Martin Kreloff
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| Born | Martin Gary Krulovetsky Kreloff August 14, 1944 (age 80) Brooklyn, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Miami |
| Style | Pop Art, Hard-Edge |
| Website | https://martinkreloff.com/ |
Martin Kreloff (born August 14, 1944) is an American Hard-Edge and Pop Art painter. His subjects vary from Hollywood stars to friends, family, people in the street, and Japanese theater celebrities portrayed in ukiyo-e prints. Kreloff utilizes inspiration from films, television, and broader popular culture. He is based in Las Vegas, Nevada[1]
Early Life and Education
Martin Kreloff was born on August 14, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, to Harold Krulovetsky Kreloff and Florence Rosalie Cantor Kreloff. He was raised in a Jewish household and attended Erasmus Hall High School and Walt Whitman Junior High in Brooklyn.
Kreloff began drawing sketches at the age of 12, and attended figure drawing classes at the Brooklyn Museum.[2] His artistic journey continued with formal training at Parsons School of Design in New York for three years during the rise of first wave pop artists. He relocated and pursued further studies at the University of Miami in Florida, where he earned both a Bachelor and a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1975. [3]
Personal Life
Kreloff is openly gay, stating in a 1977 interview with the Miami Herald, "The family is Jewish, I'm gay, and my brother is a baptist minister."[4]
As an adult, he lived in San Francisco, where he also worked as a reporter for an independent television station out of the Castro. Kreloff lived in Los Angeles for fifteen years before resettling in Las Vegas.[5]
Career
Kreloff's first jobs as an artist included designing artwork as a commercial artist creating bus and subway ads for such movies as the 1965 Western spoof Cat Ballou.[6]
Kreloff made his debut in the American art scene in 1976 in Miami, Florida, with his first solo museum exhibition, MIAMI SAYS ART. This exhibition featured Miami residents engaged in the arts, capturing the passion and emotion associated with the concept of "ART." The show resonated with the local community, uniting various sectors of the city in a celebration of the arts.[6] The opening event attracted over two thousand attendees.[3]
In 1984 Kreloff designed the poster for the inaugural Miami White Party, an annual, LGBTQ-based event held in Miami, Florida to raise money for HIV/AIDS-related charities.[7] His artwork and contributions to the Miami White Party were featured in Art After Stonewall, an exhibition and catalog commemorating artworks during the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots of 1969.
In 1994 Kreloff was commissioned to design artwork for the Esther Williams Film Festival in Miami.[8]
References
- ↑ Corsano, Erica. "The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU presents a retrospective from pop art artist Martin Kreloff". FIU News. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ "Martin Kreloff brings 50-plus years of masterpieces to Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Before There was Basel: Miami Always Said 'Art' to Me". HuffPost. 2012-11-28. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ Hatton, Nancy (September 24, 1977). "Kreloff: Waiting for when art will pay the rent". The Miami Herald.
- ↑ "Martin Kreloff brings 50-plus years of masterpieces to Vegas". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2016-07-07. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Making people cry is a sign of success for artist Martin Kreloff". Las Vegas Review-Journal. 2016-06-27. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ Herald, The Miami. "25 years of White Party: a video history - Steve Rothaus' Gay South Florida". miamiherald.typepad.com. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
- ↑ "Martin Kreloff: 50 Year Journey Of An Artist". Nevada Public Radio | NPR and local news in Las Vegas and Nevada. Retrieved 2025-03-29.
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