John Martin was born in 1957. He studied contemporary painting at Hornsey College of Art followed by three years at Exeter College of Art where he obtained a 1st Class Honours degree. Martin then spent more time studying at the Royal Academy Art Schools gaining a Post-Graduate Diploma.
John Martin has been the recipient of many art awards these include: Stowells of Chelsea, Prize-winner, David Murray Landscape Scholarship, WH Patterson Prize and the Fabrica Painting Prize, awarded at the RBA Open Exhibition. He was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1991 and in 2006 won the coveted di Laszlo art medal in 2006 at the Royal Society of British Artists
John Martin contemporary paintings have been published in several modern art textbooks. His paintings have also featured in the Tatler Magazine, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Times.
Brian Sewell, Art Critic of The Evening Standard said of John Martin ' If you dropped him down a drain he'd paint an affectionate picture of drippage and the moss, and work wonders with the grid and its shadows'
In addition to Red Rag British Art Gallery John Martin art work has been exhibited at other leading British Art Galleries. Each painting at Red Rag is sourced from the John Martin artist studio and like all Red Rag British art and Contemporary art it can be shipped worldwide.
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