Education
Maryland Institute College of Art, (BA degree in Art) Baltimore, MD, 1990-1994
Rijksakademie Van Beeldende Kunsten, (MA equivalent) Amsterdam, NL 2000-2

Solo Visual Art Exhibitions
2008
Martha Colburn, De Hallen, Haarlem, The Netherlands
Art Statements, Art Basel, Switzerland (Galerie Diana Stigter).
Suzie Q, Galerie Bob Van Orsouw, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Galerie Diana Stigter, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2006
Stux Gallery, New York NY
2003
Young and Upcoming, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany.
W.I.N.D.O.W. gallery, Walter Van Beirendonk Fashion shop Antwerp, Belgium
2002
INSE(X)CTS, De Kabinetten of De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Major Art Fair, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Group Visual Art Exhibitions
2008
Bending the Word /MATRIX 226, University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific
Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
1x1 Series, Jersey City Museum, NJ
Pop, pop, Kablam, Nieuwevide, Haarlem, The Netherlands
GOLD' performance, April 29 event, Museum Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
2007
TERRE D'ACCUEIL, TERRRE D'EXIL, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
K48 Priznbreak, The Kitchen, New York, NY
Don't kill the weatherman film and installation, Rosenbach Museum & Library, Philadelphia, PA
2006
Peekskill Project. Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, Hudson, NY
Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum, NY
2004
Musee d Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France
Luggage, Nanjing Art Institute Gallery, Nanjing, China (catalogue)
2003
Group Show, Diana Stigter Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2002
Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Baltic Triennale of International Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
Entracte, Bologna, Italy
8th Baltic Triennial of International Art, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
2000
Drive-In Movies: Flicks From The Great Beyond, PS1, New York, NY
1998
Harvard Film Archive, US, Two films screened in Cinema of the Grotesque
Museum of Modern Art, N.Y.,US, Five films screened in Big As Life: An American History of 8 m.m. Films.
1997
Serpentine Gallery, London,UK, Ten Films selected for a video loop.
1996
Anthology Film Archive, NY.,US, Film Series
Film Screenings (since 2007)
2008
Art Projx, Tate Britain and Prince Charles Cinema, UK
Storytelling, CRG Gallery video screening
New York Underground Film Festival, NY,NY
2007
Rotterdam International Film festival
Imagined Worlds, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
Netherlands Film Festival
London International Film Festival

Collections
2005
Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato-Italy
2001
Jonas Mekas, US (private collection)
2000
Dibendetto Collection, private
1999
BBC Television

Awards
2007
Rena Hort Mann Award, NY
2003
Best Animated Film, New York Underground Film Festival, US
2002
Sarah Lawerence College Film Award, US
Best Animated Film, Chicago Underground Film Festival
1999
Best Animated Film, Chicago Underground Film Festival, US
Best Animated Film, New York Underground Film Festival, US
1998
Juries Choice Award, No Budget Filmmaking, Hamburg Short Festival, DE
1997
Juries Choice Award, Super Super 8 Film Festival, US
Kenneth Patchen Award, National Poetry Film Festival,US

Articles Published
2006
RES Magazine
Animal Magazine
Venus Magazine
2004
Filmmaker Magazine
"Les Sexe par les femmes," Art Press, x-elles, May
2003
MM2 Experimental Film in the Netherlands since 1960.
"Attack of The Collage Queen," Toronto Daily
"Sex, Tod, Schaum, und Schaum," Bild Zeitung, Kulturteil Frankfurt, July 11
"Garagenkino," Frankfurter Rundschau, Ausgabe.S, Jul.25
2002
Herald Tribune, April 2
2001
"Film: Punk's New Front," SOMA Left Coast Culture article, September
Tubelight 18, Nov/ Dec
Zone 5300, Comic Magazine: illustrations. Nov/ Dec
2000
A Girl's guidebook to filmmaking, Women's Filmmakers Publisher.
"Filmmaker Martha Colburn Takes Off," Baltimore City Paper, Sept.20
"Really Strange Bedfellows:The hyperbizarre film world of Martha Colburn," Yahoo Internet Life, Oct.
Umelec: Contemporary Art and Culture, Prague, CZ, May
1999
Flicker: Guide To Filmmaking, USA Screen, Amsterdam, and the Netherlands
Film A DOBA, Martha Colburnova, Prague CZ , Feb.
1998
Coming Attractions, Super 8 Magazine
The Independent Film and Video Monthly, Cover Art/ May