Tim Martin
Tim Martin’s practice currently involves making and showing work through engagement and collaboration with others. He has curated exhibition programmes for over 15 years and in 2014 set up Hestercombe Gallery in Somerset with the aim of presenting national and international work in the reclaimed spaces of Hestercombe House, whilst also developing a residency programme.
Recently curated exhibitions have included: Terrain: Land into Art, (2016) work by 17 artists including Gary Hume, Peter Doig, Anya Gallaccio, Richard Long, Hamish Fulton and Simon Faithfull. ‘Leaping the Fence’, (2014) works by 16 artists including Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, Gavin Turk and Mark Quinn; Tania Kovats ‘Oceans’ as well as showing works from both Chris Ingram’s and Jeremy Cooper’s renowned collections. In 2016 he also curated ‘New Dimensions’ at The Museum of Somerset as well as ‘Combat Art – Reflections of Afghanistan’, London in 2015.
Martin’s curatorial practice overlaps with the making of work. He is concerned with the natural world and man’s relationship to it with inspiration being drawn from journeys made in the landscape, specific sites or issues. Recent activity has included: ‘Skills Unearthed’, Cotley, Somerset, 2013; ‘Community Means?’ Hemyock, Devon, 2013-4; ‘Palaces and Cabins’, Salisbury Art Centre, 2014; as well as contributing to the artists magazine ‘Hive’.
Born 1962 Keighley. Lives and works in Devon, UK
Recent Exhibitions
2010 ‘Through’ & ‘Through the Garden’, The Plough Arts Centre, Torrington Common, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, N Devon (Solo)
2011 Sheds, Simonsburrow House, Devon
2012 Colour EFFECTS Mood, Musgrove Gallery, Taunton
2013 ‘Skills Unearthed, Cotley Tithe Barn, Somerset
2014 ‘Palaces and Cabins’, Salisbury Art Centre
Curatorial
2000-13 Visual Arts Officer, Brewhouse Theatre & Arts Centre, Taunton, Somerset
2011 ‘England My England’ micro-festival, Taunton, Somerset (Co-Curator)
2011 ‘A Night of Light’, Hestercombe Gardens, Somerset (Co-Curated with Zoe Li for Reveal Somerset)
2013 Outside In, West, Museum of Somerset
2013 R.E.P Group - Mediators (co-curated with Simon Lee Dicker) OSR Project Space, West Coker, Somerset
2014 Leaping the Fence, Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset
2015 Second Site, Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset
2015 Combat Art – Reflections of Afghanistan, Menier Gallery, London
Participatory/other projects
2009 Producer, ‘Night/Day’, Film Council funded digital short film. Written and produced by Deborah Richardson
2011 Project Manager, ‘Alice in Wonderland’, The Brewhouse, Taunton
2012 Get Creative, Taunton High Street, with Somerset Film and Actiontrack
2013-4 Community Means? Hemyock Primary School, Devon
Awards
2007 South West Curatorial Research Trip to China, Arts Council England
2010 Grants for the Arts Award, Arts Council of England, ‘Through’ & ‘Through the Garden’
2012 Visual Art South West/Reveal Partnership Travel Bursary Kyiv, Ukraine
Publications
2006 50 Wessex Artists, Evolver Books
2010 'Through' solo exhibition catalogue
2010 William Morris Society Newsletter article
2014 Visual Art South West - Guest editor Sept http://www.vasw.org.uk/
2014 Palaces and Cabins, group catalogue
2014 Leaping the Fence, Catalogue
2012 Mapping the Future, Textile Forum SW review of Conference/Catalogue
Professional/other Bodies
Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA)
‘Reveal’ Lead Officer for Visual Arts and Media, Somerset (job share) 2007-13
Visual Arts South West Steering Group, 2010 - 13
Blackdown Hills Artists and Makers (Chair) 2011 - 14
Somerset Art Works (SAW) Board member 2010 -
Conferences and Seminars
2012 Rhod Symposium, Chapter, Cardiff
2012 Local is the New Global - Reveal conference, Wells - Somerset UK
2014 Critical Mass - Making the Visual Visible, Seminar, Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset
2014 Moved by Conflict, Schools Conference, MShed, Bristol
2014 Liquid Line – Drawing as a Means of Exploration, Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset
2015 Second Site – The Context of Art, Seminar, Hestercombe Gallery, Somerset