Lucille Martin
Textile Artist (Byron Bay, NSW)

Lucille Martin is an artist and communicator based in Australia. Working with textile, installations, found objects and the medium of words, her current work inspires awareness of the concerns she is passionate about - humanitarian, environmental, political and women’s issues. Lucille is recognised nationally and has exhibited widely throughout Australia over 20 years, receiving awards, commissions, and overseas residencies.

Martin’s beautifully created pieces resonate in their appeal. Conceptual in approach, Lucille aims to highlight and fuse the traditional craft practices of sewing and monogramming with modern technology and contemporary language. She takes her viewers on an intimate journey, providing dynamic engagement with her audience and the wider public.

Her innovative textiles and Installations incorporate a powerful combination of poetic and numerical sentences. These encourage the individual to take a step, make a difference and find their own inner power to support our vulnerable society.

“Martin’s curiosity about broadly based social and cultural issues and especially the definition of female identity bring representational elements into her work that separate it from the purely formal program of minimal art.” John Stringer –Curator for Kerry Stokes collection.

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2007 The Led Zepplin World Tour Exhibition – Curator/Director Steven Alderton Lismore Regional Gallery 2007, Touring England and USA
2007 Selected Prometheus Award –Inaugural Award Selected- Gold Coast, Australia ( Current)
2006-7 Commission (Current) Lismore Regional Gallery-Mural Installation –Dec 07
2006 Selected Chrysalis Group Exhibition – Arts Northern Rivers Curatorial Exhibition
2005 Artscape Sculpture Award Exhibition – Cape Byron Bay NSW Curator: Merran Morrison
2003 Berapa - Installation/Solo Exhibition and Publication - Fox Galleries, Brisbane -Subject Bali Bombing and Indonesia -Artwork raised funds to create The Burns Unit in Denpasar,Bali
1996Fellowship Award Ministry for the Arts-Perth Western Australia -Residency with The Jandu Warryu Indigenous Women
1995 Awarded Tokyo Residency by Australia Council
1995 Awarded Canon Artlab residency -Tokyo Awards
2005 Winner Border Art Prize “ Collateral Damage “ Gold Coast Art Gall/Tweed River Art Gallery
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. Artist in Residence at Canon,Tokyo, Japan
1990 Perth Festival Fringe - Western Australian Department for the Arts -Project Grant.
1988 Australia Council Visual Arts Board - Project Grant. Sydney Australia.
See Detailed CV on www.LucilleMartin.com

Artists Statement
Martin’s beautifully created pieces resonate in their appeal. Conceptual in approach, Lucille aims to highlight and fuse the traditional craft practices of sewing and monogramming with modern technology and contemporary language. She takes her viewers on an intimate and poetic journey, providing dynamic yet sensitive engagement with her audience and the wider public.