Kylian Martin

Kylian Martin is a re-emerging artist with lifelong roots in the Australian landscape. Raised on a farm in Yass, NSW, in the 1970s and 80s, she is now based in the Northern Rivers, where her art making is deeply connected to place, landscape and the body.

Working often plein air, Kylian uses charcoal, ink, oil sticks, acrylic, handmade botanical brushes and earth pigments made from soil, bone, wood and rainwater, thoughtfully collected from the land.

Her mark making is instinctive and responsive, while also delicate, considered and almost anatomical. Her long career as a designer, creative arts therapist and somatic educator has shaped her interest in the relationship between nature, human experience and the creative act.

Now custodian of a hinterland farm, where she is regenerating the land and planting a Big Scrub rainforest, Kylian’s practice bridges landscape, gestural abstraction and botanical forms.

Selected shows and achievements

• Micro 10 x 10, Station Street Co-op, Bangalow, NSW – Encouragement Award, 2025–2026

• Micro 40 x 40, Gallery 3, Byron Bay, NSW, 2025–2026

• Inaugural Plateau Art Prize finalist, Black Fig Gallery, Alstonville, NSW, 2025–2026

• Resident exhibitor, Nexus Modern Art, Melbourne, VIC

• Re-enchantment in the Studio, solo Masters exhibition, Redhouse, VIC

• A Visual Voice, group exhibition, ArtSpace71, Kingston, ACT