Martina Furlong was born in Co. Wexford, Ireland in 1974, moved to London in 1999 and returned to live in Ireland in April 2015. She received a BA (Hons) in Fine Art Painting from Limerick School of Art and Design in 1996.

She has exhibited in the UK, Italy, America and Ireland and her work is in private collections across the world. 

In 2019, Martina was one of five artists selected to create an 8x12ft painting for The Place of Picnic Art (PoPA) wall at the Electric Picnic festival.