Biography
Martin George | (b.1980) | Australia, Melbourne
ARTIST BACKGROUND:
In this troubled world of earthquakes, floods, wars and global warming, it is a sheer delight to find a dedicated sculptor with such an ironic sense of humour and a highly developed sense of the ridiculous.
While Martin George can undoubtedly make a totally convincing piece of modernist sculpture, viewable from all directions and immaculately constructed, he also likes in catching the spectator unawares. Things are frequently not quite as they first seem ...
Ken Scarlett OAM, Solo Show Berlin 2016, Kraftwerk.
ACADEMIC HISTORY:
Master of Fine Art, RMIT, 2015
Bachelor Mechanical Engineering (Hons), Monash University, 2004, MIE AUST
Bronze Sculpture, Chisholm, 2009
Awards
AWARDS:
2016 Lorne Sculpture Biennale, Sculpturscape Award
2015 - 2018 Finalist Mont Alto Sculpture Prize, Victoria
2015 Finalist 'The Churchie', Griffith University, Brisbane,Qld
2011 Melbourne International Film Festival Take 60 Finalist 'George'