Alexander Martin

Alexander Martin (pronouns they/them) is a multiracial black and queer artist and performer living and working in Peoria, Illinois (born in Hurricane, West Virginia). Their practice is a combination of mixed media work, found objects, performance, ritual, and education.

Background

MFA, Bradley University; Peoria, Illinois (2017)

BFA, West Virginia University; Morgantown, West Virginia (2010)

Assistant Professor & Gallery Director, Eureka College, Eureka, Illinois (since 2024)

Co-founded the artist-run project space Project 1612 with Jessica Bingham and Zach Ott in 2015 to bring contemporary artists and their practices to Central Illinois in an accessible manner, while highlighting the efforts of the Central Illinois arts community.

Residency at T.H.I.Studios in Tottenham, North London (2017)

Adjuct facutly member at Illinois State University; Normal, Illinois (2022-2024)

Adjunct faculty member at Bradley University; Peoria, Illinois (2017-2022)

Normal Editions Projects

Martin participated in a remote collaborative print project, a portfolio of woodcuts entitled Carving Our Space: New Kids on the Block, with nine other members of the Peoria Guild of Black Artists and Normal Editions during the global pandemic of 2020-2021. University Galleries premiered the exhibition by the same name June 1- August 1, 2021.