Daria Martin (born 1973) is a contemporary American artist and filmmaker based in London since 2002. Working primarily in 16mm film,[1] her work has been exhibited in twenty four solo shows in public galleries including at the Barbican,[2]The New Museum,[3] and Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and group projects such as Performa 07.[4] According to Martin, her films address the space between disparate states of being – levels of consciousness, internal and social worlds; subject and object.[5] Martin's films also often explore the differences and similarities between other artistic mediums including painting, performance, dance, and sculpture.[6]
Daria Martin was born in San Francisco, CA. Martin earned a BA in Humanities from Yale University (1995), and an MFA in Art from UCLA (2000). Martin's artistic journey began with abstract paintings, which she describes as "formal and strict." She was drawn to film as she found it gave her the freedom to explore. Martin's first films drew inspiration from a range of early twentieth-century artists and choreographers such as Oskar Schlemmer, Varvara Stepanova, Alexander Rodchenko. Her films are created organically, often taking on a collaborative process.
