Education
1995 Master of Fine Arts, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Printmaking major, drawing minor
1992 Bachelor of Arts, Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Dual major: Fine Art and Native American Studies
Professional Experience
2008–present Associate Professor of Visual Arts
Department of Communication & Visual Art
John Brown University, Siloam Springs, Arkansas
2000–2008 Associate Professor of Art and Art Program Coordinator
Department of Communication & Art, College of Liberal Arts
Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
1996–present Principal owner of Berean Intermedia, a media design studio specializing in print and new media design, audio recording and mastering.
1995–2000 Graphic Design Coordinator, Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Exhibition Record
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2009-10 Perceptions of Being: Selected Works by Tony Tiger & Bobby C. Martin
McCombs Gallery, Bacone College, Muskogee, Oklahoma;
John Brown University Art Gallery, Siloam Springs.
Northeastern State University Gallery, Tahlequah
2008 Through Our Ancestors’ Eyes: Art and Photos by Bobby C. Martin & the Checotah Indian Community Checotah Indian Community Center, Checotah, Oklahoma.
2006 The Family Photo Album
Mullins Library, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
2005 Recent Works
The Third Place Gallery & Coffeehouse, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
1997 Snapshots from the Family Photo Album.
Muscogee Nation Elderly Nutrition Center, Okmulgee, Oklahoma.
Holliman Gallery, Walter Arts Center, Holland Hall School, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1995 Dwight I.T.S.: The Pursuit of Civilization. Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition. Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1994 Drawing Closer: Looking Back. Recent Graphic Works of Bobby C. Martin.
Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, Oklahoma.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010 Trail of Tears Exhibition. Cherokee Heritage Center, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
(also in 2009)
2009 Cherokee National Holiday Art Show, Tahlequah.
American Art in Miniature.
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma. (also in 2004-2008)
2008 Northeastern State University Faculty Exhibition
NSU Gallery, Tahlequah. (also in 2000-2007)
2007 Tahlequah Arts Guild Christmas Invitational
5th Street Gallery, Tahlequah.
2005 Picturing Change: The Impact of Ledger Drawing on Native American Art.
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
2003 Something More Than “Art”: Handworks by American Indians.
Utsunomiya Museum of Art, Utsunomiya, Japan.
2002 Native American Invitational: Photography Exhibition. Gilcrease Museum.
2000 Who Stole the Teepee?
National traveling exhibition, sponsored by the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and ATLATL. Opened at the NMAI, New York City, NY, and concluded at the Museum of the Institute of American Indian Art, Santa Fe, NM in summer 2002.
Contemporary Portraiture. Gilcrease Museum.
1998 New Art of the West 6.
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, IN.
Children of the Sun: Euchee Culture & Tradition. Gilcrease Museum.
1997 After the Trail of Tears: Southeast Indian Painters. Gilcrease Museum.
1996 Oklahoma Indian Art Annual Competition.
Sponsored by American Indian Heritage Center and Philbrook Museum of Art,
Tulsa, OK.
1995 Gilcrease Museum Native American Invitational & Masters Exhibition.
Gilcrease Museum.
National Works on Paper Exhibition. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
2nd Annual Student International Biennial. Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
Red Cloud Indian Art Show. Heritage Center, Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
1994 Dispelling the Myths: Controlling the Image.
American Indian Community House Gallery/Museum, New York City, New York.
CAJE ‘94: America’s Cultural Diversity.
The Center of Contemporary Arts, Saint Louis, Missouri.
Continuity and Change: The Effects of Removal and Relocation on the Culture and Art of the Southeastern Tribes of Oklahoma. Philbrook Museum of Art.
Lawrence Annual Indian Arts Show: A Juried Competition.
University of Kansas Museum of Anthropology, Lawrence, Kansas.
1993 Counterpoint: Drawing, Photography and Printmaking Exhibition.
Hill Country Arts Foundation, Ingram, TX.
Oklahoma Art Workshops Annual National Juried Competition. Tulsa, OK.
Selected Public Collections
Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Tahlequah, Oklahoma
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
The Heritage Center Permanent Collection, Pine Ridge, South Dakota
Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma
Southern Plains Indian Museum, Anadarko, Oklahoma
The Dr. J.W. Wiggins Native American Art Collection, Little Rock, Arkansas
