Tim Martin’s practice currently involves making and showing work through engagement and collaboration with others. He has curated exhibition programmes for over 20 years and from 2014-2024 set up and ran Hestercombe Gallery in Somerset with the aim of presenting national and international work in the reclaimed spaces of Hestercombe House, whilst also developing a residency and engagement programme.

Recently curated exhibitions have included: Mariele Neudecker ‘Sediment’ (2021); ‘Landscape Portrait: Now and Then’ (2021) including artists: Andy Warhol, Derek Jarman, Claudette Johnson, Susan Derges, Leon Kossoff, Patrick Caulfield, Gilbert and George and Balraj Khanna; Simon Faithfull, ‘Elsewhen’ (2019); Helen Sear, ‘Prospect Refuge Hazard 2’; Cultivation: Points of Vantage (2018) Including artists: Anna Barriball; George Shaw; John Newling; Mariele Neudecker; Mary Griffiths; Mary McIntyre and Mikhail Karikis; Terrain: Land into Art, (2016) work by 17 artists including Gary Hume, Peter Doig, Anya Gallaccio, Richard Long and Hamish Fulton. ‘Leaping the Fence’, (2014) works by 16 artists including Tracey Emin, Mark Wallinger, Gavin Turk and Mark Quinn; Tania Kovats ‘Oceans’ as well as showing works from both Chris Ingram’s and Jeremy Cooper’s renowned collections. In 2016 he also curated ‘New Dimensions’ at The Museum of Somerset as well as ‘Combat Art – Reflections of Afghanistan’, London in 2015.

Martin’s curatorial practice overlaps with the making of work. He is concerned with the natural world and man’s relationship to it with inspiration being drawn from journeys made in the landscape, specific sites or issues. Recent activity has included: ‘Grounded’, Cotley, Somerset, 2019; Fragile Beauty – Art on the Blackdown Hills 1909-1925, The Museum of Somerset, 2017; ‘Palaces and Cabins’, Salisbury Art Centre, 2014; as well as contributing to the artists magazine ‘Hive’.