Martin John Oldfield
He/Him
Born in Sydney, Australia, 1977- artist working on the Gweagal lands of the Dharawal-speaking nation.
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Curriculum Vitae
Education
2024 Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture)- National Art School
2022 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture)- National Art School
2005 Cert IV in Training and Assessing
2017 Welcome to the boardroom- Directors institute
1999 Post-trade hydraulics, pneumatics, and electronics
1995- 1999 Heavy equipment and Heavy vehicle trade certificates
Experience
2026 Sessional Lecturer- National Art School
2025 Harrie Fasher- Foundations Mentorship and Technical Artist Assistant
2025 Hazelhurst Arts Centre- Broadhurst Exhibitions Panel
2024 Co-Curated NAS Open Day Masters Exhibition with the wonderful Lucy Bird
2023 Curated LSG- Bad Sculpture
2022 Artist assistant with Nadia Odlum - Drawing exchange, National Art School
2012- 2019 Director and Co-owner of Emerge Engineering and Maintenance (TCR International)
2017 Directors Institute- Boardroom ready
Exhibitions
2026 Hazelhurst Arts Centre (Solo)- Revel Making (Text by Johanna Ng)
2025 DRAW space, Sydney (Solo)- Purple Sky Trains. Curated by Gary Warner (Text by Gary Warner)
2025 Firstdraft- I am not my father- Group show with David Horton and Mitchell Davis
2025 Creative Foundations Alumni Exhibition #1- Group show at Foundations, Portland NSW.
2024 Master's Graduation Show, National Art School.
2024 Well, that was fun….. Hoff Space (Solo), National Art School
2023 NAS Neo- Whackadoo
2023 LSG- Bad Sculpture
2022 LSG- Chronicles:
2022 Sculpture at Sawmillers- Spawn (McMahons Point)
Prizes
2025 Woollahra Small Sculpture Prize- Finalist- Hill End Junction #3
2025 Sculpture in the Valley- Finalist- Purple Sky Trains #2
2025 Defiance Gallery-Size is not important- Junction #4
2023 Dobell Drawing Prize#23- Finalist- Stochastic Drawing
2024-2025 Dobell Prize #23 touring regional exhibitions: Bathurst, Grafton, Cowra, Blue Mountains, Port Macquarie, Tamworth, Bega
2022 Harvey Galleries National Art School Graduate Award Exhibition
2020 Winner- ‘Sculpture on the Green’ prize (YawWay)