George Martin P.J.
Born in 1973 Angamaly, Kerala, India.
(Lives and works in New Delhi)
Education
1999-2001 Master of Visual Arts (sculpture), Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata.
1994-1998 BFA (sculpture), College of Fine Arts, Thiruvanthapuram Kerala.
Solo Exhibitions
2013 Empty Envelops –Palette Gallery 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.
Selected Participation
2013
Harvest-Arushi art gallery New Delhi.
Canvas for life –The oberoi hotel Gurgaon.
India art fair New Delhi
2012
B-70 Art show at Nehru center Mumbai.
Extending the line- Vadhera art gallery New Delhi.
India art fair New Delhi
Fragile-2 at 1x1 gallery Dubai
3-tango polka art New Delhi
2011
Continuum-Singapore –curate by bhavana kakar
Skin Deep –The Viewing Room Mumbai, Curate by Johnny ML
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 Visual art gallery New Delhi, Curate by Sushma Behl.
The Annual- latitude.28 –New Delhi.
Art Chennai-2011, presented by gallery OED -cochin
WHAT HAPPENS IN MUKTESHWAR- W+K EXP New Delhi Curate by Johnny ML
3 rd Edition of INDIA ART SUMMIT New Delhi, India presented by palette art gallery New Delhi.
2010
“India awakens-Under the banyan tree -”Essl Museum in Vienna, Austria curator Dr Alka Pande.
“About roundabout”, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand.
Creating Common Wealth-Ragini Art Gallery New Delhi.
Surviving Sagas visual art gallery IHC New Delhi, presented by Ashna gallery New Delhi.
Untitled-2010 art consult New Delhi
SNOW- palette art gallery New Delhi, TAO art gallery Mumbai.curated by Renjit Hoskote.
2009
Spectrum India-Emirates palace hotel Abu Dhabi.
The art of India /20 years of contemporary Indian art. Presented gallery Neumeister/gallerie Muller & plate Munich, Germany
Expression at Tihar-IGNCA New Delhi, Presented by Ojas Art.
Beyond the form Visual arts gallery IHC New Delhi & Jahangir art gallery Mumbai present Bajaj capital art house
Resonating pulse Alliance franchise de Delhi. Present 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-curate Marta jakimowicz present Religare arts initiative gallery Threshold New Delhi.
London art fair- presents Grosvenor Vadehra 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 presented lalit kala akademi and Indian Embassy in Vietnam.
Beyond boundaries-the gallery in cork st. London.
Hong Kong art fair presented Vadehra art gallery, India.
Keep Drawing - Gallery Espace New Delhi.
India Art Summit, New Delhi.
Shifting terrains altered realities, the shrine gallery & empire art New Delhi
Dubai art fair Present vadehra art gallery India.
Trends& Trivia an Indian story, visual arts centre Hong Kong.
Millennium Turks - Trident Hilton Gurgoan.
Sandwich Indo Australian group show Stainless Gallery, New Delhi
From Surface to Origin: Journeys through Recent Art from India and Thailand, Gallery Soul flower, Bangkok. –Curator Brian curtain.
2007
Images/urban/Neon, 1x1 gallery, Dubai, UAE
Object- Making/Unmaking, Vadehra 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 organized 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, 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 Traveling show, Jehangir Gallery Mumbai, Vadehra Art Gallery New Delhi, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 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.
2000 Sculpture 2000, Organized by Gorkey Sadan, Kolkata.
1998 Best of the Year, Lalit Kala Academy, Chennai.
1995-1997 The State Exhibitions, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala.
Scholarships and Awards
2013-vice-versa foundation and shanguyan museum china fellowship .
2005 Promising Artist Award-1, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Art India Magazine Mumbai
2005 KAVA-1 Kashi Visual Art Award.
2000 - 2002 National Scholarship, Ministry of Tourism And Culture, Government Of India.
1998 Bodhi Best Student Award.
1995 Highly Commended Award, Lalit Kala Akademi, Kerala.
ART RESIDENCIES, CAMPS & WORK SHOPS
2013
Art residency in shanguyan art museum Beijing China .
2011
Art Chennai-2011, Taj coromondal Chennai-India.
2010
Art camp in Cambodia Organized by ITC group Kolkatta. India
WHAT HAPPENS IN MUKTESHWAR- organized by W+K EXP New Delhi at Mountain trial MukteshwarINDIA.
Coorg Art camp organized by Gallery Serendip Bangalore
2009
Art Camp in Bali, Organized by Rai Foundation New Delhi.
Ubud Art Camp, Organized by Art Home Baroda.
Art chill, Organized by le-meridian Jaipur India.
Kashmir cultural Camp, Organized by Foundation B&G and Popular Prakashan. India.
Obroi art camp Mumbai.
2008
Art camp in Maldives organized by Art Invest India Mumbai.
Art camp in Russia, Organized by Creative Urge, Baroda.
Shimla Art camp Organized by Snowball Mumbai.
2007
Art camp in Spain and Kassel Organized by Sun art gallery, Baroda.
Art camp in Thailand, Malaysia &Singapore Organized by Sun art Gallery Baroda.
2006
National sculpture camp, Sumukha gallery & Baldota group hampi Karnataka India
National ceramic camp, jsw ltd Torangallu, Karnataka. India.
2005
Sculpture by the sea, Bondi 2005, Newington armory Wharf, Sydney Olympic park NSW, Australia
2003 chroma Indisk/norsk kunst I gatene- lovstakken, Bergen, Norway.