Emilio Bartolome Martin (b. 1997) is a London-based painter whose work explores ambiguity, memory, and the psychological weight of the figure. Working primarily in oil on canvas, his paintings emerge through slow observation and layered mark-making, resisting closure and holding narrative in suspension. Martin recently completed his MA at City & Guilds of London Art School, where his practice developed around autobiography, phenomenology, and the tensions between presence and absence. He has exhibited widely in the UK and is the recipient of the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant.

Exhibitions

City and Guilds of London Art School MFA show, 2025

City and Guilds of London Art School Interim MFA show, 2025

Gallery at Green and Stone Summer Exhibition, 2024

Royal Society of British Artists, Rising Stars Exhibition,2024

Window 135, New Cross, 2023

Ruth Borchardt Self Portrait Prize, 2023

Royal Society of British Artists, Rising Stars Exhibition,2023

Clyde and Co 2019/2020 Art Award

‘Young Contemporaries’, Aubergine Art Gallery, 2019

Awards

The De Laszlo Foundation Young Artist Award, 2024

Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant recipient, 2024

Leverhulme Scholarship recipient, 2024

Education

City and Guilds of London Art School MA, 2024-2025

Barcelona Academy of Fine Art, 2023

City and Guilds of London Art School, 2015-2019