Martin George (b.1980, Melbourne, Australia)          

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EDUCATION:

2015 Masters of Fine Arts, RMIT

2004 Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering, Monash University, MIE AUST

SELECTED ACTIVITY

2024 (Forthcoming) Historical Movements, Lennox St. Gallery, Richmond, Melbourne, VIC

2024 Personal Structures, European Cultural Center, La Biennale di Venezia, Marinaressa Public Gardens, Venice, Italy

2023 Woolloomooloo Sculpture Walk , Fingerwharf, Sydney, NSW

2022 Reflections (Performance Piece), Palazzo Mora European Cultural Center, La Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy

2021 Western Sydney University Acquisitive Sculpture Award and Exhibition, Campbelltown, NSW

2021 Yarra Valley Arts / Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards, VIC

2020 Human Dynamism, Vivid Sydney, Walsh Bay, NSW

2019 Mont Alto Sculpture Prize (Finalist), VIC   

2018 The Blake Art Prize (Finalist), Casula Powerhouse, NSW

2018 My Public Penance, Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Sculpture Scape, Lorne, VIC

2018 Sapiens (Performance with Ryan Kennedy), Biennale of Australian Art, Ballarat, VIC

2017 Sculpture Otherwise, Blue Mountains Cultural Centre, NSW  

2017 Sculpture at Scenic World, Blue Mountains, NSW      

2017 NÄCHSTE VERNISSAGE, Group Show, The Art Scouts, Berlin, Germany

2017 Public Art Committee, Greater City of Dandenong, VIC

2016 One Night Stand IV, Coalesce ARI, Easy Street, Melbourne, VIC

2016 Lorne Sculpture Biennale (Winner), Sculpture Scape, Lorne, VIC

2016 ArtBar, Link Arts and NGV, Old Melbourne Gaol Melbourne, VIC

2016 SXS Cottesloe, Sculpture Inside, WA

2016 Embrace Piccolo (Group Show), Bogotá Arte Contemporáneo, Bogota, Colombia

2016 BERLINER LISTE, Solo Show, Kraftwerk, Berlin, Germany

2016-2017 Enthalpy Sucks, Venice International Experimental Arts Festival, Palazzo Ca’Zanardi, Venice, Italy

2015 Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi, NSW

2015 The Churchie Emerging Artist Prize (Finalist), Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD

2015 Homage, Coalesce ARI, The Foodcourt, Docklands, Melbourne, VIC

2015 MFA Graduate Exhibition, RMIT, VIC

2015 Visions, School Of Art Gallery RMIT, VIC

2013 Yarra Valley Arts, Yering Station Sculpture Exhibition and Awards (Finalist), VIC

2013 Arnold Bloch & Leibler Sculpture Exhibition, Melbourne, VIC

2011 George (Finalist) Melbourne International Film Festival Take 60, VIC

2009 Fibonacci (Collaboration with Tiriki Onus), Toorak Sculpture Exhibition, VIC

2003 Water Carriers, Set Design and Construction, Touring Show

SELECTED COMMISSIONS:

2017 In Transit, City of Greater Dandenong, VIC

2016 Reclining Lady, Knox City Council, VIC

2016 The Judicious Application of Optimism, Qdos Sculpture Park, Lorne, VIC

2016 Slumped Light Pole #1 & #2, Albury City Council, VIC

2015 Treasured, Glenquarry Park, Bowral, NSW

2015 Pirouette, Brighton, VIC

2015 Gold Bling, Halpin Way, City of Greater Dandenong, VIC

2014 Tanz (Long Term Loan, Knox City Council, VIC