Martyn Cross

Page 1 | Biography

Lives: Bristol, UK

Education
1998 - BA Hons in Fine Art at Bath Spa University, Bath


Solo Exhibitions
2013
Edgelands, Angelika Studios, High Wycombe
2012
Crumbling Into Dust, The Edwardian Toilets, Bristol
2010
Pride and Perseverance, The Last Gallery, Llangadog, Wales
2004
This Is Local, Space C, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon
2001
HARD2FIND, Summit Gallery, Croydon
2000
Above Your Heads, Yate Library, Bristol
Nothing Matters, Generation X, Manchester


Group Exhibitions
2013
Take Me To The Other Side, Pallas Project, Dublin
Like A Monkey With A Miniature Cymbal, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
Creekside Open (selected by Ceri Hand), A.P.T. Gallery, London
Temporary Residence, (with Aid & Abet), Kettles Yard, Cambridge
2012
Angelika Open (selected by Rod Barton, Paul Kindersley, Boo Ritson and Danny Rolph), Angelika Studios, High Wycombe
Artefacts of Failure (with Bryan Eccleshall), QUAD, Derby
Local Show, The Last Gallery, Llangadog
2011
National Open Competition (selected by Cathy Lomax, S Mark Gubb and Mandy Ure), Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol
Intervention Intervention, Fishmarket Gallery, Northampton
Art As A Full Time Hobby, Aid & Abet, Cambridge
Creekside Open (selected by Dexter Dalwood), APT Gallery, London
Painting Open, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol
Paris Correspondence School, Trove, Birmingham
2010
Open, Motorcade/Flashparade, Bristol
Art for Everyone, The Arts Council, Great Peter Street, London
Post, Trove, The Old Science Museum, Birmingham
2009
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2009 (selected by Nicholas Usherwood, Roger Malbert and Tania Kovats), National touring exhibition
Exeter Contemporary Open (selected by Marie-Anne McQuay, Matt Burrows, Alex Hartley and Richard Ducker), Exeter Phoenix, Exeter
Drawing With Dolphins, Crimes Town, London
Sale, The Royal Standard, Liverpool
2008
Future 50 (selected by Ceri Hand and Liz Aston), PSL, Leeds
The Golden Record, Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
These Living Walls of Jet, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool
2007
Salon07 (selected by Matt Roberts, Alex Michon, Laura White and Andrea Adcock), Seven Seven Contemporary Art, London
Republic, L'EST, London
Disposable Fetish, Nunnery Gallery, London
2006
Pre-Landscapades, Under Milk Wood Gallery, London
The Postcard Show, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
First Class Post, Sassoon Gallery, Folkestone
2004
Voluntary Sector Vision, Croydon Clocktower, Croydon
2003
Lens Based Open, Surface Gallery, Nottingham
RCA Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Postcard Show, Taxi Gallery, Cambridge
2002
Jerwood Drawing Prize 2002, National touring exhibition


Grants/Awards
2012
Winner of the Angelika Open (selected by Rod Barton, Paul Kindersley, Boo Ritson and Danny Rolph)
TPSW Small Project Bursary
Selected as one of Modern Painters magazine's '100 Artists to Watch' (Jan issue)
2011
Short-listed for the Motorcade/Flashparade National Open
Short-listed for the Motorcade/Flashparade Painting Open
Short-listed for the Creekside Open
2010
Axisweb Artist of the Month for March
2009
Short-listed for the Exeter Contemporary Open
Short-listed for the Jerwood Drawing Prize
2002
Short-listed for the Jerwood Drawing Prize


Projects
2012
Manchester Contemporary (with Axisweb), Spillingfields, Manchester
The Not Unreasonably Priced Arts & Crafts Fair, Scandinavia Cafe, Luton
Handmade posters at the Stapleton Road Tavern, Bristol
2011
Sluice Art Fair (with Aid & Abet), London
2010
Yuletide Checkout, Spike Island, Bristol
Paris Correspondence School in association with TROVE and Minnie Weisz
2008
Publish and Be Damned, Rochelle School, London
I am not I; pity the tale of me, www.axisweb.org
2007
Zoo Art Fair with CENTREFOLD, Royal Academy, London
Publish and Be Damned, Rochelle School, London
Hit the Books, Hessenhuis, Antwerp