Martin Brown

Page 1 | Biography

Born: Canberra, Australia
Lives: London UK

Education
2002 Bachelor of Fine Arts, National Art School
1994 Dip. Fine Arts, National Art School, (Sydney Institute of Technology)
1989 Year 12 Certificate, Narrabundah College, A.C.T


Solo Exhibitions
2010 'Volta, Basel Art Fair' Fred-London, Basel CH
2009 'Recent Paintings' Fred-London, London UK
2003 'Recent Paintings' Australian Galleries, Sydney AU
2001 ‘Paintings of Sydney and Europe’, Australian Galleries, Sydney AU
2000 ‘Recent Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney AU
1998 ‘Newtown Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney AU



Group Exhibitions
2011 "Now and Then" Oliver Sears gallery, Dublin
2010 "ArtPops" Residence gallery, London
2009 "Newtown Diaries" Delmar Gallery, Sydney
2009 "Bushwhacked" Hardware Gallery, Sydney
2008 "The Scary Things" Gallery Ost, Moscow, Russia
2008 "Restart, Thanks, We are together" 733 Art Factory, Chengdu, China
2008 "Mothers Exhibition", Satorial Contemporary Art, London
2007 "Spectre vs Rector", The residence Gallery, London
2005 Cable street studios, open studio exhibition, in conjunction with arts unwrapped, creative London, London
2004 Cable street studios, open studio exhibition, London
2002 ‘Salon des Refuses’, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
University and Schools Club Art Prize Exhibition, Sydney
2001 Australian Painting and Sculpture, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Ill Met by Moonlight’, Sir Hermann Black Gallery, Sydney University
Helen Lempriere NSW Travelling Art Scholarship exhibition
‘Salon des Refuses’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
2000 the Second City – Urban Works from the Collection’, Newcastle
Regional Art Gallery
‘Fine Paintings & Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney.
Brett Whiteley Travelling Scholarship Exhibition, Brett Whiteley Studio,
Sydney
Melbourne Art Fair 2000
1999 ‘Five Painters – Christmas Exhibition’, Australian Galleries, Sydney.
‘Fine Paintings & Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney.
1998 ‘Leading the Way – 1997-98 Acquisitions’, Newcastle Region Art Gallery
Sixth Australian Contemporary Art Fair, Melbourne.
‘Fine Paintings & Sculpture’, Australian Galleries, Sydney.
‘The Fleurieu Biennale’ McLaren Vale, SA
1997 ‘A Taste in Art’, Community Aid Abroad Exhibition, Sotheby’s,
Melbourne.
‘Dugong Exhibition’, Palm House, Botanical Gardens, Sydney.
‘Fine Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper’, Australian Galleries,
Sydney.
‘Salon des Refuses’, S. H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
1996 ‘Fine Paintings’, Australian Galleries, Sydney
‘Friends of Brian Dunlop’, Exhibition of 12 Figurative Painters, Charles
Hewitt Gallery, Sydney
1995 ‘Figure it Out: Ten Artists’, Figurative Drawing Exhibition, James Harvey
1993 ‘And an Image of Myself’, 25 Young Artists Present an Event, Cyberspace
Gallery, Sydney.
1992-94 Student Exhibitions, Cell Block Theatre, National Art School, Sydney
Institute of Technology Gallery
1992-94 National Art School, Sydney Institute of Technology



Bibliography
Auty, Giles; Abstracts: The Debate Goes On, Review, The Australian, March 1996
Auty, Giles; Review, Weekend Australian, 25 - 26 April 1998
Auty, Giles; Review, Weekend Australian, 22 - 23 April 2000
Faces of Sydney, Weekend Australian, 30 – 31 October 1999
Kidd, Courtney; The Sydney Morning Herald, 11 April 2000
Smee, Sebastian; Metro, The Sydney Morning Herald, 21 - 27 April 2000
Fernandes, Michelle; Domain, The Sydney Morning Herald, 10 April 2003
Benzie, Tim; Sunday Metro, The Sun Herald, 6 April 2003
Fortescue, Elizabeth; Weekend Confidential, The Telegraph, 5 April 2003



Grants/Awards
1991 Drummoyne Art Prize, Portrait category, 1st Prize,
Open category, Highly Commended



Publications
Australian Galleries, exhibition catalouge.
Martin Brown,
Paintings of Sydney and Europe,
Sydney - November 2001
text, Christine France