CV

Born, Melbourne

Graduate Diploma in Fine Art [Painting], Victorian College of the Arts

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art [Painting], Victorian College of the Arts

Advanced Certificate of Art and Design, Prahran TAFE

Through the Long Grass, Orbit Program, Castlemaine Art Museum, Castlemaine

The Valley, Gallerysmith Project Space, Melbourne

Double Portraits, Artlands Victoria 2018, Capital Theatre, Bendigo

Beyond the Garden, Woodbine Art, Malmsbury

New Work, Woodbine Art, Malmsbury

Open Studio Malmsbury Festival, Malmsbury

Portraits, Gallery 101, Melbourne

Women and their Dogs, Temple Studio, Melbourne

Portrait Works on Paper, Stop 22, Melbourne Fringe, Melbourne

Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Maldon Portrait Prize for Painting, Drawing and Mixed Media (Winner), Edge Galleries, Maldon

Archie 100: A Century of the Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of NSW, Geelong Gallery, VIC, Cairns Art Gallery, QLD, Art Gallery of SA, Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, TAS, Bathurst Regional Gallery, NSW, Museum and Art Gallery of NT, Home of the Arts, Gold Coast, QLD, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT. Touring from 6 November 2021 to 28 January 2024

St Johns Southgate 2017 Art Prize (winner), Southbank, Melbourne
A Whole Different Animal, Brightspace, Melbourne

Best in Show: Dogs in Australian Art, Orange Regional Gallery, Orange

Ocean, Studio Brunswick, Melbourne

Castlemaine State Festival, Castlemaine Continuing Education, Castlemaine

Maldon Portrait Prize, Uniting Church, Maldon

Len Fox Painting Award, Castlemaine Art Gallery, Castlemaine

Recent Drawings, Prudence Flint, Peter Grziwotz, Gabrielle Martin, Richard Stringer, Deborah Walker, the Gallery @ City Library, Melbourne

Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
We Are All Animals, La Trobe University Visual Arts Centre Gallery, Bendigo, Victoria

The Archibald Prize, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Victorian Art Centre, Melbourne
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Metro 5 Art Award, Metro 5 Gallery, Melbourne

Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney
Compendium, Platform, Melbourne, Victoria

Salon des Refusés, The Alternate Archibald & Wynne Prize Selection, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Art Fair 2000, Melbourne

Stand 33 at Gallery 101, Gallery 101, Melbourne
Portia Geach Memorial Award, S.H. Ervin Gallery, Sydney

Review ’99 / Curators’ Choice, Gallery 101, Melbourne
Overview 1999, Linden Arts Centre and Gallery, Melbourne
Exposure, Linden Arts Centre and Gallery, Melbourne

Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, National Touring Exhibition

Keith and Elisabeth Murdoch Travelling Fellowship, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

vis-a-vis, West Space, Footscray

A Four Show, West Space, Footscray

Out West, West Space, Footscray

Postgraduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts

Images of Women, Gryphon Gallery, University of Melbourne

Graduate Exhibition, Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne

Fill this space, Next Wave Festival

Mural, 101 Collins Street, Melbourne

Maldon Portrait Award for Painting, Drawing and Mixed Media (winner), Maldon

St Johns Southgate 2017 Art Prize (winner), Southbank, Melbourne

Artist in Residence, Medley Hall, Melbourne University

Mid-Year Award, Victorian College of the Arts

Trustees of the National Gallery Award, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne

‘The Ecologist’ claims portrait prize, Castlemaine Mail, February 11, p. 5
Maldon Portrait Prize winner, Tarrangower Times, February 11, p. 1
Eve Lamb, Portrait of a big picture person, Midland Express, February 15, p. 7

Archie100, A century of the Archibald Prize, Natalie Wilson, Art Gallery of NSW, pp. 104-105

Artist makes Archie 100, Midland Express, June 8, p. 14

Portraits: Gabrielle Martin, Selwyn Rodda, Setu,
http://www.setumag.com/2017/09/portraits-gabrielle-martin.html

Dogs in Australian Art, A New History Of Antipodean Creativity, Steven Miller, Wakefield Press, pp. 48, 49, 156, 157

Exhibition in Malmsbury, Castlemaine Mail, November 11,p. 17

The Art of the Collection State Library of Victoria with Aitkin, et al (Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 2007) pp. 131-2

James Taylor, Of Pets and People, The Advertiser, October 20, pp. 21, 27 Artist’s Animal Instincts, Bendigo Weekly, October 28, pp. 24
Simon Plant, Brush with Fame, The Herald Sun, April 2, weekend, pp. 7-9

Penny Webb, Martin paints what can’t be said, The Age, Dec 26, p. 9.Homage to teacher wins Melbourne artist an Archibald spot, Arts Hub, Nov 17
Robert Nelson, Few prizes in Archibald, The Age, Dec 22, p. 6
Making Portraits: Five Years of National Portrait Gallery Commissions, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Critical Mass, ABC Television

Andrew Webster, Anxious Wait for Artists,Moreland Leader, 8 December
Kevin Hart, Portraits,Catalogue essay, Gallery 101, Melbourne, 19 August – 6 September
Gabrielle Martin Portraits, Visual Art, The A-List, What’s On Today, Review, The Age Newspaper, Melbourne

Jennifer Sexton, Portia Geach Memorial Award,The Australian, 26 October
Diana Simmonds, Portia Geach Memorial Award, Sunday Telegraph, 28 October
Katie Pollock, Perfect Week, The Bulletin, 31 October
Critics Pick, Sydney Morning Herald, 9 November
Portia Geach Memorial Award, The Sydney Weekly, 13 November

Gabrielle Martin Portrait Painter, Women’s Art Register, Bulletin, No. 31, January, pp. 4-5

Robert Nelson, Man’s best friend is also an artist’s tool, review, The Age, 10 November
Felicity Allen, Woman’s best friend, The Herald Sun, 15 November
Life’s a Bitch, Melbourne Weekly, 8-14 November
Dogged Relationships, Melbourne Star Observer, 12 November
Felicity Allen, Woman’s Best Friend, Herald Sun, 15 November

Artist celebrates that canine bond, Moreland Sentinel, 15 November
Exposure – Artists’ Portraits of Artists, exhibition catalogue, Linden Arts Centre
Jeff Makin, Exposure – Artists’ Portraits of Artists, Herald Sun, 7 June

Portraits of Australia 1998 No.6, Doug Moran National Portrait Prize, Exhibition Catalogue
Out There, Port Phillip Leader, 16 November
Artist draws out the true sense of a person, Moreland Sentinel, 23 November
Suzanna Spunner, Dumped by the Next Wave and Still Standing, Art Monthly, July
Myfanwy Warhurst, A Sense of Place, The Age, 8 May

Catherine Lambert, St Kilda’s Underside, Herald Sun, 15 October

Portrait of General Eva Burrows, General of the Salvation Army 1986 – 1993. Commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, Australia

Castlemaine Art Museum

Deakin University Art Collection. The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne

National Portrait Gallery, Canberra

The State Library of Victoria, Melbourne