Martin McGinn was born in Kent in 1955. He studied at Bristol School of Art (1974-77) and then at the Royal College of Art (1978-81). In recent work, McGinn has explored the complex relationship between contemporary painting and art history. Taking famous historical paintings as a starting reference, he produces complex, yet curiously playful, reproductions - successfully altering the context, scale and colours of their more familiar original forms. Whilst being true to his own distinctive painting style, with bold and textured brushstrokes, he reproduces masterpieces that invite a re-assessment of perspective and history.
Selected group exhibitions include Tate Liverpool Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture (2002), Anthony D’Offay, London Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People (2001), John Moores at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1997 and 1999) and the Whitechapel Open (1990 and 1998). His work is included in the Government Art Collection, British Council Collection, Contemporary Art Society, London and the Saatchi Collection.
McGinn lives and works in London.
Selected group exhibitions include Tate Liverpool Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture (2002), Anthony D’Offay, London Death to the Fascist Insect that Preys on the Life of the People (2001), John Moores at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool (1997 and 1999) and the Whitechapel Open (1990 and 1998). His work is included in the Government Art Collection, British Council Collection, Contemporary Art Society, London and the Saatchi Collection.
McGinn lives and works in London.
The Piper Gallery 2012