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Personal profile
Biography
As an Indigenous scholar and arts practitioner Brian Martin has extensive experience in visual arts and Indigenous knowledge systems. His research has focused on artistic practice-led research and how Indigenous ways of knowing reconfigure new materialism and the knowledge economy in general. As a practising artist for twenty-seven years, Brian has been exhibiting his work for approximately twenty years, both nationally and internationally. In addition to the above, his artistic practice has investigated the traditions of western painting and drawing whilst materialising his cultural background in its conceptual basis. It is this extensive experience of oscillating between different world views that has seen his expertise cover a broad spectrum within Indigenous knowledge production across various disciplines. His traditional research outputs and publications have been in the field of Indigenous knowledge, decolonial theory and art practice/theory.
Education/Academic qualification
Art, PhD
Award Date: 1 Feb 2013
External positions
Honorary Professor of Eminence , Centurion University of Technology and Management
2015 → …
Research area keywords
- Visual Art
- Art Theory
- Indigenous Practice Research
- Indigenous design
- design and co-design
- decolonial
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Fire to Flourish project
Martin, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Rogers, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Werbeloff, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Brown, R. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Wilkinson, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Hernandez Ibinarriaga, D. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/01/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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Ara-Thulu (tree)
Martin, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Gamango, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Patro, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Webb, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Briggs, C. (Chief Investigator (CI))
1/07/24 → 30/04/26
Project: Research
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Repairing memory & place: An Indigenous-led approach to urban water design
Martin, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Briggs, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bertram, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Harper, L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Melo Zurita, M. D. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Murphy, C. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Faulkhead, S. (Partner Investigator (PI)) & Coleman, R. (Partner Investigator (PI))
22/02/23 → 21/02/26
Project: Research
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Protocols for Indigenous-led creative practice
Martin, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Greenaway, J. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kelly, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Kennedy, R. (Partner Investigator (PI)), Munroe, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Baerg, J. (Partner Investigator (PI))
9/05/22 → 26/01/26
Project: Research
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Learning with the Land
Irwin, R. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)), Barney, D. T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Osler, P. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sinner, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Girak, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nakamura, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bonini, M. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Briggs, C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Burke, G. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Diamond, Z. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Hernandez Ibinarriaga, D. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Martin, B. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Gaup, I. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lin, C.-C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cutter-Mackenzie-Knowles, A. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Cutcher, A. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Speitz, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Leddy, S. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Coleman, K. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Fredriksen , B. C. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Lund-Kristensen, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Ørbæk, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Illeris, H. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Bunda, T. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Sorensen, N. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Triggs, V. (Chief Investigator (CI)), Nordbo, A. L. (Chief Investigator (CI)) & Haukeland, P. I. (Chief Investigator (CI))
Monash University – Internal Department Contribution
22/03/22 → 15/03/26
Project: Research
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'Baw-li tharra burriin series' - SM - Sharjah Biennial 16: to carry
Martin, B. (Artist), 2025Research output: Non-textual form › Commissioned or Visual Artwork › Other
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Colonization of all forms
Stewart, G. T., Hogarth, M., Sturm, S. & Martin, B., 2024, In: Educational Philosophy and Theory. 56, 11, p. 1039-1043 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Other › peer-review
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'Culturally Modified Thulu (trees)' - SM - MPavilion Parkville
Martin, B. (Artist), 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Commissioned or Visual Artwork › Other
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Gadubanud - Methexical Countryscape
Martin, B. (Architect), 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Commissioned or Visual Artwork › Research
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'Gadubanud - Methexical Countryscape' - SM - William Mora Galleries
Martin, B. (Artist), 2024Research output: Non-textual form › Commissioned or Visual Artwork › Other
Prizes
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2018 Good Design Award Winner: Social Impact
Martin, B. (Recipient), Kennedy, R. (Recipient), Kelly, M. (Recipient) & Greenaway, J. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2018 National Works on Paper - Finalist
Martin, B. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2018 Premier's Design Awards: Best in Category - Design Strategy
Kennedy, R. (Recipient), Kelly, M. (Recipient), Greenway, J. (Recipient), Martin, B. (Recipient) & Chatfield, E. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2018 Victorian Premier's Design Award of the Year
Kennedy, R. (Recipient), Kelly, M. (Recipient), Greenway, J. (Recipient), Martin, B. (Recipient) & Chatfield, E. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Activities
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More Than a Tarrang (tree) Symposium
Martin, B. (Host), Andrew, B. (Host), Moulton, K. S. (Host) & Neath, J. (Host)
2 Nov 2023 → 3 Nov 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Museum der Kulturen Basel - Artist talk
Martin, B. (Contributor) & Webb, B. (Contributor)
9 Sept 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Correspondence Session 1: Vernon Ah Kee and Brian Martin
Martin, B. (Contributor)
28 Apr 2023Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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Connecting to Culture: First Peoples Agency and Creative Practice in Museums and Archives
Briggs, C. (Contributor), Martin, B. (Contributor) & Moulton, K. (Contributor)
3 May 2022Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar
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TarraWarra Biennial 2021: Drawing Workshops with Brian Martin
Martin, B. (Contributor)
29 May 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
Press/Media
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AUSTRALIAN ARTS REVIEW: 'Culturally marked trees take pride of place in More Than a Tarrang (tree): Memory, Materialand Cultural Agency Exhibition'
Martin, B., Moulton, K. S., Neath, J., Andrew, B. & Bonini, M.
24/07/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review
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BROADSHEET: 'Canoes, Shields and Shade: A New Exhibition Celebrates the Cultural Importance of Trees'
Martin, B., Moulton, K. S., Neath, J., Andrew, B. & Bonini, M.
6/07/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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THE AGE: 'More than a tree: The dark history of collecting Indigenous cultural materials'
Martin, B., Moulton, K. S., Neath, J., Andrew, B. & Bonini, M.
25/06/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review
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SMH: ''People gravitate towards the soulful': Melbourne Art Fair returns'
19/02/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Review