martin gollan Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
I work across a variety of media, mainly, painting, drawing, printmaking, with occasional forays into sculpture, sound and photography..
Currently I am concentrating my time on printmaking and illustration, the latter using pen, ink and watercolour. I prefer using traditional materials and processes, with only intermittent use of digital tools, such as photoshop, mainly for cleaning up drawings or illustrations intended for publication.
The most recent set of paintings I have completed have been about landscape, and painted in the landscape where I'm interested about the public/performative element to working outdoors (or indeed, visitors during open studio events) and engaging with passers-by curious to know what your up to.
I'm also interested in collaborating on projects, especially with those who use a different discipline. During the past few years, working with Culture Matters, a cooperative seeking to achieve a cultural commons in a socialist society, I have been able to collaborate with poets to illustrate collections of their poetry.
I am a member of Artists' Union England
Artwork
illustration , 2019
illustration, 2018
illustration , 2021
illustration, 2021
illustration, 2021
Scottish Poets 4, 2020
Scottish Poets 3, 2020
Scottish Poets 2, 2020
Scottish Poets 1, 2020
Drypoint, 2022
drypoint , 2022
Lino print, 2022
untitled , acrylic on board , 2021
untitled , acrylic on canvas, 2020
untitled , acrylic on canvas, 2020
untitled , oil on canvas, 2019
untitled , oil on canvas, 2019
Projects and exhibitions
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Declarations of Love04/04/2022 — 31/05/2022 Set of illustrations for a collection of poems by Jim Aitken, published by Culture Matters |
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Over Eagle Pond01/07/2021 — 30/09/2021 Set of illustrations for a collection of poems by Chris Searle, published by Culture Matters |
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Open Exhibition23/08/2019 — 05/10/2019 |
Gallagher and Turner Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Details |
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The Folded Lie01/07/2019 — 02/09/2019 Set of illustrations for a collection of poems by Chris Norris, published by Culture Matters |
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Is the spectacle the sun that never sets?21/08/2018 — 25/08/2018 A mixed show, part of the Other Great Exhibition of the North, a grassroots reponse to the conservative government sponsored Great Exhibition of the North |
SYSTEM gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne | Details |