Martha Russo
- ART PRACTICES
Martha Russo (b. 1962, Milford, Connecticut) earned her BA in developmental biology and psychology from Princeton University (1985) and earned her MFA at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä (1995). Russo’s sculptures and installations have been exhibited nationally at venues such as the Alan Stone Gallery in New York, Denver Art Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver, and The Santa Fe Art Institute. Her work was recently the focus of a 25-year survey at the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art in 2016. Through the socially and politically based art collective, Artnauts, Russo has shown her two-dimensional works in hundreds of exhibitions in eighteen countries since joining the group in 1996. In addition to her studio practice, Russo is an instructor at the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä and prior to her appointment at CU, she taught fine arts at Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design in Denver for eighteen years.