2005
Strands and Pathways, Baldwin Gallery, New Haven, CT

2004
Martha Russo: Sculpture 10 years, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

2003
Ambient Lux, Carson Masuoka Gallery, Denver, CO

2001
ana: curious collections, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

2000
strands.pathways.gravity, Market Street Gallery, Denver, CO

1999
RMCAD Invitational, Steele Gallery, Denver, CO
dissilient, Shwayder Gallery, Denver, CO

1998
Primo, Drive-Up Gallery, Denver, CO

1997
Fundus, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO

1992
Frozen Moments, Dudley Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

selected group exhibitions

2009
Continental Divide, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
Polifacetica: Etnografia Grafica, French Embassy, Polanco, Mexico; traveled to Oaxaca, Mexico, and Medellin, Colombia.
Signs of Globalization, Universidad of San Carlos, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Gaza: Mirroring War, Galeria Zapata, Oaxaca, Mexico
Contra La Guerra, Galería Tinoco y Palacios, Oaxaca, Mexico
Colorado Abstract: Painting and Sculpture, Center for Visual Art, Denver, CO
Colorado Art Open 2009, Foothill Art Center, Golden, CO

2008
Art and Social Change: Land, Culture, and Memory, Al-Kahf Gallery, The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine
Post Tracattus, Bliblioteca Publica del Banco de la Republica, Leticia, Colombia; traveled to Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Amazonia, Leticia, Colombia; Sala De Exposiciones Orellana, Biblioteca , Leticia, Colombia; Universidad del Estado del Amazonas UEA Brasil, Tabatinga, Brazil; Sala De Exposiciones Amazons, Tabatinga, Brazil; Museo De Arte Contemporaneo, Sede, Bogota; and Sala Iquitos, Universidad Nacional Del Peru, Estado Loreto, Peru.
Centers and Borders: From ABC to XYZ, XYZ Gallery and Black Bridge Art Gallery, Bejing, China
Contra la Guerra, Academia de San Carlos, Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, and La Galería Tinoco y Palacios, Oaxaca, Mexico

2007
Talent Show, Allan Stone Gallery, New York, NY
Better, The Lab at Belmar, Lakewood, CO
De-constructing War, Oaxacan Graphis Design Institute, Oaxaca, Mexico; and Gallery 1 and Gallery 2, Academia de San Carlos, Mexico City, Mexico
Centers and Borders, Gallery of the School of Fine Arts, Yinchaun, China; and Ningxia Exhibition Center, Yinchaun, China

2006
Best Of Colorado, Denver International Airport, Denver, CO
Visual Representations of Artists for Peace, Khalil Al Sakini Cultural Center,
Ramallah, Palestine
De-constructing War, Al Kahf Gallery, Bethlehem, Palestine
Things of Nature: Nature of Things, Denver Student Arts League, Denver, CO

2005
Day of the Dead, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NM

2004
Post Paradise, Governor’s Palace, Tlaxcala, Mexico
Love4Sale, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO
The Spiritual in Art, Bordas Casa de Cultura, Tasco, Mexico
The Discourse of Others, Salon de Artes Plasticas, Mexico City, Mexico
Common Wounds, The International Center of Bethlehem, Bethlehem, Palestine

2003
A View from Denver, Henan University, Henan Province, Peoples Republic of China
Memories and Death, Taxco Cultural Center, Taxco, Mexico
Death and Other Exits, Tlaxcala Governor’s Palace, Tlaxcala, Mexico
After the Fall, Casa de La Cultura, Oaxaca, Mexico
Colorado Biennial 10 +10, The Museum of Contemporary Art/ Denver, Denver, CO
Arte Ecologia: On the Social Ecology of Place, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO

2002
Dreams and Dream Makers, Escuela National de Artes Plasticas, Xochimilco, Mexico
Friends of RMCAD Sculpture, Philip J. Steele Annex Gallery, Denver, CO
Muerte y Memori, Galeria Rufino Tamayo, Oaxaca, Mexico
Fort Collins Biennial, FT. Collins Contemporary Museum, Ft. Collins, CO
Synapse, Gallery Corriente Alterna, Lima, Peru
Womens’ Workings, University of Minnesota, Morris, MN
Clay + Clay +, Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO
North American Sculpture Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
Contemporary Colorado, Taylor Museum, Colorado Springs, CO
Muerte sin Fronteras, Givens Institute, Aspen, CO

2001
Art and Ecology, CMC Art Gallery, Glenwood Springs, CO
Faculty Exhibition, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
Meurte sin Fronteras, Merida, Mexico
Colorado Clay Exhibition, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
Summer Stock, Ron Judish Gallery, Denver, CO

2000
Faculty Exhibition, Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, CO
Edge Invitational, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
Clay: The Ultimate Chameleon, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Denver, CO
Pirate Invitational, Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
Inflection of Style, Market Street Gallery, Denver, CO

1999
Master Teachers/Master Students, BGSU Gallery, Bowling Green, OH
Contemporary Colorado, The Art Center, Grand Junction, CO

1998
Juried* Exhibition^2, Gallery 251, Fort Collins, CO
Investigations, Changing Space Theater, Denver, CO
Colorado Wyoming Biennial, One West Art Center, Fort Collins, CO

1997
16th Hoyt National Art Show, Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, New Castle, PA
Wall Forms, The Maine Artist’s Space, Danforth Gallery, Portland, MA
Gilpin County Arts Annual Show, GCAA Gallery, Central City, CO
Clay on the Wall: Third National Ceramic Exhibition, Texas Tech University, TX
NCECA Clay National Show, Barrick Museum, Las Vegas, NV

1996
Ceramic Forms, Indiana University Southeast, New Albany, IN
New Voices, California State University, Chico, CA

1995
Poised, MFA thesis show, CU Art Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Feats of Clay VIII, Lincoln Arts, Lincoln, CA
Third Graduate Student Exhibition, Habatat/Shaw Gallery, Pontiac, MI
Arbor Vitae, Edge Gallery, Denver, CO
Artists On Their Own, Jane Hartsook Gallery, Greenwich House, NY, NY
On and Off the Wall, Boulder Artists Gallery, Boulder, CO

1994
popliteal, Dudley Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
you take mine, I take yours, CMA Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1993
Inside and Out, UMC Gallery, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

1992
Clay Diner, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1991
The Last Waltz, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1990
Garden Show, Toshiko Takaezu's residence, Quakertown, NJ

1989
Ceramic Sculptures, Lucas Gallery, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

selected teaching experience

1996 to present
Sculpture Professor, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, CO

1994 to 1996
Ceramics and Sculpture Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

1991 to 1992
Assistant Ceramics Instructor, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1991 to 1992
Ceramics Instructor, Art Association, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

1988 to 1991
Assistant Ceramics Instructor, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

awards and grants

2009
Best of Exhibition, Open Colorado, Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO

2002
Arts and Humanity Assembly of Boulder Visual Artist Award, Boulder, CO
Merit Award, Colorado Contemporary, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, CO

2001
Colorado Council for the Arts Artist Fellowship Grant, Denver, CO
Kay and Ralph Johnson Award for Third Best in Show, Colorado Clay Exhibition

1997
Honorable Mention in Sculpture, 16th Hoyt National Art Show, Newcastle, PA

1995
Best of Show, Feats of Clay VIII, Lincoln, CA
Dean's Small Grant Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

1993-94
Graduate Assistantship, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

selected publications

Gallery & Studio, New York, 2007.
Ceramic Review, London, England, 2007.
Art Across America:Denver, Architectural Digest, New York, 2003.
Muerte y Memoria: imagines de Colorado, Tiempo de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2002.
Compartie la muerte y el muerto con ustedes, Rotativo, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2002.
Muerte y Memoria, Voz e Imagen De Oaxaca Noticiaas, Oaxaca, Mexico, 2002.
North American Sculpture Exhibition Catalogue, Foothills Arts Center, Golden, CO, 2002.
Contemporary Clay: Master Teachers/Master Students Catalogue, Fine Arts Center Galleries, Bowling Green, OH, 1999.
National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts Catalogue, Las Vegas, NV, 1997.

Chandler, M.V., 2009. "Colorado Art Open is Literally All Over The Map," denvertimes.com, 10
April 2009.
Chandler, M.V., 2003.  "‘Lux’ Looms Large at Gallery," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 11 July 2003.
Chandler, M.V., 2003. "Star Power," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 6 June 2003.
Chandler, M.V., 2001. "Clay Returns After Dry Spell," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 6 April 2001.
Chandler, M.V., 2000. "Infections of Style," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), 2000.
Chandler, M.V., 1999. "Artists Exude Vitality," Rocky Mountain News (Denver), July 1999.
de la Rosa, A., 2006. "BmoCA’s Artistic Dessert," The Daily Camera (Boulder), 19 March 2006.
Ditmer, J., 2001. "Clay Comes Alive at Foothills," The Denver Post, 4 May 2001.
Gluckstern, J., 2003. "Selection Process Makes Interesting Biennial at MCA," The Daily Camera (Boulder), 2003.
Gluckstern, J., 2003. "Lipski’s Aesthetic Colors Sculpture Exhibit in Golden," The Daily Camera (Boulder), 2002.
Grearson, J., 2008. American Ceramics, New York, 2008.
Grearson, J., 2006. "Boulder, Colorado: Martha Russo, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art," Sculpture 25(9):71.
Grearson, J., 2005. "Martha Russo: Creating nomos," Ceramics Art & Perception 62:62-64.
Hazlehurst, J., 2004. "Artbreak: Re-absorbable," Colorado Springs Independent, 27 May 2004.
MacMillan, K., 2009. "Art show strikes a happy medium in quantity, quality," The Denver Post, 10
April 2009.
MacMillan, K., 2003. " ‘nomos’ Grabs Viewer at Carson Show," The Denver Post, 22 August 2003.
MacMillan, K., 2003. "Exhibit Shines Spotlight on Contemporary Art," The Denver Post, 5 June 2003.
Paglia, M., and Chandler, M.V., 2009. Colorado Abstract: Painting and Sculpture, Fresco Fine Art Publications, Albuquerque, NM.
Paglia, M., 2003. "Summer Breaks," Westword (Denver), 24 July 2003.
Paglia, M., 2003. "Risk Management, Westword (Denver), 12 June 2003.
Paglia, M., 2001. "Thermo-dynamics," Westword (Denver), 3 May 2001.
Paglia, M., 2000. "Art Beat," Westword (Denver), 6 April 2000.

visiting artist

2008
Red Rocks Community College, Golden, CO
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ
Ilam School, Christchurch, NZ

2007
Can Serrat, Barcelona, Spain

2005
Hopkins School, New Haven, CT
Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO

2004
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY

2003
University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO

2002
Metro State College, Denver, CO

2000
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

1997
Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA

1996
University of California, Chico State, CA

memberships and affliliations

Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Board Member and Vice-President, Boulder, CO
Museum of Contemporary Art, Teaching Member, Denver, CO
International Sculpture Center, Member of the Society
National Council for the Education of Ceramic Arts
University of Colorado Fine Arts Alumni Advisory Board, Boulder, CO
University of Colorado, Artnauts collective, Boulder, CO
Jamestown Art Council, Jamestown, CO

juror

2007
Lakewood Artists, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO

2006
Open Studios, Boulder, CO

2004
Obsessive Pleasures, Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood, CO

2003
Jamestown Art Council, Annual Show, Jamestown, CO

2001
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Student show, Denver, CO

2000
Gilpin County Arts Show, Center City, CO


selected public collections

Henan University, Henan Province, Peoples Republic of China

Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design, Lakewood, CO