Martin Finnin b. 1968
He lives and works in Ireland.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2019 A Year in Berlin, John Martin Gallery, London,
2018 Go, Go Pitch-Black Night, John Martin Gallery, London
2016 The Garden of Opposites, John Martin Gallery, London
2015 The Wolf of Eyelash Mountain, John Martin Gallery, London
2013 Renegade Amongst the Dusty Nouns, John Martin Gallery, London
2012 Dust, Dots and a Day in the Maze, John Martin Gallery, London
2011 The Forgotten Art of Floating, Cornexchange Gallery, Edinburgh
2010 49 Oxhides and a Lump of Faith, John Martin Gallery, London
2009 The Moon and the Modern World, Origin Gallery, Dublin
2009 Old Rain, New Eyes, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2008 Turn the Lemon Page, Cill Rialaig Art Centre, Ballinskelligs, Kerry
2007 John Martin Gallery, ART LONDON, Chelsea, London
2007 A Snippet from the Seventh Soup, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2006 The World is Blue like an Orange, Urban Retreat Gallery, Dublin
2006 Stepping out of the Stream of Time, Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
2006 Life Beyond the Hedge, Cill Rialaig Art Centre, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry
2005 The Miracle Outside the Window, Form Gallery, London
2005 The Marching Hugs, Origin Gallery, Dublin
2005 Meanwhile.. in a Foreign Land, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2003 The Origins of Optimism, Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
2003 Songs of Recluse, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2003 In Fall, Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin
2002 Vermont Studio Gallery, Vermont
2001 A Subtle Consolation of Existence, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2001 The Big Picture, Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
1997 Forest of Banquets, Tig Filí Gallery, Cork
1996 Spionza, Blackcombe Gallery, Cork
1996 Gaia, Triskel Art Centre, Cork
1995 Ivory Tower, Cork
1995 Jo Rain Gallery, Dublin
1994 Art Hive, Cork
1993 Blackcombe Gallery, Cork
1993 Lost Boys Coffee Shop, Harlem, Holland
1991 Everyman Palace, Cork
1990 Iveagh Markets, Dublin
1988 La Galleria Lucierna, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 Texas Contemporary, Art Fair, John Martin Gallery, Houston - Texas
2016 Art16 London, Art Fair, John Martin Gallery, London
2016 Spring Masters NYC, Art Fair, John Martin Gallery, New York
2015 Curator’s Choice, Hunt Museum, Limerick
2011 Office of Public Work, Recent Acquisition Exhibition, Dublin
2009 Jack Donovan & Martin Finnin, Printmakers Gallery, Limerick
2008 Artist Choice, John Martin Gallery, London
2006 Cill Rialaig Arts Centre, Ballinskelligs, Kerry
2006 Tribute to Beckett, Vangard Gallery, Cork
2004/05 The People’s Gallery, Cork
2003 Myth and Magic, Lavit Gallery, Cork
2002 Royal Hibernian Academy, RHA Gallagher Gallery, Dublin
2001 Íontas 2001, Sligo Art Gallery; Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast;
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
2000 Tom Climent, Martin Finnin, Brian Smyth, Lavit Gallery, Cork
1998 Sense of Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2011 Culture Ireland Award - Cornexchange Edinburgh
2009 Dedalo Art Residency, Tuscany, Italy
2008 Cill Rialaig Art Centre Residency, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry
2004 Dedalo Art Competition, Tuscany (first prize 2004)
(Residencies 2005, 2006 & 2007)
2004 Cill Rialaig Art Centre, Ballinskelligs, Co Kerry
2002 Vermont Studio Centre, USA (painting scholarship)
2000 Department of Foreign Affairs ( Cultural Relations Committee award)
2000 Vermont Studio Centre, USA (fellowship award)
1998 Nominated by Crawford Art Gallery for Glen Dimplex Awards
1998 Sense of Cork, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (prizewinner)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2016 “An Image of Ireland - Imago Mundi” - Texts by Luciano Benetton, Ciara
Gibbons, Seán Kissane
2015 “The Paintings of Martin Finnin”, book published by JM London, 132 pages
2013 Lorenzo Belenguer, “Martin Finnin: Figures in an Abstract World”,
Huffington Post, 5 Nov
2013 JM London Artist Film, VisionOn, Cathy Sayers, Length 6.17 min
2010 Mark Ewart, “49 Oxhides and a Lump of Faith”,
Irish Arts Review, Spring (March - May 2010)
2007 Vangard I - Martin Finnin, ed. John O’Regan, intro by Peter Murray,
Essay by Allanah Hopkin (Gandon Editions, Kinsale)
2006 Louise McBride, “Irish art is centre stage at new Shelbourne Hotel”
Sunday Business Post, 15 Oct
Interview by Sinéad Crowley, RTÉ TV News, 30 Dec
2005 Joe Jackson, “Out of a great darkness can come great light”,
Sunday Independent, 27 Nov
Mark Ewart, “Martin Finnin” (Exhibition review), 21 Jan
2002 Interview by Colette Sheridan, Irish Examiner, 27 Apr
2001 Alannah Hopkin, “Martin Finnin: A subtle consolation of existence”,
Sunday Times, 4 Mar
1997 “Portrat of the Artist”, Irish Examiner, 29 Nov
1996 Mark Ewart, “Martin Finnin” (Triskel Exhibition review), Circa 76
1994 Kevin Barry, “A herd of friesian fridges”, Irish Examiner, Sept
Mark Ewart, “Martin Finnin” (Art Hive exhibition review),
Irish Times, 14 Sept
COLLECTIONS
Imago Mundi, Fondazione Benetton
Crawford Art Gallery, Cork
Cork Opera House
Department of Foreign Affairs
The Shelbourne, Dublin
Office of Public Works
AIB Bank Collection
Spazio Tiempo Gallery, Florence
University College Cork
Vermont Studio Centre, USA
Private collections in Ireland, England, Holland, Italy, Lithuania, Australia, Canada,
South Africa, Mexico, China and the US.
Martin Finnin is represented by
John Martin Gallery London