Martin Aveling

Martin Aveling (born 1982)^[1] is a wildlife artist, who specialises in pastel drawings of animal subjects. He grew up in England, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of Congo with his conservationist parents, Conrad and Rosalind Aveling, who at one time ran the mountain gorilla project in Rwanda. While the family was moving to southern Sudan in 1983, Conrad was kidnapped by Sudanese rebels and held hostage. After a dramatic rescue, plans changed, and they ended up moving to the Democratic Republic of Congo to set up the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) in the Virunga National Park.

Martin's first solo exhibition, “Metamorphosis”, was held at the Pool Room gallery in Nairobi, in 2001.^[2] After graduating from Bristol University in 2004 he became a regular on the London wildlife art scene, and has exhibited with the Society of Wildlife Artists and at the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation’s ‘Wildlife Artist of the Year’ event. He also designed one of the elephants for the capital’s biggest public art exhibition to date, ‘Elephant Parade London 2010′.^[3] His work has been auctioned in Paris, and featured in charity auctions hosted by Christie’s and Sotheby’s.

Martin is represented by Charlotte Bowskill Fine Art. He is also registered with the Wildlife Art Company, established by BBC zoologist and author, Mark Carwardine. In 2010 Martin drew the first illustration of the newly discovered Myanmar snub-nosed monkey.^[4]

He is currently based in Cambridge.

References

1. ^ UAN - Martin Aveling
2. ^ Artists and Illustrators Magazine
3. ^ Nanook arrives in Green Park
4. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9128000/9128628.stm

External links

• Official website

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