{"id":1016,"date":"2025-01-22T21:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/martyhardin.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=1016"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:55:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T12:55:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/martyhardin.com\/wordpress\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"about"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1281\" height=\"1708\" src=\"http:\/\/martyhardin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo-on-5-23-25-at-5.06\u202fPM_MH_CC_RET-edited-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/martyhardin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo-on-5-23-25-at-5.06\u202fPM_MH_CC_RET-edited-1.jpg 1281w, http:\/\/martyhardin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo-on-5-23-25-at-5.06\u202fPM_MH_CC_RET-edited-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/martyhardin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo-on-5-23-25-at-5.06\u202fPM_MH_CC_RET-edited-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/martyhardin.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Photo-on-5-23-25-at-5.06\u202fPM_MH_CC_RET-edited-1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><strong>Marty Hardin <\/strong>holds a BFA degree from the A.J. Fletcher School of Art at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. His work has been shown in galleries, museums, art festivals, and film festivals in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. He currently serves as creative director for Creative &amp; Design Services in the Office of Communications and Marketing at the University at Albany. He resides in Schenectady, NY.<strong><br><\/strong><br><strong>LINKS<\/strong><br><strong>View his commercial work on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behance.net\/martyhardin\">Behance<\/a><br>View his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/martyhardin\/\">LinkedIn profile<\/a><br>View his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mjhardin\/\">Instagram profile<\/a><br>View his <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mjhardin.bsky.social\">BlueSky profile<\/a><br>Email: <a href=\"mailto: mjhardin@gmail.com\">mjhardin@mjhardin<\/a><\/strong><br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<p><strong>SHOWINGS AND<\/strong><br><strong>SCREENINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><br><strong>\u25a0<\/strong> <strong>UPCOMING<\/strong><br><strong>Winter Artists Show<\/strong><br><em>Group showing<\/em><br>JRM Artists&#8217; Space, National Bottle Museum<br>Balston Spa, NY<br>(02\/28\/2026-03\/28\/2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25a0<\/strong> <strong>2026<\/strong><br><strong>21st Annual Members Show<\/strong><br><em>Group showing<\/em><br>Albany Center Gallery <br>Albany, NY<strong><br><\/strong><em>(01\/16\/2026-02\/20\/2026)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>\u25a0 2025<\/strong><br><strong><strong>Saratoga Art<\/strong><\/strong> <strong>Annual Members Show<\/strong><br><em>Group showing<\/em><br>Spring Street Gallery<br>Saratoga Springs, NY<strong><br><\/strong><em>(11\/21\/2025-01\/02\/2026)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Electric City Arts Contest<\/strong><br><em>Honorable Mention<\/em><br>Armory Studios<br>Schenectady, NY<strong><br><\/strong><em>(11\/21\/2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><strong>Darcie Abbatiello, Marty Hardin,<\/strong><\/strong><br><strong><strong>and Adrian Lee<\/strong><\/strong><br><em>Group showing<\/em><br>Jon Gernon Framing <br>Troy, NY<strong><br><\/strong><em>(08\/29\/2025-10\/11\/2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Gallery5 , Pop-up 4,<br>Juried Art Show<\/strong><br>Schenectady, NY<br><em>(05\/29\/2025-06\/20\/2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art of New York: <br>Annual Juried Art Show 2025<\/strong><br>Arkell Museum <br>Canajoharie, NY <br><em>(05\/09\/2025-07\/20\/2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New York State <\/strong><br><strong>Writers Institute&#8217;s<\/strong><br><strong>Albany Film Festival<\/strong><br>Albany, NY<br><em>03\/29\/2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winter Art Show,<\/strong> <em>group showing<\/em><br>Armory Studios <br>Schenectady, NY <strong><br><em>(02\/21\/2025-present)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winter Group Showing <\/strong><br>Hudson Valley Art Shoppe <br>Schenectady, NY <strong><br><em>(02\/02\/2025 \u201304\/30\/2025)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Winter Solstice Juried Art Show <\/strong><br>Paul Nigra Center for Creative Arts<br>Gloversville, NY <br><em>(01\/31\/25-03\/13\/2025)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>\u25a0 2024<\/strong><br><strong>Upstate Artists, <em>Juried Exhibition<\/em><\/strong><br>Laffer Gallery<br>Schuylerville, NY<em> <\/em><br><em>(12\/14\/24 \u2013 01\/15\/25)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Art Night Schenectady<\/strong><br>Multiple Venues, Schenectady, NY<br><em>(October, November, December)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u25a0 2019<\/strong><br><strong>Stockade Art Show<\/strong><br>Schenectady, NY<br>\u2022 Honorable Mention<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u25a0 <strong>2018<\/strong><br><strong>Stockade Art Show<\/strong><br>Schenectady, NY<br>\u2022 <em>The Oak Room Artists, <\/em><br> <em>Gilliland Weinheimer Award<br>\u2022 Best First Time Exhibitor Award<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>\u25a0 2015<br>Trask Show, <em>Juried Exhibition<\/em><\/strong><em><br><\/em>Saratoga Springs Preservation Society<br>Saratoga Springs, NY<br><br><strong>Fence Select, <em>Juried Exhibition<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong><br>The&nbsp;Arts Center of the Capital Region<br>Troy NY<br><br><strong>Fence 50, <em>Group Show<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The&nbsp;Arts Center of the Capital Region<em><br><\/em>Troy NY&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Neighbors &amp; Neighborhoods<\/strong><br><em>Upstate Artist G<\/em>uild, Albany, NY<br><em>\u2022 Honorable mention<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marty Hardin, solo show <\/strong><br>Carmen\u2019s Caf\u00e9<br>Troy, NY<em><br><\/em><br><strong>An Evening of Film<\/strong><br>The Albany Institute of History and Art<br>Albany, NY<em><br><\/em><br><strong>See Me \u2013 Exposure Awards<\/strong><br><em>juried black and white photography<\/em><strong><br><\/strong>Musee du Louvre<br>Paris, FR<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>\u25a0 2014<br>Year End Showcase<\/strong><br>Upstate Independent Film Network<br>Albany, NY<strong><br><\/strong><br><strong>CDTA Transit Art Project<\/strong><br>Albany, NY<br><br><strong>Capital Cinema Cultural Exchange<\/strong><br>Albany, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u25a0 <strong>2013<br>TvFILM<\/strong><br>WMHT TV,&nbsp;New York Public Television<br><br><strong>Think Bright<\/strong><br>New York and Vermont Public Television<br><br><strong>The Fence Show<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>The&nbsp;Arts Center of the Capital Region<br>Troy NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 <strong>2010<\/strong><br><strong>Cucalorus Film Festival<\/strong><br>Wilmington, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 <strong>2008<\/strong><br><strong>TvFILM<\/strong><br>WMHT TV,&nbsp;New York Public Television<br><br><strong>Think Bright&nbsp;<\/strong><br>New York and Vermont Public Television<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 <strong>2007<\/strong><br><strong>TvFILM<\/strong><br>WMHT TV,&nbsp;New York Public Television<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tribeca Film Festival\/<br>Amazon.com Online Film Festival<\/strong><br>New York, NY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u25a0 <strong>2006<\/strong><br><strong>Cucalorus Film Festival<\/strong><br>Wilmington, NC<br><br><strong>Alumni Invitational<\/strong><br>Leo Jenkins Fine Arts Center<br>East Carolina University<br>Greenville, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u25a0 <strong>2004<\/strong><br><strong>Cucalorus Film Festival<\/strong><br><em>Wilmington, NC<\/em><br><br><strong>Artist of Southeastern North Carolina<\/strong><br>Juried show<br>Louise Cameron Wells Fine Arts Center, Wilmington, NC<br><br><strong>North Carolina Film and Video Festival<\/strong><br>Greensboro, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u25a0 <strong>2003<\/strong><br><strong>Krakow International Film Festival<\/strong><br><em>Krakow, Poland<\/em><br><br><strong>Warsaw Museum of Contemporary Art<\/strong><br>Warsaw, Poland<br><br><strong>Artist of Southeastern North Carolina<\/strong><br>Louise Cameron Wells Fine Arts Center<br>Wilmington, NC<br><br><strong>Cucalorus Film Festival&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Wilmington, NC<br><br><strong>RiverRun International Film Festival<\/strong><br>Winston-Salem, NC<br><br><strong>North Carolina School of the Arts<br>School of Filmmaking<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Winston-Salem, NC<br><em>Invitational Screening<\/em><br><br><strong>North Carolina Filmmaker\u2019s Showcase<\/strong><br>The Light Factory<br>Charlotte, NC<br><br><strong>Zeitgeist International Film Festival<\/strong><br>San Francisco, CA<br><br><strong>North Carolina Visions \u2013 Season #9<\/strong><br>The University of North Carolina\u2019s Center for Public Television (UNC-TV) series<br><br><strong>Digital Film Festival<\/strong><br><em>The Media Co-op <br>Memphis, TN<\/em><br><br><strong>The Antimatter Film Festival<\/strong><br>Victoria, British Columbia, Canada<br><br><strong>Short Cuts International Film Festival&nbsp;<\/strong><br><em>K\u00f6elner Filmha\u00fcs <br>K\u00f6ln, Germany<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u25a0 <strong>2002<\/strong><br>Art Space<br><em>Raleigh, NC<\/em><br><br><strong>Colossal Film Crawl<\/strong><br>Columbia, SC<br><br><strong>Artist of Southeastern North Carolina<\/strong><br>Louise Cameron Wells Fine Arts Center Wilmington, NC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u25a0 <strong>2001<\/strong><br><strong>Southeastern Center of <\/strong><br><strong>Contemporary Art<\/strong> <br>Winston-Salem, NC<br><br><strong>Cucalorus Film Festival<\/strong><br>Wilmington, NC<br><br><strong>ShowTime Networks<\/strong><br><em>alt.sho.com<\/em><br><br><strong>FilmsOn.com&nbsp;<\/strong><br><em>Highest Rated, Most Watched<br>Featured Selection<\/em><br><br><strong>Flicker, <em>NC<\/em><\/strong><br>Raleigh, NC<br><br><strong>Flicker,&nbsp;<em>NYC<\/em><\/strong><br>New York, NY<br><em>Invitational Screening<\/em><br><br><strong>Flicker, <em>LA<\/em><\/strong><br>Los Angeles, CA<br><em>Invitational Screening<\/em><br><br><strong>Lulu Tech Circus<\/strong><br>Raleigh, NC<br><em>Invitational Screening<\/em><br><br><strong>North Carolina Filmmaker\u2019s Showcase<\/strong><br>The Light Factory <br>Charlotte, NC<br><em>Invitational Screening<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marty Hardin holds a BFA degree from the A.J. Fletcher School of Art at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. His work has been shown in galleries, museums, art festivals, and film festivals in the U.S., Canada, and Europe. 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