Nationality: Scottish

1993		Elected Honorary Member of Society of Scottish Artists
1991		Member SAAC
1986		meets Marc Chagall in Glasgow
1983		Retires from teaching
1973-83		Principal Teacher of Art, Hamilton Grammar School
		Elected Member of Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts
1961		Elected Member of Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Watercolour
1959		Elected member of Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts
1949		Elected Professional Member SSA
		Marries Isobel Smith. Moves to Eaglesham
		Design for Fabric selected by Arts Council for inclusion in an exhibition in the Design Centre, Glasgow. Printed by Gayonne Fabrics Ltd
1949-59		Studied design at evening classes with Robert Stewart, GSA
1948-9		Jordanhill Teacher Training College
1946-48		Glasgow School of Art under David Donaldson
		Meets the painter Isobel Smith at Glasgow Scholl of Art
1946		Instructor in art under the Forces Educational and Vocational Training Scheme
1942-46		RAF instrument mechanic in Trichinopoly, Southern India
1940-42		Glasgow School of Art
1934-9		Educated Govan high School

Solo Exhibitions:

2010		John Martin Gallery, London (March)
2008		Recent Painting, John Martin Gallery, London
2006		John Martin Gallery at Lalique, New York
2003		Landscapes, John Martin Chelsea
2002		Eightieth Birthday Exhibition, John Martin Gallery, London
2001		Roger Billcliffe Fine Art
2000		John Martin Gallery, London
1999		David Martin Paintings 1948-99, Perth Museum and Art Gallery
1999		John Martin Gallery, London
1998		Roger Billcliffe Fine Art
1997		John Martin Gallery, London
1995		The Fosse Gallery
1995		John Martin Gallery, London
1994		Thackeray Gallery, London
1994		Roger Billcliffe Fine Art
1992		Thackeray Gallery, London
1991		Kingfisher Gallery
1990		Torrance Gallery
1985		Torrance Gallery
1984		Gallery 22, Cupar, Fife
1983		Fair Maids Gallery, Perth
1979		Strathclyde University
1965		Stone Gallery, Newcastle

Collections:
The Scottish Arts Council; Scottish Television; City of Edinburgh Art Collection; Edinburgh Corporation; Robert Fleming & Company; Perth Museum and Art Gallery; East Kilbride Town Council; Education Authorities of Edinburgh, Argyll, Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire; the Dick Institute, Kilmarnock; Clydesdale Bank; Warburg Asset Management; Credit Lyonnais, London; The Earl of Moray; Dr T Shimizu; Lord MacFarlane; Lord Goold; Linklater & Paines, London.


Group Exhibitions:
David Martin has exhibited annually since 1948 at the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Glasgow Institute. He has also exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Mall Galleries, Bath Contemporary Art Fair, William Hardie Gallery, Thackeray Gallery, Torrance Gallery, '41 Gallery, The Shore Gallery, Leith; Roger Billcliffe Fine Art; The Macauley Gallery, The Hunting Art Prize exhibition 1996, Glasgow Art Fair, Singer Friedlander and the 20th Century British Art Fair.

With John Martin he has participated in exhibitions at The Miami Art Fair 1996, 'On a Grand Scale' 1997, 'Fifty and One' 1997, Art International New York 1998, various Christmas Shows 1998 and the London Contemporary Art Fair 1995-99, Discerning Eye at the Mall Galleries, London 2000, Connections 2000 for members and guests of the RSA.