| Timeline | |
| 1961 | Aldershot, Hampshire |
| 1981 | Weston Technical College (Foundation course) |
| 1985 | Exeter College of Art & Design B.A. (Hons) Fine Art Degree |
| 2010 | Full time Painter Lives in Blagdon near Bristol |
| 2009 | Elected Royal West of England Academician |
| Awards | |
| 2009 | Elected RWA |
| 2008 | 1st & 2nd Prize Viewers Choice Award 156th Autumn Exhibition, RWA |
| 2007 | Daler Rowney Oil Painting Prize 155th Autumn Exhibition, RWA |
| 2007 | 1st Prize, Annual Exhibition Royal Bath & West Show |
| Solo Exhibitions | |
| 2018 | Martin Bentham RWA – Latest Paintings The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset |
| 2014 | Martin Bentham RWA – Paintings The Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset |
| 2012 | ‘COLOUR & TEXTURE’: Martin Bentham RWA Royal West of England Academy |
| 2011 | MARTIN BENTHAM RWA The Art Room Topsham, Exeter |
| 2010 | MARTIN BENTHAM RWA,’Recent Work’. NEW GALLERY at Royal West of England |
| 2008 | *Recent Paintings |
| 2006 | *Recent Paintings |
| 1999 | *Recent Paintings by Martin Bentham |
| 1997 | *Recent Paintings & Drawings |
| 1995 | *Paintings & Drawings of Mendip |
| 1993 | *Mendip Paintings |
| *The above Exhibitions were held at Barn House, Blagdon, Bristol |
| Mixed Exhibitions | |
| 2022 | 169th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 2021 | ROI Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries, The Mall, London |
| 2020 | 168th Winter Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 2019 | 167th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Exhibit & Sale of ‘The Apiarist, June’, Portland Gallery, 3 Bennet St, London |
| 2018 | 166th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 2017 | 165th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 2016 | 164th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol ‘FROM MOOR TO SEA’ (exhibition: 12th July – 29th August) The Brook Gallery, 1 Barnfield Crescent, Exeter, EX1 1QT |
| 2015 | 163rd Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol ‘Arboretum’, RWA, Bristol |
| 2014 | 162nd Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol ‘Arboretum’, RWA, Bristol |
| 2013 | In Celebration of The Royal Charter 1913 – 2013, RWA, Bristol The Royal Collection, Windsor Bath Society of Artists 108th Annual Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 161st Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Wells Art Contemporary, 2nd Exhibition, Wells Museum, Wells Autumn Exhibition, The Richard Hagen Gallery, Broadway, Worcestershire Still Life: Martin Bentham RWA; Robert Organ; Christopher Garratt. The Art Room, Topsham |
| 2012 | Bath Society of Artists 107th Annual Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 160th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol The 23rd Summer Show. Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset |
| 2011 | Bath Society of Artists 106th Annual Exhibition, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath 159th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 2010 | 158th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 2009 | 157th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol The 21st Summer Show. Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset Annual Exhibition, Royal Bath & West Show, Somerset |
| 2008 | 156th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol The 20th Summer Show. Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset Cowleigh Gallery & Malvern Theatre, Malvern, Worcestershire Emporium Art Exhibition, Penny Brohn Cancer Care, Pill, Bristol |
| 2007 | 155th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Cowleigh Gallery and Malvern Theatre, Malvern, Worcestershire The 19th Summer Show. Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset Bristol Cancer Help Centre, Grove House, Clifton, Bristol |
| 2005 | Centenary Exhibition, Bath Society of Artists, Victoria Art Gallery, Bath |
| 2004 | Friends Greater Bristol Foundation, Butcombe Court, Redhill,Bristol |
| 2002 | 7th – 15th Paintings, Bourne Studio, Blagdon, Bristol |
| 2000 | 148th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 1996 | Cowleigh Gallery, Malvern, Worcestershire Annual Exhibition, Royal Bath & West Show, Somerset |
| 1995 | 143rd Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 1994 | 142nd Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Millfield Open Art, Street, Somerset |
| 1993 | John Laing Exhibition, Mall Galleries, LondonTouring to Bristol Cathedral, Bristol 141st Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Cowleigh Gallery, Malvern, Worcestershire |
| 1992 | 140th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 1991 | 139th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Brewhouse Open Art, Taunton, Somerset |
| 1990 | 138th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 1989 | Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London 137th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Brewhouse Open Art, Taunton, Somerset Millfield Open Art, Street, Somerset |
| 1988 | 136th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol Brewhouse Open Art, Taunton, Somerset |
| 1987 | 135th Autumn Exhibition, RWA, Bristol |
| 1986 | Natural World, Mendip Painting Centre, Rickford, Bristol |
| 1985 | Enmasse, Exeter University, Exeter |
| Other | |
| 2015 | FRWA Lecture & Oil Painting Demonstration, Fedden Gallery, RWA, Bristol |
| Broadcasts, Accolades and Articles | |
| 1996 | BBC Radio 4, Tony Staveacre |
| 1999 | BBC Radio 4, Helen Reed Article Somerset Magazine Vol 9 No.4 Article Mendip and North Somerset Magazine Issue No. 1 Mendip Hills Landscape Assessment, Countryside Commission (1998) |
| 2005 | Article, Mendip Times Vol. 1 Issue 1 |
| 2006 | Article, Broadleaf Woodland Trust No.66 |
| 2007 | Article, Mendip Times Vol. 3 Issue 6 |
| 2008 | Article, The Countryman Vol. 114 No.6 The Lifelines Project Publication |
| 2010 | Artist Profile by Peter Davies, RWA Friends Magazine, Issue 52 Martin Bentham RWA Catalogue |
| 2011 | Article, East Devon Coast & Country. Autumn Edition 2011 |
| 2012 | Article, The Weekend. The Post. Issue 19 Article, Western Daily Press. September 28th 2012 Article Mendip Times Vol. 8 Issue 4 What’s on at RWA. RWA Art Magazine Vol. 10 Exhibition Tour & Talk at RWA Sat 6th October Who’s Who in Art 36th Edition by Lynda Murray, Morven Press. |
| Publications | |
| 2010 | Martin Bentham RWA Catalogue |
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