Martin Saar

Martin Saar (born 30 April 1980 in Tallinn, Estonia) is an artist in New York. He is notable for making mosaic portraits of the New York celebrities and has been featured in the New York Times. His first group exhibition was in 2005 in the Charles Cowles Gallery on 26th street where he showed large abstract paintings.

He was born in Tallinn, Estonia under the Soviet Union and spent the first 10 years of his life there.

His current series of paintings centers around Saar's memories of his family life before Estonia became independent in 1991. The single-colored hue images were assembled from family photographs, showing moments of life and depicting family, friends and simple pleasures.

Group exhibitions

• 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York / Photography Poetic Visions
• 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York / Nude exposed
• 2006 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York
• 2006 - Estonia House, New York
• 2005 - Charles Cowles Gallery, New York
• 2002 - University of Arts, Tallinn, graduation show

Solo exhibitions

• 2007 - Bridge Art Fair, Miami
• 2007 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York
• 2007 - ArtDepoo, Tallinn, Estonia
• 2007 - Soho House, New York
• 2006 - Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery, New York
• 2006 - Viviann Napp Gallery, Tallinn, Estonia
• 2004 - Surf Ambiance Gallery, Sag Harbor, New York

Press

• Sirp, May 5, 2006
• Absolute New York Magazine summer 2005 issue
• A&F Magazine summer 2005 issue
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