George Martin P.J.

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BORN
Angamaly, Kerala, India; in 1973

STATUS
Lives and works in New Delhi

EDUCATION
Master of Visual Arts (sculpture), Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata, India (1999-2001)
Bachelor of Fine Arts (sculpture), College of Fine Arts, Thiruvanthapuram Kerala, India (1994-1998)

SOLO SHOWS

2013 Empty Envelops, Palette Art Gallery, and New Delhi.
2009 Objective voice, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2008 Cavities, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
2007 Lost Article, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
2006 Footloose of Blue Pencil, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai.

CURATION
2016 JUST ABOVE THE HORIZON 2nd pulauketam International Art Festival, Malayasia
2015 INBOX – 81+ contemporary Indian artists on the dilemma of disposable culture. Shrishti Art Gallery Hyderabad. India
2014 Tradition & Transition . Water colors from China & India. Kalakriti Art Gallery Hyderabad. India.

SELECTED PARTICPATION
2019, Open studio , An objects self defined – SCULPTURE SPACE ,UTICA ,NEWYORK

2018, Art Now 18 , art alive gallery New Delhi
Transitional Spaces -Bikaner house, New Delhi presented by Art Pilgrim live gallery
Viswaroopa _The Form Of Universe Curated By Johny ML , Birla Academy of Art & Culture Kolkata ,India
2017, Art Now 17 , art alive gallery New Delhi
Elephant parade india &l London
India art fair, New Delhi
VR art car project,VR BENGALIRU, India
2016, 2nd pulauketam International Art Festival, Malayasia.
The3rd Today silk Road, International Invitational Exhibition of Fine Arts: Shaanxyi Province art Museum Xian, China.
India Art Fair, New Delhi.
Opening /crayon art gallery New Delhi, The Claridges Hotel New Delhi.
Timeless portrait of love, Kushi New Delhi.
2015 The 2ndToday silk Road ,International Invitational Exhibition of Fine Arts : Shaanxyi Province art Museum Xian , China.
Inbox –Shrishti art Gallery Hyderabad.
India Art Fair, New Delhi.
2014 Contemporary Contingencies’. Gallery oed Cochin.
Cross Connections – Gallery Art Positive New Delhi.
Tradition & Transitions – INDIA +CHINA: mo:shu/ink:water, Kalakriti Art
Gallery, Hyderabad.
India Art Fair, New Delhi.
2013 Canvas for Life, The Oberoi Hotel, Gurgaon. India Art Fair, New Delhi
2012 B-70 Art Show, Nehru Center, Mumbai.
Extending the Line, Vadehara Art Gallery, New Delhi
India Art Fair, New Delhi
Fragile-2, 1X1 Gallery, Dubai
3-Tango, Polka Art, New Delhi

2011 Continuum, Curated by Bhavana Kakar, Singapore
Skin Deep, Curated by Johnny M.L., The Viewing Room, Mumbai
Take-2, Arushi Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Red, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Miniscule Marvel, BMB Contemporary Art Space, Mumbai
Looking Back to Look Forward, Curated by Sushma Behl, Visual Art Gallery, New Delhi
The Annual, Latitude 28 Gallery, New Delhi.
Art Chennai, Represented by Gallery OED, Kochi
What Happens in Mukteshwar, Curated by Johnny ML, W+K EXP, New Delhi
India Art Summit, New Delhi, represented by Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi

2010 India Awakens—Under the Banyan Tree, Curated by Dr Alka Pande, Essel Museum, Vienna, Austria
About Roundabout, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Creating CommonWealth, Ragini Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Surviving Sagas, presented by Ashna Gallery, New Delhi at Visual Art Gallery, IHC, New New Delhi.
Untitled-2010, Art Konsult, New Delhi
Snow, Curated by Ranjit Hoskote, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, TAO Art Gallery Mumbai.

2009 Spectrum India, Emirates Palace Hotel, Abu Dhabi.
The Art of India/20 Years of Contemporary Indian Art, Gallery Neumeister/Gallerie Muller & Plate, Munich, Germany
Expression, @ Tihar & IGNCA, New Delhi, by Ojas Art, New Delhi
Beyond the Form, Visual Arts Gallery, IHC, New Delhi & Jahangir Art Gallery, Mumbai, Presented by Bajaj Capital Art House
Resonating Pulse, Alliance Franchise de Delhi, Represented by Latitude 28, New Delhi.
Mining Minds, Chaithanya Gallery, Kochi
Big Dream, Crimson Art Gallery, Bangalore
Metamorphosis—Change and Continuity in Indian Contemporary Art, Phyllis, Weston, Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, USA
The Human Animal, Curated by Marta Jakimowicz, represented by Religare Arts Initiative & Gallery Threshold, New Delhi.
London Art Fair, represented by Grosvenor Vadehara, London
Hot Shot, The Viewing Room, Mumbai

2008 The Sun Rises in the East—Contemporary Art from India, Galerie Christian Hosp, Tirol/ Austria.
Chaos in Order—Exhibition of Indian Contemporary Art, Lalit Kala Akademi & Indian Embassy in Vietnam.
Beyond Boundaries, Cork St, London.
Hong Kong Art Fair, Vadehara Art Gallery, New Delhi
Keep Drawing, Gallery Espace New Delhi.
India Art Summit, New Delhi.
Shifting Terrains/Altered Realities, Shrine Gallery & Empire Art, New Delhi
Dubai Art Fair, Representing Vadehara Art Gallery, New Delhi
Trends & Trivia, An Indian Story, visual arts centre Hong Kong.
Millennium Turks, Trident Hilton, Gurgaon.
Sandwich, Indo-Australian Group Show, Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
From Surface to Origin: Journeys through Recent Art from India and Thailand, Curated by Brian Curtain, Gallery Soulflower, Bangkok

2007 Images/Urban/Neon, 1X1 Gallery, Dubai, UAE
Object-Making/Unmaking, Vadehara Art Gallery, New Delhi.
10 Light Years, Kashi Art, Kochi.
1st Anniversary Exhibition, Gallery Mirchandani+Steinruecke, Mumbai

2006 Real 2006, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
Rock +Music+Art, Group Show organised by Art Resource, Mumbai.
Infinite- Us Unbounded, Planet Arts Gallery, Gurgaon.
Three-men show, Vi-Art Gallery, New Delhi.
Encode-Decode, (Two men show), Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi.
No Square Circle: Drawings by Sculptors, Rabindra Bhavan, Kolkata and New Delhi.
Shifting Focus, The Air Gallery, London.

2005 The Mouse, Global Art Village, Delhi.
KAVA -1 Award-winners Exhibition, Kashi Art Gallery, Kochi
Double-Enders, Curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai; Vadehara Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore and Durbar Hall, Kochi.
Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2005, Sydney.
Eternal Recurrence, Hotel Shangri-La, New Delhi.

2004 The Making of India, Rabindra Bhavan Delhi and traveling.
Conflicts & Dualities, Nature Morte, New Delhi.

2003 Migration, City, Home, Birla Academy of Art And Culture, Kolkata.
Chroma, Indisk/Norsk Kunst I Gatene, Bergen.

2002 Chroma, India Habitat Center, New Delhi.

2001 The State Exhibitions, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala; (was also selected to show from 1995 to 1997)

2000 Sculpture 2000, Organised by Gorkey Sadan, Kolkata.

1998 Best of the Year, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai.

Scholarships and Awards

Won the KAVA-1 Kashi Visual Art Award And the Promising Artist Award-1, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Art India Magazine, Mumbai in 2005, the Bodhi Best Student Award in 1998; the Vice–Versa Foundation Fellowship in 2013 for ShangYuan Museum Art Residency in China; the National Scholarship, Ministry of Tourism And Culture, Government Of India from 2000 to 2002; and the Highly Commended Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Kerala in 1995.

ART RESIDENCIES, CAMPS & WORK SHOPS

2019,
Sculpture Space Art Residency in Utica Newyork

2018 National Sculpture Symposium in Bronze Stone ,RMZ foundation, Bengaluru, India

2017
Bapu’s Champaran Satyagraha centenary celebration painting workshop organized Bihar museum Patna, India.

Art camp in Greece organized by Vihaan Art Foundation New Delhi.
2016 2nd pulauketam International Art Festival, Malayasia
2015 International Sculpture Symposium in Bronze & Stone ,Uttarayan Art foundation, Jaspur – Baroda, India

2013 ShangYuan Museum Art Residency in Beijing ,China

2011 Art Chennai-2011, Taj Coromondal, Chennai

2010 Art Camp in Cambodia organised by ITC Group, Kolkata; at a mountain trail in Mukteshwar organized by W+K, New Delhi; and Coorg in Karnataka organised by Gallery Serendip, Bangalore

2009 Art Camp in Bali organised by Rai Foundation New Delhi; Ubud Art Camp organized by Art Home, Baroda; Art Chill, organised by Le-Meridian, Jaipur;
Kashmir Cultural Camp organised by Foundation B&G and Popular Prakashan; and Oberoi Art Camp, Mumbai

2008 Art Camp in Maldives organized by Art Invest India Mumbai; in Russia, organized by Creative Urge, Baroda and in Shimla organized by Snowball, Mumbai

2007 Art camp in Spain and Kassel organized by Sun Art Gallery, Baroda; in Thailand, Malaysia & Singapore organized by Sun Art Gallery, Baroda

2006 National Sculpture Camp, Sumukha Gallery & Baldota Group, Hampi, Karnataka
National Ceramic Camp, JSW LTD, Torangallu, Karnataka

2005 Sculpture by the Sea-Bondi 2005, Newington Armory Wharf, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW, Australia

2003 Chroma, at Indisk/Norsk kunsten i gatene, Løvstakken, Bergen, Norway.

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