Biography
Gabrielle Martin graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Art (1991) and a Graduate Diploma in Fine Art (1993).
Gabrielle Martin has been a finalist in national art prizes - the Archibald Prize, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Portia Geach Memorial Award, Len Fox Painting Award, Maldon Portrait Prize (winner 2022) and Salon des Refuses. Her work was selected for inclusion in Archie100, an exhibition celebrating 100 years of Archibald Prize history, which toured nationally from 2021-2024.
Gabrielle has undertaken many public and private portrait commissions, including painting General Eva Burrows for the National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, in 2000 and Bishop Shane Mackinlay for Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bendigo, in 2024.