Martin Jennings (b. 1957) is well known for his public sculpture, memorials and architectural inscriptions for cathedrals, colleges and public buildings. His figurative sculptural representations of great writers and poets, including John Betjeman at St Pancras Station, London; Charles Dickens in Portsmouth and George Orwell outside the BBC Broadcasting House, are often accompanied by text carved into stone or slate.

Jennings studied calligraphy, letter-cutting and stone-carving at City & Guilds from 1979 – 1980 following an MA in English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. From 1980 to 1983 he was apprenticed to Richard Kindersley for architectural lettering. His notable portraits, often cast in bronze and working to commission, have gained great popularity. Jennings was recently commissioned to design the permanent memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in Central London. Designs for the memorial were exhibited at the British museum in early 2026, and the memorial is expected to be finished in 2028. His sculpture of Jane Austen sits in Winchester Cathedral’s Inner Close and was unveiled in 2025 to mark 250 years since Austen’s birth. He also recently worked with the Royal Mint to create the first crowned coinage portrait of His Majesty King Charles III, to commemorate his coronation in 2023.

Martin Jenning’s work is included in several public collections, and can be found in many public spaces around the UK, including the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; The House of Commons, Palace of Westminster, London; St Paul’s Cathedral, London and the National Portrait Gallery, London. Martin Jennings lives and works in Stroud, Gloucestershire.

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