1962-65 BAE, University of Bonn and Berlin, West Germany

Christiane T. Martens

Education

1962-65 BAE, University of Bonn and Berlin, West Germany. 1966-67 Werkseminar/Art Academy, Düsseldorf, West Germany. 1969.73 MA, MFA, Sculpture, University of Notre Dame, South Bend,Indiana.

Professional Affiliations

1981-present University of Illinois, Professor of Art, School of Art and Design, Champaign, Illinois. 1979-81 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1978-79 South Dakota State University, Brookings S.D. 1999.2002.1 Augustana College, Sioux Falls S.D.

Sculpture Awards and Recognitions

2005 Selected finalist for sculpture commission at the University of Illinois in Chicago by the Capital Development Board of the state of Illinois

2003 Winner in state sculpture competition with proposal "Aiming High" for main outdoor commission at Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program

2000 Selected proposal "Celestial Stairways" for a monumental interior work consisting of 9 wall pieces spanning over a 4 story stairwell in the Engineering Hall at the University of Illinois Champaign - Urbana

1999 Selected sculptor for a monumental interior wall piece H: 24 ft L: 46ft and an exterior sculpture at South Eastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program

1996 Selected sculptor for outdoor commission at the Biological Science Building, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program

1993 Winning finalist in the Fujisankei Biennale, an international competition for contemporary sculpture conducted by the Hakone Open-Air Museum, Japan. Recipient of "The Prize for Excellence," one of the ten top prizes among the 25 finalists selected from 1109 entries from 47 countries.

1990 Selected sculpture for outdoor commission at Moraine Valley Community College, SW Chicago, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program.

1989 Winner of National Sculpture Competition for the Rolling Terrace Elementary School in Takoma Park, Maryland.

1989-91 Sculpture model selected for The 6th & 7th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition, Hakone Open- Air Museum, Japan.

1986 Winner of national sculpture competition for largest Art in Public Places project in the State of Wisconsin.

1984 Selected sculptor for outdoor project at the Willard Ice Building, Springfield, Illinois, sponsored by the Illinois % for Art Program. 1983 Winner of national sculpture competition for large scale stainless steel sculpture in front of the Botanical Garden Center in Des Moines,Iowa.

1982 Recipient of Epsilon Award in national show entitled "Energy Art," Foothill Art Center, Boulder, Colorado.

1981 Winner of national sculpture competition for school building near Spokane, Washington.

1980 Winner of natinoal sculpture competition for large scale public art work in front of State Printing Plant, Salem, Oregon.

1979 Winner of national sculpture competition for the Cultural History Museum of theUniversity of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska .

Grants and Scholarships

1992/96 University of Illinois Research Board Grant for construction of stainless steel sculpture projects

2000 Appointment as an Associate in the Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois, Spring 1990, for study of Color effects on three-dimensional surfaces.

1986 Selected artist for a summer residency at the "Villa Romana" in Florence, Italy, granted by the Istituto de Culturale Tedesco.

1984 Selected Fellow for summer residency at the Hand Hollow Foundation (Yaddo) with George Rickey.

1980 Ford Foundation Travel Grant, study and documentation of Alaskan Native Art.

1976 Travel leave (spring semester), documentation of contemporary Russian art in. Leningrad, USSR 2000 One-year language study position in France through DAAD (DeutscherAkademischer Austauschdienst)

Group Exhibitions

1999-2005 Meadowbrook Sculpture Park, Urbana Il.

1999.2003 Ridwan Sculpture Garden, Taos, New Mexico

1997 PIER WALK '97, an international outdoor large scale exhibition with 110 participants at Navy Pier in Chicago, Illinois (May 7- Oct. 20, 1997)

1997 "Metals and More", Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, S.D.

1996 "Contemporary American Sculpture", The Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana

1993-94 Fujisankei Biennale, Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Musuem, Japan 1992 "Sculpture Project 1992", College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1989-91 Sixth and Seventh Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition,Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum

1988 "New Art Forms", Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois

1988 "North American Sculpture Exhibition," Golden, Colorado

1985 "New Traditions in Sculpture", Chicago, Illinois

1979 "National Sculpture Competition", Scottsdale Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona

1974 "13th Midwest Biennial", Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska

1974-75 "11th and 12th International Jury Art Show", Winnipeg Art Gallery, Canada

Works in Public Collections

Global Corporation, Tokyo, Japan 2005, Molecular Reflection, 21 x 20 x 20 inches

Enterprise Works, University of Illinois, Research Park, Champaign , IL 2003, Warp 11, 5 feet x 8 feet x 2ft

Institute of Aviation, Willard Airport, Champaign, Illinois 2002, Wing Formation, wall installation, 8 ft x 12 ft x 6 “ 2002, Flight One, 30 x 40 x 4 inches

The Engineering Hall, University of Illinois, Champaign 2001 Celestial Voyager , steel 30 x 32 x 6 inches 2001 Warm Night at the Bayou , steel and stainless steel 18 x 26 x 10 inches

South Eastern Illinois College, Harrisburg, Illinois 1999, La Notte di San Lorenzo, wall relief, 24 x 46 x 2 feet 1999, Solar Pathways, stainless steel, outdoor work ,6 x 5 x 5 feet

Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois 1997, Mitotic Geometry, 14 x 20 x 6 feet

Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois 1995, Tsunami Ascending II, 7 x 5 x 3feet

Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum, Japan 1993, Nocturnal Orbits, 7 x 9 x 8 feet

Northwest Bank, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1993, Wall-Relief Series (8) Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois 1991, Orbits, 20 x 26 x 20 inches

Beckman Institute, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois 1991, Tsunami Ascending, 11 x 7 x 4 feet 1992, Time Lapse,

Center for Contemporary Technology, SW Chicago, Illinois 1990, On To Brighter Orbits, 12 x 12 x 16 feet

Rolling Terrace Elementary School, Takoma Park, Maryland 1990, Turning Point, 7 x 12 x 9 feet

Fuji Television, Tokyo, Japan 1990, Tsunami, 28 x 19 x 9 inches

Columbia Correctional Institution, Portage, Wisconsin 1987, Chromatic Fragments - Vortex to the Sky, 21 x 10 x 10 feet

State Revenue Building, Springfield, Illinois 1984, Energy 1 For Helmut, 8 x 10 x 5 feet

Botanical Center, Des Moines, Iowa 1984, Spectral Liberation, 13 x 29 x 11 feet

Pioneer Hi-Bred International Headquarters Building, Princeton, Illinois 1983, Grain Field, 7 x 9 x 12 feet

Midway Elementary School, Spokane, Washington 1982, Sundance, 7 x 6 x 4 feet

State Printing Plant, Salem, Oregon 1981, Paperwave, 8 x 29 x 2 feet

University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska 1980, Denali, 21 x 9 x 6 feet

Gregory High School, Gregory, South Dakota 1978, Homage to the Frontiers, 13 x 8 x 4 feet

The Spitznagel Architects, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1977, Centripeton, 10 x 10 x 7 feet

Augustana College Campus, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 1976, Homage to Victor Vazarely, 11 x 11 x 11 feet

Gallery Affiliation

Lumina Gallery, Taos, N.M Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL