George Martin P J, born in 1973, completed his art education specializing in Sculpture from College of Fine Arts, Thiruvananthapuram and Government College of Art & Craft, Kolkota.
George has widely exhibited his sculptures and paintings in India and international platforms. His solo shows include *So Far So Good*, Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore, 2019; *Empty Envelopes*, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2013; *Objective Voice*, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2009; *Cavities*, Palette Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2008; *Lost Article*, Visual Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2007; *Footloose of Blue Pencil*, Bombay Art Gallery, Mumbai, 2006.
George has curated few exhibitions such as *Just Above the Horizon*, *2nd Pulau Ketam International Art Festival*, Malaysia, 2016; *Inbox – 81 Contemporary Indian artists on the dilemma of disposable culture*, Srishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2015; *Tradition & Transition*, watercolours from China & India, Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2014.
Some of his selected group exhibition participation includes *The signature in the Image*, Art Centrix, New Delhi, 2020; *Open studio, an object self-defined*, Sculpture Space, UTICA, New York, 2019 ; *Vishwaroopa - The Form of Universe*, Curated By Johny M L, Birla Academy of Art & Culture, Kolkata, 2018; *India Art Fair*¸ New Delhi, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, *Elephant parade - India & London*, 2017 ; *VR Art Car Project*, VR Mall, Bangalore, 2017; *Today’s Silk Road*, 3rd International Invitational Exhibition of Fine Arts, Shaanxi Province Art Museum, Xian, China, 2016; *Inbox*, Shrishti Art Gallery, Hyderabad, 2015; *Contemporary Contingencies*, Gallery O.E.D, Cochin; 2014; *Cross Connections*, Gallery Art Positive, New Delhi, 2014; *Canvas for Life*, The Oberoi Hotel, Gurgaon, 2013; *Extending the Line*, Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2012; *Fragile-2*, 1x1 Gallery, Dubai, 2012; *India Awakens — Under the Banyan Tree*, Curated by Dr Alka Pande, Easel Museum, Vienna, Austria, 2010; *About Roundabout*, City Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, 2010; *The Art of India/20 Years of Contemporary Indian Art*, Gallery Neumeister/Gallerie Muller & Plate, Munich, Germany, 2009; *Metamorphosis — Change and Continuity in Indian Contemporary Art*, Phyllis, Weston, Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, USA, 2009; *The Sun Rises in the East — Contemporary Art from India*, Galerie Christian Hosp, Tirol, Austria, 2008; *Chaos in Order — Exhibition of Indian Contemporary Art*, Lalit Kala Akademi & Indian Embassy, Vietnam, 2008; *Hong Kong Art Fair & Dubai Art Fair*, Represented by Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi, 2008; *From Surface to Origin: Journeys through Recent Art from India and Thailand*, Curated by Brian Curtain, Gallery Soul flower, Bangkok, 2008; No Square Circle: Drawings by Sculptors, Rabindra Bhavan, Kolkata and New Delhi, 2006; Double-Enders, Curated by Bose Krishnamachari, Jehangir Gallery, Mumbai; Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi; Gallery Sumukha, Bangalore and Durbar Hall, Cochin, 2005; Sculpture by the Sea, Bondi 2005, Sydney; Conflicts & Dualities, Nature Morte, New Delhi, 2004; Chroma, Indisk/Norsk Kunst I Gatene, Bergen, 2003; Chroma, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 2002; The State Exhibitions, Lalit Kala Academy, Kerala, 2001, 1997, 1996, 1995.
He is recipient awards and scholarships such as *The Vice–Versa Foundation Fellowship* - ShangYuan Museum Art Residency in China, 2013; *Promising Artist Award-1*, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi and Art India Magazine, Mumbai, 2005; Junior Fellowship Scholarship, Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, 2000; The Bodhi Best Student Award, 1998; State Lalit Kala Akademi scholarships, Kerala, 1995.
Some of the selected of few artist residencies, sculpture symposiums and art camps which includes *Sculpture Space*, Art Residency in Utica, New York, 2019; *National Sculpture Symposium*, RMZ Foundation, Bangalore, 2018; *Bapu’s Champaran*, a Satyagraha centenary celebrational painting workshop, Bihar Museum, Patna, 2017; *International Sculpture Symposium* in Bronze & Stone, Uttarayan Art Foundation, Baroda, 2015; *ShangYuan Museum* Art Residency, Beijing, 2013; *Art Chennai*, Chennai, 2011; *At a mountain trail in Mukteshwar*, W+K, New Delhi, 2010; *Kashmir Cultural Camp*, by B&G and Popular Prakashan, Mumbai, 2009; *National Sculpture Camp*, Gallery Sumukha & Baldota Group, Hospet, 2006; *National Ceramic Camp*, JSW Ltd, Hospet, Karnataka, 2006; *Sculpture by the Sea*, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia, 2005; *Chroma*, at Indisk/Norsk kunsten i gatene, Løvstakken, Bergen, Norway.
George lives and works in New Delhi.