New York based painter and sculptor Martz has lived in New York, Los Angeles and London and has created and exhibited raw expressionist paintings and papier-mache sculpture inspired by the subway passengers he encounters in each city. He collaborated with French modern master Jean Dubuffet (the founder of art brut) on Martz's critically acclaimed avant-garde contemporary classical symphony entitled The Pillory.

 

Jasun Martz studied at the University of California, Los Angeles; New York University; California State University, Northridge; Art Center College of Design and graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelors degree in the arts.

 

Selected exhibition history:

   * Harlem Art Project (group) Saatchi & Saatchi New York City, New York December, 2003

   * In Dim Light (solo) A five year retrospective SPA New York City, New York October 2002

 

   * Oblivious (solo) Gallery @ 135 New York City, New York March 13 - April 1, 2001

 

   * Under the Asphalt (solo) Siberia Gallery New York City, New York July 21 - August 20, 2000

 

   * Faces in the Dark (solo) Sash Gallery Glen Ridge, New Jersey, September 7 - October 30, 1999

 

   * About Face (group) Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery Los Angeles, California July 10 - September 1, 1996

 

   * Under (solo) LCA/LA Galleries Los Angeles, California 1994

 

   * Underground (solo) LAM Gallery London, England 1986