Martin Wilson (artist)
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Martin Wilson is a visual artist, based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Early life and education
[edit]Martin Wilson graduated from the National Art School in Sydney in 1994.
Art practice
[edit]Wilson works primarily in painting and textile media.
Among his most prominent works is The Fuzzy Prime Ministers – a series of latch-hook rug portraits of each Prime Minister of Australia. The series was created to mark Australia's Centenary of Federation in 2001 and was exhibited at Object Gallery in Sydney[1] during the Sydney Festival, the National Portrait Gallery (Australia) in Canberra[2] and regional art galleries throughout Australia. Following his election in November 2007, a portrait of Kevin Rudd – the 26th in the series – was first shown at the Flinders Street Gallery in Sydney.
Wilson's other major works include Blue Budgie on Pink (2003)[3] and Raw Prawn (2007).[4]
In April 2009 at the University of Newcastle Gallery, Martin presented Post (2009), a series of rug portraits of Australia Post workers for the Making Our Times exhibition,[5] which he also co-curated with Jason Martin of the Flinders Street Gallery.
Wilson has exhibited extensively in artist-run spaces in Newcastle, Melbourne, and Brisbane, and was co-founder and co-director of Newcastle artist-run space Rocketart from 1999 to 2004.
References
[edit]- ^ "7.30 Report, 21 December 2000: PM art exhibit reveals a loveable side". Archived from the original on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 16 June 2008.
- ^ NPG – Fuzzy Prime Ministers of Australia
- ^ PICA – Blue Budgie on Pink
- ^ Raw Prawn
- ^ Making Our Times