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George Martin
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The first recipient of Art India Magazine’s Promising Artist Award in 2005, George Martin was born in Kerala in 1973. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvanthapuram in 1998, and his Master’s degree in the same from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 2001.
George Martin’s works are a spectral of luscious colour. He paints a magical view of the world around us,...
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The first recipient of Art India Magazine’s Promising Artist Award in 2005, George Martin was born in Kerala in 1973. He received his Bachelor’s degree in Sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvanthapuram in 1998, and his Master’s degree in the same from the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata, in 2001.
George Martin’s works are a spectral of luscious colour. He paints a magical view of the world around us, which appears to be spinning at a dizzying speed. His acrylic abstractions exuberate copious amounts of energy and are an ultimate representation of modern urban life. There are no limitations to colour or form in Martin’s visual extravaganza; in a single canvas he is able to merge multiple cultures. However, when viewed more carefully, Martin’s densely populated compositions resonate the transitory and disunited true nature of our world.
Martin’s most recent solo shows include ‘Cavities’ at Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2008; ‘Lost Article’ at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, in 2007; and ‘Footloose of Blue Pencil’ at Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai, in 2006. The artist has also participated in a number of group shows, the most recent being, ‘From Surface to Origin: Journeys Through Recent Art From India and Thailand’ at Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok, in 2008; ‘Shifting Terrains Altered Realities’ at the Shrine Gallery and Empire Art, New Delhi, in 2008; ‘Images/Urban/Neon’ at 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai, in 2007; and ‘Encode- Decode’ at Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, in 2006. Besides the Promising Artist Award, Martin also won the Kashi Visual Art Award in 2005.
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Born
1973
Kerala
Education
1999-2001 Master of Visual Arts (Sculpture), Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkata.
1994-1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), College of Fine Arts, Thiruvanthapuram
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'Objective Voice', Vadehra Art...
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 'Objective Voice', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 ‘Cavities’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2007 ‘Lost Article’, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
2006 ‘Footloose of Blue Pencil’, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 'Angkor Wat: An Indian Perspective', Gallery Art and Soul, Mumbai
2012 'Extending the Line', Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Skin Deep: The Art of Fibreglass', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2010 'Snow', The Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi in collaboration with Tao Art Gallery, Mumbai
2010 'India Rising: Tradition Meets Modernity', presented by Ati Art Gallery at Varya, New Delhi
2010 'Next...', Amelia Johnson Contemporary, Hong Kong
2009-10 'Evidentia', Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore
2009 'Vicissitudes of the Constructed Image', Tangerine Art Space, Bangalore
2009 'Beyond the Form', Bajaj Capital Art House; Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Mining Minds', Chaitanya Art Gallery, Kochi
2009 'Progressive to Altermodern: 62 Years of Indian Modern Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London
2009 'Entity', MEC Art Gallery, New Delhi
2009 'Metamorphosis: Change and Continuity in Indian Contemporary Art', Artworks, Cincinnati in Partnership with PAC Gallery, Phyllis Weston-Annie Bolling Gallery and the Krohn Conservatory
2009 'The Human Animal', jointly presented by Gallery Threshold and Arts I (Religare Arts Initiative) at Gallery Threshold, New Delhi
2009 'Indian Style', Beck and Eggeling, Dusseldorf
2008-09 'Hot Shots', The Viewing Room, Mumbai
2008-09 'Gool Bee', Artholics Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Keep Drawing', Gallery Espace, New Delhi
2008 'The Sun Rises In The East: Contemporary Art From India', Kala Gallery / Gallerie Christian Hosp, Austria
2008 'Beyond Boundries', presented by Arushi Arts, New Delhi and Visula Art, London at The Gallery in Cork Street, London
2008 ‘From Surface to Origin: Journeys Through Recent Art From India and Thailand’, Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok
2008 'Shifting Terrains Altered Realities', presented by The Shrine Gallery and Empire Art at The Arts House of The Old Parliament, Singapore
2008 ‘Trends and Trivia an Indian Story’, Visual Arts Centre, Hong Kong
2008 ‘Sandwich’, Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2008 ‘Representation 4’, Triva Contemporary, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
2007 ‘Images / Urban / Neon’, 1 x 1 Art Gallery, Dubai
2007 ‘Object- Making/Unmaking’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2007 ‘10 Light Years’, Kashi Art, Kochi.
2006 ‘Real 2006’, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2006 ‘Infinit-Us Unbounded’, Planet Arts Gallery, Gurgaon.
2006 Vi - Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2006 ‘Encode- Decode’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2006 ‘No Square Circle: Drawings by Sculptors’, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
2006 ‘Shifting Focus’, The Air Gallery, London.
2005 ‘The Mouse’, Global Art Village, Delhi.
2005 ‘Double-Enders’, Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai and traveling.
2005 ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi 2005, Sydney.
2005 ‘Eternal Recurrence’, Hotel Shangrila, New Delhi.
2004 ‘The Making of India’, Rabindra Bhavan Delhi and traveling.
2004 ‘Conflicts & Dualities’, Nature Morte, New Delhi.
2003 ‘Migration, City, Home’, Birla Academy of Art And Culture, Kolkata.
2003 ‘Chroma’, Indisk/Norsk Kunst I Gatene, Bergen.
2002 ‘Chroma’, India Habitat Center, New Delhi.
2000 ‘Sculpture 2000’, organized by Gorkey Sadan, Kolkata.
1998 ‘Best of the Year’, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai.
Participations
2011 'Red', Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Take 2', Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi
2011 'Miniscule Marvel', presented by Contemplate at Gallery BMB, Mumbai
2010 'India Awakens: Under the Banyan Tree', Essl Museum, Austria
2010 'Contemporary Printmaking In India', presented by Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai at Jehangir Art Gallery, Mumbai; Priyasri Art Gallery, Mumbai
2009 'Expressions at Tihar', Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, New Delhi
2009 'Harvest 09: Part II', Arushi Arts, New Delhi
2009 'Entity', Annual Exhibition, M.E.C Art Gallery, New Delhi
2008 'Chaos in Order', mounted by Lalit Kala Akademi in association with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the Social Republic of Vietnam and the Embassy of India in Vietnam
2008 'Harvest 2008', organized by Arushi Arts at The Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
2001 State Exhibitions, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala.
1995-1997 State Exhibitions, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala.
Honours and Awards
2005 Promising Artist Award, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Art India Magazine.
2005 Kashi Visual Art Award.
2000 –2002 National Scholarship, Ministry of Tourism And Culture, Government Of India.
1998 Bodhi Best Student Award.
1995 Highly Commended Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Kerala.
2005 Promising Artist Award, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Art India Magazine.
2005 Kashi Visual Art Award.
2000 –2002 National Scholarship, Ministry of Tourism And Culture, Government Of India.
1998 Bodhi Best Student Award.
1995 Highly Commended Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Kerala.
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