Martyn Thompson

Martyn Thompson is an artist and photographer from the U.K. who established himself as an artist in Korea. After graduating from Northampton University, UK in 2007, with a degree in fine art, winning an award for his final show exhibition piece 'Moulding Myself' he moved straight to Korea.

Upon graduating, Martyn pursued his personal studies of Korean video artist Baik Nam June. Producing art and finding exhibiting opportunities in a foreign country was difficult, because at the time there was little activity amongst fellow expatriate artists. A lot of perseverance was required, and after partaking in a few group exhibitions with the International Art Community, Martyn held his first white wall solo exhibition in 2011 at Gallery I in Insadong, Seoul. Despite some minor language communication problems, Martyn has continued working with the Gallery I owner, and forged a strong relationship to create more opportunities for foreign artists living in Korea. He is now considered a very reliable asset and communicative body by several galleries and foreign artists living in Korea.

Martyn has exhibited extensively across the country since 2009, putting on four solo exhibitions, partaking in around twenty-five group exhibitions, and ...

2007 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Northampton University, Northampton, England

2000 GNVQ Art & Design, Oxford College of Further Education, Oxford, England

Solo
2017 Solo Exhibition at Emerald City Medical Centre, Seattle, US
2016 Relief Prints, Ham Gallery, Cheongju, Korea
2015 SEWOL, Gallery Dokdo, Heyri Art Village, Paju, Korea
2015 SEWOL, Gallery I, Insadong, Seoul, Korea
2014 Korean Bow Collection 2014 (part 2), Gallery [t], Daegu, Korea
2014 Korean Bow Collection 2014 (part 1), PDG Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
2013 Korean Bow Collection, Color of Money, Goyang City, Gyeonggi Do, Korea
2011 Immersive Environments, Gallery I, Insadong, Seoul, Korea
2009 Bottled Animals, Frog and Toad, Ilsan, Korea

Group
2014/10 Contemporary Art Exhibition of Ganghwa Island, Korea
2014 [b]list, Gukje Art Museum, Keimyung University, Daegu, Korea
2014 Artist Run Space Gunsan, Daegu, Korea
2014 Cultural Displacement, Orange Pencil, Nakseongdae, Seoul, Korea
2013 Art in Asia, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2013 on VIDEO, Hongdae, Seoul, Korea
2013 MIAF, OPUS 11 Building, 10F Sky Park, Euljiro, Jung-Gu, Seoul, Korea
2013 GIAF, Sejong Culture and Art Centre, Gwanghwamun, Seoul, Korea
2013 Jayuajae, Seoul Sirim Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Untitled, Gallery I, Insadong, Seoul, Korea
2012 Nature Teaches Beasts, Gallery I, Insadong, Seoul, Korea
2012 Daegu Art Fair, Daegu EXCO, Daegu, Korea
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