Martina Furlong was born in Co.Wexford, Ireland in 1974, moved to London in 1999 and returned to live in Ireland in April 2015. She received a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting from Limerick School of Art and Design in 1996.

Martina paints colourful, textured abstracts and landscapes, mostly in oils but also uses acrylics and mixed media. They show her love of colour, shape, line and movement. While Martina's paintings are influenced by the things she sees and experiences daily, as a painting progresses her unconscious takes over and it becomes an organic, intuitive process.

In 2022, Martina completed a new series of paintings for a solo exhibition at The Kenny Gallery, Galway. This series was a continuation of her works inspired by her research into spiritual hunger, the mystery of being human, looking internally and connecting to nature.

In her work she likes to mix reality with memories, imagination and intuition and paint her own interpretation of it. She exaggerates colour, applies layer upon layer of paint, then works back into the surface with various tools as well as pallet knives and brushes to create sensuous works of art with a wonderful tactile quality.

Martina is currently creating a body of work for an upcoming three person exhibition in Tramore, Co.Wexford in April/May 2025. The theme for these paintings is water and the sea. They are also a continuation of Martina's exploration of our spiritual ties to the landscape, and how it links us to our ancestors, history and culture.
She has had solo and group exhibitions in America, London and Ireland and her work is in private collections across the world.

Selected Exhibitions

2026 (Upcoming) Solo exhibition at Aroma Tea Rooms, Dunbrody Abbey, Co.Wexford
(Upcoming) Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at The Old Market House Arts Centre, Dungarvan, Co.Waterford

2025 Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at The Coastguard Centre, Tramore, Co.Waterford
Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at Enniscorthy Castle, Enniscorthy, Co.Wexford

2024 Irish Visual Artist for Gaza Art Auction
Outhouse Arthouse Art Auction
Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe, Sherkin Island, Co.Cork
Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Fiona Concannon at The Kenny Gallery, Galway
Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at Mountmellick Library, Co.Laois
Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at Kinsale Library, Co.Cork

2023 Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at Clare Museum, Ennis, Co.Clare
Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at The Presentation Arts Centre, Enniscorthy
Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at Clonmel Library, Clonmel, Co.Tipperary
Meanderings Of A Colourful Mind, a joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen and Olivia O'Keeffe at Wicklow Library Gallery, The Mall, Main Street, Wicklow

2022 Joint exhibition with Marja van Kampen for Wexford Opera/Fringe Festival, Wexford
Group show organised by The Kilkenny Art Gallery at the Thomastown Creative Arts Festival and Alternative Arts Fringe Festival
Cairde Festival Open Submission Exibition at The Hamilton Gallery, Sligo
Solo exhibition at The Kenny Gallery, Galway