Martin Harman

Martin Harman

Bristol, Avon, United Kingdom

About Martin Harman

I am a British artist based in Bristol, UK. I create ceramic sculpture and 2D artworks. My artistic purpose is to create art that seeks to evoke curiosity. It is up to the viewer to explore their imagination and make decisions about what they are seeing. The ideas behind my artworks has to resonate with me and at times it can be interchangeable with my own experience. I want to communicate a fascination for the unknown as life is full of questions. The Historic English Heritage monument Stonehenge helped me to develop this way of thinking. To this day its purpose and meaning still largely remains unknown. It forces myself to be curious, to learn anew and reflect upon my existence. I do not intend to replicate its presence in any way but use this as a foundation to generate ideas around imagination, possibility and curiosity. These resulting artworks can be described as surreal, unusual and thought provoking. I am also a UNESCO​ International Academy of Ceramics IAC member. ​For further information about my ideas please see my blog at… www.martinharmanart.blogspot.com or the video in my statement page at www.martinharmanart.com/statement.html

Education:

2010-2012 MA Ceramics, UWIC Cardiff School of Art and Design, UK

Events:

Press

Very grateful to see my ceramic sculptures in Ceramics Ireland, Issue 42 2018. p48, 49. Thank you to the editors and team of the Ceramics Ireland magazine. ​

Awards
2014 Bristol First Collective, who purchased his sculpture Juxtaposed at the 161st Annual Open Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol

Residency
2018 Cross-cultural Identity Through Clay, Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Japan

Exhibitions:

Solo Exhibitions

2017 Reimagining Stonehenge, Workers Gallery, Porth Wales UK

Group Exhibitions

2019 Ceramic sculpture Horizon selected for Exhibit Here's Hope Exhibition, Menier Gallery, 51 Southwark Street London SE1 1RU UK, 26 February - 2 March

2018 The London Ultra 2018, Bargehouse Gallery, Oxo Tower Wharf, London, UK

2018 Group Exhibition at XI International Ceramics Symposium Römhild, Glücksburg Castle, Germany.

2018 IAC Members Exhibition New Orientalia, New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum, Taiwan.

2018 IV. International Ceramics Triennial UNICUM 2018, National Museum of Slovenia – Metelkova

2018 Sites Unseen, Studio 11, Kingston Upon Hull, UK

2018. Ways of Seeing, Hours Gallery, Bristol, UK

2017 Summer Open Exhibition Bath Society of Artists,
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath, UK

2017 Creekside Open, A.P.T Gallery, London, UK

2016 ICMEA 2016 Emerging artists competition,
International Ceramic Art Museums, Fuping, China

2016 WAC Wells Art Contemporary, The Bishop's Palace,
Wells, UK

2016 30th Gold Coast International Ceramic Art Award,
Gold Coast City Gallery, Australia

2016 Taiwan Ceramics Biennale, New Taipei City Yingge
Ceramics Museum, Taiwan

2015 CLUJ International Ceramics Biennale, Cluj-Napoca
Museum of Art, Romania.

2015 Rising Stars, New Ashgate Gallery Farnham, UK

2014 30th Annual Open Exhibition, CGP London, UK

2013 161st Annual Open Exhibition, RWA, Bristol, UK

2013 The Competitive Exhibition of the 8th International
Biennial of Ceramics presented by the City of
Kapfenberg, Cultural Center, Austria

Symposia
2009 Attended: ISCAEE, Ceramic Biennial, Incheon, South Korea, ceramic artwork exhibited

2008 Attended: ISCAEE, Ceramic Biennial, Kenya, ceramic artwork exhibited at the National Museum