Born 1969, Burnley, united Kingdom. Resides and works in London, UK.

Education/training:

2024 Painting MA: Royal College of Art, London.

Selected solo exhibitions:

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:

2024 Emerging Landscape Painting Today (contributor in group show) . 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. 2003* Affordable Art Fair, Battersea, London, represented by New Masters

*( In 2004 I became paralysed from a stroke and had to relearn how to paint, not resuming my career until 2016.)

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

Residencies:

2023 Annual Guest Artist and Speaker, Durham University, 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(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:

2024: Invited RCA guest speaker University of Salford

2024: Symposium Emerging Landscape Painting Today. Messums, London

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

Dealer directory:

No current representation

Contact details:

Martin Kinnear. Battersea, London, UK
martinkinnear.com / @kinnearmartin / martin@martinkinnearstudio.com