Simon Martin (artist)

Simon Martin (born 1965) is an English artist living and working in London, known for his video works.[1][2][3]

Early life

Martin was born in Cheshire, England, in 1965.[4][5] He attended the Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, between 1985 and 1989.[6]

Career

In 2005, Martin showed his video work Wednesday Afternoon in solo exhibitions at White Columns, New York City; Counter Gallery, London;[7] and The Power Plant, Toronto.[8] Reviewing the New York exhibition in The New York Times, Roberta Smith called the work a "a minor masterpiece of poetic discretion".[9]

In 2011, his film Louis Ghost Chair, commissioned by the British organization Film and Video Umbrella, premiered at the Holbourne Museum in Bath.[10][11][12] His film Lemon 03 Generations (Turn it Around version) was presented as an outdoor projection by the Henry Moore Foundation in December 2014.[13][14]

In 2015, he presented his film UR Feeling in a solo show at the Camden Arts Centre.[1][15][16] Known until this point for his films that portrayed only static objects,[17] UR Feeling was his first work to use human performers.[18]

He was included in the 2006 Tate Triennial.[19][20]

In 2008, he received the £45,000 Paul Hamlyn Foundation visual-arts award.[21][22]

Since 2005, he has worked in sound art.

Collections

Martin's work is included in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art[23] and the Tate Museum, London.[19]

References

1. "Simon Martin". MAP Magazine. 1 March 2009.
2. Colin Ledwith; Polly Staple (11 May 2007). You Have Not Been Honest: Contemporary Film and Video from the UK. British Council. ISBN 9780863555824.
3. "Here's Looking at You". Frieze (113). 2 March 2008.
4. "Simon Martin Born 1965". Tate.
5. "British Artist Simon Martin's New Exhibition 'UR Feeling' Opens at Camden Arts Centre". artdaily.com.
6. "Simon Martin". Goldsmiths, University of London.
7. "Simon Martin at Counter Gallery". Artforum.
8. "The Power Plant – Simon Martin: Wednesday Afternoon – 2006 – Exhibitions – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". The Power Plant. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
9. Smith, Roberta (9 September 2005). "Art in Review; Simon Martin". The New York Times.
10. Clark, Robert; Sherwin, Skye (28 January 2012). "This Week's New Exhibitions". The Guardian.
11. "Simon Martin's Louis Ghost Chair Installation Premieres at The Holburne Museum in Bath". Culture24.
12. Gosling, Emily (19 December 2011). "Louis Ghost Chair".
13. Guido Reuter; Ursula Ströbele (2017). Skulptur und Zeit im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert. Böhlau Verlag Köln Weimar. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-3-412-50453-3.
14. "Event Sculpture 4: Simon Martin, 'Lemon 03 Generations (Turn it Around version)' (2014) - Online papers - Research - Henry Moore Foundation". Henry Moore Foundation.
15. "Simon Martin: UR Feeling". Wall Street International. 10 March 2015.
16. "Simon Martin: UR Feeling, Camden Arts Centre - exhibition review". Evening Standard. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
17. "Kunstverein » Simon Martin".
18. "Simon Martin: UR Feeling - Art in London". Time Out London. 22 July 2015.
19. "'Wednesday Afternoon', Simon Martin, 2005". Tate.
20. "'Carlton', Simon Martin, 2006". Tate. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
21. "Recipients of Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Martha Hill Achievement Awards". Artforum.
22. "Paul Hamlyn Foundation Announces The Recipients Of The 2008 Awards for the Visual Arts and Composers". classicalsource.com.
23. "Wednesday Afternoon – DMA Collection Online". Dallas Museum of Art.

External links

• simonmartinstudios.blogspot.com, Martin's official website