MARTIN GEORGE RECIPIENT OF BAYSIDE’S 2026 BILLILLA ARTISTS STUDIO PROGRAM RESIDENCY

Martin George is a recipient of Bayside’s 2026 Billilla Artists Studio Program residency, housed in the former servants’ quarters of the Billilla Mansion. The Program provides complimentary studio space, supporting artists from diverse practices and across career stages, and fosters community engagement through public programs.

Martin George has held solo exhibitions since 2016 and has been included in group exhibitions in Melbourne, Sydney, Baltimore, Newburgh, Lisbon and Rotterdam since 2015. He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from RMIT (2016) and was awarded a Summer Residency at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles (2017). Martin has been a finalist in the Kedumba Drawing Award (2025), Arthur Guy Memorial Prize at Bendigo Art Gallery (2017), the Redland Art Awards (2018), the Churchie Emerging at Prize at the Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (2020) and the Bayside Acquisitive Art Prize (2024, 2019 and 2021).

Headshot image: Wade Muschialli