Lucille Martin is an Australian Multi-disciplinary Artist working across digital-based media and traditional materials of iPhonography and Photo-Media to Textile, Drawing, Clay & Performative practice.
She is recognised for her dedication and portrayal of imagery and materials exploring environmental and humanitarian themes underpinned by a historic interest in the evolution of the human psyche through her own experience.
Having worked on environmental themes since 1990, her application of digital and iPhone Photography, acts as an extension of the body in a documentary practice by capturing images while walking and exploring the natural landscape of Australia and pristine locations throughout the world.
A major category of Lucille’s work explores the duality and fluid complexities of ecosystems from land to sea approaching her artistic practice as a conduit to open conversations about current anthropogenic struggles & climate change.
Her recent exhibitions in Melbourne, Australia explored environmental themes focusing on Indigenous Cultural Fire practices through an invitation by local Aboriginal custodians on Gumera Dhawale Country. The immersive large format documentary Images take the audience on a journey to diffuse the fear of ‘Fire’ after the 2019-20 Black Summer catastrophic fire on the East Coast of Australia that led to the loss of 8.4 million hectares of land, habitat and fauna. The installation of multi-material works sit at an intersection between a social/historical memory offering pro-active solutions for a more holistic approach to Climate action.
Lucille was awarded scholarship as a Phd Candidate focusing on the social relationship of iPhoneography to the human Psyche (Ceased). She holds a Master of Arts degree from University of New South Wales, Sydney. She has created work for Solo, Group & Curatorial exhibitions, commissions, and residencies in Australia. Her awards include a Fellowship from West Australia Department for the Arts four Australia Council Grants, including an International Studio in Japan where she was resident at Artlab, Canon Pty Ltd.
Her recent peer-awarded residencies in 2018 – 2022 include Bundanon Trust AIR program in 2018, 2019, 2021, The University of Tasmania-School of Arts & Creativity- Invitational Artist Residence at The Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain-St Claire National Park, Tasmania and Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA. She often works within local artistic and design programs institutionally or in community development, higher education, and policy advocacy.
Historically she is passionate about ecology of the wider Artistic community in Australia and locally in Perth, having contributed significantly to early developmental programs in 1989 - 1993 as committee member of The National Association of Visual Arts ( NAVA ) NSW Committee (3 years), Funded by Australia Council and working under the governance of Professor David Throsby with 2 staff to create and lecture the Inaugural Professional Practise Kit to Universities & TAFE Colleges in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth Australia. This program has continued to underpin the discourse and benchmark of professional art practice in Australia.
Lucille Martin : CV and Bio
LUCILLE MARTIN
Artist, Academic, Career Counsellor, Education
Photo-Media, Photography, iPhoneography, Installation, Textile
lucillemartin@bigpond.com LucilleMartin.com
Biography
Lucille Martin is an Australian Multi-disciplinary Artist with an established career across digital-based media using iPhoneography, Photography and Photo-Media, textile & performative practice to explore themes the natural and physical environment, psyche and landscape and deep ecology. Her application of iPhone-capture over the last 8 years, acts as an extension of the body in a performative and documentary practice by capturing image while walking and exploring the natural landscape.
Lucille holds a was awarded scholarship as a Phd Candidate focusing on the social relationship of iPhoneography and has a MArts degree from University of New South Wales, Sydney. She has created work for Solo, Group & Curatorial exhibitions, commissions and residencies in Australia and overseas. Her awards include four Australia Council Grants, including the prestigious International Studio in Japan where she was resident at Artlab, Canon Pty Ltd. She has received a Career Fellowship from West Australia Department of the Arts and is a finalist in many of Australia’s prestigious awards.
Lucille’s recent peer-awarded residencies in 2018 – 2021 include Bundanon Trust AIR program in 2018, 2019, 2021, The University of Tasmania-School of Arts and Creativity- Invitational, Artist in Residence at The Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain-St Claire National Park, Tasmania and Vancouver Arts Centre, Albany, WA. She often works within local artistic and design programs institutionally or in community development, higher education and policy advocacy.
Martin is passionate about the flora and fauna of the Australian landscape. She has worked, lived and commuted between Perth, Sydney and Melbourne for 30 years, supporting land management programs to regenerate and reforest once depleted pastural land linking wildlife corridors and providing habitat for the return of local species. She is active in environmental, and humanitarian causes within her art practice.
Historically she is passionate about ecology of the wider Artistic community in Australia and locally in Perth, having contributed significantly to early developmental programs in 1989 - 1993 as committee member of The National Association of Visual Arts ( NAVA ) NSW Committee (3 years), Funded by Australia Council and working under the governance of Professor David Throsby with 2 staff to create and lecture the Inaugural Professional Practise Kit to Universities & TAFE Colleges in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth Australia. This program has continued to underpin the discourse and benchmark of professional art practice in Australia.
Martin is currently working on a solo exhibition funded by DLGSC Western Australia to develop and present works using Documentary Photography about Right Fire* and Fire knowledge. The project spans 3 years 2018-21 and will be launched at Linden New Art – Project Space in April.
*Right Fire - Lucille Martin received permission to use the words ‘Right Fire’ a term developed by Victor Steffensen, Indigenous filmmaker and Fire Practitioner, descendant of the Tagalaka Nation of North Queensland, in his book Fire Country, 2020. Victor’s video and books will be available for purchase during the exhibition duration.
https://www.lindenarts.org/exhibitions/linden-projects-space/lucille-martin/
LUCILLE MARTIN – CV BIO 2022
Career Highlights
Residence Award / Peer Awarded
· ATWA -All that we are Residency, Tasmania. 3 weeks responding to project Precipice: Intertidal zones of Saltmarsh, Sea Grass and Rockpool regions of Australia
· Bundanon Trust - Award AIR program in 2018 and 2019, 2021
· Fremantle Art Centre - AIR Studio Artist 2020-21
· University of Tasmania, School of Creative Arts – Invitational, Artist in Residence, Critique Advisor
· Wilderness Gallery - Cradle Mountain-St Claire National Park, Tasmania - Selected Artist in Residence
· Vancouver Arts Centre AIR, Albany WA – Peer Awarded Artist in Residence
Summary of awards, residencies and funding grants
2022 RIGHT FIRE Exhibition Selected Linden New Art, St Kilda Victoria Curator: Juliette Hanson 2021-22 Creative Development Grant the West Australia Department Local Govt, Sport, Culture-Exhibition Perth, Melbourne 2022
2020 International Publication – The Debutant, Scotland. Co-Editor Kelsey Ashe
2020 Creative Development Grant The West Australia Department of Local Govt, Sport and Culture
2019 Creative Development Grant – Depart of Local Government, Sport Culture & the Arts, WA AIR Tasmania
2019 UTAS-CAM Invitation Residency Hobart and Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain, AIR Program & Project
2018 The Bundanon Trust Residency, Riversdale NSW (2018) (2019)
2014 Award – Australia Council – Professional Dev Grant- Performative 2009 Award – Australia Council VACB, Residency in USA and Selection SOFA 2010, Park Ave Armoury. NY, USA
2005 Award – NSW Ministry for Arts Residency, The Gunnery 2005, Sydney Australia
1996 Creative Fellowship Award. The Ministry for the Arts. The Western Australian Government
1995 PIAF- Selected Visual Artist in Festival of Perth Program, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, Australia
1995 Award- Australia Council VACB Studio – Tokyo Residency 1994 Canon Artlab Residency, Tokyo, Japan
Competition Award - Finalist
2022 York Botanic Art Prize, York, WA Curators: Prof.Ted Snell AO, Art Consultant, WA 2021 Joondalup Art Award, Curator: Amy Barrett-Lennard Director of PICA, West Australia 2021 Mandorla Art Prize, Western Australia Curator:
2019 Joondalup Art Award, Curator : Oliver Woods-ARTBANK, Melbourne and JAP, Western Australia
2019 Fremantle Print Award, Fremantle, WA
2019 Minnawarra Art Award, Armadale, WA
2019 Ballarat International Foto Biennale, Folio Review program. International Curators Ballarat, Victoria
2011 Art takes Miami –USA Top 100 World Award Artists, Miami
2009 Prometheus Visual Art Award – Highly Commended. Nick Mitzvah, Judge, Adelaide Art Gallery
2007 Prometheus Visual Art Biennale Award – Highly Commended.
2009 Prometheus Visual Art Biennale Award – Highly Commended. Judge: Nick Mitzvah - Dir:AGSA
2006 Alice Art Prize Alice Springs Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs. Curated Artist
2005 Prometheus Art Award – Highly Commend Judge: Julie Ewington Australian Art, GOMA/ QAG
2004 Winner-The Border Art Prize, Gold Coast Art Gallery/Tweed River Art Gallery, (Collateral Damage)
Exhibition
• Major Solo Exhibition June 2019 Bedside – An immersive iPhoneography and photo-media exhibition, Spectrum Project Space, ECU Perth, WA
• 2019 Nysiztor Studio – Scene Group Exhibition – New Media
• Physical Absence - A Human Portrait -Curator Maya Martin-Westheimer. Group Exhibition Missing Person Space, Nicholas Bld, Melbourne
• AAANZ Conference selection - Artist Presentation and Paper, Auckland, NZ 3 December 2019. Topic /Title: Bedside: iPhone-capture, physical absence and embodied presence in self-portraiture
Commission
• 2019 The Australian Parliament House Collection, June 2019. Six major works from X-Aerial Series
Curriculum Vitae (Abridged)
Education 2017 PhD Edith Cowan University, West Australia-School of Arts and Humanities – Visual Art (Ceased 2018)
2016 Diploma of Counselling Therapy and Coaching, CTA Australia
1992 Master of Art UNSW Art & Design Australia Scholarship Major Photography, 4D Contemporary
1987 Diploma Graphic Design / Fine Art – James Street Art College / Perth Technical College, Western Australia
Finalist Awards 2020 The Fremantle Art Centre, AIR Studio Residency, Fremantle WA 2020-2021 2020. Vancouver Arts Centre, Artist in Residence Program. 2019 UTAS-CAM Invitation Artist in Residency Program School of Creative Arts, Hobart 2019 The Wilderness Gallery, Cradle Mountain Resort. Cradle Mountain-St Claire National Park 2018, 2019, 2021 The Bundanon Trust Residency, Bundanon NSW. Peer Awarded Curator Steven Alderton 2014 Australia Council-Professional Dev Grant- Performative Invisible Presence, Research, Video
2014, 2018 NAVA – Bursary Award WA Future Forward
2012 Australia Council Professional development award – Invisible Presence 2009 Australia Council-Professional Development Award –SOFA-New York 2009 Residency NY, Los Angeles
2005 NSW Ministry for Arts, Awarded Residency. The Gunnery 2005, Sydney Australia
1996 Western Australia Creative Fellowship Award. Ministry for the Arts, Western Australia
1994 Australia Council Visual Arts Board- Overseas Studio Residency –Tokyo, Japan
1994 Canon ArtLab Award, Tokyo. Artist in Residence, Tokyo, Japan
1990 Perth Festival Fringe – Western Australian Department for the Arts – Project Grant.
1986 Australia Council Visual Arts Board – Project Grant. Sydney Australia 1995 PIAF- Selected Visual Artist in Festival of Perth Program, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth,
1995 Award- Australia Council VACB Studio – Tokyo Residency 1994 Canon Artlab Residency, Tokyo, Japan 1996 Creative Fellowship Award. The Ministry for the Arts. The Western Australian Government
Solo and Group Exhibitions (Abridged) 2021 We Are Nature – Curatorial Kamile Gallery, 20 Artist Australia Perth 2021 Pragma, Peril, Passion- Curator Mariyon Slany, Lost Eden Gallery, Dwellingup 11 Artist Funded DLGSC Imaginary Territories – Curator Dr Kelsey Ash PSAS, Fremantle Funded DLGSC 2020 Photo Access Annual New Work Exhibition – Engagement -Wouter Van de Voorde, Canberra 2019 Bedside-Photo-media, Installation, Video, Solo. Curator: Claire Bushby, Spectrum Project Space WA 2018 PCP Perth Centre of Photography Curatorial: Christine Tomas, Homes a Court Gallery, West Perth, 2017 PCWK10 Nyisztor Gallery WA Curator Ron Nyisztor. 19 West Australian Women Artists 2018 Nyisztor Gallery WA Curator Ron Nyisztor. West Australian Artists 19 West Australian Women Artists 2010 Angel Hair The Kerry Stokes Collection Curator : Kevin Robertson Mandurah Arts Centre 2011 Angel Hair The Kerry Stokes Collection Curator : Kevin Robertson Perth Central TAFE Gallery. 2009 Reconstruction: Solo Exhibition, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah NSW
2007 Naturally Selected Solo Exhibition Lismore Regional Gallery Lismore NSW 2007/08
2007- 9 Led Zeppelin World Tour Exhibition – Curator Steven Alderton. Lismore Regional Gallery NSW & Victoria
2003- 4 Berapa – Installation/Selected works Tweed River Art Gallery, NSW and Fox Galleries, Brisbane
2002 Caldera – Textile /Printed Installation, Lismore Regional Art Gallery, New South Wales
1998 Material Perfection – Curator John Stringer – Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth WA
1996- 7 Domestic Disturbance MIMA, Curator Shiralee Saul, NGV, Melbourne -Touring Program Australia
1997 Real to Reel – Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Art On the Move
1996 One Country, Many Voices, Delaney Galleries, Perth, Western Australia.
1995 Generation – Curator John Stringer – Delaney Galleries Perth, Western Australia
1995 Expose: Three Stories from Tokyo. Part I –III, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art, Perth, WA
1994 Experimenta -MIMA Metaphors for Memory Part I Paradox of Ordering, National Gallery of Victoria
1994 Hoop- A Multi-media/Medium Installation Series, Delaney Galleries, Perth, Western Australia
1993 Metaphors for Memory Part IV A Paradox of Ordering, Art & Technology Gallery, Melbourne, Vic
1992 Metaphors for Memory Part IV – A Paradox of Ordering, & Sisters Part III, ISEA ACP, Sydney 1992 Young Romantics – Art Gallery Of Western Australia –State Gallery Perth, WA
1990 Origins -A Multi-Cultural Installation. The Performance Space, Sydney
1990 Myopia-The Perth Fringe Festival, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, UWA 1986 Blind Spots, King St Studios, Sydney, Australia
Film / Documentary Exhibition (Abridged)
