BACKGROUND
Born 1946 London, UK. Diploma of Art and Design – High Wyckham College of Art and Design, UK. 1965
1965-1992 Award winning creative director/designer, London UK, Nairobi Kenya, Sydney Australia and Auckland New Zealand.
1992- Present Environmental sculptor and photographer
EXHIBITIONS / PROJECTS / AWARDS
2017 Tamatea Art and Conservation in Dusky Sound 2017. DOC. Exhibition, New Zealand
2016 June: Winner 1st prize, Conceptual category, Fine Art Photography Awards (FAPA)
2016 March: Finalist Land Art category, Arte Laguna, Venice
2015 Sept: Temporal Landscapes, Inter Art Centre & Gallery, Beijing, China
2015 Sept: Beyond: the Watershed, Andorra Landart Biennale
2015 Jan: Artists Residency, Dusky Sound Fiordland, NZ Dept. Conservation
2014 Dec: Invited Artists, Antarctica New Zealand, Scott Base, Antarctica
2014 Award for photographic excellence, Pingyao International Photography Festival, China
2014 April: Martin Hill Watershed Exhibition. Gallery 33 Wanaka NZ.
2014 April: Martin Hill Watershed Exhibition. Mossgreen Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2014 Feb: Martin Hill Watershed Exhibition. McClelland Sculpture Park+Gallery Melbourne
2013 Oct: Sculpture selected for The Arthouse Exhibition, Wanaka
2013 Apr: Myer Foundation commissioned sculpture, Life on the Edge
2012 Awarded the inaugural Kenneth Myer Artist’s and Writer’s Alpine Retreat
2012 Mar: Private commission: Leaf Fall
2011 Nov: Exhibition of Fragile Canvas at Otago Museum/ Science Teller festival
2011 Oct: Group exhibition at Arthouse Pop Up show Christchurch
2011 Sept: Solo exhibition: Fragile Canvas at Gallery 33, Wanaka
2011 Apr: Digital exhibition at Green Arts Festival, Provincetown, Cape Cod, USA
2011 Jan-Oct: Documentary film Delicate Canvas
2011 Feb: Participation in Sculpture in Central Otago, Rippon Vineyard: Cyclic Flow
2010 Jun: Sculpture commissioned by private Queenstown collector: Interdependence
2010 Oct: Exhibition/talk at Waiheke Community Art Gallery/Waiheke Literary Festival
2010 Jun: Solo exhibition at Gallery Constantin, Askersund, Sweden
2009 Stone Circle selected as cover of 2010 international environmental art calendar by Green Museum, USA
2009 Group exhibition: Pou Whenua at Gallery 33 with Simon Kaan,, Michel Tuffery, Areta Wilkinson
2008 Stone Circle – cover of Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Conference publication
2008 Invitation essay and eight page portfolio: Kosmos magazine, USA
2007 Private project commissioned: One Place, One Year. Published as a limited edition of 2 books
2007 Earth To Earth: Sculpture inspired by nature’s design published by PQ Blackwell
2007 Keynote speaker DINZ Sustainable Design Conference, Auckland NZ
2006 Keynote speaker for Digital Earth International Conference Auckland, NZ
2004 The Art Group UK, International publication of art prints
2003 Rissho University, Japan commissioned Green Leaf Circle
2002 Keynote speaker, Redesigning Resources Conference Christchurch
2001 Daiko Japan: Martin Hill calendar published each year
2001 Matsusakaya commissioned exhibition to tour Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Sizuoka, Japan
2000 Keynote speaker, at Re Designing Resources Conference, Christchurch, NZ
1999 Guest presentation and workshops, Eco Festival, Hokkaido, Japan
1998 Exhibited Tokyo Big Site as guest of JETRO Japan
1992 Began creating and photographing ephemeral sculptures in natural landscapes
1992 Speaker at the first international Eco Design Conference, Centre for Design RMIT Melbourne, Australia.