Jason Martin

Painting

Jason Martin is an artist who further expands the possibilities of painting with his innovative approach.



 

In his work – situated between Minimalism and Abstract Expressionism – the artist employs manifold methods of applying paint to address the essential question of illusion and the rhetoric of paint application. Painting is also a performative act for Jason Martin, leaving room for chance to create works that are lush, attractive and full of vigour.



 

Jason Martin attracted international attention with his large, brushed oil paintings, executed in thin layers of paint with self-made comb-like tools. The light reflecting on the surface of the works models the brushwork and creates a temporal and spatial momentum.

 



Many of Martin’s works oscillate along the thin line between painting and sculpture, which the artist has repeatedly fathomed and differentiated in various groups of fine works in recent years. The pigment works and a recent series of oil paintings with heavy impasto applied on aluminium structures (up to 6 in/15 cm in depth) have powerful sculptural expression.

 After a seven-year hiatus, in 2020 the artist revisited some of the essentials in his practice and returned to the paintbrush. For the first time, he used a versatile colour palette in different hues and tones to create paintings of immense depth and space, which couple with an unmediated sensory stimulation.

 

Jason Martin’s works constitute a consciously controlled aesthetic and a conceptual statement. The nature of his non-representational work constantly stimulates the viewer’s imagination.



 

Born on the Channel Island of Jersey in 1970, Jason Martin has a BA from Goldsmiths, University of London. He was a participant in the legendary 1997 exhibition Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection at the Royal Academy in London and the Museum Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin. The Buchmann Galerie presented Jason Martin for the first time in 2018, this being the artist’s first solo exhibition in a gallery in Germany. He lives and works in London and South Portugal.

 

Jason Martin’s work is held in international private and public collections, including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC, the Albright Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, New York, Sprengel Museum in Hanover, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna and the Schaufler Foundation Schauwerk Sindelfingen.


‘Jason Martin, photo: Rodrigo Cardoso’
Jason Martin, photo: Rodrigo Cardoso

Selected Works

Jason Martin, ‘The Whole Storm’, 2023, Oil on linen (on aluminium)
The Whole Storm, 2023
Oil on linen (on aluminium)
Jason Martin, ‘Untitled (Ultramarine blue/Prussian blue)’, 2022, Mixed media on aluminium
Untitled (Ultramarine blue/Prussian blue), 2022
Mixed media on aluminium
Jason Martin, ‘El Capitàn II’, 2023, Mixed media on velvet
El Capitàn II, 2023
Mixed media on velvet
Jason Martin, ‘Untitled (Fluorescent violet)’, 2021, Mixed media on aluminium
Untitled (Fluorescent violet), 2021
Mixed media on aluminium
Jason Martin, ‘Inside Out (Dark grey)’, 2023, Mixed media on aluminium
Inside Out (Dark grey), 2023
Mixed media on aluminium
Jason Martin, Installation view, Buchmann Galerie, 2023
Installation view
Buchmann Galerie, 2023
Jason Martin, ‘Exile’, 2023, Mixed media on aluminium
Exile, 2023
Mixed media on aluminium
Jason Martin, ‘Cobalt’, 2021, Mixed media on panel (Cobalt violet dark)
Cobalt, 2021
Mixed media on panel (Cobalt violet dark)
Jason Martin, ‘Avarice (Spinel black)’, 2023, Mixed media on aluminium
Avarice (Spinel black), 2023
Mixed media on aluminium
Jason Martin, ‘Still’, 2018, Oil on aluminium
Still, 2018
Oil on aluminium
Jason Martin, ‘Untitled (Mixed white/Emerald green/Sepia)’, 2019, Oil on aluminium
Untitled (Mixed white/Emerald green/Sepia), 2019
Oil on aluminium

Gallery Exhibitions

Jason Martin

Born 1970 in Jersey, Channel Islands, UK. Lives and works in London and Melides, Portugal.

Education

1990–93 BA (Hons), Goldsmiths, London, UK

1989–90 Foundation Diploma, Chelsea School of Art, London, UK

Grants and Awards

2000 ‘Premio del Golfo’, Biennale Europea di Arti Visive, La Spezia, Italy

1999 Prizewinner, John Moores 21, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK

Solo Exhibitions

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2014
2013
2012
2011
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2009
2008
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1996

Group Exhibitions

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
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Selected Collections

Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY, USA

Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham, UK

Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Malaga, Malaga, Spain

Collection Group e Lhoist, Brussels, Belgium

Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, USA

Deutsche Bank Collection, UK

Es Baluard Museum, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France

Government Art Collection, UK

Jersey Museum, Jersey, Channel Islands, UK

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, USA

Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain

Museum of Contemporary Art, Salzburg, Austria

Kunsthalle Weishaupt, Ulm, Germany

Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias, Oviedo, Spain

Museum of Modern Art, La Spezia, Italy

NatWest Art Collection, UK

Saastamoinen Foundation, EMMA Museum, Espoo, Finland

Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland

Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

Städtische Galerie Nordhorn, Germany

The Schaufler Foundation, Sindelfingen, Germany

Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

Wurth Collection, Kunzelsau, Germany