Regarding the Artwork of Dave Martsolf
Events and Press
2019 March - Paradise City Arts Festival, March 22-24, 2019 at the Royal Plaza Convention Center in Marlborough, MA. See you there!
2019 February - Solo show at Gallery Z's Cafe Gallery, plus participation in Gallery Z's "All Things Red" Group Show. Gallery Z, Lowell, MA.
2019 January - Solo show at the Parish Center for the Arts in Westford, MA where 3 pieces were sold. Also participated in the "Fantasy Worlds and Mystical Beasts" group show at Gallery Z in Lowell, MA.
2018 - Dave will have smaller works for sale in three galleries in Lowell, MA for the holiday season. The galleries are the Arts League of Lowell, The Brush Art Gallery, and Gallery Z.
2018 - "The Ecstasy" was included in Arts Worcester's "A Matter of Perspective" show at the Aurora Gallery in Worcester, MA.
2018 - Dave has been juried into the Paradise City Arts Festival to take place March 22-24, 2019. See you there!
2018 - Martsolf received a Capsule Review in the May issue of Artscope magazine, and an interview in July with the Boston Voyager on-line newspaper. He also gave a 1-hour presentation for Methuen Community TV on his artwork that is still available in their website series "Artist in the Studio".
2018 - Martsolf had a solo show at Gallery Z in Lowell, MA and participated in many Lowell art shows, winning awards at several. He also participated in the Los Angeles Center for Digital Art's Electron Salon show, January, 2018.
2018 - Martsolf was named Artist of the Month by the ArtList.com.
2017 - Martsolf was been included in 4 online exhibitions in 2017. Details are on the Home page.
2016 - Dave Martsolf is now represented by an exclusive on-line gallery as one of eleven major contemporary artists. You can view his work at the Vertex Art Gallery.
2015 - Martsolf works on "Topology 101" a large oil canvas that explores
the dual nature of surfaces in the universe.
2014 - Martsolf creates a large wood sculpture titled "Intimacy".
2013 - Martsolf begins explorations in 3D space using wood art scuptures and construction models as guides for future large scale outdoor installations.
August 2012 - New England Collective III at Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA.
May 2012 - Zine Show at LAP Gallery, Waltham, MA.
January 2012 - Unbridled Imagination Solo Show
Galatea Fine Art, 460B Harrison Ave., B-6, Boston, MA 02118
Reviewed by Artscope Magazine's Jan 5, 2012 E-mail Blast! publication
"When realism and surrealism collide, you get Dave Martsolf. He has the skills and trained hand to make his paintings graphic and true to life, which he pairs with his theoretical, conceptual imagination. It is not very often that we come across an artist so grounded yet so fanciful, all in the same instance.
Martsolf's work is fresh and original. He takes the everyday and ventures with it into the unknown, a journey that results in his astonishing art. Even some of his most far-fetched pieces posses an aura of sanity and organization, dispelling any notion of the irrational or unconscious typically associated with surrealism."
Also Reviewed by Artscope Magazine Jan-Feb 2012 Edition
Capsule Previews
Galatea Fine Art starts 2012 with three exhibitions intended to get you thinking. “David Martsolf: Unbridled Imagination” is a visual, watercolor-painted pendulum ride swinging between Realism and Surrealism. After making a name for himself as an artist to watch in the 1980s, Martsolf’s been a digital imagery pioneer for the personal computer generation — his work includes making screensavers for the Damsel Software Group. He’s escaped the vortex to return to the artistic style that had him labeled “an excellent draftsman, a master of arbitrary space and a colorist of more than ordinary competence.”
December 2011 - Holiday Group Show
Lynn Arts Center, 25 Exchange St., Lynn, MA
December 1-29, 2011 - Small (er) Works and other offerings Group Show
Galatea Fine Art, 460B Harrison Ave., B-6, Boston, MA 02118
July 2009 - 4' x 6' oil painting "Surface Tension" installed in retail space window fronting Washington Street, Boston, a major retail thoroughfare of the city.
July 2009 - 5'x 4' oil painting "Ferris Wheel" installed in entryway foyer of ArtMarket Gallery, Boston, MA.
Other Exhibitions 2009
Water: A National Juried Photography Exhibition - Photoplace Gallery, Middlebury, VT
July-August 2009
Downtown Crossing Juried Art Competition - ArtMarket Gallery, Boston, MA, June 2009
Small Works '09 Juried Exhibition - Experimental Art Gallery, Salem, MA, June 2009
Trees Atlanta - Trees in Art Exhibit - Atlanta, GA, May 2009
Group Show - Gale Library Annual Art Exhibition - Newton, NH, April 2009
Projekt30.com on-line juried exhibition, March 2009
Projekt30.com on-line juried exhibition, December 2008
Past Biography, Education, Shows and Awards
Dave Martsolf was born in 1949 in Manhattan, Kansas, lived his early life in western Pennsylvania, and moved to New Hampshire at the age of 12, where he has lived ever since.
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1967 - 1970 Architecture
University of New Hampshire 1970 - 1973 Fine Arts, Art History
University of New Hampshire 1983 - 1985 Bachelor of Arts in the Arts
Solo Shows
Gallery Z, Lowell, MA, 2019
Parish Center for the Arts, Westford, MA, 2019
Gallery Z, Lowell, MA, 2018
Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA, 2012
New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, 1984
Gallery 33, Concord, NH, 1977
Awards
1st Prize, “From All Sides”, Arts League of Lowell, MA, 2018
Certificate of Excellence, Artavita.com’s 26th
On-line Art Contest, 2018
People’s Choice Award, “Honoring Gaia”, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA, 2018
Grand Prize, The Art List’s on-line Artist of the Month Contest, 2018
Certificate of Excellence, Artavita.com’s 24th On-line Art Contest, 2017
Sawyer Memorial Award for Painting, 38th Annual New Hampshire Art Association Exhibition, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, 1985
Best of Show, New Hampshire Arthritis Foundation Annual Art Exhibit, Concord, NH, 1982
Best of Show, New Hampshire Arthritis Foundation Annual Art Exhibit, Concord, NH, 1981
Juror's Prize, "UNH Revisited" Alumni Show, Durham, NH, 1981
Honorable Mention, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1978
National Juried Shows
Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA, 1984
Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA, 1983
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1982
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1980
North Platte Valley Artist's Guild, Scottsbluff, NE, 1979
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1978
Greater Fall River Art Association, Fall River, MA, 1978
Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1978
Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1977
Regional Group Shows
“All Things Red”, Gallery Z,
Lowell, MA, February 2019
“Fantasy Worlds & Mystical Beasts”, Gallery Z, Lowell, MA, January 2019
“2018 Annual Member’s Exhibition”, The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA, Lowell, Dec
2018
“100 and Below”, Arts League of Lowell, MA, December 2018
“The Twelve Days of Christmas”, Gallery Z, Lowell, MA, December 2018
“A Matter of Perspective”, Arts
Worcester, Worcester, MA, October 2018
"Variationsin Size”, Arts League of Lowell, MA, August 2018
“Artist Co-op Exhibition”, Gallery Z, Lowell, MA,
July 2018
“New England Group Show”, Arts League of Lowell, MA,
July 2018
“From All Sides”, Arts League of Lowell, MA, May-June 2018
“Take Back the Night”, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA, April 2018
“Looking for America”, Gallery Z, Lowell, MA, March
2018
“Four for Education”, The Brush Gallery, Lowell, MA, March 2018
“Honoring Gaia”, Arts League of Lowell, Lowell, MA, March 2018
“NE Collective III”, Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA, August 2012
The LAP Gallery “Zines Show”, Waltham, MA, May 2012
Artmarket Gallery & Exhibitions – Juried Show – Boston, MA, June 2009
Experimental Art Gallery – Juried Show – Salem, MA, June 2009
Trees Atlanta - Trees in Art Exhibit - Atlanta, GA, May 2009
Group Show - Gale Library Annual Art Exhibition - Newton, NH, April 2009