Education

2022 - ongoing
Bachelor of Visual Arts, Queensland College of Art & Design, Griffith University, Brisbane

2003 – 2008
Master of Business Administration, FHWien University of Applied Sciences, Vienna

Exhibitions

Selected Shows

2025    Emerging Artist Exhibition, Wentworth Gallery Brisbane
Looking Forward // Looking Back, Parker Contemporary
2024    Second Rising, Grey Street Gallery, Griffith University Galleries
2019    Here and There, Queensland Multicultural Centre, Brisbane

Group Shows

2026 Selbstsein, Project Gallery, Griffith University Galleries

2025 BMG Contemporary Issues Portraiture Competition, highly commented
Brisbane Rotary Art Show
Milburn Landscape Prize, Brisbane Institute of Art
Emerging Artist Prize, Revival Art & Design Gallery
Hidden Gems, The Royal Queensland Art Society
Small Works Art Prize, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne

Solo Shows

2025 Chapter Two: I and Thou – Notes to Self, Land Street Gallery, Toowong
I and Thou – Notes to Self, Griffith University Galleries

Awards

2025 Turnbull Award, selected finalist
BMG Contemporary Issues Portraiture Competition, highly commented
Emerging Artist Prize, People’s Choice Award Winner, Revival Art & Design

Work History - Arts and Cultural Sector

2025
Stimulus Art Workshop, Kelvin Grove State School, Grade 11
Workshop facilitator and founder of “Creative Kids West End”, West End
Member at the ARI “The Nest Creative Space”, West End
Exhibition Coordinator, Glass Box, Griffith Print Club, Volunteer

2024-25
Intern, Griffith University Art Museum

2015–20
Founding director, Martina Latimer Textiles
Workshop facilitator: Kids and adults sewing for all skill levels
Workshops facilitator: Hands on Art, Paddington
Chair of the board, Silk Shed Toowong
Member of Muswell Hill Creatives, London
Workshop facilitator: People Development, London Metropolitan University

2016
Tutor, Contemporary Quilting, Arts & Crafts, Sutton College, London

Work history - Corporate Sector

1998-13
Human Resources Management, Project Management, Event Management, Office Management

Bibliography

2019
How moving to Australia unlocked Martina Latimer's creative potential, The Art Show, ABC Radio, Brisbane
Artisan

2017
Art Gallery Fabrics

2016
New Patchwork Tutor True Trailblazer!, Sutton College News, London

2015 – 2017
Magazine features in The World of Interior, ELLE Decorations, and GQ

Biography

Martina Latimer is a Brisbane-based multi-disciplinary artist. At the core of her practice lies her sustained interest in the visual articulation of the unspoken, to ultimately find the image that can speak on its own. She is interest in understanding the world around her, its people, relationships, and the intricacies of daily life.

She works predominantly in oil painting and print making exploring the layered complexities of life and the natural world. Long periods of experimenting in the studio, observing nature and reflecting on social dynamics inform her artistic process. She enjoys working in layered compositions referencing the intricacy of life through materiality and simplicity. Her work aims to engage with the viewer through slowing down to take a closer look.

Latimer has worked for ten years in textiles as a pattern designer and teacher of contemporary patchwork before moving on to painting and print making. She works from her studio in West End/Brisbane.