LYNDSAY MARTIN

I am a London-based artist exploring the intricate physical and emotional landscapes woven into everyday life. My practice is rooted in an attentiveness to the overlooked—moments, textures, and objects that often go unnoticed, yet carry quiet emotional weight.

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Using a multidisciplinary approach, I work with photography, fabric, found objects, and film to piece together narratives that blur the boundaries between the personal and the collective. These materials, often humble or ephemeral, serve as conduits for memory, fragility, and presence.

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My work invites reflection on how we occupy our environments and how our internal states are shaped by the seemingly mundane. Through layering, assemblage, and sensory storytelling, I aim to create spaces of intimacy and contemplation—where viewers can pause, feel, and perhaps recognise something familiar within the unfamiliar.

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Education

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April - June 2018  Short Course, Set Design for Performance, Central Saint Martins

 

Oct 2004 - June 2006 MA Communication Design, Central Saint Martins (distinction)

                                                                                        

Sept 2001 - June 2004 BA (Hons) Illustration, Anglia Ruskin University (2:1)                                

 

 

2022 - To Date ArtCan Artist

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Exhibitions

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2025 Axis Art Film Festival 8th -14th September online

 

2025 The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 17th June - 17th Aug

 

2025 The John Ruskin Art Prize Exhibition, London

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2024 Inky Fingers Gallery, Fiesta Exhibition, London

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2024 Royal Blue, Virtual Group Exhibition

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2023 From ArtCan, With Love, Bermondsey Project Space, 11th July, London

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2023 Aesthetica Long-listed,  Art Prize Exhibition, York Art Gallery

 

2022/2023  Petri Dish Project, Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery, Virtual 

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2021 See Me EXPOSURE Exhibition at Scope Miami Beach Art Fair 2021, Miami

                                                               

2021 Aesthetica Long-listed, Art Prize Exhibition, York Art Gallery

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2020 14th September - 31st October, Sweet'Art Art Hunt, Hoxton, London

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2019 'Conversation 669', Axisweb Streetplayer project showing as part of the Wakefield Artwalk, Wakefield

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2018 Beautiful & Damned group exhibition, Vout O Reeness, London

 

2018 Brighton Photo Fringe, Launch party for shortlisted top 100 in OPEN18

 

2018 See Me, PUBLIC arts, New York

 

2017 (C)overt Corporeality, Art Exchange, Colchester                                    

 

2016 Nick Knight SHOWstudio Blog previewing 'Conversation 669' video installation    

  

2016 SHE: The Construct of Femininity, London                                              

 

2015 See Me, Stories Within Images, Scope Miami Art Fair, Miami    

 

2014 The Fallout Factory, Liverpool            

 

2014 Wells Contemporary Art, Somerset                                                                       

 

2013 - 2014 Burning Bright, Saatchi Suite, Hyatt Hotel Regency, London            

 

2013 See Me, ‘The Story of a Creative’, New York                             

 

2013 Fresh Meat Gallery in collaboration with Cornflake, London                   

 

2013 Sweet Art Collective, International Women’s Day, London                     

 

2013 The Fallout Factory (winner of the public vote), Liverpool                     

 

2012 September - Hendrik Folkerts - Online Saatchi Gallery, 100 Curators 100 Days                                      

2012 July - Bisi Silva - Online Saatchi Gallery, 100 Curators 100 Days                                      

2012 Transition Collective, Vibe Gallery, London                                             

 

2012 London Calling, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles        

 

2012 Transition Collective, Vibe Gallery, London

 

2011 The Other Art Fair, London                                            

 

2010 Japan Media Arts Festival, Tokyo                                                           

 

2010 Liverpool Biennial, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool                                            

 

2010 ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London                                                           

 

 

Nominations and Awards

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2025 Shortlist Artist Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

 

2025 Shortlisted Artist John Ruskin Art Prize

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2023 Aesthetica Long-listed,  Art Prize 

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2021 Aesthetica Long-listed,  Art Prize 

 

2018 Shortlisted Artist top 100 in OPEN18, Brighton Photo Fringe 

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2014 Shortlisted Artist for Beers Contemporary Visions V      

 

2014 Shortlisted Artist for WW Solo Award                                                                       

 

2013 Winner - The Public Vote, Fallout Factory, Liverpool                                              

 

2011 Winner - Ralph Lauren Art Star Competition                                                            

 

2010 Runner Up - Barbican Surreal House Competition                                                    

 

 

 

Residencies and Internships

 

2011 James Jessop studio mentorship creating work for Ralph Lauren Art Star project 

 

2011 White Cube Gallery Internship  

                                                              

2009 - 2010 Artist on AA2A Scheme at Anglia Ruskin University          

              

 

Publications

 

2023 Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology: Future Now. Heirlooms Prints, Long-listed

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2021 Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology: Future Now. The Grown-Ups Are talking video installation Long-listed

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2017 Floorr Magazine Online                                                                                                      

 

2017 LoVArts Online                                                                                                                   

 

2016 SCOPE Art Fair, See Me, Stories in Images, Hardcover Book