. Omaha World-
Herald, 12 January;
Wagner, Patrice. A curator?s recollection. works + conversations, No. 9, October: 20-21;
People. Aspen Magazine (Spring): 150 (photo);
Turner, Elisa. Critic's pick. The Herald, 20 February: 31;
Mclellan, Marian. The birds. The New Orleans Art Review, March/April: 26-29;
Lorge, Matt. Enrique Martinez Celaya at Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale. WPLG, Channel 10, 18
February (Television);
Visual arts. Riverwalk (Winter/Spring): 46;
Shear, Robin. Good seasons. Eastsider, 26 February: 3;
Russell, Candice. Unseasonably dark. City Link, 25 February: 53.
2003
Genocchio, Benjamin. An ethereal world, explored breath by breath. New York Times: 14WC;
Ollman, Leah. In a silent season. Art in America, May: 132-113;
Douglas, Sarah. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya: All the field is ours. The Art Newspaper, No. 140: 9;
Wolgamott, L. Kent. A premonition of winter. Lincoln Journal Star, 7 December;
Siedell, Daniel A. The October Cycle, 2000-2002. Pages 13-29 in The October Cycle, 2000-2002.
Seattle, Washington: Marquand;
McEvilley, Thomas. Mart?nez Celaya: No Horizon Line. Pages 5-10 in All the Field Is Ours. Santa
Monica, California: Griffin Contemporary;
Rosenberg, Jeremy. Griffin on the move. Art and Auction, November: 161;
Martin, Victoria. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya at Griffin Contemporary. Art Week, No. 10, Vol. 34: 20
(Cover: December 2003 - January 2004);
Rumbaugh, Ed and L. Kent Wolgamott. KZUM's variations on the visual. KZUM, 18 November
(Radio);
Hilsabeck, Erin. Personal events inspire artist's exhibit, speech. Daily Nebraskan, 18 November;
Reed, James. Scene in L.A. Angeleno, December: 104 (photo);
Stibor, William. Live From the Mill. National Public Radio, 21 November (Radio);
Exhibition Highlights of the coming season. Art in America, August;
Continuing and recommended. Art Scene, No. 4, Vol. 23 (December);
Wong-Sutch, Sabina. The art of living. The Peninsula, No. 1, Vol. 1: 34-40;
Scott, Carolyn Patricia. A colorful new Mart?nez Celaya. Los Angeles Times, 18 November: E60;
Wolgamott, L. Kent. Top 10 art shows of 2003. Lincoln Journal Star, 28 December.
2002
Ollman, Leah. Primal emotions evoked in black. Los Angeles Times, 1 November: E27;
Turner, Nancy Kay. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Art Scene, November: 24, 25;
Wolgamott, L. Kent. Art facts. Lincoln Journal Star, 16 June, Section X: 12;
Wolgamott, L. Kent. New directions in contemporary art. Lincoln Journal Star, 9 June, Section X:
6-7;
Cheng, Scarlet. Armory with new arsenal. Los Angeles Times, 11 April: 14-15;
Chattopadhyay, Collette. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya, Orange County Museum of Art. Art Nexus,
No. 44, Vol. 2: 117?118;
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, 19 April;
Bryan, Kathy, Cathy Byrd and Bobbie Leigh. The top hundred collectors in America. Art and
Antiques, March: 90-91;
News & views. Art Nexus, No. 43, Vol. 1: 36, 38.
2001
Breidenbach, Tom. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya, Art Forum, February: 155;
Schoenkopf, Rebecca. Tar baby. OC Weekly, 23-29 November;
Solomon-Godeau, Abigail. Restitutional Fragments. Pages 51-73 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya
1992-2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand;
Merewether, Charles. Departure without Return. Pages 31-47 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya 1992-
2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand;
Fox, Howard N. Interview with Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Pages 77-89 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya
1992-2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand;
Albertini, Rosanna. In the Still of Language. Pages 93-107 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya 1992-
2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand;
Emerick, Judson, and Arden Reed. Commentary. Pages 111-240 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya
1992-2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand;
Ollman, Leah. Insight within arm?s reach. Los Angeles Times, 26 November: F2;
Best buys, Los Angeles Times, 10 November;
Chang, Young. The stages of Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Daily Pilot, 10 November: A8, A13;
Chang, Richard. In pursuit of an epiphany of the heart and mind. Orange County Register, 9
November: 6;
Morse, Marcia. Push and pull. Honolulu Weekly, 26 September - 2 October: 11;
Gail-White, Victoria. Martinez Celaya shifting away from aesthetic choices. The Honolulu
Advertiser, 9 September: E5;
Tswei, Suzanne. Martinez Celaya scraps art education to reinvent painting. Honolulu Star-
Bulletin, Mauka Makai, 26 August: G14-G15;
Heyward, Carl. Art Papers, May/June: 53;
Frank, Peter, Art picks of the week. LA Weekly, 16-22 February: 150;
Rosenberg, Jeremy. The evolution of Enrique. Los Angeles Times, 6 March: F22;
Williams, Eliza. Los Angeles. Zoo Magazine, March: 38.
2000
Tompkins, Calvin. Enrique Martinez Celaya. The New Yorker, 11 December: 26;
Forgacs, Eva. Art Issues, January/February: 49;
Ollman, Leah. Poetry in pictures. Los Angeles Times, 26 May: F21;
Falandysz, Dan. Unbroken poetry: The work of Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. artstar.com, January;
Chattopadhyay, Collette. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya at Griffin Contemporary. Artweek, July/August:
20-21;
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000. Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles
County Museum of Art. (photo);
Merewether, Charles. Breathing the Night Air. Pages 7-9 in Pictures of Mercy: Drafts of a
Landscape. New York, New York: Galeria Ramis Barquet;
Representing LA. Seattle, Washington: The Frye Art Museum. (photo);
Thornburg, Barbara. Latin quarters. Los Angeles Times Magazine, 24 September: 32-35;
Featured work, ions. Noetic Sciences Review, September-December, No. 53: 25;
Fark, Bill. California artists show diversity in museum show. North County Times, 9 June: 3-34;
Pincus, Robert L. Next wave shows the versatility and talent of Southern California artists. The
San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June: 32-33;
Frank, Peter. Gallery picks of the week. LA Weekly, 2-9 June: 152;
Chattopadhyay, Collette. Pages 2-4 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya: Paintings of Mercy. San
Francisco, California: Rena Bransten Gallery;
Bourbon, Matthew. 120 minutes in San Francisco: 4 galleries, NY Arts, May;
Wario, Bertha. Encuentra en pintura respuesta a preguntas. El Norte, Monterrey, M?xico, 26
April;
Hern?ndez, David. De poes?a, pintura y escultura. Diario de Monterey, Monterrey, M?xico, 3 May:
38;
Simblist, Noah. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya at Eyre/Moore. Red Headed Step Child, July: 1-2;
Hall, Emily. New developments: Photo fact and fiction. The Stranger, Seattle, 23 March: 33;
McLean, Clare. Artists as vehicles for their own ideas. www.artaccess.com, March: 8-9;
Fark, Bill. North county artists featured in museum exhibit. North County Times, 2 June: 3, 36;
Knight, Christopher. Catching the 'next wave' of painters. Los Angeles Times, 20 June;
The Stranger, Vol. 9, No. 39, 15-21 June;
Best bets. The Los Angeles Times, 1 June: 5;
Rice, Robin. The center of it all. Philadelphia Citypaper, 30 November ? 7 December.
1999
Ollman, Leah. Art in America, May: 166;
Geer, Suvan. Art Nexus, April-June;
Brodzky, Anne Trueblood. Unbroken Poetry. Pages 9-41 in Unbroken Poetry: The Work of
Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Venice, California: Whale and Star;
Yariv, Amnon. Compassion and Subjectivity (Conversation with Amnon Yariv and Enrique
Mart?nez Celaya). Pages 67-75 in Unbroken Poetry: The Work of Enrique Mart?nez Celaya.
Venice, California: Whale and Star;
Baechler, Donald. Imagery and Process (Conversation with Donald Baechler and Enrique
Mart?nez Celaya). Pages 78-83 in Unbroken Poetry: The Work of Enrique Mart?nez Celaya.
Venice, California: Whale and Star;
Bautista, Susana. The Labyrinth of the Multitude. Los Angeles, California: Luckman Gallery;
Perez, Judy. Art on the fringes. Claremont Courier, 10 April: 9;
Frank, Peter. LA Weekly, 29 October - 4 November;
Browning, Walter. Terminal thoughts. Hampstead and Highgate Express, 5 November;
M.F. Another late arrival. Highbury and Islington Express, 12 November;
Brown, Neal. The Independent, London, 24 October.
1998
Frank, Peter. ArtNews, February: 123;
Is?, Claudine. Visual poetry. Los Angeles Times, 30 October: 30;
Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, 25 December: F-40;
Damian, Carol. Art Nexus, January-March: 132-133;
Frank, Peter. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Pages 33-37 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya: Berlin, The
Fragility of Nearness. Venice, California: William Griffin Editions;
Solomon-Godeau, Abigail. Restitutional Fragments. Pages 39-45 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya:
Berlin, The Fragility of Nearness. Venice, California: William Griffin Editions;
Greenstein, M.A. Why Hegel? (Interview). Pages 73-80 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya: Berlin, The
Fragility of Nearness. Venice, California: William Griffin Editions;
Bockel, Claudia. Er will bewegen, No entertaining! Enrique Martinez Celaya in der Regensburger
Galerie Baumler. Mittelbaycrische Zeitung, Regensburg, Germany, 30 June;
Hein, Helmut. Atemwende oder die welt im kopf. Kultur, Mittelbaycrische Zeitung, 6 August;
Collins, Tricia. Tablet: The work of three poets. Zing Magazine, Winter: 34-138;
Click, Carrie. Sultan, Celaya debut Baldwin?s new space. Aspen Times, 14 February: B14;
Hilty, Dru. Art and features. The Student Life, Pomona College, 30 October: 4;
Brown, T.W. The Argonaut, 14 May: 23;
Perez, Ruiz, and Jose Antonio. Art Nexus, May: 132-133;
Mittelbayerische Zeitung, 28 June: R6;
The guide to art galleries and museums in Southern California. Art Scene, 26 December.
1997
Garc?a Guti?rrez, Enrique. El artista en su laberinto. El Nuevo D?a, Revista Domingo, 21
September: 10-13;
P.Y. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Buzz Weekly (Los Angeles), 31 January - 6 February: 14;
Windhausen, Rodolfo. Arte Latinoamericano. La Prensa, New York, 23 November;
Alvarez Bravo, Armando. El Nuevo Herald (Miami), 2 November: 5E;
Welles, Eleonore. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Art Scene, Vol. 6, No. 7, February;
Alvarez Lezama, Manuel. San Juan Star, 3 October;
Ellerman, Nina. Self-portrait with cup. Pomona College Magazine, Spring: 24-31;
Art Scene, Vol. 16, No. 7, March;
Christopher, Miles. A conversation with Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Artweek, December: 15-17;
Alegre Barrios, Mario. El Nuevo D?a, 2 September.
1996
Schoenkopf, Rebecca. A marriage in blood. OC Weekly (Orange County), 9 August: 25;
Riley, Charles A. The Power of Restraint. Pages 5-13 in Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. New York,
New York: Tricia Collins ? Grand Salon.
1995
Greene, David A. Painting the town. Los Angeles Reader, 29 September;
Pohl, Frances. Mammas, Don?t Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Painters. Pages 5-11 in Lions of
Frosting. Santa Monica, California: Dorothy Goldeen Gallery;
Dupont, Diana. Point, Counterpoint. Santa Barbara, California: Santa Barbara Museum of Art;
Rawlins, Dorrit. Nature re(Contained). Irvine, California: Irvine Fine Arts Center;
Crowder, Joan. A vision with two views. Santa Barbara News Press, 8 December: 7-8.
1994
Von Froemming, Paul. Gifts of love. The Independent (Santa Barbara), 1 December: 58;
Westfall, Stephen. Call and Response. Pages 3-5 in Presents and Proofs. San Francisco,
California: Meridian Gallery and Santa Barbara, California: Ro Snell Gallery;
Crowder, Joan. Drawing the viewers into his personal drama. Santa Barbara News Press, 25
November: 63;
Darling, Michael. The graduate. Scene Magazine (Santa Barbara), 29 April: 23-24;
Jenkins, Steven. An open heart. Artweek, 17 November;
George, Chris. Arts Week: Daily Nexus (Santa Barbara), 19 May: 4;
Callander, Judith. The Independent (Santa Barbara), 19 May: 50.
1993
Darling, Michael. An unusually rich storehouse of ideas. Scene Magazine (Santa Barbara,
California), 20 August;
Alvarez Lezama, Manuel. Exhibit asks viewers to question boundaries. The San Juan Star,
7 April: F11;
Darling, Michael. Viewing works together, Singularly. Santa Barbara News Press, 11 October;
Arte, El Nuevo D?a (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 23 March;
Routte-Gomez, Eneid. The San Juan Star (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 23 March.
1992
Richardson, Derk. Eight days a week. San Francisco Bay Guardian (San Francisco), illustration;
Burkhart, Dorothy. An artist worth being excited about. San Jose Mercury News, 18 March: 7D;
O?Connell, Pam. Arts beat. Billboard: Express (Berkeley), 8 May: 33.
1991
Alegre, Mario. Profuso y c?lido cromatismo en Mart?nez Celaya. El Nuevo D?a (San Juan, Puerto
Rico), 28 June;
Stalks (California) Fall, (photo).
Monographic publications and videos
Lisa Tamiris-Becker, Roald Hoffmann, Enrique Mart?nez Celaya. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya: Poetry
in Process. Boulder, Colorado: CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder. 2004;
Siedell, Daniel A. The October Cycle, 2000-2002. Seattle, Washington: Marquand. 2003;
Jay Jensen (editor), Godeau, Abigail Solomon, Charles Merewether, and Howard Fox. Enrique
Mart?nez Celaya 1992-2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand. 2001;
Kirby, Peter. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya, Studio Days. Venice, California: Media Art Services. 2001;
Brodzky, Anne Trueblood. Unbroken Poetry, The Work of Enrique Martinez Celaya. Venice,
California: Whale and Star. 1999.
Selected exhibition catalogues
McEvilley, Thomas. All the Field is Ours. Santa Monica, California: Griffin Contemporary. 2003;
Barron, Stephanie, Michael Dear, Sherri Bernstein, Howard Fox, and Richard Rodriguez. Made in
California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000. Los Angeles, California: Los Angeles County
Museum of Art. 2003;
Merewether, Charles. Pinturas de Merced. Monterrey, Mexico: Galer?a Ramis Barquet. 2000;
Chattopadhyay, Collette. Paintings of Mercy. San Francisco, California: Rena Bransten Gallery.
2000;
Solomon-Godeau, Abigail, Peter Frank, and M.A. Greenstein. Berlin, The Fragility of Nearness.
Venice, California: Griffin Contemporary. 1999;
Cohen, Stephen. Enrique Mart?nez Celaya, Berlin. Los Angeles, California: Stephen Cohen
Gallery and William Griffin Editions. 1998;
Dupont, Diana. Point, Counterpoint. Santa Barbara, California: Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
1995;
Pohl, Frances. Lions of Frosting. Santa Monica, California: Dorothy Goldeen Gallery. 1995.
Selected public lectures
Berliner Philharmonie [co-sponsored by the Stiftung Berliner Philharmoniker, the Forum Zukunft
Berlin, and the American Academy in Berlin], Berlin, Germany, 2004;
Hixson-Lied College, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, 2003;
New York University, New York, New York, 2003;
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, Massachusetts, 2003;
Modern and Contemporary Council, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California,
2001;
Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California, 2001;
University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2001;
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, SECA Group, San Francisco, California, 2000;
California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California, 2000.
Press
"SCHNEEBETT" AT THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIE AND THE AMERICAN ACADE - "SCHNEEBETT" AT THE BERLINER PHILHARMONIE AND THE AMERICAN ACADE JULY, 2004Artist Works
Sea and Snow
2005
oil and tar on canvas
66 x 72 inches
Boy , 2003
bronze
8 x 5 1/2 x 7 inches
The Fire-Wood
2007
oil and wax on canvas
78 x 100 inches
The Stump
2007
oil and wax on canvas
72 x 66 inches
The Boy Raising His Arm
2007
bronze and muslin
62 x 32 x 9 inches
John Berggruen Gallery | Artist | Enrique Martinez Celaya
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