Simon Martin (born 1965) is a British artist living and working in London. Martin is known for his video works. [1] [2] [3]
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]
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, UK. [10] [11] [12] His film Lemon 03 Generations (Turn it Around version) was presented as an outdoor projection by the Henry Moore museum 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 used 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 with sound.
Martin's work is included in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art [23] and the Tate Museum, London. [19]
Simon Martin (born 1965) is a British artist living and working in London. Martin is known for his video works. [1] [2] [3]
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]
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, UK. [10] [11] [12] His film Lemon 03 Generations (Turn it Around version) was presented as an outdoor projection by the Henry Moore museum 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 used 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 with sound.
Martin's work is included in the permanent collections of the Dallas Museum of Art [23] and the Tate Museum, London. [19]