• the well rested artist

       KYLIAN MARTIN

 

 

 

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(I lost my social accounts with over 12K followers 5 years ago so have just started again. It’s humbling)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Art + nature have been my lifeline, since growing up on a farm in rural NSW in the 1970’s + 1980’s.
A painter + designer in the 1990s.
I received my Masters in Creative Arts Therapy.
Curated + exhibited in countless exhibitions.

I sold my art in the 2000’s in Melbourne galleries.

But I burnt out, big time.

Always fascinated by the capacity of creativity + play to nourish the nervous system.
My work morphed into Somatic Education. I taught thousands of people how to rest. Like REALLY rest.
It was really about dismantling grind culture, resolving trauma + the burnout cycle.
Nervous system nourishment. But as I moved the work online I was tethered to technology.

For me, this is no way to live.

So I’ve come full circle: my 3rd act.
I bought a farm in the Northern Rivers Hinterland.
I’ve planted a Big Scrub rainforest.
I’m out in nature + in the studio +
I still nap, every single day.
And I can’t wait to share what’s next.

I’m so glad you’re here.

 

 

 

 

Exhibitions : 2 0 2 5

– Group Exhibition: Micro 40 x 40, Gallery 3, Byron Bay, NSW

– Inaugural Plateau Art Prize finalist + Group Exhibition: Black Fig Gallery, Alstonville, NSW

 

 

Exhibitions and Performances : (1999 – 2010)

– Group Exhibition: Women on Women, Nexus Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC

– Resident exhibitor: Nexus Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC

– “Self Portraits” Expressive Arts Performance, Tamalpa Institute, California

– “Re-enchantment in the Studio”, Solo Masters Exhibition, Redhouse, VIC

– “Art of Wellbeing – Exploring the Process of Arts Therapy”, Manningham Gallery, VIC

– Curator: “Young Women’s Studio”, Warburton Mechanic’s Hall, VIC

– “Thriving Through Art – Women Survivors of Sexual Violence”, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT

– Curator, opening Speaker & Exhibitor: “Bigger than the Box – Women Survivors of Sexual Violence”, Tuggeranong Arts Centre, ACT

– Dance Performance: “From the Source, Through the Present, Toward the Future”, Mirramu Creative Arts Centre, Bungendore, NSW

– Solo Performance: “A Personal Madness”, RMIT Masters, VIC

– “A Visual Voice”, Group show, ArtSpace71, Kingston, ACT