About the Artist

About

Martina Clarke is a Brisbane-based artist born in Sydney, 1997. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from RMIT University in 2020.

Clarke oil painting practice combines figurative and still life subjects to create scenes which imply tension and uncertainty in their narratives. In 2026 Clarke won the Lethbridge Small Works Art Prize and is a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Travelling Art Scholarship, as well as the Lester Portrait Prize and Brisbane Portrait Prize.

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‘Lester Prize Finalist’, WA
‘Brisbane Portrait Prize’ Finalist, QLD
‘Lethbridge Small Works Art Prize’ Winner, QLD
Brett Whitley Travelling Art Scholarship Finalist, NSW