Alastair is an artist and designer working in Toronto/Tkaronto. His practice explores the language, boundaries, and history of art and objects by engaging materiality, methods of display, and support structures.  

Alastair is an independent artist working with Ninth Editions, Doner Turrin, Studio Little Red, Lio Projects, and Studio Alvo.
Alastair Martin
(b.1988) Bangkok, Thailand
Working in Toronto/Tkaronto, Canada
Email: alastairfmartin@gmail.com
Instagram: @alastair_martin


Education
2017 - BFA - Sculpture & Installation: Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto
2011 - Advanced Diploma: Furniture Craft & Design, Sheridan College, Oakville

Solo Exhibitions
2021 - Old Forms / New Designs, Made Design, DesignTO, Toronto
2017 - Tacit Bodies, Abbozzo Gallery, 401 Richmond, Toronto

Group Exhibitions
2024 - Face/Waste, Steelcase Art Projects, Toronto
2022 - Libations for Liberated Living, The Plumb, Toronto
2020 - Themselves, Stackt Market, DesignTO, curated by Thethethe, Toronto
2019 - The Yard, Private exhibition curated by Thethethe, Toronto
2017 - Peinture Fraîche et Nouvelle Construction (13e édition), Art Mur, Montreal
2017 - OCADU Graduate Exhibition (102nd), Toronto
2017 - 50th Anniversary Alumni Exhibition, Sheridan College, Oakville
2017 - Art and Martinis, private exhibition curated for Gowling WLG, Toronto
2016 - Tables, Chairs, and Other Unrelated Objects 5, OCADU Student Gallery, Toronto
2015 - 30 Under 30, Curated by Gary Michael Dault, John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2015 - Exhibit A (Life), OCADU Student Gallery, Toronto
2011 - The Shape of Things, Ontario Crafts Council, Toronto

Awards
2017 - Haydn Davies Memorial Award
2015 - Sully Corth Memorial Fund Sculpture Scholarship
2011 - Betty Kantor Silent Night Award for Excellence in Furniture Design

Press
2020 - Thethethe.ca - Briar Gill & Thomas Kim
2017 - Designlinesmagazine.com - Eric Mutrie
2016 - Metalmagazine.eu - Adriana Barreno