Living on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation, the reservation of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, David absorbed the history of his heritage, both the ancient Algonquian cultures from the New England woodlands of the East Coast United States, as well as the Apache, indigenous people of Arizona and New Mexico. He has also sung in choirs and plays piano in response to the Hungarian heritage of his father.

David's family history is very rich both on the Native American and Hungarian sides. His Shinnecock great-grandfather, Charles Sumner Bunn, was a master wood-carver of shore-bird decoys and was a professional guide and hunter. Charles' father was a whaler who sailed around the world participating in the New England whaling industry which flourished in the early 19th century. David's uncle was a commercial artist, wood-carver and photographer. David's Hungarian grandfather, Arpad Siklos, was a famous architect who designed the Vatican Embassy in Budapest and was knighted by the Pope in the Order of Saint Sylvester.

His Chiricahua Apache ancestors were famous in American Indian history during the Apache wars with the United States and Mexico. Being related to famous chiefs Victorio and Mangas Coloradas, and being a member of the same tribe as Geronimo, war-leader and medicine man, his family history is very well-known in the history of the Indian wars in the 19th century Southwestern United States. His Apache great-grandfather was Chin-Chee, a warrior with Geronimo's band and was killed while fighting the U.S. Cavalry. His step-great-grandfather, Martine, was U.S. Army Apache Scout who helped persuade Geronimo to surrender in 1886. The entire tribe was held prisoners-of-war of the U.S. from 1886 to 1913.

Native American, historical art, therefore, has been a natural area of exploration for David's art and the primary occupation of his mind since college training in art school. He began drawing and selling portraits of Indian chiefs, as well as sailing ships, and animals at an early age at the family's gift shop in Southampton, New York. Later he began oil painting in high school, specializing in portraits, and murals. In college at the University of Oklahoma, obtaining a degree in advertising design, David studied many different disciplines – product design, painting, and sculpture and while at the Institute for American Indian Arts, even studied jewelry making. After receiving a Masters Degree in Art Education from Central State University, he taught for a time as an Assistant Adjunct Professor at Dowling College in Oakdale, New York.

Recently, he has diversified his artistic interests, working in Native American museums, currently, Director/Curator of the Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, producing several mural commissions as well as book illustrations, working in large scale wood sculptures, multi-media pieces and spiritual subject matter as well.

David's earliest artistic influences were members of his own family: his uncle, David Martinez, his mother and father, and great-grandfather, Charles Bunn. Later, he learned to appreciate the influence of another distant relative the great Warm Springs Chiricahua Apache artist and sculptor, Allan Houser (Haozous), who was one of the earliest and best Native American painters in the Southwest, later becoming the primary influence in the resurgence of stone-sculpture among Native American youth while teaching at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the narrative realism of Norman Rockwell, the Wyeths and the great Mexican, Italian and Dutch painters.

EDUCATION
Central State University, Okla. M.Ed., Art Education 1984
University of Oklahoma, BFA with Honors, Advertising Design 1982
Institute of America Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM. Certificate Program, concentration: Museum Studies, 1983

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
Tennis and the Gospel, Good Conscience Gallery 848, Southampton, 2007
Exhibition, Bay Gallery at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bellport, 2007
Southampton Artist's Association Thanksgiving Show, 2007
Fridays@Noon, Contemporary Native American Work, Parrish Art Museum, South., 2006
New York Mix: American Indian Community House Gallery Museum, 2005
Rogers Memorial Library, Southampton, NY 2001
“Whaling: A Cultural Odyssey”, Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum, NY 2001
“Eastern Stars: New York Alumni of the Institute of American Indian Arts,” AICH Gallery, NY 1998
Southampton Artist’s Association Memorial Day Exhibition, 1998
The Native American Experience: Long Island, New York and Beyond, “We Are All Connected” – New York City, NY 1997
Southampton Artist’s Association July4 Juried Exhibition, 1998, Honorable Mention
Southampton Artist’s Association Labor Day Weekend Exhibition, 1998
The Native American Experience: Long Island, New York and Beyond, “We Are All Connected” Hofstra University, NY 1998
Cafe Exhibition, Borders Bookstore, Commack, NY 1998
Teepee In The Hills Indian Trading Post/Gallery, Southampton, NY 1998
The Gallery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, 1997
EAC Art Exhibition and Craft Fair, Sotheby's, NY, 1996
Exhibition, Southampton Town Hall, 1996
“From The Heart/Contemporary Native American Art of the Mid-Atlantic Region” Intercultural Resource Center at Columbia University, 1992
“Circle of Power” American Indian Community House Gallery/Museum, 1992
Indigenous Visions Gallery, Southampton, NY 1992
“Rider With No Horse” Hutchin’s Gallery, C.W. Post Campus, LIU, 1988
“Rider With No Horse” – “Medicine Show”, Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY 1988
“Rider With No Horse” Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 1988
“Rider With No Horse” – “Masks”, Gallery of the Manhattan Borough President, New York City, 1988
Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY, Artist Member’s Exhibit, 1986
Guild Hall, Easthampton, NY, Clothesline Art shows, 1985-87
Hampton Bays Library, Hampton Bays, NY 1985
Marine Midland Bank, 1986
Exhibition, Ocean View Lounge, Southampton Campus, LIU, Southampton, 1985
“In Beauty It Is Begun…” Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, 1973

SELECTED COMMISSIONS
Children’s Mural, Challenge America Grant Joint Project, Family Preservation Center, Shinnecock Reservation, Southampton, NY 2002
“The Peaceful People and the First Nations Mural”, American Friends Service Committee, New York, NY 2001
Shinnecock Indian Wigwam, full-scale replica exhibit for “Treasures of Long Island” exhibition, Museums at Stony Brook, NY 1998
“First Settlers and Farmers” oil painting for the Water Mill Museum, Water Mill, NY, 1997
“Six Cultural Phases” murals for Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, Southampton, NY 1994
“Six Cultural Phases” murals for Long Island Culture History Lab and Museum, Hoyt Farm Park, Commack, NY 1989
Fort Sill Apache Tribal Seal, 1984
Portrait of Geronimo for Allan Houser, Santa Fe, NM, 1985
Numerous private portrait commissions, 1980-2003
“Little Girl” monumental wood sculpture, 1995
Algonquian ball-headed, war club, wood carving, John Strong, 1995
Algonquian ball-headed, war club, wood carving, Eugene Cuffee, 1995

AWARDS
Joan Mitchell Award, 2008

BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS
The Montaukett Indians of eastern Long Island, Syracuse University, 2001
Thomas Halsey and the Halsey House, booklet, Southampton Colonial Society and Halsey Family Association, 1998
We Are Still Here! The Algonquian Peoples of Long Island Today, Hofstra University, 1996
The Algonquian Peoples of Long Island from Earliest Times to 1700’s, Hofstra University, 1996
The Reaffirmation of Traditional Cultures of Indians of Long Island, Hofstra University, 1996
Water Mill Celebrating Community, the history of a Long Island Hamlet, Peconic Company, Mattituck, NY, 1996
To Know The Place-Exploring Long Island History, Hofstra University, 1995
Ethno history, Vol. 41, No. 4, Duke University Press, 1994
American Indian Culture and research Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992
The Long Island Historical Journal, SUNY, Stonybrook, 1991
The Hills Long Ago, Academy, 1991
The Southeastern Ceremonial Complex, University of Nebraska, 1989
The Shinnecock Indians, A Culture History, Ginn, 1984
Good Ground Remembered, Academy, 1984
The Thompson Begonia guide, Thompson, 1976

TELEVISION, RADIO, PUBLICATIONS
WLIW, Channel 21, 2005
PBS, “History Detectives”, 2005
Riverhead Cable, Channel 20, “Master Artist Series”, Ellen DePazzi, 2005
NPR Radio Interview on Shinnecock Museum, 2005
WLIU Radio Interview, Bonny Grice show, Southampton College Campus, 2005
Producer and Host, Channel 27 Cablevision Systems, Riverhead, NY “Voices of Native America”, broadcast monthly, 1990-96
Producer and Host, Channel 27 Cablevision Systems, Riverhead, NY “Drawing and Painting with David Martine”, Show, 1996
WRIV, “The People Speak”, Jay Janoski, Feb. 22, 1992
WCBS, “Dialogue 101” Native American Culture, 1990
1980-2005, New York Times, Southampton Press, East Hampton Star, Long Island Newsday, Dan’s Papers
Who’s Who in America, 61st Edition, 2007

TEACHING
Private classes, Beginning Drawing Technique, 2001-02
Long Island Indian History Class, LIU, Southampton Campus, 1997-98
Adult Continuing Education, Southampton High School, Beginning Drawing, 1990-92
Adult Education, Beginning Drawing, Southampton Cultural and Civic Center, 1990
Substitute Teaching, Southampton Public Schools, 1985-6
Substitute Teaching, Tuckahoe School, Southampton, NY 1985-6
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, Advertising Arts and Calligraphy, 1986

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Framer/Art Handler, Chrysalis Gallery, Southampton, NY, 2007-2008
Director/Curator, Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, 2003-2006
Studio Assistant, Sheila Isham, artist, Southampton, NY Ca. 2004
Curatorial Consultant, Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum 2000-2001
Retail Sales, Deerfield Clothing, Southampton, NY 1998-2002
Museum Technician, Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, NY 1994-96
Member Exhibition Crew, Sotheby’s, New York City, 1996
Assistant to Director, Cultural and Civic Center of Southampton, 1996-97
Director Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, 1992-93
Retail Sales, Teepee In The Hills Gift Shop Gallery, Southampton, 1980-1996
Retail Sales, Showtiques Arts and Craft Shows, Long Island, NY, 2001
Independent Associate, Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. Ada, OK 1999-20001
CSWMartine, Fine Arts and Crafts, Southampton, 1990-2005
Self-Employed artist, 1980-2005

AFFILIATIONS/SYMPOSIUMS
“We’ll Take Manhattan: Native Arts Symposium”, 2005, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005
“Identity in Contemporary Native American Art”, panel, Parrish Art Museum 1992
“Imagination Celebration”, Board member, faculty, Huntington Arts Council, 1989
Consultant, Parrish Art Museum Education Committee, 1988-89
Consultant, Art project, Southampton Elementary School, 1980
Member Board of Directors, Shinnecock Nation Cultural Center and Museum, 1997
Member Shinnecock Nation Tribal Council, 2000-2002
Member Hillwood Art Museum Artists Advisory Committee, CW Post Campus, LIU., Brookville, NY 1990
Member, Committee on Racial Justice, Board Member, The Presbytery of Long Island, NY 1987
Member, Suffolk County Native American Task Force, 1990
Member, Indian Arts and Crafts Association, Albuquerque, NM 1988-90
Member, Suffolk County Archaeological Association, 1980-Present
Huntington Arts Council, Huntington, NY 2006
East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY 2006

PERSONAL
Born in 1960 in Southampton, NY, David Bunn Martine is of Shinneocck/Montauk, Chiricahua Fort Sill Apache, and Hungarian descent. I currently live on the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in Southampton, Long Island, NY. My Apache great-grandfather was Chin-Chee, a warrior with Geronimo’s band who was killed in combat against the U.S. Army. My step-great-grandfather was Martine, a U.S. Army Apache scout who helped to persuade Geronimo to surrender in 1886. Geronimo was an Apache Indian war-leader who led a resistance to Mexican and American expansion into the Southwest United States.

My Shinnecock great-grandfather, Charles Sumner Bunn, was a master carver of shore-bird decoys and was a professional guide and hunter. Uncle David Martinez was a commercial artist and photographer/woodcarver. Thomas Siklos, my father, is a music director, church choir director and organist and mother was a classically trained singer.

My artistic influences are among others my uncle David, Apache sculptor, Allan Houser, Norman Rockwell and other great illustrators and classical representational artists.

I enjoy playing the piano reading and writing poetry on occasion.