Martin Wilson b. 1974

  • Artist (Textile Artist / Fashion Designer)
Made a series of woollen hook rug portraits of Australia's 25 Prime Ministers for exhibition titled Fuzzy Prime Ministers.
exhibited at
Fuzzy Prime Ministers
Place
National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Description
Type
Exhibition
exhibited at
Martin Wilson: blue budgie on pink (void wall)
Date
2003
Place
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, Newcastle, NSW
Description

Hooked rug artist Martin Wilson – known Australia-wide as the “fuzzy Prime Ministers” artist – is in a league of his own, taking the craft of hook rug making to the dizzying heights of serious portraiture.

Source: Solo Survey Exhibition Linkage Project, Tasmanian School of Art, UTAS
Newcastle Gallery exhibition archive; http://www.abc.net.au/newcastle/stories/s751092.htm (06/09/03)

Type
Exhibition
Tags
Minor Solo, Installation, Textiles
exhibited at
Fuzzy Prime Ministers
Date
2001
Place
Object Gallery, Sydeny, New South Wales, Australia
Description
Type
Exhibition