Works by Martín Reyna
Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight the eye and activate the mind with their luminous color relationships and deft explorations of perspective and space.
Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums so the colors will dissipate and intermingle in uncontrolled ways. When using ink on paper, a small bit of water is introduced to the surface, creating profound effects as the color seems to vibrate outward, expanding harmoniously into space.
Reyna is interested in the balance between freedom and planning. His method is to meticulously plan the linear and spatial properties of his compositions, while leaving room to instigate moments within his process when the forces of nature take over, leading the work in directions he cannot foresee.
Two different, but complementary objectives inspire Reyna as he works.
The first, as described above, concerns his technical method of pitting the forces of chaos against those of control, by selectively moistening his surfaces so the mediums will react in spontaneous and unpredictable ways.
The second concerns compositional harmony. Reyna is interested in exploring how the negative, or unpainted, areas of the surface interact with those areas that are activated by line, color, and form. He has described his compositions as “Landscapes of Space.” Unlike landscapes that portray the natural world, these abstract landscapes reveal new perspectives on how color, form, light, and emptiness interact within the illusionary, spatial void.
Reyna has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibitions in Europe, South America, and the United States.
Recent solo exhibitions include Teodora Galerie, Paris, Artemisa Gallery, NYC, Infinito Gallery, Buenos Aires, Antidote Art & Design, Dubai, and Kentler International Drawing Space, New York.
2018
La bibliothèque. Library Henri Ey. Hospital Sainte-Anne. Paris
2017
En suspension. Teodora Gallery. Paris
2016
Shadows in the water, Artemisa Gallery, New York, USA
Del Paseo Gallery, Punta del Este, Uruguay
2015
Fugues, Teodora Gallery, Paris, France
2014
Noir et blanc en couleur, Argentinian Gallery, Argentinian Embassy, Paris.
2013
Perspectiva Asturiana, Maison de l'Amérique Latine, Paris
2012
En el horizonte del color, Del Infinito Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Del Infinito Arte Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia,
A l'horizon de la couleur, MGE Gallery, Paris, France
2010
Hogar Collection Gallery, New York, USA
2009
La couleur de l’eau, D’Est et d’Ouest Gallery, Paris France.
2008
La couleur de l’eau, Pavillon de l’eau, Paris, France
Artemisa Gallery. Brussels, Belgium.
2007
Angers-Buenos Aires, University of Angers, France
2006
About the painting, Hogar Collection Gallery, New York, USA
Carta et aquarello, Instituto Italo Latinoamericano, Roma, Italy
Arboles, Karen Boltax Gallery, New York, USA
Ouvrir le rien, Pax Gallery, Virginie Boissière Art Contemporain, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2005
Scope London, Virginie Boissière art contemporain, London, England.
Del Infinito Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Consulate General of Argentina, Art Gallery, New York City, USA
2004
Sans titre, Espace Adamskidesign, Virginie Boissière Art Contemporain, Paris, France
2003
Pinturas. Cultural Center Candido Mendes. Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
2001
Argentinian Gallery, Argentinian Embassy Paris, France
Del Infinito Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1999
Del Infinito Arte Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997
Keller Space, Paris, France
Cultural Center of Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentin
1995
Klemm Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Museo Gallery, Bogotá, Colombia
1994
Michel Vidal Gallery, Paris, France
1992
Jacob Karpio Gallery, San José de Costa Rica, Costa Rica
1990
Adriana Rosenberg Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1989
Adriana Rosenberg Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
1988
Subdistrito Gallery, São Paolo, Brasil
Del Retiro Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Del Retiro Gallery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Catalogues, Books and monographes
Philippe Cyroulnik, Paralelo 42°, Estela Gismero Editions, Buenos Aires, 2017
Herminia Mérega, Sarah T. Reyna, Martín Reyna, Horacio Spinetto, Bruno Tessarech,
En plein air, Herminia Mérega Editions, Buenos Aires, 2015
Danielle Raymond, Talentos argentinos en París, Larivière Editions, Buenos Aires, february 2014
Philippe Cyroulnik, En el horizonte del color, Del Infinito Arte Gallery Editions, Buenos Aires, september 2012
Viviana Usubiaga, Imágenes Inestables. Artes visuales, dictadura y democracia en Buenos Aires, Edhasa Editions, Buenos Aires, 2012
Ana María Battistozzi, Lucas Fragasso, Roberto Amigo, Escenas de los 80. Los primeros años, Proa Foundation Editions, Buenos Aires, 2011
Lila Zemborain, El color del agua, Virginie Boissière art contemporain Editions, Paris, 2008
Jorge López Anaya, Arte argentino. Cuatro siglos de historia (1600-2000), Emecé Arte Editions, Buenos Aires, 2005
Jorge López Anaya, Hugo Petruschansky, Pierre Wat, Sín título, Martín Reyna, 1983-2004, co-edition Virginie Boissière art Contemporain, Paris, France y Galería Del Infinito Arte, Buenos Aires, octubre de 2004
Philippe Cyroulnik, Traversées du paysage, Le 19 Editions, CRAC, june 2004
María Teresa Costantín, Nora Hochbaum, Duilio Pierri, Pintura Argentina 1975-2003, Manos en la Masa, la persistencia, Centro Cultural Recoleta y Fundación Banco Ciudad, Editions, october 2003
Philippe Cyroulnik, Fabián Lebenglik, Buenos Aires In & out, Le 19 Editions, Crac, Montbéliard, France, 2001
Jorge Glusberg, 70-80-90, National Museum of Fine Arts Editions, Buenos Aires, january 1996
Carlos Espartaco, La certeza de lo desconocido, Entrevista, Klemm Gallery Editions, Buenos Aires, august 1995
Philippe Cyroulnik, Amériques, huit artistes du Nouveau Monde, Centre Lotois d’Art Contemporain, Editions Figeac, France, july 1992
Ed Shaw, Detrás de las casas de Reyna, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires Editions, november 1991
Philippe Cyroulnik, Jorge Glusberg, L'atelier de Buenos Aires, CREDAC Editions, Ivry sur Seine, France, 1991
Bengt Oldenbourg, Martín Reyna, Del Retiro Gallery Editions. Buenos Aires, march 1987
Articles
Philippe Cyroulnik, Acerca de los territorios del color, Página 12, january 2018
Susana Sulic, Martín Reyna, Teodora Gallery, Artnexus, Bogotá, Colombie, june 2017
María Laura Avignolo, Martín Reyna: Los caprichos del agua, Interview, Clarín, suplemento Ñ, Buenos Aires, november 2015
Leticia Mello, Martín Reyna, El color como manifiesto de acción, Arte al límite, Santiago de Chile, june 2015
Nathalie Kantt, Martín Reyna, un argentino en Paris, La Nación, Suplemento Adn Cultura, Buenos Aires, 15 august 2014
Christine Frérot, Martín Reyna, Artnexus, Bogotá, november 2013
Celina Chatruc, Martín Reyna, en el camino, La Nación, Suplemento Adn Cultura, Buenos Aires, october 2012
Jorge López Anaya, Tres visiones contemporáneas, La Nación, Buenos Aires, june 2005
Albino Dieguez Videla, Entre las formas y la forma, La Prensa, Buenos Aires, november 2001
Aldo Galli, Puentes sensoriales, La Nación, Buenos Aires, december 2001
Albino Dieguez Videla, Variedades acertadas, La Prensa, Buenos Aires, july 1997
Gache Belén, Una ciudad sin firmar, Página 12, Suplemento Radar, Buenos Aires, august 1997
Laura Feinsilber, Conte y Reyna suman poesía a la plástica, Ambito Financiero, Buenos Aires, october 1995
María Margarita García, Martín en el reino acuático, La Prensa, Bogotá, Colombia, october 1995
Juan Manuel Bonet, Kaleidoscopio porteño, Cyan, Madrid, España, septiembre de 1990
Lelia Driben, Martín Reyna : libros, cuadros y grafismos para una exposición, Le Monde Diplomatique, Buenos Aires, june-july 1989
Bengt Oldenbourg, En busca del arte del tercer milenio, Revista Vuelta, México, january 1987
Demetria Daniels, Southamerica in Downtown, Downtown, Nueva York, USA, 23 july 1986
Reyna is the winner of the Chandon Prize, Buenos Aires, Argentina, the Jean-François Millet Prize of Paintings, Valognes, France, the Nuevo Mundo Foundation Prize, and the Gunther Prize of Paintings, among others.
He recently completed a Ballinglen Arts Foundation residency in Ballycastle, County Mayo, Ireland, and was awarded a Fellowship at the Fundación Antorchas, Buenos Aires.
2012
Chandon Prize. ARTEBA. Del Infinito Gallery. Buenos Aires. Argentina
2000
Grants of Arts from Antorchas Foundation of Buenos Aires, Argentina
1997
Jean-François Millet Prize of Paintings. SIAP of Valognes. France
Honorific Mention . Costantini Prize MNBA Buenos Aires, Argentina
1991
Nuevo Mundo Foundation Prize. MNBA. Buenos Aires. Argentina
1989
Gunther Prize of Paintings. CAYC. Buenos Aires. Argentina