Dave Martsolf

About

Martsolf is a descriptive surrealist with an unbridled imagination. His work seems at first glance to be literary in content and descriptive. The longer I looked at it, the more convinced I became that his visions were authentic, unique and highly subjective. It is very rare to come across an artist who is apparently unknown, especially one who has such sweeping imagination and the technical skills to give reality to his visions. He appears to be an excellent draftsman, a master of arbitrary space and a colorist of more than ordinary competence. If my judgment is accurate, a new artist may have been discovered. January 27, 1981
Frederick P. Walkey
Director
Metropolitan Museum and Art Centers
Coral Gable, Florida

Location: Windham, United States
Website: http://davemartsolf.com

Work

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

Trees Atlanta 1st Annual National “Trees in Art” Exhibition, Atlanta, GA 2009

On-line Juried Shows

http://Caladangallery.com January 2012 “Reality” Show

http://Projekt30.com December 2008 Juried Show

http://Projekt30.com March 2009 Juried Show

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

Other web sites:

http://galateafineart.com/david-martsolf

http://absolutearts.com/davemartsolf

http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/dave-martsolf.html

http://davemartsolf.com

http://martsolfphotofinearts.com
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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
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