Martin Kinnear
Born 1969 , Burnley, United Kingdom. Resides and works in London and North Yorkshire, UK.
Education/training:
2024/25 Painting MA: Royal College of Art, London.
Selected solo exhibitions:
2026 Fracture Tennants Gallery, Tennants North Yorkshire, UK
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:
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 SNBA Paris Salon, Orangerie, Paris
2019 SNBA Paris Salon, Carousel d’ Louvre, Paris
2018 SNBA Paris Salon, Carousel d’ Louvre, Paris (medaille d’argent, peinture).
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 fand had to relearn how to paint, not resuming my 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
Martin Kinnear is collected by various private collectors in the UK, Germany, France, Australia, and across the Commonwealth.
Awards:
2023 Chaiya Art Awards (finalist), Exh. South Bank, London, UK
2018 Medaille d’ Argent, Peinture, Societe Nationale des Beaux-Arts, Salon Paris
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(2022).
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:
2025 :Invited contributing 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