Martin George CV
Martin George | (b.1980) | Australia, Melbourne
ARTIST BACKGROUND:
In this troubled world of earthquakes, floods, wars and global warming, it is a sheer delight to find a dedicated sculptor with such an ironic sense of humour and a highly developed sense of the ridiculous.
While Martin George can undoubtedly make a totally convincing piece of modernist sculpture, viewable from all directions and immaculately constructed, he also likes in catching the spectator unawares. Things are frequently not quite as they first seem ...
Ken Scarlett OAM, Solo Show Berlin 2016, Kraftwerk.
ACADEMIC HISTORY:
Master of Fine Art, RMIT, 2015
Bachelor Mechanical Engineering (Hons), Monash University, 2004, MIE AUST
Bronze Sculpture, Chisholm, 2009
AWARDS:
2018 Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse finalist
2016 Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Sculpturscape Award
2015 - 2018 Finalist Mont Alto Sculpture Prize, Victoria
2015 Finalist 'The Churchie', Griffith University, Brisbane,Qld
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival Take 60 Finalist 'George'
SELECTED ACTIVITY:
2022 ‘Personal structures’, European Cultural Center, La Biennale di Venezia, Marinaressa Public Gardens
2018 The Blake Prize, Casula Powerhouse
2018 Lorne ‘Sculpture Biennale’, Sculpturscape
2017 Sculpture Otherwise, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW
2017 Sculpture at Scenic World, Katoomba, NSW
2017 NÄCHSTE VERNISSAGE, Group show, The Art Scouts, Berlin
2016 BERLINER LISTE, Solo Show, Kraftwerk Berlin
2016 Lorne ‘Sculpture Biennale’, Sculpturscape
2016 Bogotá Arte Contemporáneo Columbia
2016 ArtBar, Link Arts, Coalesce ARI, Melbourne
2016 Brisbane Modern Art, Brisbane, Queensland
2016 Mont Alto Sculpture Prize Finalist, Mont Alto, Victoria
2015 Solo Show, Metastasize, KCAC, Melbourne
2015 Bondi ‘Sculpture by the Sea’, Bondi, New South Wales,
2015 Arnold Bloch & Leibler Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria
2015 The Churchie, Finalist, Griffith University, Brisbane,Qld
2015 One night stand II, Coalesce ARI, 254 Flinders st, Melbourne, Vic
2015 Homage, Coalesce ARI, The Foodcourt, Docklands, Melbourne, Vic
2015 Visions, School Of Art Gallery RMIT, Victoria
2015 Mont Alto Sculpture Prize Finalist, Mont Alto, Victoria
2013 Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards, Yering Station, Victoria
2013 Arnold Bloch & Leibler Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne, Victoria
2013 'Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition'Yering, Vic
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival Take 60 Finalist 'George', co- author
2009 Toorak Sculpture Prize, Fibonacci, collaboration Tiriki Onus
2003 Water Carriers, set design and construction, national touring show
RECENT COLLECTIONS/ACQUISITIONS:
2017 In Transit City of Greater Dandenong, upcoming commission
2015 Gold Bling City of Greater Dandenong, Halpin way, Victoria
2015 Recline long term loan, Knox City Council
2015 Arabesque Contra, Mossgreen Auction House.
2015 Pirouette, Commission, Brighton, Victoria.
2015 Slumped Light Pole #1 & #2 acquired by Albury City Council upcoming installation
2014 Arabesque Straight, Mossgreen Auction House.
2014 Tanz long term loan, Knox City Council, KCAC.
2014 Grey Knot, Commission, Sorrento, Victoria.
References
Herald Sun " Half tonne chain is new artwork feature for Dandenong’s Settlers Square" Jack Paynter, September 26,
Widewalls, Berliner Liste, 10 artists not to Miss, 2016, Martin George
Cinaesthesia, 2018, Swinburne Film and television Grad show “Martin”, Lido Cinema Hawthorn, Melbourne
Australian Modernist Sculpture Associated with Laughter • Interview with Martin George Ana Bambić Kostov · Saturday, September 10th, 2016 Berliner Liste
NGA Library "Abstract absurdities living among us in the everyday", Solo show catalogue , 2016