Emery C. Martin (b. 1984, Los Angeles) is a Los Angeles-based post-disciplinary artist who operates across borders, contexts, and mediums. Martin received his BFA in Experimental Animation from California Institute of the Arts: School of Film/Video in 2006 and his MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2008. His films have screened nationally and internationally at Anthology Film Archive, Le Cinématographe Nantes, Milano Film Festival, and Taiwanese International Animation Festival. His performance, Internet, print, site-specific, and software based works have been exhibited and staged across the United States and Internationally at 18th Street Arts Center, Electrofringe Festival, Eternal Telethon, Family Business, Hunter College, LA Road Concert, Printed Matter: New York Art Book Fair, New York University, No Space, Shelia C. Johnson Design Center at the New School. Upon graduating from NYU he began teaching graduate students, writing curriculum, and working as adjunct faculty and technical staff for the Experimental Animation program at CalArt’s School of Film/Video and subsequently Woodbury University’s Media Technology program. Simultaneously he co-founded Electronic Countermeasures, which has been responsible for creating art for some of the world’s largest live spectacles including the American Music Awards, Eurovision 2016, The Grammy’s along with touring shows for the likes of Alt-J, Bruno Mars, Foo Fighters, Paul McCartney, The 1975, and The Strokes. He was a contributor to NYC’s Taxi of Tomorrow initiative, Samsung’s Television of Tomorrow and continues to consult on transit and technology. Martin’s recent AR/VR, data, light, sound, and sculptural works have been exhibited at Automata, Cerritos College, E-11 Olvera Street, Open the Portal, The Contemporary Austin, and the Roy O. Disney Concert Hall. Martin currently spends half his time wandering the country and world making the impossible possible.
