MIGUEL MARTIN IS AN ARTIST WHO CREATES SITE-SPECIFIC GALLERY INSTALLATIONS THAT INCORPORATE TRADITIONAL OR 'CLASSIC' STILL-LIFE DRAWINGS, MOVING IMAGE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND SCULPTURE TO CAPTURE THE NOSTALGIA OF OBJECTS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS OWN AUTOBIOGRAPHY. OFTEN PLACED IN THE CONTEXT OF A DOMESTIC OR HOMELY SPACE, HIS WORKS FEEL FAMILIAR AND YET ARE STRANGELY FOREBODING.
ARTIST BIO
Miguel Martin completed his BA in Fine Art at the Ulster University in 2008 and currently lives and works in Hastings, England. He has exhibited his work both locally and internationally in group exhibitions at galleries such as The MAC, Belfast (2020); The Pool, Istanbul (2020); Trinity Buoy Wharf, London (2019) and Pallas Projects, Dublin (2018). Solo exhibitions include Fire in The Middle, the Naughton Gallery at Queens, Belfast (2020); Let the dead leaves fall, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown (2017); and Put to the sword, CCA Derry-Londonderry (2016). Miguel has also received several funding opportunities from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
DRKTHRNE, 2016, Miguel Martin, 36 x 26.5 cm, Indian ink on watercolour paper.
An installation shot of Fire in the Middle, 2020, Miguel Martin, Naughton Gallery at Queen’s, Belfast
EACH OF HIS PIECES CONTAIN SECRET NARRATIVES AND CREATE A SENSE OF SUSPENSE BETWEEN WHAT IS VISIBLE TO THE VIEWER AND WHAT REMAINS CONCEALED.
An installation shot of Fire in the Middle, 2020, Miguel Martin, Naughton Gallery at Queen’s, Belfast
An installation shot of Let the Dead Leaves Fall, 2017, Miguel Martin, Millennium Court Arts Centre, Portadown
