Martin Brief

Martin Brief is a Chicago-born artist based in St. Louis who makes ink drawings about time, labor, and social systems. His text-based works are built from small handwritten lines and function as a meditative practice. He has exhibited nationally and internationally and holds fellowships from the Howard Foundation and the MacDowell Colony. He teaches studio art at Saint Louis University and was an artist-in-residence at Tusen Takk Foundation in 2021.