Skip to navigation Skip to main content

Jason Martin

Jason Martin channels a minimal approach to painting through an expansive yet controlled use of colour, brush and medium. Working in pigment, oil paint and cast metal, Martin interrogates the fundamentals of painting, veering from epic and luscious compositions of swirling forms to pared-down and muted abstractions in precisely blended tones. Martin’s sensual, three dimensional paintings bow to Abstract Expressionism with their obvious focus on process and intensely expressive gestures.

Jason Martin (b. 1970, Jersey, UK) lives and works in London and Comporta. Recent solo exhibitions were held at Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong (2024); Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki (2024); Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm (2023); Galleria Christian Stein, Milan (2023); Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2023); Thaddaeus Ropac, Seoul (2022); Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm (2022); Lisson Gallery, New York (2022); Mimmo Scognamiglio, Milan (2021); Buchmann Galerie, Berlin (2020) and Lisson Gallery, East Hampton (2020).

Jason Martin, Culpa, 2024, oil on aluminium, 76 x 56 x 8 cm

Painting is a lust for the temperance of guile, grace and gravity.

Jason Martin

Biography

Education

  • 1990 - 1993

    Goldsmiths College, London, UK

  • 1989 - 1990

    Chelsea School of Art, London, UK

Awards

  • 2000

    Premio del Golfo, Biennale Europea di Arti Visive, La Spezia, Italy

  • 1999

    Prizewinner, John Moores 21, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK

  • 1988

    Sohen Ryu Tea Ceremony Foundation, Kamakura, Japan

Artist Rooms

  • Permanent

    Hortensia Herrero Art Centre, Valencia, Spain

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2026

    Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy

  • 2025

    De Brock, Knokke, Belgium

    Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany

  • 2024

    Tang Contemporary Art, Hong Kong

    Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

  • 2023

    Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany

    Galleria Christian Stein, Milan, Italy

    Wetterling Galerie, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2022

    Thaddaeus Ropac, Seoul, South Korea

    Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

    Lisson Gallery, New York, NY, USA

  • 2021

    Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy

  • 2020

    Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany

    Lisson Gallery, East Hampton, NY, USA

  • 2019

    STPI, Singapore

    Lisson Gallery, London, UK

    Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

  • 2018

    Lisson Gallery, New York, NY, USA

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

    De Brock, Knokke, Belgium

    Buchmann Galerie, Berlin, Germany

  • 2017

    Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany

    Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy

  • 2016

    Lisson Gallery, London, UK

    L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Museum gegenstandsfreier Kunst, Otterndorf, Germany

    Pavilhão 31, Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Júlio de Matos, Lisbon, Portugal

    Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

  • 2014

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

  • 2013

    Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium

    Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, China

    L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Sala Gaspar, Barcelona, Spain

    Lisson Gallery, Milan, Italy

  • 2012

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

    Lisson Gallery, London, UK

    Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland

  • 2011

    Galeria Javier Lopez-Mário Sequeira, Madrid, Spain

    L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2010

    Pelaires Centre Cultural Contemporani, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

    Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Milan, Italy

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

    The Fine Art Society, London, UK

  • 2009

    Espace Jean Legendre, Compiègne, France

    Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

    Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden

  • 2008

    Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

    L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern i Contemporani de Palma, Palma, Mallorca, Spain

    Centro Brasileiro Britânico, São Paulo, Brazil

  • 2007

    Kunstverein Kreis Gütersloh, Gütersloh, Germany

    Mönchehaus Museum, Goslar, Germany;

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

    Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea, Naples, Italy

  • 2006

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

    Galeria Mário Sequeira, Braga, Portugal

  • 2005

    Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Málaga, Spain

  • 2004

    Lisson Gallery, London, UK

    L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

  • 2003

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

    Patrick De Brock, Knokke, Belgium

  • 2002

    Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

  • 2000

    Claudia Gian Ferrari Arte Contemporaneo, Milan, Italy

    L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  • 1999

    Lisson Gallery, London, UK

  • 1998

    Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Nordhorn, Germany

    Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY, USA

  • 1997

    Lisson Gallery, London, UK

    Kohji Ogura Gallery, Nagoya, Japan

  • 1996

    Lisson Gallery, London, UK

Public Collections

  • Austria

    Museum of Contemporary Art, Salzburg

    Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuberg

    Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna

  • Belgium

    Collection Group Lhoist, Brussels

  • Finland

    Saastamoinen Foundation, EMMA Museum, Espoo

    Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere

  • France

    Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris

  • Germany

    Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm

    Sprengel Museum, Hannover

    Städtische Galerie Nordhorn

    The Schaufler Foundation, Sindelfingen

    Sammlung Wurth, Kunzelsau

    Sammlung Wemhöner, Berlin

  • Hungary

    Antal-Lusztig Collection, Debrecen

  • Italy

    Museum of Modern Art, La Spezia

    Mart, Rovereto

  • Mexico

    Colección Jumex, Mexico City

  • Qatar

    Al Thani Collection, Doha

  • Spain

    Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Malaga, Malaga

    Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca

    Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia

    Fundación Hortensia Herrero, Valencia

    Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo

  • UK

    Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham

    Deutsche Bank Collection

    Government Art Collection

    Jersey Museum, Jersey, Channel Islands

    NatWest Art Collection

  • US

    Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY

    Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

    Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

Selected images

Exhibitions