Martin Barooshian
– An American Surrealist (b. 1929)
Master Printer • Master Painter • Teacher • Innovator
Over 50 years of intense creativity and technical finesse have lead down a path of mystery, humor, eroticism, lyricism, line, and color, and into the depths of the subconscious mind. The work invites you to acquire a contemplative spirit and peer into an unpredictable world filled with life affirming surrealist fantasies and joyous abstract design. His works are the permanent collections of numerous leading international museums.
Personal
Born in Chelsea, MA in 1929, MB has lived and studied all over the world: New York, Paris,
the Middle East, and India, to name a few.
Academic
School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
Undergraduate Majors in Painting and Graphic Arts, High Honors
Graduate study in Graphic Arts, High Honors
Tufts University, Somerville, MA • BS in Education
Boston University, Boston, MA • MA in Fine Arts History
New England School of Art
Atelier Gaston Dorfinant and Atelier Jean Pons, Paris, France (for lithography)
Atelier 17 with S.W. Hayter, Paris, France (for etching and engraving)
Study With Indian Artisans through the US IA and the New York State Department of Education travel grant
Professional Summary
• Taught at the university and high school level for over 30 years at such institutions as the School
of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Pratt Institute in NYC.
• Internationally recognized expert in printmaking techniques, American and European Prints
• Swann Gallery Auctioneers’ works on paper expert, authenticator, and appraiser for 10 years
• Lectures and provides demonstrations nationally for professional and community associations
• Listed in Who’s Who in American Art; Allgemeines Kunstler-Lexicon; Library of Congress Catalog
of Prints; Print Reference Sources: A Selected Bibliography: 18th-20th c.
• Society of American Graphic Artists (SAGA); Print Club of Albany; Boston Printmakers
Shows and Collections
Individual Exhibition Highlights
Childs Gallery, Massahusetts Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Canada
Honolulu Academy of Art, Hawaii Boston City Hall, Main Gallery
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire University of New Hampshire
Art Wood Gallery, Massachusetts South Bend Art Center, Indiana
Atelier 7, California The Print Club, Pennsylvania
Gropper Gallery, Massachusetts Attelboro Museum, Massachusetts
AGBU Galleries (3 shows MA, NY, NJ) Art Complex Museum, Massachusetts
Belian Art Center, Michigan Firehouse Gallery, New York
National and International Collective Exhibition Highlights, All Invitational or Juried
Society of American Graphic Artists, New York
Currier Gallery Traveling Print Show, New England
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
International Biennial of Contemporary Color Lithography, Cincinnati Art Museum
Boston Printmakers Traveling Exhibitions
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY (And Associated Traveling Exhibitions US and Europe)
National Academy of Design, NYC
Library of Congress Print Biennial
American Color Print Society, Traveling Exhibition
The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA
International Print Exhibit, Council for Cultural Planning & Development, Rep. of China
U.S. Embassies in Paris, Warsaw, Mexico City
International Asian Invitational to Japan, China, Korea, and Taiwan
Young American Printmakers, Traveling Show, MoMA, NYC -- Europe and Latin America
Traveling Art Guild, exhibition sites throughout North America
Contemporary Miniature Prints Traveling Exhibition, throughout NA
Art Gallery of Ontario Traveling Exhibition, throughout Canada
Monotypes” and “International Miniatures,” Pratt Graphics Center, NYC
USA Graphics Invitational to “6th All-India, International Graphics”, New Delhi
East/West Print Exchange Traveling Exhibition
The Presidents Show, Traveling Exhibition (Spectrum Fine Art, NY and Philadelphia College of Art)
Fogg Museum, Harvard University
Carnegie Center Art Gallery, WA
Award Highlights
Full Tuition Scholarship, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
First Prize in Graphics, Boit Family Summer Competition, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Albert H. Whitin Traveling Fellowship, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Master Teacher Grant, New York State Education Department
Purchase Prize, American Library of Congress
Currier Gallery, Purchase Prize
National Academy of Design, Print Prize
Modern Art Interior Show, Special Mention
Selected Permanent Collections
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
National Gallery of the Arts, Washington, DC
Library of Congress, Washington, DC
New York Public Library, New York
Boston Public Library, Boston
Lincoln Center Museum of the Performing Arts, NY
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canada
National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, India
Museum of Modern Art, Yerevan, Armenia
(Was only Modern Art Museum in USSR)
Rosenwald Private Collection
Currier Gallery of Art, New Hampshire
Art Complex Museum, MA – Weyerhaeuser Family Collection
Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Notre Dame University, Indiana
IMB Corporate Collection
Xerox Corporate Collection
PriceWaterhouseCoopers Collection