Martin McGrath

Martin is a designer and exhibition-maker working with curators, artists and archivists to develop and design exhibitions and experiences within museums and public institutions.

Martin is interested in experiential and spatial narratives, the interpretation of material culture and the narration of lived experiences. Martin has designed exhibitions and museum galleries for Wellcome Collection, the Science Museum, The National Gallery and the Victoria & Albert Museum, amongst others.

Martin is an Associate Lecturer on MA Visual Communication (since 2017), and has taught across the expanded field of visual communication for 20 years.

School, Centre or Area

School of Communication

Expertise

Exhibition graphic design for Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2023.

Photo: Thomas Adank
Exhibition graphic design for Grace Ndiritu: The Healing Pavilion, Wellcome Collection, 2022.

Photo: Steven Pocock/Wellcome Collection CC BY NC.
Exhibition graphic design for William Blake’s Universe, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 2022.

Photo: Thomas Adank
Book design, That Fire Over There by Prem Sahib, Published by Book Works, 2023

Artwork © Prem Sahib
Exhibition graphic design for Living With Buildings: Health & Architecture, Wellcome Collection, 2018

Photo: Benjamin Gilbert / Wellcome Collection CC BY NC.
Exhibition and campaign design for Beyond Caravaggio, The National Gallery, 2016

Photo: Martin McGrath Studio