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Martin Boyle

Martin Boyle began his education enrolled at Miami University in Oxford, OH, and then transferred to the Cleveland Institute of Art, where he studied printmaking and geometric abstract painting under influential teachers like Carroll Cassill, Ed Mieczkowski, and Julian Stanczak. At Yale graduate school, he learned printmaking from Gabor Peterdi and classical painting from William Bailey, while engaging in discussions on painting 3D space with Al Held. After Yale, he moved to New York City, painted, worked part-time in advertising illustration, and explored architecture at The Cooper Union. He exhibited his work in major cities worldwide and, after 13 years on the East Coast, returned to Cleveland to teach art part-time and create icons for a church. His interest in Greek vases influenced his classical painting style. After teaching design at Case Western Reserve University for six years, he earned a Master’s in Art Education and taught high school art in Boston for a decade before settling in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, to focus on his art.

DEGREES

Case Western Reserve University (CWRU), Cleveland, OH
Master of Arts in Art Education, Licensure Pre K-12, 2010
Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT
Master of Fine Arts, 1978, Major: Painting, Printmaking
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1976, Printmaking, Painting, Photography

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Malden Public Library, Malden, MA, Malden Arts Group Exhibition, 2011
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, Art Studio, Master of Arts in Art Education Exhibition: AnnaArnold & Martin Boyle”, 2010
Galerie Polysemie, Marseille, France, The Gallery’s Artists, 2009
Case Western Reserve U., Cleveland, OH, Faculty Exhibitions, 2004-2010Kendall Gallery, Wellfleet, Cape Cod, MA, Solo Show, 2007
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum, Cleveland OH, Guitar Mania,2004-02
Arden Art Gallery, Boston, MA: Solo Exhibitions, 2003, 1997
Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, MA, 2000
Portals Ltd. Gallery, Chicago, IL: Solo Exhibition, 2000

COLLECTIONS Bank One, Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Hale and Dorr Law Firm, Boston, MA
Herman, Cahn and Schneider Law Firm, Cleveland, OH
Key Bank, Cleveland, OH, Commission: 5 paintings
Leuenberger Und Partner, Basel, Switzerland
Metrohealth Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
Park Synagogue, Cleveland Hts., OH
Progressive Insurance, Mayfield Hts., OH
Scudder, Stevens and Clark, Inc., Investment Counseling, Boston, MA
St. Charles Borromeo Church, Parma, OH Commission: 35 Saint Portraits, Collab., Ken Mots & Eikona Inc. Cleve. OH
St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Berea, OH Commission: 16 paintings, Mysteries of Mary, Collaboration with Eikona Inc., Cleve. OH
Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH, print commission
Thompson, Hine, & Flory Law Firm, Cleveland, OH
University Hospitals, Cleveland, OH, Commission
West Publishing Corporation, Eagan, MN

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