ABOUT 

In A Way:

Korey Martin, an artist of the "Broom School"--a method shaped by research in material culture, spiritual practice & the creative impulse--was born in the spring of 1989 on the Appalachian Plateau in Cookeville, Tennessee. 

For him, drawing is a chore--an effort that is sometimes pleasant, sometimes neglected. Not unlike doing the laundry or the dishes, sweeping the floors or touching his toes, drawing is a necessary and routine task that brings attention to his immediate life, including forms of buildup or wearing down that may hide it away from him. As a chore, drawing is his way, just as countless before him, to "clean the mirror" of the mind and spirit, while also maintaining curiosity for all that vitalizes the senses.

His pen & paper illustrations have appeared in magazines, anthologies and college journals, on clothing, used by restaurants and hospitality services, branding for small businesses, and even an elementary school library.

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In Other Words:

As a pen & paper illustrator, Korey Martin's process and style draws  from the deeply varied and historical vernacular of humanity's creative impulse as well as the methods of its analysis within the field of material culture studies.

By prioritizing exploration and ideation, he seeks emergent, long lasting outcomes that reveal, embody and expand upon a project’s potential.

His approach to problem solving attempts to emphasize and expand upon things as they are, not as we expect them to be, in order to encourage a contemplative, yet lighthearted learning environment that values intuited as well as intellectual understanding. This often leads to more questions than answers, and curiosity rather than total certainty.

With a work ethic centered on compassion, he does his best to maintain curiosity, humility and courage to not only provide great work, but nurture an environment of collaboration and discovery so that it may be found in unexpected ways.

As an illustrator, his work has appeared in places new & old, large, medium and small, including Popeye Magazine, Actual Source Books, Uniqlo U and the laboratory walls of Clue Perfumery.