Martin Kinnear

Born 1969 , Burnley, United Kingdom. Resident Goodenough College , Bloomsbury, London and North Norfolk, UK.

Education/training:

2026-29: Kossoff Scholar (Research PhD): Courtauld Insitute of Art

2024-25: Painting MA: Royal College of Art, London.

Awards & Memberships:

2026: Courtauld Insitute of Art, Doctoral Scholarship

2026: Elected:CAC.

2026: Member:Goodenough College.

2018: Medaille d’ Argent, Peinture, Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon Paris

Selected solo exhibitions:

2023: Durham University (solo and artist talk programme)

2023: Elegy, Tennants Gallery, Tennants North Yorkshire, UK.

2022: Works from Regeneration, Tennants Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK.

2022: Regeneration, The Bowes Museum, County Durham, UK

2019: Landscapes of the North, Tennants Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK.

2018: Beyond Here, Tennants Gallery, North Yorkshire, UK.

2016: The Painted Garden, New British Art Gallery, Norfolk, UK

Selected group exhibitions & Art Fairs:

2026: In Proximity (group show). Norwich Castle with the East Anglian Art fund

2025: Care for A Body (group show publication). Shape Arts

2025: Art Evolol (catalogued and shortlisted) Saatchi Gallery London

2025: Green & Stone Open (finalist)

2024: Emerging Landscape Painting Today (online) . Messums London

2023: Chaiya Art Awards (biennial). South Bank, London, UK (shortlisted and exhibited for prize)

2021: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Paris Salon, Orangerie, Paris

2019: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Paris Salon, Carousel d’ Louvre, Paris

2018: Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts Paris Salon, Carousel d’ Louvre, Paris (medaille d’argent)

2017: Spring Exhibition, Iona Gallery, Woodstock, Oxon

2015: Mixed Exhibition, Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford, Oxon

2012: RBA, The Mall, London UK

2012: ROI, The Mall, London UK.

2012: ROI, The Mall, London UK.

2003* Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, represented by New Masters

*( In 2004 I became disabled and had to relearn how to paint, not resuming my exhibiting career until 2016.)

Residencies:

2025: Crinian Residency (runner up and co resident) Crinan Ferry Scotland

2023: Annual Guest Artist and Speaker, Durham University, County Durham, UK

2022: Artist in Residence The Bowes Museum County Durham

Selected collections:

Government Art Collection, Downing Street, London, UK,

Durham University Art Collection, County Durham, UK

Selected Publications, Media & Press:

  • The Times, Featured Artist 19 Aug 2024

  • TV Exhibition Preview & Interview. ‘Regeneration’ aired on BBC Look North. 

  • January 2022. Feature: “Painting for the People” in Living North Magazine.

  • David Whetstone, Exhibition: Regeneration at The Bowes Museum in Cultured North East  (2022).

  • Feature: Brush with the North (review of Regeneration at The Bowes), in North East Living  (2022).

Professional contributions:

2026: Published Art & Christanity; review of Tracey Emin at Tate Modern Issue 126

2026 : Anatomy of A Painting (UK wide public lecture tour, 9 venues)

2026: Invited Speaker Norwich Contemporary Art Society (nCAS)

2026: Invited guest tutor RCA MA Painting

2025: Invited guest tutor RCA MA Painting

2024: Invited RCA guest speaker TURPS London

2024: Invited RCA guest speaker University of Salford

2023: Visiting Lecturer, MA Visual Arts Program , Harrogate, UK.

2023: Invited Speaker, Durham University SCR, County Durham, UK.

2023: Public Lectures, Tennants Garden Rooms , Leyburn,UK

2022: Public Lectures as Artist in residence.  The Bowes Museum, County Durham, UK