Shows & Awards

2021

  • Dallas Metro Arts Contemporary, Plano, Texas
  • Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
  • VAGF Fresh Start, Frisco, Texas
  • ART214 - Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas
  • ART214 - Oak Cliff Cultural Center Dallas, Texas
  • ART214 - South Dallas Cultural Center Dallas, Texas
  • 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Richardson, Texas

2020

  • Blue House Too, Allen, Texas
  • Coppell Arts Center, Coppell, Texas
  • VALA show, Cotton Mill, McKinney, Texas
  • Fresh Ideas, Visual Art League, Lewisville, Texas
  • 500X.org Hot and Sweaty virtual show, Dallas, Texas
  • Art214 – South Dallas Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas*
  • Art214 – Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas*
  • Art214 – Latino Cultural Center, Dallas, Texas*

*These shows postponed due to Covid-19

  • Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
  • Eisemann Center, Richardson, Texas
  • Plano Art Center, Plano Texas
  • Visual Arts Guild of Frisco, Frisco, Texas

2019

  • Rebecca Low Sculpture Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
  • Filtered, McKinney, Texas
  • The Cotton Mill, McKinney, Texas
  • Visual Arts Guild of Frisco, Frisco, Texas

2018

  • Rebecca Low Sculpture Gallery featured artist, Fort Worth, Texas
  • 125 Show, Eisemann Center, Plano, Texas

2017

  • Texas Sculpture Association Membership Show, Grapevine, Texas
  • Tarrant County College juried show, Hurst, Texas
  • Keller City Hall juried show, Keller, Texas
  • Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • Farmington Museum juried show, Farmington, New Mexico
  • The Center, by invitation, Dallas, Texas

2016

  • Texas Sculpture Association Membership show, Mesquite, Texas
  • ART7 Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas
  • The Grand Theater, Lewisville, Texas
  • Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • 125 Show, PAA Gallery, Plano, Texas
  • Small Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2015

  • SLANT Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • Hecho en Dallas, Dallas, Texas
  • Gallery 550, Addison, Texas
  • Fort Worth Community Arts Center, Fort Worth, Texas

2014

  • The Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
  • Rachel Nash Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • 125 Show Exhibit, Plano, Texas
  • Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
  • Arlington Visual Arts Association Exhibit, Arlington, Texas

2013

  • Oxide Gallery, Denton, Texas
  • Sculptechular 2013, Frisco, Texas
  • Plano Art Association, Plano, Texas
  • Greg Moon Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
  • Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, Texas
  • Texas National, Nacogdoches, Texas
  • 500X EXPO, Dallas, Texas

2012

  • The Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
  • Laura Moore Fine Art Studios, McKinney, Texas
  • MSC Forsyth Center Galleries, College Station, Texas
  • Texas Visual Arts Association Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • Texas Visual Arts Citation Show, Plano, Texas

2005 – 2007

  • THE ARTS Gallery, group show, Plano, Texas
  • Voertman group show, Denton, Texas
  • Continental Lofts Gallery, Dallas, Texas

2000 – 2004

  • IR Gallery, solo show, Dallas, Texas
  • Voertman group show, Denton, Texas
  • Alley Gallery, West Carrolton, Ohio
  • Red River Gallery, group show, Denison, Texas

1998 – 1999

  • Collin College Gallery, group show, Plano, Texas
  • Dallas City Hall, group show, Dallas, Texas
  • Plano Art Centre, solo show, Plano, Texas
  • Plano City Hall, group show, Plano, Texas

Awards

2020

  • Award of Merit for “comfort zone” – Visual Art League of Allen, Allen, TX
  • First Place for “blackleg” – Plano Art Association, Plano, Texas
  • Second Place for “hero”- most innovative use of materials – TJAA/TSA show –
  • Eisemann Center, Richardson, Texas

2019

  • Best in Show for “red,” Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
  • Best in Show for “a stretch,” Visual Art Guild of Frisco, Frisco, Texas

2017

  • Honorable Mention for “caught,” Keller City Hall, Keller, Texas

2016

  • Honorable Mention for “comfort zone”, Texas Sculpture Association Membership show, Mesquite, Texas

2015

  • Best in Show for “reinvention,” Gallery 550, Addison, Texas

2014

  • 1st Place 3-D, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington, Texas
  • 1st Place 3-D, Arlington Visual Arts Association Exhibit, Arlington, Texas

2013

  • 3rd Place, Cohn Drennan Contemporary, Dallas, Texas

2012

  • 2nd Place, The Tower Gallery, Grapevine, Texas
  • Best of Show, MCS Forsyth Center Galleries, College Station, Texas
  • Best of Show, Texas Visual Arts Association Gallery, Dallas, Texas
  • Merchant Award, Texas Visual Arts Citation Show, Plano, Texas

Design Showrooms

  • Muse on Dragon, Dallas, Texas, 1998 – 2000
  • Source Design Studio, Houston, Texas, 2000

Television

  • Style Network, National Television Broadcast on Modern Masters, 2007
  • HGTV, National Television Broadcast on Modern Masters, 2003

Reviews

Cohn Drennan Contemporary, 2013

“Best in show was Nan Martin’s middle torso drawing in black trailing wire, like rhythmic charcoal on disappearing white paper. An interplay of shape and form, shadows and black on white. I have a shot of the buttocks alone that makes me think in a simple complexity of two and three dimensions intermingled in space, like what sculpture is all about.” J.R. Compton, Dallas Arts Revue

Keller City Hall, 2017

“Coated wire formed human titled “caught” by Nan Martin. There is a weight of sorrow with this piece, and ultimately, we think art should make the viewer feel something. Well executed, thought-provoking, balanced, engaging.” Alberto and Mary Tomas with Mary Tomas Gallery, Dallas, Texas

Reviews

texas sculpture association, tower gallery, 2021

"Best use of materials showing movement making a clean statement and illustration of taking a "Big Step." Patricia Bodnyk with Holder Dane Gallery