Tony Martin studied Fine Art in the early 1980s at Leicester Polytechnic (First Class Hons) and post graduate studies at St. Albans later gaining an MA in Theology and the Visual Arts from the University of Wales, Bangor. He has exhibited regularly for more than three decades. Tony is a regular collaborator with Guillemot Press: his work has been commissioned for publications of the work of poets Jack Clemo (2016) Keith Waldrop (2018) John F. Deane (2019) Phoebe Power (2024) and Nadira Wallace (2024), and Ray Givans (Subway, 2003).
Exhibitions
2023 : Plan & Elevation: White Horse Gallery, Marlborough
2021 : Criss-Cross: A Kind of Music, Wells and Mendip Museum // Space, Line, Colour 44AD, Artspace Gallery, Bath
2020 : Criss-Cross: A Kind of Music, Centrespace Gallery, Bristol // 44AD Artspace Gallery, Bath
2018 : Plotted : Pieced, 44AD Artspace Gallery, Bath // Thinking Line : Making Space, The Slade Centre, Gillingham
2016 : Clay Land Moods, Sterts Arts Centre, Liskeard, Cornwall // Drawings, Acanthas Gallery, Wareham
2014 : Along Edges, Lighthouse Arts Centre, Poole
2013 : Recent Drawings, Highgate Contemporary Art, London // Kindling the Scarp, Wheal Martyn Museum, St Austell, Cornwall // SIX Projects Space, Bournemouth
2011 : Recent Drawings, Westcott's Gallery, St. Ives // Space, Grace & Line, Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, Bath
2009 : Second Space, Recent Drawings & Prints, Marlborough College
2007 : Between the Lines, Sherborne House, Dorset // Spaces & Places, Bishop's Palace, Wells
2005 : Sequences, Recent Work- Bridgwater Arts Centre // Sequences, Recent Work - Mount House Gallery, Marlborough
2004 : Between the Lines, Recent Work, Brewhouse Arts Centre, Taunton
1998 : Into Silence, Portobello Gallery, London
1990/91 : Modern British & Gallery Artists, Christopher Hull Gallery, London
1985 : D.H.Lawrence Centenary, The Country of My Heart - Leicester Museum Art Gallery, Nottingham Playhouse Theatre, touring exhibition
1983 : Artist's Showcase, Castle Museum, Nottingham // Recent Paintings, Midland Institute, Birmingham
Selected Exhibitions
2024: Casting Shadows - Royal Society of Sculptors( invited artist), ACE Arts, Somerton
2017 : SKETCH 17, Rabley Drawing Centre (touring) // DRAWN 2017 (2015) , RWA, Bristol // Millfield Open, Atkinson Gallery // Dorchester Open 2017 (2013 / 2011), Duke's Gallery
2016 : outLine, Heritage Courtyard Studios, Wells // Selected Prints, Quercus Gallery, Bath
2015 : Line & Mass, Meyrick Hall, Bournemouth // Art Open 2015, Black Swan Arts Centre, Frome // Print & Process, Sidcot Arts Centre // Pressing Matters, Contains Art, Watchet
2014 : Winter Show, Highgate Contemporary Art, London // Wander in Gladness, Coleridge Cottage, Nether Stowey // Drawings & Prints, 3D Gallery, Bristol
2012 : Winter Show, Westcott's Gallery, St. Ives // Printmakers, Bridgwater Arts Centre // Evolver Prize, Atkinson Gallery, Millfield // Renewal and Regeneration, Thelma Hulbert Gallery
2010 : Away Over the Hills, The Musgrove Gallery // Contemporary Drawing, Rabley Drawing Centre
2009 : Impact! Spike Island, Bristol // Evolver (1st Prize), Dorchester County Museum // Cooper Young, Memphis TN, USA // Snap It Up, Bridport Arts Centre // Air Gallery, Wells
2008 : AAF, London, Bertram Enterprises // Contemporary Art, Morgan Boyce Contemporary Art, Marlborough
2007 : Somerset Printmakers, Salisbury Playhouse Gallery // A Walking Line, Alpha House Gallery, Sherborne
2006 : Mixed Exhibition, Thomas Corman Fine Art, London // Visible Arts School, Memphis TN, USA
2005 : The Road Less Travelled - Malthouse Gallery, East Lambrook Manor // Work, Place, Art - SE1 Gallery, London
2003 : Hamburg Contemporary Print Fair, Germany // Somerset Printmakers - Bridport Arts Centre
2002 : South West Artists - Rowe & Maw, London // Mind & Eye - Havant Arts Centre, Portsmouth // Printers Inc. - Brewhouse Arts Centre, Taunton
2001 : Bremen Contemporary Print Fair, Germany // Encore - Royal West Academy, Bristol // Open 01 - Victoria Gallery, Bath
2000 : Recent Prints, Spike Island, Bristol // Open 2000, Malvern Arts Festival // Person from Porlock - Phoenix Gallery, Exeter
1999 : RWA Open, Royal West Academy, Bristol // Landscape & Art, Sadler Street Gallery, Wells
1998 : Inner Space/Outer Space, Generator Gallery, Loughborough University
1995 : Recent Work, St Michael's Gallery, London // Winter Show, Byard Gallery, Nottingham // Open '95 - Derby Museum & Art Gallery
1994 : Art & Education, Beaumanor Hall, Leicestershire // Contemporary Art, Castle Museum, Nottingham // Open'94, City Gallery, Leicester
Collections
De Montfort University // Leicestershire Social Services // Fosse Health Trust // Marlborough College // Private collections