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About Artist

Molly Martin is an artist based in London. Born in the English countryside in 1991, she attended a small Steiner School for her primary education. Here, she developed a deep understanding for creative hand work, and developed a particular affinity to drawing and painting from a young age. She studied illustration at Falmouth University College of Arts (2012-2014) and is currently studying her Masters in Fine Art at City and Guilds London Art College.

Through drawing and painting, Molly endeavours to better process complicated human relationships and interactions, and observed them through a wider lens of humour and playfulness. Her work is figurative, and often plays with narratives that speak of overall themes rather than a specific story. Here, semi-swaddled, squashed figures encounter strange and symbolic surroundings in chaotic and ambiguous landscapes.

Solo Exhibitions:

2021 ‘The Art of Repair’ – Solo Show : Brixton ASC, London
2019 ‘Go Way Back’ – Solo Show Show : Do Design, Madrid
2017 ‘See you not See Me’ – Solo Exhibition : Do Design, Madrid 2016

Group Exhibitions:

2024 London Original Print Fair – Rabley Gallery, Somerset House, UK
2024 London Art Fair – Artist Spotlight – Rabley Gallery
2023 ‘Poison’ – Group Show : Ohsh Projects, Soho London
2023 ‘Felt Cute, Might Delete Later’ – Group Show : ARUSHA Gallery, London
2023 ‘Gathering Swallows’ – Group Show: TALO Gallery, London
2023 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London

Awards, Residencies:

2023 – 24 : Artist in Residence Rabley Gallery
2019 : Artist in Residence Lower Coxbridge House

Publications:

‘The Art of Repair’ by Molly Martin – published 2021, Short Books Ltd. 

Education:

2023-2024 : City & Guilds Art School, MA Fine Art
2012 – 2014 : Falmouth University College of Art, BA Illustration

Selected Press:

Toast
BBC Woman’s Hour
It’s Nice That
Who’s Flying the Plane?
DARN

Selected Artworks

News

We are delighted to announce that Molly Martin will be joining Rabley Gallery as an artist residence over the coming year.

This year, Molly Martin has featured as a spotlight artist via Rabley Gallery at the London Art Fair. She is currently exhibiting at the Interim Show at City & Guilds School of Art and will exhibit this September at the Graduate Show of City & Guilds School of Art (2024).

Exhibitions

Introducing new graduate Molly Martin with a series of oil drawings on panel and small paintings. The poetic and emotional nature of Molly’s work combines compositional references to Ken Kiff, Marc Chaghall and Charlotte Salomon with the artists own vision as she observes the complexities of human behaviour within social interactions and relationships – questioning feelings around power, confusion, anxiety, pressure, expectation alienation and regret.