About Jon


 

Jon deMartin is among the leading figurative artists working today and has taught life drawing and painting for more than twenty-years at the most prestigious academies and ateliers in the country.  Among them are the Arts Students League, the New York Academy of Art, the Grand Central Academy of Art, the Janus Collaborative School of Art, Studio Incamminati, and the Parsons School of Design.  He has exhibited at Hirschl & Adler Galleries, the John Pence gallery, the Arnot Museum, the Butler Institute of American Art, the Florence Griswald Museum, and the Beijing World Art Museum, featured in the exhibit ‘Contemporary American Realism’.

He grew up in Wilmington, Delaware and later moved to New York where he graduated from Pratt Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Filmmaking.  He subsequently enrolled at the Art Students League, and also studied privately with Michael Aviano.  He currently lives in White Plains and teaches in his studio in Port Chester, New York.

Jon’s work has been reproduced in publications such as ‘The Classicist’, Classical Drawing Atelier’, ‘Lessons in Classical Drawing’, Watson-Guptil Publications. ‘Star Wars Art: Visions’, (Abrams Publication), and the ‘Classical Life Studio: Lessons & Teachings in the Art of Figure Drawing’, Sterling Publications.  He has written and illustrated over twenty-five articles on classical figure drawing technique for ‘Drawing Magazine’.

In his paintings, Jon concentrates on the figure placed in outdoor and interior situations, as well as portraits and industrial landscapes. 

Curriculum Vitate

2020
The Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
History of Drawing Techniques–Life Figure Drawing

2019  
Arts Students League, New York, NY
Life Figure Drawing

2015
Chelsea Classical Studio-School of Fine Art , New York
Life Darwing

2004–2015             
PARSONS The New School for Design, New York
Designed and taught the following courses: Drawing Fundamentals 1, Drawing Fundamentals 2, Drawing Studio 1, Drawing Studio 2: Drawing Analysis

2001–2008        
The Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Designed and taught the following courses: Life Drawing 1, 2, 
Figure Painting 1,2,3

1991–2006        
The Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Designed and taught the following courses: Structural Drawing, Drawing from the Plaster Cast, Figure Drawing 1, 2,3,4, Figure Painting 1,2,3

2006–2013              
Studio Incamminati, Philadelphia, PA
Designed and taught the following courses: Drawing from the Plaster Cast, Figure Drawing 1, 2,3,4 Lecturer on Composition, Anatomy and Life Drawing.

2008–present    
Art Students League of New York, New York, NY
Taught the following courses: Life Drawing and Life Painting

2008–2014              
Janus Collaborative School of Art, New York, NY
Guest Instructor of Life Drawing and Painting

2006–present    
Grand Central Academy of Art, New York, NY
Instructor of Life Drawing for the evening program

1992–present    
Port Chester Atelier, Port Chester, NY
Instructor of Life Drawing Life Painting


Instructor of Drawing and Painting (Workshops)

2008            
Colorado School of Classical Art
, Boulder, Colorado
Designed and taught: Life Drawing

2008-2016        
Studio Incamminati
, Philadelphia, PA
Designed and taught: Life Drawing

2008-present    
Grand Central Academy of Art
, New York, NY
Designed and taught: Figure Drawing and Figure Painting

2007-present    
Bay Area Classical Atelier
, Belmont, CA
Designed and taught: Figure Drawing and Figure Painting

2001-2002        
Rye Arts Center
, Rye, New York
Designed and taught: Still Life Painting, Figure Drawing and Portrait Painting

2009     
Institute of Classical Architecture,
 New York
Designed and taught: Structural Drawing & Perspective

2009, 2010        
PARSONS The New School for Design, New York
Designed and taught: Paraline Drawing Workshops, Anatomy Workshop

2009–2011        
Long Island Academy of Fine Art, New York
Designed and taught: Figure Drawing

2001–2008        
The Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, Connecticut
Designed and taught the following workshops: Life Drawing

2002–2004        
Studio 126, New York
Designed and taught: Life Drawing

1991–2006        
The Graduate School of Figurative Art of the New York Academy of Art, New York, NY
Designed and taught the following workshops: Drawing from the Plaster Cast, Figure Drawing, and Figure Painting

2001–2012         
Woodstock School of Fine Art, Woodstock New York
Designed and taught the following workshops: Life Drawing

2008, 2009, 2016                 
GAGE Academy, Seattle, Washington
Designed and taught the following workshops: Life Drawing

2008            
Artists Studio in the Foothills, Grass Valley, CA
Designed and taught the following workshop: Figure Drawing

2009, 2010        
Landscape Painting, Umbria, Italy
Designed and taught the following workshops: Landscape Painting


Services to Museums

2003             
THE DAHESH MUSEUM OF ARTGuest Lecturer on Charles Bargue:   The Art of Drawing

Awards 2007    
American Artist ‘The Contemporary Portrait’
Award of Distinction by Stephen Doherty

Awards 2009    
ARC Drawing 

Awards 1980  
Arts Students League Life Drawing (permanent collection)


Exhibitions

2019
11th Street Gallery, Long Island City; The Red Show

2019
Robert Simon Fine Art, New York City; Artists Painting Artists

2019
Phyllis Harriman Gallery, Arts Students League faculty Show

2018            
Florence Academy, Drawings, Jersey City, New Jersey

2018            
GALLERY 1261, Legacy, Denver, CO

2017            
TRANSMORGRIFICATION, Long Island City, NY

2017           
STANEK GALLERY, Philadelphis, PA

2016

LACUNA GALLERIES, Santa Fe, NM; City Scapes     

2015            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA; Figure, Interiors        

2015            
ELEVENTH STREET ARTS, Grand Central Atelier, NY; The Nude

2015            
LACUNA GALLERIES, Sante Fe , New Mexico– A Group Exhibit 

2014            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA; Citycapes            

2013            
SR BRENNAN GALLERY,  Santa Fe, New Mexico
Studio Incamminati–A Group Exhibit                    

JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA    
Urban Landscapes        

 JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA    
The Figure               

2012            
BEIJING WORLD ART MUSEUM, Beijing China Contemporary American Realism                    

2011            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA
Premier American Realists

THE BUTLER MUSEUM, Youngstown, OH,
Contemporary American Realism

2012            
DR. GEOFFREY YEH ART GALLERY 
(at Saint Johns University, Queens, NY) 
Expressing the Figure: Drawings from Life
        

2011            
FONTBONNE UNIVERSITY FINE ARTS GALLERY, St. Louis, MO
The Figure Now/Exhibition 2011 International Contemporary Drawing Juried Exhibition

2011            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA Premier American Realists

2010            
BEARDSLEY GALLERY,
 Wilton, CT, Espirit de Femme

2010            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA The Human Figure

2010            
THE UNION LEAGUE OF PHILADELPHIA
, Philadelphia, PA Studio Incamminati Artists Auction benefiting the Abraham Lincoln Foundation   

2009            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA Drawings

2009             
BUCKS GALLERY OF FINE ART, Newtown, PA First Annual Artists of Studio Incamminati Exhibition

2008            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA Summer in San Francisco

2007            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA Summer in San Francisco

2006            
SALON 2006 
  Recent work by the Faculty and Alumni of the New York Academy of Art

2006            
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART
, New York, NY Summer Exhibition

2005            
CENTURY GALLERY
, Alexandria, VA Regional Realists

2005             
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA Interiors

2005             
CHAUNCY STILLMAN GALLERY
, Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT   Half & Half

2005             
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, Summer in San Francisco

2005             
ARNOT MUSEUM
, Elmira, NY Faculty of Lyme Academy

2005             
CHAUNCY STILLMAN GALLERY
, Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Old Lyme, CT   Faculty Recent Work

2004             
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, Allegories

2004            
CENTURY GALLERY
, Alexandria, VA Classical Realists

2004            
APEX GALLERY
, Washington, DC Realism Today

2004            
RYE ART MUSEUM
, Rye, New York   The Contemporary Portrait

2004            
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART
, New York, NY Faculty


Exhibition 

2004             
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, Trompe L’oeil

2004                      
FLORENCE GRISWALD MUSEUM, Old Lyme, CT Christmas Exhibition

2003            
HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERY, New York Celebrating Central Park1853–

2003             
CENTURY GALLERY
, Alexandria, VATrompe L’oeil interpretations

2003            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA   The Nude

2003            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA   Self-Portraits 

2002            
CAMERON MUSEUM
, Wilmington, North Carolina, Classical Artists Exhibition 

2002            
JOHN PENCE GALLERY
, San Francisco, CA   Epic Still Lifes 

2001            
KNOEDLER & COMPANY
, New York,  New York Drawing Exhibition 

2000            
HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERY, New York   Classism Now

1997            
ALBRIGHT KNOX MUSEUM, New YorkDrawn from the Academy

1996                
FORDHAM UNIVERSITY AT LINCOLN CENTER, New York  
New York Academy Faculty Exhibit

1994–2006        
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY   T
ake Home a Nude

2003            
HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERY, New York Celebrating Central Park1853–2003

1998–2006        
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FIGURATIVE ART OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY
Take Home a Nude

1990            
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, Manhattanville, New York
Take Home a Nude


Solo Shows

2012        
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA             

2000        
THE CLASSICAL GALLERY
, Alexandria, VA Of this Time, of That Place


Selected Bibliography

  • Aristides, Juliette, Lessons in Classical Drawing:Essential Techniques from Inside the Atelier , Watson-Guptill Publications, 2011.

  • Rinzler, Jonathan and Lucas, George, Star Wars Art: Visions, Abrams, 2010. Jon deMartin 

  • McElhinney, James, Classical Life Drawing Studio: Lessons & Teachings in the Art of Figure Drawing (The Art Students League of New York), Sterling Publications, 2010.

  • Aristides, Juliette, Classical Drawing Atelier, Watson-Guptill Publications, 2007.

  • Doherty, M. Stephen, “Drawing Workshops to Improve Paintings,” American Artist Workshop, Summer 2006, pages 50–67

  • Rice,Pierce, Drawing from the Antique  The Classicist 1995

  • deMartin, Jon, American Artist Drawing Magazine, Contributing Author for “Drawing Fundementals”, 2009–present


Selected Exhibition Catalogs

2000        
HIRSCHL & ADLER GALLERY, New York   Classism Now

2009        
ART RENEWAL CENTER International 2009 ARC Salon

2004        
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Allegories

2003        
OHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Self Portraits

2003        
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Exposed: The Nude

1999        
JOHN PENCE GALLERY, San Francisco, CA Drawings


Education

1978        
PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY

1985        
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS, New York, NY

1979–83    
ARTS STUDENTS LEAGUE, New York, NY

1979–87    
MICHAEL AVIANO, New York, NY

1987–89    
THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF ART, New York, NY