BIOGRAPHY
Paul Martin began his studies in the late 1960's at Birmingham School of Art, a college dominated by Abstract Expressionism, before moving to the Royal Academy whose more traditional methods focused largely on life-drawing. Neither approach proved entirely congenial, but Paul describes those years as ones of 'productive disagreement'.
Paul's own artistic practice has always been firmly rooted in nature, but nature seen as a metaphor, never the end but always only the start of the journey. Something similar might be said of his use of the human figure: his figures are tangible yet otherworldly. They exist in the here and now, but also somewhere else, in memory perhaps, or in death. Their eyes engage directly with the viewer, a gaze not challenging, but steady and serene and seeking communion. Their hands make mysterious but meaningful gestures, inviting us into their realm, a realm of eutaxic harmony beyond the surface dazzle of the phenomenal world. Myth and folklore have been another source of inspiration for Paul, as indeed has language itself: all three are cultural constructs created over countless centuries, and in all three the process of their becoming is inscribed in their current form.
Paul Martin has exhibited widely both at home and abroad, and has work in the collections of The Royal Academy, The British Museum and the BBC. Over the course of his career he has garnered many awards including The British Institution prize for Printmaking and The Royal Academy Awards for Painting and Printmaking.
This website shows both past work as well as the most recent developments in Paul’s thought and art. The works are not philosophical treaties about life and art, but are offered as a guide to looking afresh at the world in which we live and at that which surrounds us.
1948 Born in Bournemouth
1969-71 Birmingham School of Art
1971-73 The Royal Academy Schools
1974-81 Lecturer, Sheffield School of Art, Psalter Lane
1979-99 Art Master, Rugby School, Warwickshire
1999-2009 Lecturer, The Leith School of Art, Edinburgh
EXHIBITIONS
1969 Northern Young Contemporaries Exhibition
1971-73 Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions
1972 National Touring Exhibition, Arts Council
1975 Free University, Amsterdam
1976-77 Radlett Gallery, Hertfordshire
1978-84 Aix-en Provence, France
1984-86 William Curtis Gallery, Perth, Australia
1987 Mandorla Prize Exhibition, Perth, Australia
1990-96 Rugby School Exhibition, Warwickshire
1991 De Weem Gallery, Westeremden, Holland
1992-95 Burton Dassett Church, Warwickshire
1994 Welcome Trust, Euston, London
1996-98 Privately Sponsored Exhibitions, Rugby
1998 Evreux, France
1998 Longland and Ryle Gallery, London
1998-1999 Art Revisited, Groningen, Hollan
1999 St Luke’s Church, Highgate, London
2001-2002 Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh
2003 Flying Colours Gallery, London
2004 Northlight Gallery, Huddersfield
2005 Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh
2006 Flying Colours Gallery, London
2008 Bourne Fine Art, Edinburgh
2009 The Henderson Gallery, Edinburgh
COLLECTIONS
Chancery Bequest, Royal Academy of Art
British Museum Collection of Modern Drawings
British Broadcasting Corporation, London
Corporate Mining Company, Perth, Australia
De Weem Collection, Holland
The Coq Collection, Amsterdam, Holland
Altarpiece, St Luke’s Church, London
Ikons, Church of the Ascension, Rugby
Lynda Todd Collection, Bournemouth
PRIZES AND BURSARIES
1971 British Institution Prize for Printmaking
1971-73 David Murray Scholarship for Landscape
1972 Hacker Prize for Printmaking
1973 RA Award for Academic Drawing and Painting
1978 Elizabeth Greenshield Foundation Award
http://www.paulmartinstudio.com
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