Bobby C. Martin

Painting & Printmaking | Muscogee

Artist Biography

Bobby C. Martin is a full-time artist, curator, and consultant based at Martin Mountain Studio near West Siloam Springs, Oklahoma. An enrolled citizen of the Muscogee Nation, his work explores memory, history, and identity through historic family photographs, maps, tribal language passages, hymns, scripture, and documents connected to his Mvskoke ancestry. Martin’s artwork has been exhibited internationally and is held in numerous museum and private collections, including the Philbrook Museum of Art, Gilcrease Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, and the British Library. He has also curated national touring exhibitions highlighting contemporary Southeastern Native art.