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Martin Bradley is a freelance author and researcher. He is, at times, an Art Critic, writer, graphic designer and exhibitions curator, currently back in the UK after being Covid 19 stranded in Cambodia for 15 months. He has volunteer taught Art History to young adults in Cambodia since 2012.
Martin has a Master's Degree in Art History and Theory from the University of Essex, England and a Master's Degree in Gallery Studies (Exhibitions and Displays) also from the University of Essex. His first degree was in Philosophy and he has diplomas in Art & Design, Graphic Design and Social Work. He is currently studying for his third Master's Degree and finished a Creative Writing course with the Writer's Centre Norwich (UK).
He is the author of a collection of poetry - Remembering Whiteness and Other Poems (2012) Bougainvillaea Press; a charity travelogue - A Story of Colors of Cambodia, which he also designed (2012) EverDay and Educare; a collection of his writings for various magazines called Buffalo and Breadfruit (2012) Monsoon Books; an art book for the Philippine artist Toro, called Uniquely Toro (2013), which he also designed, also has written a history of pharmacy for Malaysia, The Journey and Beyond (2014).
Martin wrote a book Calligraphyism about Modern Chinese Art with notable Chinese artist Luo Qi, from the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China (2017), and has had his book about Bangladesh artist Farida Zaman For the Love of Country published in Dhaka in December 2019.
He is the founder-editor of The Blue Lotus formerly Dusun an e-magazine dedicated to Asian art and writing, founded in 2011. Also the founder of Northern Writers, a venue for writers to read in northern Malaysia.
Martin was invited to read his poetry in Siem Reap, Cambodia (2013, in 2020 and 2021) and to The Philippines (twice in 2013). He was short story prize winner in the Warren Adler (USA) competition (2012) and invited to Delhi, India (2010) to read his poetry at the Commonwealth Writers Meet, he also had his Melvyn the Bomoh story serialised in the Australian webzine Specusphere (2009).
