Martin Greenland b. 1962
Some of my paintings are drawn from memories of real places. Many of my starting places are insistent, very particular yet very elusive mental images which suddenly spring to mind. These are always landscapes of some sort. I cannot summon them up; they appear whenever they like but they are seasonal and only come to me at set times of the year.
Greenland has built a distinguished career over several decades, with work exhibited widely across the UK and internationally. In 2006 he was awarded first prize in the John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool—one of Britain’s most prestigious awards for contemporary painting, with past winners including David Hockney and Peter Doig.
In 2003 he was commissioned to produce a painting of the newly rebuilt Paternoster Square, London, adjacent to St Paul’s Cathedral. The work was presented to the Lord Mayor of London and is now part of the collection at the Mansion House.
His exhibitions include leading galleries such as The Scottish Gallery in Edinburgh, Castlegate House Gallery in Cumbria, and Portland Gallery in London. He is President of the Lake Artists Society (LAS), a position he has held since 2024, and has been a member since 1998.
Greenland’s work is deeply informed by his life in the northern landscape, where he continues to live and paint.
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Cold, Bright Day, 2022Click to view more -
Rough Old Landscape, 2022Click to view more
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Theatre, 2022Click to view more
1962 Born – Marsden, Yorkshire
1979-1982 Studied at Nelson & Colne College
1982-1985 Exeter College of ArtAwarded First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art (Painting)
Awards
2015 Finalist – Visual Artist of the Year, Cumbria Life Culture Awards
2013 North of England Regional Prize winner, Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
2006 First prize winner of the John Moores, 24 – Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
2003 Commissioned to produce a painting of the newly re-built Paternoster Square, next to St. Paul’s Cathedral, London, which was presented to The Lord Mayor of London, and which now hangs in The Mansion House.
2000 GCI Financial Purchase Prize at Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 The Light Inside, Portland Gallery London
2021 THE SEAS ARE RISING!/WALKIN FROM HOM Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria
2017 Beaux Arts Bath
2016 I AM/NOT MAKING THIS UP Corke Gallery, Liverpool
2016 NEW PAINTINGS, Castlegate House, Cockermouth, Cumbria
2015 BEAUX ARTS, Bath
2015 ONE TO ONE, The Blue Gallery, Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria
2014 ONE TO ONE, The Blue Gallery, Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria
2014 SECOND NOVELS, Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Carlisle
2012 INVENTIONS AND RE-INVENTIONS Corke Art Gallery, Liverpool
2011 UNCHARTED LAND, Art Space Gallery, London
2010 NEW FICTION Cornerstone Gallery, Liverpool Hope University, Liverpool
2009 ARRANGEMENTS OF MEMORY Art Space Gallery, Islington, London
2008 WALL OF SILENCE,Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria
2008 ALEXANDRA GALLERY,University of Cumbria, Lancaster
2008 SIGNAL GALLERY, London
2008 11 SPITAFIELDS GALLERY,Spitalfields, London
2007 FARFIELD MILL, Sedbergh
Group Exhibitions
2020 REALIST & LYRICAL LANDSCAPES The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2020 MINIATURIST III The Scottish Gallery, Edinburgh
2019 PRIZED NEW ASHGATE GALLERY, Farnham
2019 UNPICTURESQUE HEATON COOPER ARCHIVE GALLERY, Grasmere
2017 BEAUX ARTS,Bath – Summer Exhibition
2015 JOHN MOORES UK & CHINA PRIZEWINNERS SHOWCorke Art Gallery, Liverpool
2015 TATHA GALLERY,Fife – Winter Exhibition
2015 THE SCOTTISH GALLERY,Edinburgh
2015 NEW ASHGATE GALLERY,Farnham
2014 BEAUX ARTS,Bath – Summer Exhibition
2013 MIXED EXHIBITION, Corke Art Gallery, Liverpool
2013 DISCERNING EYE (invited artist),Mall Galleries, London
2013 NORTH OF ENGLAND REGIONAL PRIZE WINNER –Dutch Italianates, Mall Galleries, LondonGBS
2013 FINE ART, London Art Fair, Islington, London
2011 I KNOW A PLACE,Flowers, East London
2011 CHARTER OF THE FOREST, Usher Art Gallery and Collection, Lincoln
2011 12, Art Gallery at Rheged Exhibition Space, Cumbria
2011 FLASHBACK, 25 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Art Space Gallery, London