George Martin

George Martin thinks of an idea as a physical thing which has a form that has dimensions, shapes, patterns and structure. These ideas are manifested in a flow like the fluid structure of music. It is not so much about what the ideas are, but what they look like, and where they are located in relation to each other, similar to the aesthetics of sound. These body of works on paper tend to take on distinct identity through biological colouration of mutilated figures and pastiche of images from different resources. 

George completed his B.F.A in sculpture from the College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala and M.V.A in sculpture from Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkata. His solo shows include ‘So Far So Good’, Sumukha Gallery, Bangalore (2019); ‘Empty Envelops’, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi (2013) and ‘Objective Voice’, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi (2009) among others. His curations include ‘Just Above the Horizon’, 2nd Pulau Ketam International Art Festival, Malaysia (2016); ‘Inbox – 81 + contemporary Indian artists on the dilemma of disposable culture’ (2015), Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad and ‘Tradition & Transition: Water colours from China & India’, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad (2014). Recent participations include ‘Lokame Tharavadu’, curated by Bose Krishnamachari, organized by Kochi Biennale Foundation and the state of Kerala (2021); ‘The Sundry Effect: The Stories We Are…’, curated by Meena Vari, presented by Gallery Ragini, Bikaner House, New Delhi (2020); Open Studio: An object Self-Defined’, Sculpture Space, UTICA, New York (2019) and ‘Today’s Silk Road’ 3RD International Invitational Exhibition of Fine Arts, Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xian, China (2016) among others.

The artist works and lives in New Delhi.