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Edgar Martins
About
Portuguese by birth, Edgar Martins grew up in Macau (China), where he published his first novel entitled 'Mãe, deixa-me fazer o pino'. In 1996 he moved to the UK, where he later completed an MA in Photography and Fine Art at the Royal College of Art. He has exhibited extensively throughout Asia, America and Europe and has received numerous awards for his photographic work.
His work is represented internationally in several high profile museum, public, corporate and private collections, such as those of the V&A (London), the National Media Museum (Bradford, UK), Dallas Museum of Art (Dallas, USA); the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon), etc.
His first book 'Black Holes & Other Inconsistencies' was awarded the Thames & Hudson and RCA Society Book Art Prize. A selection of images from this book was also awarded The Jerwood Photography Award in 2003.
‘The Diminishing Present’, ‘Approaches’ & 'Topologies', Martins’ following monographs, were received with critical acclaim. This work was exhibited internationally at institutions such as PS1 MoMA (NYC), Belém Cultural Centre (Lisbon), Museu do Oriente (Lisbon), Centro Cultural Hélio Oiticica (Rio de Janeiro), amongst others.
In 2010 the Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian (Paris) hosted Edgar Martins’ first retrospective exhibition.
Edgar Martins was the recipient of the inaugural New York Photography Award (Fine Art Category) in May 2008. In 2009 he was also awarded the prestigious BES Photo Prize (Portugal) as well as a SONY World Photography Award (landscape category).
More recently, Edgar Martins was awarded 1st Prize at the International Photography Awards (Fine Art Abstract Category).
Forthcoming projects include a solo exhibition at Museu da Electricidade (Lisbon) and a touring show of 'This is not a House'. This exhibition is schedule to visit The New Art Gallery Walsall (UK), followed by The Wapping Project (London), amongst other venue. The artist was also recently selected to participate in the 54th Venice Biennale.
These exhibitions will be accompanied by the release of two separate monographs, published by Dewi Lewis and The Moth House.
Martins was considered by art critics as ‘one of the most engaging young artists working with the medium of Photography’.
Edgar Martins works and lives in the UK.
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- Location
- London
- Website
- http://www.edgarmartins.com
Education:
The Royal College of Arts . London, England
MA Photography & Fine Art course completed
London College of Printing & Distributive Trades . London, England
BA (Hons) Photography & Social Sciences course completed
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Portfolio
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Events & Exhibitions
Events
Future Shows:
> 'A Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings', Galerie Melanie Rio (Nantes, France), 13th May 2011
> 'Dwarf Exoplanets & Other Sophisms', The 54th Venice Biennale Exhibition preview at Macau Museum of Art (Macau, China), 3rd June 2011
> 'Dwarf Exoplanets & Other Sophisms', The 54th Venice Biennale Exhibition (Venice Italy), 3rd June 2011
> 'This is not a House', Camera 16 (Milan, Italy), 7th June 2011
> 'This is not a House', The New Art Gallery Walsall (UK), 30th September 2011
> 'Two Degrees of Separation', Museu da Electricidade (Lisbon, Portugal), 13th October 2011
> 'A Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings', Yamamoto Gendai (Tokyo, Japan), 19th November 2011
> 'This is not a House', The Wapping Project (London, UK), 12th January 2012 … Read More
Exhibitions
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Two Degrees of Separation, Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon
A Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings, Galerie Melanie Rio
This is not a House (touring show), The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall (UK)
A Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings, Yamamoto Gendai, Tokyo
2010
This is not a House, The Photographers’ Gallery (PSG), London
A Metaphysical Survey of British Dwellings, HS Gallery, London
Reluctant Monoliths, The Photographer’s Gallery, London
The Wayward Line, Centre Culturel Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Paris
2009
Topologies, Orient Foundation Museum, Lisbon
Reluctant Monoliths, Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes, France
When Light Casts no Shadow, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon
The Accidental Theorist, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
When Light Casts no Shadow, Porta 33 , Madeira
When Light Casts no Shadow, Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin
2008
When Light Casts no Shadow, Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes, France Topologies, La Caja Negra, Madrid
Topologies, Laura Marsiaj, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Topologies, Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
Aproximações, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon
The Diminishing Present, BCA Gallery, Bedford, England
The Diminishing Present, Visual Arts Centre, Coimbra, Portugal
2006
The Diminishing Present, Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York
The Diminishing Present, La Caja Negra, Madrid
The Rehearsal of Space, The Photographer’s Gallery (PSG), London
The Accidental Theorist, Galeria Graça Brandão, Oporto, Portugal
2005
The Diminishing Present, Photofusion, London
2004
The Rehearsal of Space, Macau Art Museum, Macau, China
Black Holes and Other Inconsistencies, Cadeia da Relação (Portuguese Centre of Photography), Oporto, Portugal
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010
Détournement, Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes
Abrstraction, Château d'Eau, Toulouse
Aperture Presents, Boutique Montblanc, Paris
Impresiones Y Comentários: Fotografia Contemporánea Portuguesa, Sala Parpaló, Valência
Impresiones Y Comentários: Fotografia Contemporánea Portuguesa, Fundació Foto Colectania, Barcelona
Da Outra Margem do Atlântico: alguns exemplos de videoarte e fotografia portuguesa, Centro de arte Hélio Oiticica
Something That I’ll Never Really See, Contemporary Phot. From the V&A, BHAU Daji Lad Museum (Mumbai)
A Culpa não é minha (obras da colecção António Cachola), Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
15 min exhibition, Paraty em Foco, Paraty (Brazil)
15 min exhibition, Ateliê da Imagem Espaço Cultural, Rio de Janeiro
Da Outra Margem do Atlântico –alguns exemplos de videoarte e fotografia portuguesa, Centro de Arte Hélio Oiticica, Rio de Janeiro
Des lendemaisn qui chantent, Galerie Melanie Rio, Nantes
What Lies Beneath, Swedish Embassy, Washington, Foto DC Week
Prix Pictet Show, Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki
Prix Pictet Show, The Empty Quarter, Dubai
Prix Pictet Show, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven
Jogo de Espelhos, Museu de Arte Comtemporânea de Elvas, Elvas
2009
Lá Fora, Portuguese Artists, Museu da Electricidade, Lisbon
BES Award Berardo Museum (Belém Cultural Centre), Lisbon
Format Festival, Derby
International Photography Festival, Lodz, Poland
Opções e Futuros, PLMJ Collection, Museu da Cidade, Lisbon
Estuaire, Nantes Art Biennial 2009
NYPHA, Invitational Pavilion, Tobacco Warehouse, New York
Scope Basel, The New Empire, Contemporary Chinese Photography, Miami
Paisagem, Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra
Entre o Céu e o Mar, organized by Centro de Artes Visuais
for Centro Cultural de Lagos in the context of "Art Algarve 2009"
Prix Pictet Award, Passage de Retz, Paris
2008
Lianzhou International Photo Festival, Lianzhou, China
Terry O’Neil Award, Fulham Palace, London
ING Real Photography Award, Las Palmas Museum, Rotterdam
Opções e Futuros, PLMJ Foundation, Lisbon
Linha do Horizonte, Centro Cultural da Caixa Económica Federal, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Contemporary Portuguese Photography, Museu da Presidência da República, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
That Was Then… This is Now, P.S. 1, MoMA, New York
Immoral Facts & Fables, Galerie Caprice Horn, Berlin
2007
On the Wall: Aperture Magazine ’05-’06, Aperture Gallery, New York
Migratory Phenomena: Photography and Video + Film Cycle, Economic and Social European Committee, Brussels, Belgium
2006
Alentejo Elementar, Galeria Municipal de São Sebastião, Portalegre; (this show toured other Portuguese Museums)
Constelações Afectivas, Galeria Graça Brandão, Lisbon, Portugal
Selections from the Permanent Photography Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2005 Represented, The Photographer’s Gallery (Print Sales Gallery), London
Newly Commissioned Work Coimbra Visual Arts Centre, Portugal
Extensão do Ohar, Coimbra Visual Arts Centre, Portugal
2004
The Jerwood Photography Awards Winners Exhibition 2003, Jerwood Space London (this show toured other UK galleries)
Publications
2011
Two Degrees of Separation, EDP Portugal
This is not a Hose, Dewi Lewis
2010
The Wayward Line, Centre Culturel Caloust Gulbenkian
2009
When Light Casts no Shadow, Dewi Lewis
BES Photo Award, Berardo Museum
‘Future Images’, guide to top 100 contemporary artists –
published by 24ore Motta Cultura and curated by Raul Cresci & Radu Stern
Sotheby’s Guide co collecting Photography –
published by Thames & Hudson and written by Jocelyn Phillips
Peter D. Osborne ‘The Unreachable Landscape: Some Themes in Photography in England from 1990 to 2007’ in Cahier Fotografie nr. 2, 09, Belgium
2008
Edgar Martins: Topologies, Aperture
Topologies, Centro de Artes Visuais
2006
The Diminishing Present, The Moth House
Approaches, ANA
2003
Black Holes & Other Inconsistencies, The Moth House
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