Photo by Guesthouse
Martha Tuttle’s practice embeds natural elements in the forms of her paintings. The compositions emphasize materiality, employing physical processes such as dyeing, weaving, and sewing that permeate each of the works that are colored with naturally derived substances. Passages of translucent stretched silk are dyed with plant matter and iron while others are painted with stone pigments, creating pools of subtle elemental colors. Visually, the marks on the silk begin to suggest the cracking of a geological topography. Appearing to emerge and recede behind these sections, visible stretchers create compositional balance rather than solely serving as support. Together with the found minerals, the compositions resonate with the larger geological questionings concerning how relationships can be established with the geologic.
Martha Tuttle (b. 1989, Santa Fe, NM) lives and works in Bozeman, MT and she received an MFA from Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT. Solo exhibitions include Moody Center for the Arts, Houston (2024) and Storm King Arts Center, New York (2020-21). Tuttle participated in a Rauschenberg Residency, Captiva (2019) and received a Josef Albers Foundation Fellowship (2014). Selected public collections include The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; and The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Please contact gallery for full CV and press packet