Public Installations
Public Installations
- Community Mural - African and Latin American Textiles / LMCC Creative Learning Grant 2025.
- One day in the life of the Bronx River / NYSCA Grant 2024 Culminating project, Starlight Park, Bronx, NY 2024.
- River to River Festival / Invited Artist / LMCC/ Mahicanthuk -Tape Installation, Battery Park, NY 2023.
https://lmcc.net/river-to-river-festival/river-to-river-festival-2023/mahicantuck-marta-blair/
- LMCC/ UMEZ Arts Engagement Project Grant - Latin American Textiles -Tape Installation - Highbridge Park, 2022.
- New York City Artist Corps Grant - To Flora - Tape Installation - Fort Tryon Park, NY 2021.
- 9/11 Anniversary Memorial - Tape Installation Commissioned by Fort Tryon Park Trust, New York, 2021.
- CII, Cultural Immigrant Initiative Flora and Fauna of Our Countries - Tape Installation Commissioned by Bronx River Arts Center, New York, 2021.
- CII, Cultural Immigrant Initiative Quetzalcoatl - Tape Installation Commissioned by Bronx River Arts Center, New York, 2021. Vidalia Park, Bronx NY 2021.
- CII, Cultural Immigrant Initiative Textiles, and Family Memories - Tape Installation Commissioned by Bronx River Arts Center, Van Nest Playground, Bronx NY 2021.
- On Boundaries, Paracord Weaving on Chain Fence. Commissioned by Exchange Place Alliance, Jersey City, NJ, Summer 2019. https://www.exchangeplacealliance.com/on-boundaries
Solo Exhibitions
- Heart Echoes, Paintings, Drawings, and Prints - Smush Gallery, Jersey City, NJ. Jan-Feb 2020.
https://jcitytimes.com/heart-echoes-paintings-by-marta-blair/
- Fragments of Time, Large scale paintings - Gold Wing Gallery, Hebrew Tabernacle, NY. Sep-Oct 2019.
- Traces, Indian Road Cafe Gallery, Inwood - New York, 2018.
- Us, Darling Coffee, Inwood - New York, 2018.
Group Exhibitions
- Convergence, Bronx River Arts Center, Artists & Community. NY, 2022.
- Why I teach, Bronx River Arts Center. Faculty of Teaching Artists. Virtual Exhibition, NY, 2020.
- Open Studios, Cornerstone Studios. New York, Winter and Summer 2015 - Present.
- Open Studios, Five points Building. New York, 2003 - 2005. Small Works, Hungarian Embassy, New York, 2002.
- Small Works, Hungarian Embassy, New York, 2002.
- Merit Scholarship Recipients, Art Student League - Lincon Center Gallery, New York, 2001.
Work Experience
- Teaching Artist, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. 2026
- Teaching Artist, Marquis Studios, New York, 2022 - Present.
- Teaching Artist, HSA - Harlem School of the Arts, NY 2023 - Present.
- Teaching Artist, BRAC - Bronx River Arts Center, SU-CASA Program. New York. 2020 - 2023.
- Teaching Artist, SU-CASA Program Grantee, LMCC, NY 2023, 2024,2025,2026.
- Co-creator of the Mural, Rio Azul at “El Borinquen Building, Bronx, NY 2022.
- Textile Print Designer / Owner, Kidsize Studio New York, 2015 - Present. www.kidsizestudio.com
- Freelance Textile Designer, Sunham Home Fashions, New York, 2017- Present.
- Freelance Textile Designer, Martha Stewart Living, New York, 2012-2013.
- Senior Designer, Idea Nuova Inc - New York, 2007-2015.
- Senior Designer, Koko Company - New York, 2000-2007.
Education
- B.F.A Bachelor of Fine Arts. National University of Colombia. 1990.
- B.F.A Bachelor of Textile Design. Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana. 1997.
- Studio Art Certificate. Painting - Art Students League of New York. 2001.
- llustration Portfolio II. Continuing ED School of Visual Arts, New York, 2003.
Awards & Press
- LMCC, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - SU CASA Grant Recipient, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
- NYSCA, New York State Council of the Arts - Grant Recipient 2024.
- LMCC, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - River to River Festival, Invited Artist, NY 2023.
- LMCC, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council - UMEZ Arts Engagement Grant Recipient, 2022,2026.
- NYC Citicorps - Grant Recipient, 2021.
- First prize award, Poster Contest Uptown Arts Stroll, New York 2021, 2026.
- Jersey City Times, Art Review, https://jcitytimes.com/heart-echos-paintings-by-marta-blair/
- Nomaa Artist talk https://www.nomaanyc.org/events/thursdays-with-nomaa-22/?occurrence=2021-07-01
- Texitura, Textile Design magazine # 50, Spain, 2014. www.texitura.com
- Certified Yoga Teacher, Integral Yoga Institute, New York, 2007.
First prize NoMAA Poster Contest, New York 2026.
First prize NoMAA Poster Contest, New York 2021.
NYSCA Grant Recipient 2024
Invited Artist 2023
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City Artist Corps recipient, New York 2021.