‘So powerful and moving - thank you’
There But Not There seated silhouettes Installation

‘Martin, this is a truly inspirational piece of work and means more than you can ever know to me…’
The Prostate Cancer UK Memorial

I sculpt therefore I am. 
I sculpt ideas, things, words.

My creative life work has been centred around creating three-dimensional art forms that seek to create impact. My Huguenot forebears have all been artists for hundreds of years – silversmiths, clockmakers, engravers, official war artists – and it’s truly in the blood.

As a young art student, Magritte, Dali and others powerfully showed me that it was ok to think differently, to think in creative riddles, to be yourself.

In every art form I am revealing a little bit of my soul. Life is too short to do otherwise and the more I artistically mature the more I have the confidence to open up. ‘TeneT’ is an example where I’m taking my personal experience with a close family member’s Dementia to inform how I want people to reflect on those with troubled minds and explore the mindscape.

I am not tied to any medium. My work spans sculpture, installations and photography, working with commercial, public and charity sectors. I am honoured and artistically inspired to have established a name for working in the field of memorialisation, perhaps most notably in creating the RBLI’S Tommy figure. My focus is always about the concept; how best to turn my deep research from thought to sketch to effective reality.

I am driven by one straightforward mantra, one ever-constant thought, one total responsibility: I make. You think.

Please enjoy looking at my works below and on the gallery pages and do get in touch any which way

Thank you
Martin


Artworks

Prostate Cancer UK Memorial at London Bridge Station, before moving to other prime sites across the UK © Martin Barraud

Prostate Cancer UK Memorial - BBC Report November 2021

Bootprint Installation to honour and remember the 749 American personnel lost in Operation Tiger

BBC Report on the disastrous Operation Tiger, featuring the Bootprint Installation

Tommy and There But Not There projected onto Tate Modern. 2018

There But Not There - ITV Report May 2018

There But Not There - Silhouettes of the very first Installation in Penshurst, Kent. 2016 © Martin Barraud

There But Not There © Martin Barraud

Balloon Installation created for Boehringer Ingelheim © Martin Barraud

Balloon artworks - behind the scenes short film

Refraction. The National Emergencies Trust asked for a concept to help them mark a significant moment during the pandemic. © Martin Barraud

Testing the concept for Refraction with a maquette © Martin Barraud

Martin at The Mall Galleries, London talks about the inspiration for Refraction © Martin Barraud

Soul - submission to the G. & A. Mamidakis Foundation Art Prize 2023 © Martin Barraud

TeneT - South East Open Studios project. A substantial maquette recognising calm in the seemingly troubled mind © Martin Barraud

Martin walks you around TeneT © Martin Barraud

Mother & Child (CGI) © Martin Barraud

Blue for Bob [Willis]. Client requested an interactive TV-friendly Installation for the #Blue for Bob Ashes Test Day at Edgbaston Cricket Ground, 2023 © Martin Barraud

Nest of Nests - submission to The Blunden/Stonewater public art award competition © Martin Barraud

Softly Spoken - South East Open Studios Project © Martin Barraud

I care for you. Royal British Legion Industries © Martin Barraud

Ophelia Reborn © Martin Barraud

Bridge. Mirae Asset Management © Martin Barraud