Rhett
Martyn
rhettbmartyn@gmail.com
Cell:
0726367802
Highest qualification
Masters in Fine Art (MAFA) at
Wits University 2012
Work
experience
2018 Lecturer at Greenside Design
Center since 2013
2011 Academic advisory position
at Inscape design college
1998-2011 Visual communication,
Spatial studies (sculpture) Image making, Drawing and
conceptual studies lecturer at
Inscape Design College
2008-10 Character design and game
design at Luma arcade
1998 Sculpture and drawing
lecturer at Parktown college
1997 Foundryman, Bronze Age
casting foundry London
1991-2018 Various free-lance
illustration, sculpture and painting commissions, both private and
commercial
2007 Private and art time
teaching at Wits tech (University of Johannesburg) and Wits
University
List
of Exhibitions
2018 1:10 Modernist plunder; The New
Constructivists; Solo exhibition, David
Krut Projects, Johannesburg
2017 The Rembrandt Fractal; Solo exhibition, Market theatre, Barney Simon
Gallery, Johannesburg
2017: The Centre for the
Less Good Idea; Performance workshop and collaboration with William Kentridge ,
Maboneng, Johannesburg
2017: Rituals from the
inner city, Solo, Hazard Gallery , Maboneng, Johannesburg
2016 The Cosmopolitan
Launch show; Hazard Gallery , Maboneng, Johannesburg
2016 EQUUS, Solo
exhibition, Resgallery; Johannesburg
2015 The Four Horsemen,
Curated by Carina Du Randt at Cavalli Estate, Somerset West Cape Town
2015 Transitions, curated
by Richard Forbes and Danny Muyburg at The Old Post Office, Johannesburg
2015 Horses at Gibs, Solo
Exhibition Gordon Institue of Business Science, Johannesburg
2015 Drawing Horses, Solo
Exhibition Hazard Gallery , Johannesburg
2014 Nirox Winter Sculpture Fair, Johannesburg
2014 A different place, A
different time. Dawid Ras Gallery , Johannesburg
2013 Johannesburg Art
fair, Johannesburg
2013 Pulp, group show
with Dawid Ras, Johannesburg
2013 Desk, solo
exhibition at Parts and Labour,
Johannesburg
2012 Drawing on origins,
with Dieter Brandt and Elena Rocchi, Gauteng
institute for architecture, Johannesburg
2012 Mine, Solo
Exhibition at Room gallery, Johannesburg
2010 Red tape, In situ
Performance work, Johannesburg
2008 Mary Wafer and Rhett
Martyn, Substation, Wits School of Arts, Johannesburg
2008 Urbanstretch, The
Premises Gallery, Johannesburg Civic centre, Johannesburg
2007 Thought Traffic, The
Premises Gallery Johannesburg Civic centre, Johannesburg
2006 Designing hope,
Paris Art Fair, Paris
2005 I love you positive
or negative, Alliance Française, Johannesburg
2005 Porn Again, Sexpo
with Gordart, Johannesburg
2004 Local; the
Contemporary Landscape, Franchise gallery, Johannesburg
2004 Untitled landscapes,
Solo Exhibition Obert contemporary Gallery, Johannesburg
2002 New signatures,
Everard Read Gallery, Johannesburg
2001 Blind Spot, Dry
Barry Gallery, Johannesburg
1999 Horses Untitled,
solo exhibition. Harris Fine Art, Cape Town
1997 New Signatures,
Market Theater Gallery curated by Robert Hodgins, Johannesburg
1996 Foundry Group show
at the Lime House Gallery, London
1995 Emma Smith overseas
scholarship awards, Durban Technikon galley, Durban
1994 4th year Durban
University of technology final exhibition, Durban Art Gallery, Durban
1994 Figure Untitled,
Solo Exhibition Flat Gallery, Durban
1994 Bartell arts trust centre opening exhibition,
Durban