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Artist Bio
Martin Claydon was born in England, emigrating to Australia in 2002. His degree in Fine Arts consisted of stints at the See Street Gallery School, Middlesex University London and the National Art School, where he completed his BFA (painting) in 2013. His work is held in public and private collections in both England and Australia, including the Sydney Town Hall archive and Lane Cove Council Chambers archive. In August 2015 he was awarded the Lloyd Rees Memorial Art Prize. In 2018 he was a finalist in the Brett Whiteley Traveling Art Scholarship and the Black Swan Portrait Prize.