Education
1989 - 1990
Chelsea School of Art, London, UK
1990 - 1993
Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Jason Martin makes sensual, almost three-dimensional paintings—compositions of thickly impastoed modeling paste painted a single, rich color. Martin bows to Abstract Expressionism with his obvious focus on process and the intensely expressive gesture that runs throughout his work. Although his paintings—ranging in size from 20 inches to six feet—appear to be non-objective investigations of the line separating painting from sculpture, Martin’s titles, such as Torah, Nocture, Genus, Aether, Crux, and Storm, suggest references to cultural experience, scientific knowledge, and the natural world.
Jason Martin (b. 1970, Jersey, UK) lives and works in London and Comporta. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Lisson Gallery, London (2019), STPI, Singapore (2019), Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris (2018), Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke (2018), Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2018) and Lisson Gallery, New York (2018).
Jason Martin, Untitled (Graphite Grey / Titanium White / Ultramarine Blue Deep), 2017, oil on aluminium, 63 x 49 x 9 cm
What Martin leaves is a trace of his artistic and human presence, just as those early painters did deep in the Lascaux caves.
Chelsea School of Art, London, UK
Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Premio del Golfo, Biennale Europea di Arti Visive, La Spezia, Italy
Prizewinner, John Moores 21, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
Polychrome Futures, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Meta Physical, STPI, Singapore
Long Way Home, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Lisson Gallery, New York, NY, USA
New Pigments, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Graphite, Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Vertigo, Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Works 1997-2017, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
New Oils, Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporeanea, Milan, Italy
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Counterfeit, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Traction, Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany
Big Dark Oils, Pavilhão 31, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Júlio de Matos, Lisbon, Portugal
Swear To God, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Gestural Ubiquity, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Furies Fury Forsaken, Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Sacred Masters, Sacred Monsters, Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China
Serendipitia, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Patois, Sala Gaspar, Barcelona, Spain
Painting as Sculpture, Lisson Gallery, Milan, Italy
Elemental, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Infinitive, Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Folie à deux, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Oils and Pigments, Galeria Javier Lopez-Mário Sequeira, Madrid, Spain
Near by Far, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Pictures for Pleasure, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
New Works, Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Days Like These, Mimmo Scognamiglio Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Five Embossed Reliefs, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
The Roaring Forties, The Fine Art Society, London, UK
Paintings and Drawings, Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne, France
Vigil, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Luxe, Calme et Volupté, Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Nomad, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Oceania, LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Nomad, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma, Mallorca, Spain
Rock, Centro Brasileiro Britânico, São Paulo, Brazil
For God’s Sake, Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh, Gütersloh, Germany
Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany;
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Atlas, Mimmo Scognamiglio Arte Contemporanea, Naples, Italy
Nudes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Arcadia, Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Patrick De Brock Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporaneo, Milan, Italy
LA Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany
Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
Lisson Gallery, London, UK
Museum of Contemporary Art, Salzburg
Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna
Museum of Modern Art, La Spezia
Collection Group Lhoist, Brussels
Saastamoinen Foundation, EMMA Museum, Espoo
Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm
Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Städtische Galerie Nordhorn
The Schaufler Foundation, Sindelfingen
Wurth Collection, Kunzelsau
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Malaga, Malaga
Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca
Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia
Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham
Deutsche Bank Collection
Government Art Collection
Jersey Museum, Jersey, Channel Islands
NatWest Art Collection
Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
Jason Martin, Untitled (Emerald Green / Prussian Blue), 2019, oil on aluminium, 178 x 178 x 11 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Ivory Black / Graphite Grey), 2018, oil on aluminium, 178 x 178 x 11 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled, 2018, oil on aluminium, 58 x 58 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Mixed White / Prussian Blue / Permanent Yellow Medium), 2018, oil on aluminium, 82 x 70 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Mixed White / Permanent Yellow Medium / French Cassel Earth), 2018, oil on aluminium, 82 x 70 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Mixed White / Permanent Yellow Medium / Prussian Blue), 2018, oil on aluminium, 178 x 178 x 11 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Panoramic), 2018, oil on aluminium, 76 x 278 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Graphite Grey / Mixed White II), 2018, oil on aluminium, 82 x 70 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Graphite Grey / Graphite Grey Deep / French Cassel Earth), 2018, oil on aluminium, 223 x 182 x 17 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Warm Grey Light / Graphite Grey Deep), 2018, oil on aluminium, 68 x 58 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Schevingen Warm Grey / Graphite Grey Dark), 2018, oil on aluminium, 68 x 58 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Prussian Blue / Graphite Grey Dark), 2018, oil on aluminium, 68 x 58 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Graphite Grey / Graphite Grey Deep), 2018, oil on aluminium, 202 x 205 x 17 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Warm Grey Light / Graphite Grey), 2018, oil on aluminium, 68 x 58 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Graphite Grey Dark / Titanium White), 2018, oil on aluminium, 113 x 98 x 10 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Prussian Blue / Graphite Grey / Graphite Grey Dark), 2018, oil on aluminium, 200 x 180 x 16 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Graphite Grey / Titanium White / Ultramarine Blue Deep), 2017, oil on aluminium, 63 x 49 x 9 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled (Oxide White), 2016, oil on panel, 41 x 31 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled, 2013, oil on aluminium, 94 x 74 cm
Jason Martin, Untitled, 2013, oil on aluminium, 94 x 74 cm
Jason Martin, Montauk, 2012, oil on aluminium, 65 x 56 cm
Jason Martin