Regarding the Artwork of Dave Martsolf
Events
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
National Juried Shows
Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1977
Ellsworth Gallery, Simsbury, CT, 1978
Greater Fall River Art Association, Fall River, MA, 1978
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1978
North Platte Valley Artist's Guild, Scottsbluff, NE, 1979
Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1980
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, 1982
Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA, 1983
Springfield Art League, Springfield, MA, 1984
Solo Shows
Gallery 33, Concord, NH, 1977
First and Second Unitarian Universalist Church, Boston, MA, 1979
Ainsworth Gallery, Boston, MA, 1979
New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, 1981
New Hampshire College, Manchester, NH, 1984
Galatea Fine Art, Boston, MA, 2012
Awards
Honorable Mention, Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, PA, 1978
Juror's Prize, "UNH Revisited" Alumni Show, Durham, NH, 1981
Best of Show, New Hampshire Arthritis Foundation Annual Art Exhibit, Concord, NH, 1981
Best of Show, New Hampshire Arthritis Foundation Annual Art Exhibit, Concord, NH, 1982
Sawyer Memorial Award for Painting, 38th Annual New Hampshire Art Association Exhibition, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, 1985