featured artists: Will Martyr

British.


The depiction of luxurious, clean, modernist structures, housed within a soft vinyetted world, conjures up a sense of nostalgia. This nostalgia is for a timeless and simplified elegance, reminiscent of post war modernism and optimism. Will seeks to convey a feeling that ‘In our perhaps more austere times there is a legitimacy to desire such a lifestyle as it does not convey a contemporary greed.’ The overlaid text and palette of this most recent work, reveals an increased focus on the celebratory 'Pop' nature of 1960s Americana.
 

Education:
2005-2007        MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London
2002-2003        The New York Studio School of Drawing Painting
                         and Sculpture, USA
1998-2002        BA, The Slade School of Fine Art, London

Selected Exhibitions:

2011            Urban Perspectives, Orion Contemporary, London

2011            Urban Landscapes, Hay Hill Gallery, Cork St, London.
2011            Catlin Art Prize, The Tram Shed, London
2011            New Decade, Pop Up Gallery, London
2011            London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2010            Debut, Pop Up Gallery, Victoria, London
2010            Multiplied Contemporary Editions Fair, TAG Fine Arts, London
2010            AAFNYC, TAG Fine Arts, New York City, USA
2010            25th London Original Print Fair, TAG Fine Arts, RA, London
2010            London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2009            Bauhaus Dessau, Inter Space, Vorplatzspiele installation, Germany
2009            Salon, Architectural Association, Bedford Square, London
2009            Vorplatzspiele, Bedford Square, London
2009            Art London, TAG Fine Arts, Chelsea, London
2009            London Art Fair, TAG Fine Arts, Islington, London
2008            India Art Summit, Delhi
2008            Art London, TAG Fine Arts, Chelsea, London
2008            Catlin Art Prize, St Johns Gallery, London
2008            7 Wonders of Ancient World, Crypt St Pancras Church, London
2008            The Prudential Collection, London
2007            The Great Exhibition, Royal College of Art, London
2007            The Celeste Art Prize, ‘Lyon and Turnbull’ Edinburgh
2007            The Celeste Art Prize, ‘The Truman Brewery’ London
2007            Bursary Beneficiary Exhibition Chelsea Arts Club Trust, London
2006            Matches and Petrol, A&D Gallery, London
2004            BJ House, Bethnal Green, London
2003            Soho International Art Competition, New York City
2002            Rapt, Prenelle Gallery, London
2002            Unscene, Catto Contemporary, London
2002            Metropolis, Mark Jason Fine Art, London


Awards:

2011            Winner of the Catlin Commission
2006            Travel Award, Chelsea Art Club
2002            ‘Unscene’ Art Prize, Catto Contemporary, London
2000            Exchange Award, Slade School of Fine Art


Collections:

Catlin, London, UK
ABN AMRO, Sydney, Australia
Al Quasimi Collection, Sharjah, UAE            
Kingfisher Group, Mumbai, India       
Aon Consulting, London, UK                       
Prudential, London, UK
The Chelsea Arts Club Trust, London, UK 
Equity Group, London, UK   
The Austin Kupka Collection, LA, USA
Fidelity Group, London, UK   
Reza Mahammad Collection, London, UK