About
Nashville, Tennessee-based artist Martica Griffin uses energetic lines, organic structures, geometric forms and sensual colors to create her works. She primarily works in abstraction on canvas and paper using a wide variety of mediums including acrylic, oil, collage, plaster and crayon. Her work is characterized by layers of color, lines of gesture and a combination of natural and architectural shapes. Her visual language reflects landscape, popular culture, and history.
A native of Valdosta, Georgia, Griffin graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting. She has done post-graduate work at the School for Visual Arts in New York and studied with internationally acclaimed painters. Her work resides in various public and private collections.
ARTIST STATEMENT
I believe art inspires, fills us with wonder and offers a sense of hope. In my paintings, I use my visual language to process living in the world today. Some of what I do is intentional, some accidental. Shapes are formed, connected, erased. Colors shift, moods change. Fundamental to my work is a need to find the unexpected, uncover the past, and embrace uncertainty.
2023
Brentwood Library, Brentwood, TN
Tennessee Craft Member Exhibition, Customs House, Clarksville, TN
The Art of Craft Exhibit, Centennial Art Center, Nashville, TN
Tennessee Craft Fair, Nashville, TN
Big Tiny Show, The District, Knoxville, TN
2022
Tennessee Craft Fair, Nashville, TN
Big Tiny Show, The District, Knoxville, TN
2021
Tennessee Craft, Hendersonville, TN
Art of Healing, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Tennessee Craft, Brentwood, TN
Member Exhibition, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Tennessee Craft Fair, Nashville, TN
2020
Texas Visual Arts Association, Works on Paper, Dallas, TX
Natural Worlds, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Tennessee Craft Fair, Nashville, TN
Nashville Art Lending Library, Nashville, TN
2019
Knoxville Arts and Cultural Alliance, National Juried Exhibition, Knoxville, TN
Sozo Gallery, Collection Show, Charlotte, NC
M. A. Doran, Poetry in Paint, Tulsa, OK
Tinney Contemporary, Women of Abstraction, Nashville, TN
Kuntsfest der Moderne, Magdeburg, Germany
Turner Center for the Arts, Inside/Out, Valdosta, GA
2018
Knoxville Arts and Cultural Alliance, National Juried Exhibition, Knoxville, TN
International Artist Symposium (Künstler Treffen), Magdeburg, Germany
H2O Turmpark, International Exhibition, Hundertwasser House, Magdeburg, Germany
Tinney Contemporary, Works on Paper Tinney Concept, online
Tinney Contemporary, Group Show, Nashville, TN
2017
Tinney Contemporary, Women of Abstraction, Nashville, TN
2016
Tinney Contemporary, 10th Anniversary, Nashville, TN
The Bascom, A Center for the Visual Arts, Group Show, Highlands, NC
2015
Tinney Contemporary, Group Show, Nashville, TN
The Bascom, A Center for the Visual Arts, Southern Lights, Group Show, Highlands, NC
2014
Country Music Hall of Fame, 5th Ave. Exhibits, Nashville, TN
Huff Harrington Fine Art, Group Show, Atlanta, GA
2013
Tinney Contemporary, Group Show, Nashville, TN
Arts at the Airport, New Work, Nashville International Airport
The Bascom, A Center for the Visual Arts, Southern Lights, Group Show, Highlands, NC
2012
Huff Harrington Fine Art, Fifty Shades of Group Show, Atlanta, GA
David Perry Smith, Group Show, Memphis, TN
2011
David Perry Smith Gallery, Summariness End, Group Show, Memphis, TN
Huff Harrington Fine Art, Group Show, Atlanta, GA
Volunteer State College, Solo Show, Gallatin, TN
2010
Austin Hill Art, The Colorful South, Solo Show, Atlanta, GA
Tinney Contemporary, Southern Charms, Solo Show, Nashville, TN
Tinney Contemporary, Winter Walls, Group Show, Nashville, TN
2009
Tinney Contemporary, Winter Walls, Group Show, Nashville, TN
Turner Center for the Arts, Annual Juried Exhibit, Valdosta, GA
2008
Tinney Contemporary, Summer Selection, Group Show, Nashville, TN
Chapman Friedman Gallery, Group Show, Louisville, KY
Turner Center for the Arts, Annual Juried Exhibit, Valdosta, GA
Artrageous, Annual Juried Exhibit, Nashville, TN