Martin Cheek​​
Artist Resume
UK address: Flint House, 21 Harbour Street, Broadstairs, Kent, CT10 1ET, UK
Phone: 0+44 (0) 1843 861958 | Mobile: 0+44 (0) 740 075 2266
1985 – Present: Self-employed mosaic artist
2008 – Present: Senior tutor at West Dean College
1995 – 1996 Art Critic for The Daily Express
1994 – 1996 Royal College of Art. Part-time lecturer in Animation MA & Life Drawing
1985 – 1993 Co-founder and Creative Director of Cheeky Films Ltd.
1982 – 1985 Filmfair Communications: Director / Animator / Puppet & Model Maker
1981 – 1982 Cosgrove Hall Productions: Set and Prop design and construction
November 2021: Chelsea Arts Club, Chelsea, London, UK
October 2021: Nice Things Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent, UK
October 2020: Nice Things Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent, UK
October 2019: Nice Things Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent, UK
January 2019: Nice Things Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent, UK
October 2018: Nice Things Gallery, Ramsgate, Kent, UK
September 2018: New Kent Art Gallery, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
July 2017: MOMA: Museum of Modern Art Wales, Machynlleth, UK
February 2015: Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable, Kent, UK
November 2013 – 2018: Outside The Square Gallery, Margate, Kent, UK
September 2010: Slimbridge Wildfowl Trust, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, UK
June – July 2004: Old Town Gallery of Contemporary Art, Margate, Kent, UK
Aug. 2002: Fish Slab Gallery, Whitstable, Kent, UK
March 2001 – 2005: Gallery of Mosaic Art & Design, Business Design Centre, London, UK
March 2001: Bartley Drey Gallery, Old Church Street, Chelsea, London, UK
Dec. 2000 – May 2001: Wetlands Wildfowl Trust Centre, Barnes, London, UK
Aug. 2000: Chelsea Arts Club Garden, Chelsea, London, UK
June 2000: Whitstable Festival, Kent, UK
April 1998 - April 1999: Touring exhibition: Mobile Arts Unit, Kent, UK
March 1999 - Jan 2000: Cheeky Birds Touring Exhibition: Swale / Canterbury / Medway / Herne Bay / Sittingbourne / Sheerness / Faversham / Meopham /Dartford / Stroud, UK
May 2000: Jersey Museum & Art Gallery
April 1998: Chelsea Arts Club, Chelsea, London, UK
May 1997: Ramsgate Library Gallery, Kent, UK
Sept. – Oct. 1995: Fitch’s Ark Gallery, Little Venice, London, UK
Nov. 1994 - Jan. 1995: The Building Centre Gallery, Store Street, London, UK
Sept – Oct. 1994: The Pump House Gallery, Battersea Park, London, UK
April – Sept. 1993: Mr Punch & His Relatives From Around the World. The Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, UK
Nov. 2007: Angels and Demons with Icon Painter Peter Murphy, Pharmacy Gallery, Margate, Kent, UK
Aug – Oct. 2005: The Sea. Joint show with painter Bob Fludgate, Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, Kent, UK
Dec. 2002 – Jan 2003: By Hand Craft Exhibition. Maidstone Town Hall, Kent, UK
May – June 2002: Ceramica – International Festival of Clay, Falmouth Art Gallery, UK
Dec. 2001 – Jan. 2002: Bartley Dray Christmas Exhibition, Old Church Street, Chelsea, London, UK
Dec. 2000 – Jan. 2001: Bartley Dray Christmas Exhibition, Old Church Street, Chelsea, London, UK
Dec. 2000 – Jan. 2001: A Rite of Passage, Ramsgate Library Gallery, Kent, UK
Dec. 1999: Chelsea Arts Club Christmas Show, Chelsea, London, UK
June - July 1999: Fresh Air 99, The Quenington Sculpture Show. Gloucestershire. UK
Dec. 1998: Chelsea Arts Club Christmas Show, Chelsea, London, UK
July – Aug. 1997: Bartley Dray Summer Exhibition, Old Church Street, Chelsea, London, UK
June - July 1997: Fresh Air 97, The Quenington Sculpture Show, Gloucestershire, UK
May 1997: Ramsgate Library Gallery, Kent, UK
May - July 1996: Exhibition of Contemporary Mosaics, Upstart Gallery, Notting Hill, London, UK
Jan - Feb 1996: Building An Image. Exhibition of Mosaics, The Ruskin Craft Gallery, UK
Dec. 1995: Show of Contemporary Mosaic at Syndicated Arts Gallery, Wapping, UK
2008: Four Seasons Mosaic. Bradstow School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
2008: Turner to Dickens Flagship Walking Route: Turner Mosaics, Holy Trinity School, Margate, Kent, UK
2008: Turner to Dickens Flagship Walking Route: Dickens Mosaics, Upton School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
2007: Oast House Mosaic. Bower Grove School, Maidstone, Kent, UK
2007: Totem Pole tiled panels. South Borough Primary School, Maidstone, Kent, UK
2006: Snake tiled Panel. South Borough Primary School, Maidstone, Kent, UK
2006: Turner Triptych. Thanet Mencap, Cliftonville, Kent, UK
2005: Four Seasons Paving Slabs & Sundial. Thanet Mind Garden Gate, Kent, UK
2000: Canterbury Tales Mosaic: The Priest.St Augustine’s Abbey Canterbury, Kent, UK
2000: Asaratron. Unswept floor for museum entrance.Roman Museum, Canterbury, Kent, UK
1999: Cheeky Birds Tree of Life. Sheerness Library, Kent, UK
1997: The Tale of Taliesin Mosaic. The Museum of Modern Art Wales, UK
1996: Peace Mosaic to celebrate the anniversary of V.E. Day. National Army Museum, London, UK
2014: Danny The Dragon. Summers-Knoll Preparatory School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
2014: Lizzie The Lizard. Bradstow School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
2013: The Eagle mosaic. Bradstow School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
2012: Roman Mosaic. Bradstow School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
2012: Olympic Mosaic. Callis Grange Primary School, St Peters, Kent, UK
2012: Olympic Mosaic. Bromstone Primary School, St Peters, Kent, UK
2011: Educational Values Mosaic. Upton School, Broadstairs, Kent, UK
2006: Mixed Emotions Mosaic. South Borough Primary School, Maidstone, Kent, UK
2006: Morehall Mosaic. Morehall Primary School, Maidstone, Kent, UK
2004: Four Seasons Mosaic. Churchill School, Hawkinge, Kent, UK
2003: Seaside Triptych. Riverhead School, Sevenoaks, Kent, UK
2001: Queen Mother Centenary Mosaic. Broadstairs, Kent, UK
2001: Sporting Activities. Ramsgate Leisure Centre, Ramsgate, Kent, UK
2000: Under the Sea. Debenhams, Guildford, Surrey, UK
1998: Machynlleth Mala. The Museum of Modern Art Wales, UK
July 2018: Speaker, International Association of Contemporary Mosaicists (AIMC) Conference, France
September 2012: Keynote Speaker, Mosaic Association of Australia (MosOz) Conference, Barossa Valley, Australia
April 2008: Keynote Speaker, Society of American Mosaic Artists (SAMA) Conference, Miami, USA
September 2005: Keynote Speaker, Mosaic Association of Australia (MosOz) Conference, Melbourne, Australia
Martin Cheek: Martin Cheek Mosaic Artist: Creative Inspiration, Unicorn Press 2015
Martin Cheek: Fused Glass Mosaics: Master Class Techniques with Martin Cheek, Schiffer Books 2011
Martin Cheek: Mosaic Craft, Collins & Brown / Anova Books, 2007
Martin Cheek: The Art of Mosaic: Design & Inspiration, New Holland, 2002
Martin Cheek: Making Mosaics, New Holland, 2000
Martin Cheek: Design Source Book: Mosaics, New Holland, 1998
Martin Cheek: Mosaics in a Weekend, New Holland, 1997
Leslie Dierks (Ed.), Martin Cheek (Tech. Advisor): Mosaic, Sterling / Lark, 1995
Miranda Innes, Martin Cheek (Tech. Advisor): ‘Country Living’ Craft Supplement 1995
Miranda Innes, Martin Cheek (Tech. Advisor): Decorative Frames, Collins & Brown, 1995
Peggy Vance, Martin Cheek (Tech. Advisor): The Mosaic Book, Ideas Projects and Techniques, Conran Octopus, 1994
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Crafts Beautiful
Creative Ideas For Your Home
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The Independent
Inspirations Magazine
Kent Profile
Kitchens Bedrooms and Bathrooms
The Lady
Monocle Magazine
Perspectives on Architecture
Prospect
The Sunday Times Style Magazine
The Telegraph
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Woman & Home
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Kaleidoscope
BBC Radio Four
The Jeremy Vine Show BBC Radio Two, Radio Kent
TLR – Thanet Local Radio
1978 – 1981 Exeter College of Art and Design: B.A. Hons. in Graphic Design