John Martin and Friends - Sommerlicht

John Martin and Friends – Sommerlicht

Australian artist, was born in Sydney in 1942 and lived in

western Sydney and Berlin.

He studied at the National Art School in Sydney between 1960 and 1962.

Since his first one-man exhibition in Sydney in 1971, he has had 40 solo

exhibitions in Australia.

The artist was painting in England from 1971-73. His first visited Germany

in 1976 after spending time in a studio in Basel, Switzerland and has since been a

regular visitor. This has culminated in setting up a permanent studio in Berlin

in 2005. Also he is Professor in Art University Sydney.

John Martin has also participated , by invitation, in many national and international group

exhibitions.

He presently lives and works in Allandale, Australia and Berlin, Germany

Of late, John Martin, an organic but resolutely formalistic abstractionist, has been formidable and monumental, undeviating and restless, but now some caprice, whimsy and casual touches are undermining his analysis of planes and volumes. The touch in these refreshing works is sometimes tender and fragile;intriguing new aspects of his work have been revealed." "The Australian"

Selected awards he has recieved include:

1971 - Artist-in-Residence, Sydney University,

1987 - Artist-in-Residence, Wollongong University

1989 - University of Technology Collegium Award

1995 - The Prime Prize, 1995

Recent exhibitions include

Sommerlicht, RaabGallery, Berlin

Küchenbilder, Raab Gallery Berlin

Wood, Kunstverein Bad Salzdethfurt

Dancing with Light, Raab Gallery Berlin

Drawings from Berlin, Maitland Regional Gallery

From Here to There – Echoes, John Miller Gallery, Newcastle

A Long Clear View, Raab Gallery, Berlin

A Clear View, John Miller Gallery, Newcastle

Mixed Media on Paper, Raab Gallery, Berlin

Modern Colourists, Peter Pinson Gallery, Sydney

The Rhythm of the Shadows – A Sorvey, Maitland Regional Gallery