Installation view, Austin Martin White, Familiar Dysphoria, Petzel, 2023
Austin Martin White (b. 1984, Detroit, Michigan)
Austin Martin White is an artist living and working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He holds a BFA from The Cooper Union and earned an MFA from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College.
Working with a variety of mediums including rubber, acrylic, spray-paint, vinyl, 3m reflective fabric and screen mesh mediums, White creates paintings and works on paper that investigate representations of historical memory, drawing on archival research that addresses issues of identity, race and postcolonialism.
White’s work has appeared in numerous publications including Artforum, Texte zur Kunst, Flash Art, 032c and The Observer, among others.
Austin Martin White
almostcaught(casta), 2023
Acrylic medium, pigment, spray paint, vinyl, 3m reflective fabric, nylon mesh
82 x 72 inches
208.3 x 182.9 cm
(AMW 23/021)
Austin Martin White
CULTURE VULTURE, 2025
Signed and dated verso
Egg tempera, acrylic, screen mesh, ink on paper
85 1/2 x 79 1/2 in
217.2 x 201.9 cm
(AMW 25/030)
Austin Martin White
Massacre of the Innocents 16th Century Anonymous Study, 2025
Signed and dated verso
Ballpoint pen, watercolor on paper
Framed: 21 1/4 x 31 7/8 in
54 x 81 cm
Unframed: 18 1/2 x 29 in
47 x 73.7 cm
(AMW 25/033)
Austin Martin White
Unesco pose (Him), 2025
Acrylic medium, pigment, rubber, spray paint, vinyl, screen mesh, paper, jute
84 x 72 in
213.4 x 182.9 cm
(AMW 25/019)
Austin Martin White
Massacre of the Children of Bethel Variation 2 (after B. Thompson), 2025
Acrylic medium, pigment, rubber, spray paint, vinyl, egg tempera, paper, scrim, screen mesh
112 x 93 in
284.5 x 236.2 cm
(AMW 25/014)
Austin Martin White
the dream of the afternoon nap (after B. Thompson), 2025
Acrylic medium, pigment, rubber, spray paint, vinyl, paper, screen mesh
120 x 150 1/4 in
304.8 x 381.6 cm
(AMW 24/016)
Austin Martin White
Composite Ruin 2 (after Piranesi), 2025
Acrylic medium, pigment, rubber, spray paint, vinyl, paper, screen mesh
120 x 134 in
304.8 x 340.4 cm
(AMW 25/003)
Austin Martin White
Pieta(after B. Thompson), 2025
Acrylic medium, pigment, rubber, spray paint, graphite, vinyl, paper, screen mesh
72 1/2 x 74 in
184.2 x 188 cm
(AMW 25/005)
Austin Martin White
after Giovanni Volpato, 2025
Signed, titled, and dated verso
Egg tempera, acrylic, screen mesh, ink on paper
126 1/4 x 154 1/2 in
320.7 x 392.4 cm
(AMW 25/004)
Austin Martin White
likeaprizepig(after Ibarra), 2023
Signed on verso
Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper
35 5/8 x 23 15/16 inches
90.5 x 60.8 cm
Frame: 38 1/2 x 27 inches
(AMW 23/022)
Austin Martin White
humiliatedhusband (after Ibarra), 2023
Signed on verso
Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper
39 1/8 x 27 13/16 inches
99.4 x 70.6 cm
Frame: 42 x 30 1/2 inches
(AMW 23/023)
Austin Martin White
intersectinghalves (after Ibarra), 2023
Signed on verso
Ballpoint pen and watercolor on paper
33 1/4 x 26 1/2 inches
84.5 x 67.3 cm
Frame: 35 1/2 x 29 inches
(AMW 23/027)
