RESUME

About the Artist

Jane Martin was born in Brooklyn and grew up in Huntington, New York. Before graduating Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York, College at Oneonta with a B. A. in Studio Art, she was chosen to participate in a study-abroad program in Tours, France under the direction of Erik Koch, former student of and assistant to abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann. Immersion in this intensive master-student environment and life in another culture with proximity to European art collections became a watershed in her life.  She remained in France for six years, living in the south of France, Lyon, Strasbourg as well as Copenhagen while painting and traveling to European museums.

Exposure to artistically compelling European cinema led her back to New York City where she studied filmmaking at New York University, landing her first job as assistant editor for Al Pacino. Working as a cinematographer and editor, she was hired by Gregory Colbert (‘Ashes and Snow’) to shoot and edit his first film. This led to eight years in Paris in the film and television industry which culminated in her directing and producing the documentary film “Silent Sentries,” filmed in New York, edited in Paris and broadcast on PBS. She then returned to New York City, established an art studio on the lower East Side and returned to painting as a means of creative expression – away from the restrictions of film financing and production.  

With the advent of digital video, in an experiment that involved videotaping a model for a painting she was working on, she discovered the poetry of the ‘moment between moments’ - of a split-second of video - and went on to develop an innovative approach to the medium of video stills.

After nearly 15 years of city life, she moved her home and studio to East Hampton, New York in 2004.  Immersed in nature, she continues to draw on her film/video background as well as the natural habitat in which she lives - while expanding the scope and content of the video stills. She has broadened her work to include photography and video installation – all of which continues to evolve in the context of the surrounding land and sea.

Martin has exhibited her work in museums and galleries in New York City, Miami, Santa Fe, Dallas, Europe and the east end of Long Island, New York, including solo exhibitions at Guild Hall Museum and Islip Art Museum.