Martin Hyde

Martin Hyde is a UK-based artist with over 20 years of professional practice. His paintings move between abstraction and figuration, exploring themes of identity, masking, and emotional resilience. Circles, grids, and layered fragments appear throughout his work, suggesting hidden systems and shifting states of self.

Hyde recently completed an MA in Art Psychotherapy at the University of Derby. This training has deepened his exploration of how inner states can be transformed into image, and how painting can hold the tension between vulnerability and strength.

His work has been exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, and is held in private and corporate collections, including Claridge’s London. He has been featured in Flux Review magazine and selected for major exhibitions such as the RBSA Open and Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize.

Hyde’s paintings are also recognised in the music world, with his artwork appearing on numerous albums and tours for artists including Lau, Kris Drever, The Little Unsaid, Dan Whitehouse, Staran, and Chris Cleverley. Collectors are drawn to the honesty and intensity of his practice, where symbolic and abstract languages converge to create bold, emotionally resonant works.

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MA Art Psychotherapy
MA Multimedia

Exhibitions

Building Bridges - - Group Show - Artcore Galery - 01/08/23
Suspension - Solo show Dubrek Gallery - 01/11/22
Sensory: Event inspired by work of M D Hyde - 16/12/19
Haarlem Group show 2019
Wirksworth festival - Haarlem Studios - 09/19
Invited Artist Ashbourne Festival 2019
RBSA Open 2019 31/3/19 - 31/4/19
Melbourne Festival - 15/09/18 - 16/09/18
Wirksworth festival - Haarlem Studios - 8/09/18 - 9/09/18
Banks Mill Foyer Gallery - A Simplification of Everything Solo show - 03/09/18 – 28/09/18
Enterprise Centre Derby - Group Exhibition - 6 paintings - 03/09/18/ 03/11/18
Deda Gallery Derby - Spirit Solo show - 03/05/18 and the 28/7/18
RBSA (Royal Birmingham Society of Artists) - Open All Media 2018 - 31/2/18 - 31/3/18
Behind the smile - Group Exhibition- Bank Mill Studios - 26 Feb 2018 to 23 Mar 2018
Derby Enterprise centre - Group Exhibition - Feb 2018 - May 2018
Exhibited at Banks Mill Open studios 2017
Exhibited at Melbourne Festival 2017
Midlands Open 2017 - Shortlisted and exhibited
Ashurst Emerging Artist – Shortlisted artist exhibition London
Ten Exhibition – Air – Derbyshire hospitals
Exhibited at Gosh Gallery - Newark - 7 Pieces
Exhibited at St Johns Gallery - Ashbourne - 3 pieces
Exhibited at Emporium Gallery - ...