MARTIN SPEI

Born: 1959

Resides: Santa Fe, NM



“What I find appealing about the capitalists is the representation of love of capital in the form of these ponderous and somewhat cuddly, elephantine gentlemen. I owe a debt to these guys for causing the system I depend upon to be so rigorously supported. It is not greed they display in their obvious affection for their boxes and it is way past them just buying things with money. They seem happy with just principle.”

Wolfe, William. Poetry Journal of the Sherwin, July, 2004


EDUCATION & APPRENTICESHIPS

  • 1997 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
  • 1993 Apprenticeship with Metal Sculptor, Janet Benes of Chicago, Illinois
  • 1991 School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • 1990 Ron Gard Studio, Chicago, Illinois

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2014
  • Keen Foundry Invitational, Houston, Texas
  • Iron Pour, Mesalands College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
  • Lombard Contemporary Art, Orlando, Florida
2013
  • Art Santa Fe 2013, Artist Project, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Beastie Show, Phil Space, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Iron Pour, Mesalands College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
  • Iron Tribe 2013, Highlands University, Las Vegas, New Mexico
  • Lucky 13, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012
  • Art Santa Fe 2012, LCA, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Alvorado Foundry-Gallery, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua
  • Studio Spei, Artist's Studio, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Iron Pour Mesalands College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
2011
  • Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
  • San Francisco Fine Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
  • Art and Design 20/21 Show, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Lombard Contemporary Art, Orlando, Florida
  • Iron Pour Mesalands College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
2010
  • Frenzy III Strange Animals, Trinidad Center for the Arts, Colorado
  • Art Slant 2010, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Lombard Contemporary Art, Orlando, Florida
  • Iron Pour Mesalands College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
2009
  • Lombard Contemporary Art, Orlando, Florida
  • Art Actually, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
  • 707 Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
2008
  • Millenia Fine Art, New York, Orlando, Las Vegas
  • Palm Beach, Florida - Palm Beach3
  • Celebrity Cruise Line, Celebrity Solstice - Guest Artist
  • Art Scapes 2008, Knoxville Museum, Tennessee
  • Iron Pour Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Iron Pour Mesalands College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
2007
  • Art of Martin Spei and Rubberman, Millenia Fine Art, Winter Park, Florida
  • Millenia Fine Art, Time Warner Center, New York
  • Palm Beach, Florida - Palm Beach3
  • Iron Pour Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Iron Pour, Mesalands College, Tucumcari, New Mexico
2006
  • Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • International Art and Design Fair, New York
  • Palm Beach, Florida - Palm Beach3
2005
  • Art Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  • Art Miami 2005, Miami, Florida
  • International Art and Design Fair, New York
  • Millenia Fine Art, Time Warner Center, New York
  • Palm Beach3, Palm Beach, Florida
  • SOFA 2005, Chicago, Illinois
2004
  • Art Miami, Miami Beach, Florida
  • Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, BC
  • Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, California
  • Palm Beach Contemporary, Palm Beach, Florida
  • SOFA 2004, Chicago, Illinois
2003
  • Exhibition: "Mixed Media, Mixed Messages",
  • Taos Media Forum, All Points Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
  • Exhibition: "Contemporary Art 2003, Juried Show",
  • Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico
2002
  • Exhibition:"Outside the Box", Shidoni Foundry, Tesuque, New Mexico
  • Exhibition: "Sculpted Gifts", Vogt Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Shidoni Foundry, Tesuque, New Mexico, Mold-Maker
  • Las Vegas Art Council, "Faces of Women, 12th Annual", New Mexico
2001
  • Exhibition: "New Blood, New Mexico" Sculptural Invitational,
  • Van de Griff Mar Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • Exhibition: "Portraits in Wood", Baraka, Stanfordville, New York
  • "Collect", Plan B Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • St'Art, Strasbourg, France
2000
  • Exhibition: "Portraits" Galeria Sacred Stone, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1999
  • Exhibition: "The Last Table", Studio Spei
1998
  • "Studio Spei", Sculpture Studio and Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1997
  • Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
1993
  • Janet Benes Studio, Chicago, Illinois - Apprenticeship
1991
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1991-1993
1990
  • Ron Gard Studio, Chicago, Illinois- Apprenticeship
1980
  • York University, Toronto, Ontario, Theater Production, 1980-1982
1959
  • Born in Detroit, Michigan