Biography

Emily Martin earned a MFA degree in painting, from the University of Iowa in 1979, having previously earned a BFA and MA in art drawing and painting, respectively. She started the Naughty Dog Press in 1996 to produce her own limited editions of primarily sculptural and movable artist’s books. Martin joined the University of Iowa Center for the Book in 1998, to teach a variety of classes exploring artists’ books, including Movable & Sculptural Books, Paper Engineering & Pop Up Books and Artists Books. During her career she has produced over 35 limited edition artist’s books using a variety of production techniques including letterpress printing, intaglio printing, silkscreen printing, inkjet printing and photocopies. Martin’s books are included in public and private collections throughout the United States and internationally, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; The Victoria and Albert Museum, London; The Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago; The Marvin and Ruth Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, Miami Beach, Florida; the Tate Britain, London, England, the Library of Congress and others. She has traveled to England, Korea, Italy and Chile to teach workshops and meet with other artists. She has received grants and residencies from the College Book Arts Association, the Center for Book Arts in New York City, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts and the Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina among others to produce artist’s books and prints. Martin is very interested in the intersection of the book as an art form with the traditional craft of bookbinding.

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