Martin Wilner: When We Cease to Understand the World (Extraterrestrials and AI on the Couch)

BravinLee Programs, New York, NY 

Sept. 9–28

2019

The Case Histories: Pierogi / Responsa
Pierogi, New York, NY
May 11-June 9

The Case Histories: Les Psychiatres
Galerie Jean Brolly, Paris, France
Jan. 5–Feb 16

​2018
Arkopoly Print Launch
Michael Steinberg Fine Arts in collaboration with Hales Gallery
London/New York
June 21
 

 

2010
Making History: U.K.
Hales Gallery, London, U.K.
April 16–May 29

A Life in Days
Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
Jan. 8–March 20

2008
Artists’ Book program: Martin Wilner, Journal of Evidence Weekly, Vol 140
BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Sept. 12–Nov. 29

Journal of Evidence Weekly
The Cartin Collection @ Ars Libri, Boston, MA
Sept. 5–Nov. 2

More Drawings About History and Evidence
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Jan. 4–Feb. 4

2005
History and Evidence
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
April 22–May 23

2003
2002: Making History
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
Jan. 3–Feb. 3

2000
Selections from the Shoestring Budget
Makor, New York, NY
Feb. 1–March 9

Self-Analysis: The Premillenial Diary
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Dec. 9, 1999–Jan. 15, 2000

1999
The Brilliant Mistakes: Study for an Exhibition
Gallery Schlesinger, New York, NY
Sept. 15–Oct. 16

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024

If Tomorrow Comes

BravinLee Programs, New York, NY

Nov. 19, 2021–Jan. 22, 2022

Seen in the Mirror: Things from the Cartin Collection

David Zwirner Gallery, New York, NY 

Nov. 2–Dec. 31

2020

Ink Well
Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga, NY 
Mar. 19–April 19

2019
Comic Relief 
BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Sept. 12–Oct. 19

There'll never be a door. You're inside. (Selections from the Collection Texeira de Freitas)
Fundacion Banco Santander, Madrid, Spain
Feb. 26–June 9

2018
bd/drawing: correspondances
Musee de la Bande Dessinee, Angouleme, France
Nov. 20–Jan 6 2019
   
2010

Dieu Donne, New York, NY

Sept. 23–Oct. 5

 

Nurture Art, Brooklyn, NY

Sept. 1

 

Prints by Gallery Artists
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Feb. 5–27

Group Show
BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
Jan. 9–30

2009
Reinventing Ritual
Jewish Museum, New York, NY
Sept. 13–Feb 7

Cream, No Sugar
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
June 26–July 26

Obsessions/Curated by John Zorn
MEM Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Apr. 10–May 10

2008
Voute Contar uma Historia: Let Me Tell You a Story/Curated by Delfim Sardo
Porta 33, Funachal Ilha da Madeira, Portugal
Nov. 17–Dec. 13

Freedom Center
Hales Gallery, London, UK
Oct. 9–Nov. 15

Drawn to Detail
De Cordoba Museum, Lincoln, MA
Aug. 30, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009

Pierogi et al.
Daniel Weinberg Gallery, New York, NY
July 12–Aug. 23

Making History
Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY
May 29–July 3

BOMB Magazine 27th Annual Gala and Silent Auction
New York, NY
April 11

A Matter of Time
Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, NY
Jan. 11–Feb. 9

online
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
Dec. 15, 2007-Jan. 20, 2008

2007
8th Annual Benefit Auction
Dieu Donne, New York, NY
Sept. 6–Oct. 8

Ink!
Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
July 6–28

Text Messages
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
June 14–Aug. 15

Pierogi Flatfiling
Artnews Projects Berlin, Germany
May 18–June 23

Drawn To The Edge
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
March 23–April 28

Anatomical Attitudes
Heskin Contemporary Art, New York, NY
March 14–April 24

It Isn't Funny Anymore
Project 1981, Queens, NY
February

Mr. President
University Art Museum, Univ. at Albany, State Univ. of New York
Jan. 18–April 1

Cosmologies
James Cohan Gallery, New York, NY
Jan. 11–Feb. 10

2006
STORYlines//Narrative in Drawing
Snug Harbor Cultural Center, Staten Island, NY
Nov. 29, 2006–March 25, 2007

Off the Shelf: New Forms in Contemporary Artists’ Books
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
Oct. 6–Dec. 17

Subject
Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
May 13–Aug. 14

Fine Line
Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York, NY
Feb. 2–March 11

Subverting the Status Quo
Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
Jan. 14–Jan. 29

2005
Children of the Cabinet
Kathleen Cullen Fine Art, New York, NY
Nov. 17–Jan. 2

Reconfigure
Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY
July 1–Aug 1

2004
AMP
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
Feb. 6–March 15

2003
First Person
Gallery Schlesinger, New York, NY
Dec. 12, 2003–Jan. 24, 2004

Pierogi’s Flat Files
USM Art Galleries, Univ. of Southern Maine, Gorham, ME
Oct. 28–Dec. 6

Lost Worlds: Apocalyptic & Utopian Visions
Axel Rabin Gallery, New York, NY
June 5–July 26

2002
It’s a Wild Party and We’re Having a Great Time
Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Dec. 16, 2000–Jan. 20

Snapshot
Aldrich Museum of Art, Ridgefield, CT
Jan. 20–May 1

2001
Do You Hear What We Hear?
Paul Morris Gallery, New York, NY
Dec. 16, 2000–Jan. 20, 2001

Pierogi Flat Files
H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO
Jan. 19–Feb. 28

Snapshot
Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Nov. 2, 2000–Jan. 14, 2001

2000
Haulin’ Ass: Pierogi in L.A.
POST, Los Angeles, CA
Nov. 17–Dec. 23

Multiple Sensations
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Aug. 4–Oct. 22

S.P.s, Poor-Traits, Idols, and Icons
Phyllis Kind Gallery, New York, NY
April 22–May 13

1999
Show
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, NY
Nov. 4–Dec. 4

Fourth Annual Small Works Benefit
P.S. 122, New York, NY

1998
Woman
Gallery Schlesinger, New York, NY
Nov.–Dec.

Absolut Secret
McKee Gallery, New York, NY

1997
Group Exhibition
Gallery Schlesinger, New York, NY

3-Person Exhibition
Exhibition Space at artsMEDIA, Boston, MA
May 10–June 4

Group Exhibition
Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL
April 4–May 2

COLLECTIONS
Abercrombie & Fitch

The Cartin Collection
Coleçäo de Disenhos de Madeira

The Jewish Museum

Nevada Museum of Art's Center for Art + Environment (CA+E) - SETI AIR Archives

The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry

Vassar Art Library 
Warner Brothers
The West Collection

Whitney Museum of American Art

TALKS AND LECTURES

“AI: August 2023 (The Case Histories),” SETI AIR Monthly Series, Dec. 2 2023.

“The Case Histories: Pierogi / Responsa” Panel Discussion moderated by Douglas Dreishpoon. Pierogi Gallery, May 29 2019.

“From the Funny papers to Freud: Martin Wilner’s Artistic Journey,” Ben Katchor’s Comic Symposium, September 19 2017.

“The Case Histories at the Freud Museum London,” Psychoanalysis and Visual Arts Study Group, New York, NY, Dec. 20 2016.
Artist Talk, Freud Museum, London, U.K., Nov 24 2016.
“SETI Institute Artist and Scientist Panel,” Los Gatos Civic Center, Los Gatos, CA, Nov. 5 2016.
“SETI Institute Artists in Residence Program,” Bad at Sports, Mar. 18 2016.
“Ignite”, SXSW, Austin, TX, Mar. 14 2016.
Studio Visit at School of Visual Arts NYC MFA Fine Arts, New York, NY, Nov. 24 2015.
“From the Couch to the Stars: The Role of Applied Psychoanalysis in My Drawing Practice
as Artist in Residence at the SETI Institute”, Quogue Club, Quogue, NY, Nov. 7 2015.
"Conversation: Martin Wilner with Mickey Cartin and Brett Littman", The Drawing Center, April 9, 2015.
“The Case Histories: Wherein I Find My Art and My Psychoanalytic Practices Converge”, Shoreditch House, London, March 26, 2015.
“The Case Histories: A Peculiar Application of Psychoanalytic Theory in My Art Practice”, Grand Rounds Talk, Paine Whitney Clinic Manhattan, Dept. of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian, Jan. 7, 2015. 
“The Case Histories: A Peculiar Application of Psychoanalytic Theory in My Art Practice”, Grand Rounds Talk, Paine Whitney Clinic Westchester, Dept. of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York Presbyterian, Jan. 6, 2015. 
 “A Studio Visit with Artist/Psychiatrist Martin Wilner”, American Psychoanalytic Association 2014 Annual Meeting, NYC, Jan. 17, 2014. 
“Michael Rush Interview with Martin Wilner”, Rush Interactive, AIR.ORG Edition #44, June 18, 2010.
Sienese Shredder Launch Event. Performance by Martin Wilner, Chelsea, NY, May 15, 2010.
 “Make Your Own Damn Music: Bob and Roberta Smith interview with Martin Wilner”, Resonance 104.4 FM, London, U.K., April 16, 2010.
“Off the Rail: Phong Bui Interview with Martin Wilner.” ArtonAir.org. Jan. 22, 2010.
“Joseph Cornell’s Flushing Meadows: A Work of Art and Mourning.” Panelist, Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of the Imagination, New York, NY, Feb. 27, 2010.
BOMB All-Stars Reading and Holiday Party at The Other Means Reading Series. Interview with Monica de la Torre, Brooklyn, NY, Dec. 4, 2008.
“Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis,” Panelist, Philoctetes Center for the Multidisciplinary Study of the Imagination, New York, NY, 2007.
Visiting Artist Series Lecturer, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 2006.