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Martin Jennings MA ARBS
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AboutThe workshop of Martin Jennings and his team is amongst the best known in the country for their lettering, with work at Hampton Court and St Pauls Cathedral.Martin himself is completing a bust of HRH The Queen Mother, and has just finished one of the Notables in Guernsey. A much sought after artist and workshop, with a considerable waiting list. |
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Exhibition History1984 - 1988 - Annual exhibition, Hannah Peschar Gallery, UK.1985 - Group exhibition for Anglo-Egyptian arts project, Egyptian Cultural Centre, London. 1987 - 'Outsiders'. Kunstlerforum, Bonn, Germany. 1992 - Oxford Gallery sculpture exhibition at the Barbican Centre, London. 1993 - 'From Pots to Pavilions', County Museum, Woodstock. 1998 - 'The Art of Remembering', Blicking Hall, Norfolk, UK. 1998 - 2001 - New Art Centre, Roche Court, Salisbury, UK, Annual Exhibition. 1998 - 2007 - Society of Portrait Sculptors annual exhibition, Cork Street, London. | |
Biography / CVMartin began working as a sculptor in 1984 when he established his studio in Oxford. Since then he has made many figurative sculptures, including portraits, both of private and public sites. These have either been carved in limestone of modelled in plaster or clay for casting in bronze. He has contributed to numberous exhibitions, though the majority of his work has been to commission. In 1994 Martin was elected an Associates of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. | |
Artist StatementWorking alwasy from life, and seeking not only the individual anatomy, but the emotion the shape contains, I discover those other, less conscious marks of character wihc our public personalities, however practised, never quite conceal - those mixed expressions wihc every face grows into. | |
Awards and PrizesScholarships and Awards:-1984 - Anglo-Egyptian Arts Project Travel Award 1994 - Elected Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors 1998 - Elected member of the Society of Portrait Sculptors | |
Acquisitions / CollectionsCommissions (Private):-1984 - Two figure stone sculpture for Peter Burmans Garden 1985 - Life size figure sculpture for Lady Joan Stuart-Smiths Garden 1991 - Bronze portrait bust of Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath MP commissioned by the Oxford Union 1992 - Bronze portrait head of Sir David Cox commissioned by Nuffield College 1992 - Bronze portrait bust of Lord Tombs commissioned by Rolls-Royce PLC 1995 - Bronze portrait head of Professor Berrick Saul, Vice-Chancellor commissioned by York University 1997 - Bronze portrait bust of Dean Tosteson commissioned by Harvard Medical School USA 1998 - Stone monumnet to Lord Nuffield commissioned by Nuffield Memorial Trust Relief carving 1998 - 900th anniversary relief sculpture commissioned by Norwich Cathedral 1998 - Portland stone garden sculpture commissioned by Fiona Burton | |
Public WorksCommissions (Public):-Tunsgate Square, Guildford (Lynton Plc) | |
Qualifications / Education1976 - 1979 - Oxford University, Honours Degree in English Language and Literature.1979 - 1980 - City and Guilds of London Art School, Certificate course in Lettering 1980 - 1983 - Part time craft apprenticeship to Riached Kindersley, designing and making monumental and architectural lettering. 1983 - 1985 - Part time sculpture course at Sir John Cass School of Art, City of London Polytechnic. | |
Teaching Experience1986 - Part time visiting art teacher HMP Oxford1987 - 1990 - Four one week sculpture residencies at Oxfordshire schools 1989 - 1990 - Part time teacher of drawing and sculpture, North Oxfordshire School of Art 1990 - Part time sculpture tutor d'Overbroecks Tutorial College, Oxford | |
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