Martin J. Allen


Exhibitions

  • 2023 "DAS PINK UND DAS GRAU" Forum Botanische Kunst, the Altern Stern at Thungersheim, Germany.
  • 2020/21   "Exploring Botany: Botanical Art in the 21st Century" Manggha Museum of Art and Technology, Krakow, Poland.
  • 2017   "An Interior Garden in Bellport, NY: Contemporary Botanical Portraiture" with Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper
  • 2017   "British Artists in the Shirley Sherwood Collection", Kew, London. 
  • 2016   "An Interior Garden of Botanical Art" ILevel Studio, New York City, with Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper
  • 2015   London’s Secret Garden An Exhibition of Plant Portraits, Chelsea Physic garden, London.
  • 2015   "Different - Identical" with herman de vries and Sylvia Peter.   Forum Botanische Kunst, the Altern Stern at Thungersheim, Germany.
  • 2015   "The Joy of Spring" Paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, Kew, London.
  • 2015    Architectural Digest Home Design Show, New York City, with Susan Frei Nathan Fine Works on Paper
  • 2014   "Duets", Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA
  • 2014   "Löwenzahn" (Dandelion), Forum Botanische Kunst, the Altern Stern at Thungersheim, Germany.
  • 2014   "The Magnified Eye II: Contemporary Botanical Portraiture" Diane Birdsall Gallery, Connecticut, USA
  • 2012/3   "Portraits of leaves and fungi" Paintings from the Shirley Sherwood Collection, Kew, London.
  • 2012   "The Magnified Eye: Contemporary Botanical Portraiture" Reeves-Reed Arboretum, New Jersey, USA
  • 2011   "Floras neue Meister" Palmegarten, Frankfurt, Germany.
  • 2010   13th International Exhibition of Botanical Art & Illustration, Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, USA
  • 2010   "Bildnisse einer Blüte" (Portraits of a Blossom), Forum Botanische Kunst,        the Altern Stern at Thungersheim, Germany.
  • 2009    "Neues aus der Krautschicht" (News from the herbal layer), Forum Botanische Kunst, the Altern Stern at Thungersheim, Germany.
  • 2008    The Society of Botanical Artists, Westminster Hall, London.
  • 2007   'Seeing Potential', Gallery 27, Cork Street, London (solo).
  • 2006    The National Botanic Garden of Wales, Llanarthne (group - Chelsea        Physic Garden  Florilegium Society).
  • 2001   The Tulip: A Botanical Icon, Hortus, London (group).
  • 2000    Hunt Institute, USA (group - Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society).
  • 1999   The Royal Horticultural Society, London (group - Chelsea Physic Garden      Florilegium Society).
  • 1998   The Society of Botanical Artists, Westminster Hall, London.
  • 1997   The Society of Botanical Artists, Westminster Hall, London.
  • 1997   The Royal Horticultural Society, London.
  • 1997   Addendum, Henley-on-Thames (solo).
  • 1996   The Society of Botanical Artists, Westminster Hall, London.
  • 1995    Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens, Harrogate (group).
  • 1995   The Royal Horticultural Society, London.
  • 1994   Harlow Carr Botanical Gardens, Harrogate (group). 

Awards

1999   Group Gold Medal with The Chelsea Physic Garden Florilegium Society, Royal Horticultural Society.
1998   Certificate of Botanical Merit, The Society of Botanical Artists. Judged by Brent Elliot (Librarian and Archivist to The Royal Horticultural Society).
1997   Gold Medal, Royal Horticultural Society.
1996   Certificate of Botanical Merit, The Society of Botanical Artists. Judged by                  Anne-Marie Evans (International botanical art teacher).
1995   Gold Medal, Royal Horticultural Society. 


Collections

Hunt Institute
Kunstsammlung der Volksbank Offenburg
The Shirley Sherwood Collection
Chelsea Physic Garden
Transylvania Florilegium


Published Work

  • Catalogue: "Exploring Botany: Botanical Art in the 21st Century" Manggha Museum of Art and Technology, Krakow, Poland. 2020.
  • My work (3 paintings) has been selected for inclusion in the Transylvania Florilegium presently being created under the umbrella of the Prince of Wales's Foundation Romania to record in a permanent way the flora of Transylvania. Published 2018/19 by Addison Publications 
  • Catalogue: "Different - Identical" with herman de vries and Sylvia Peter.   Forum Botanische Kunst, the Altern Stern at Thungersheim, Germany.  2015.
  • Allium subhirsutum, Botanical Illustration from Chelsea Physic Garden, Andrew Brown, 2015, Antique Collectors' Club.
  • Horse Chestnut, Treasures of Botanical Art, Shirley Sherwood and Martyn Rix, 2008, Kew Publishing
  • Rose and Wild Vetch, The Still Life Sketching Bible, D. Poxon, 2008, Chartwell Books,Inc.
  • Pulsatilla vernalis, Flower Paintings from the Apothecaries' Garden, A. Brown, 2005, Antique Collectors' Club.
  • Three designs for the Collectors' Plate Series (Autumn),  Royal Horticultural Society, 1996-98.


Press

"Duets" Hunt Institute Exhibition 2014 web article on ArtPlantae website