Biography

“Today, I see my work as detached from the expressionism of the drawing. This idea grew out of my experience in industrial design which is directed at the broadest possible public. My aim is to achieve an economy in the result which can’t even be defined as minimalist: a commonplace.” Martin Szekely has worked for: Alaïa, Parrot, Weston, MK2, Heineken, Canal Satellite, Christofle, Dom Pérignon, Hermès, Bernardaud, Legrand, Saint-Louis, E.N.S. (European Neurological Society), Terreal (Saint Gobain group), Perrier, JC Decaux, Transel (Bouygues Générale des Eaux group), EDF, Swarovski, Delvaux... His solo exhibitions include Collection Pi (1985) , Containers (1987), Pour faire salon (1989), Initiales (1991) et Satragno (1994) at the Galerie Néotu (Paris); Martin Szekely designer (1998) at MAC’s / Site du Grand-Hornu; des plats (2000), six constructions (2002), des étagères (2005), concrete (2008), heroic shelves and simple boxes (2009) et Units (2011) at the Galerie kreo (Paris); Martin Szekely–Ne plus dessiner (2011) at Centre Pompidou (Paris); Artefact et MAP (2014), at Blondeau & Cie (Geneva); Artefact (2015), at Salon 94 (New York); Moon Wood (2017) at Pierre Marie Giraud gallery (Brussels), Œuvres récentes (2017) Hôtel de Clermont-Tonnerre (Paris), Construction - Martin Szekely (2018) Musée des Arts décoratifs et du Design (Bordeaux). His works are part of the permanent collections of: Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris Musée des Arts Décoratifs et du Design, Bordeaux Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, Paris MUDAM, Luxembourg Design Museum, Lisbonne MoMA, New York Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York Israel Museum, Jerusalem Museum of fine arts, Montreal Victoria & Albert Museum, London