Categories Archives: Announcements

Moniker Art Fair, London

(“All Our Realities” 30×29″ ink and gouache on Paper 2017)  So honored that the amazing Bill Daniel, is bringing some of my stuff to Moniker Art Fair in London, England! If you happen to be in England, please stop by to check out the show, its going to be good!  

Seattle Art Fair

I will have some new work at the Seattle Art Fair with the Cordesa Fine Art gallery in booth B20. Please stop by if you are in the area, lots of good work by fellow gallery friends.  Below is a piece I just finished that will be there, I brought it up to Alaska with me […]

Bodies Politic at Cordesa Fine Art, Los Angeles (full preview)

My first solo show in Los Angeles is now open. Please stop by to see it in person before May 6th. Below are shots of the full installation.  It is made up of Ink on Paper Drawings, Photography, and Sculpture made from a well traveled shipping container. Here is a link to Cordesa Fine Art […]

Art Talk at the San Francisco Maritime Museum

I’m honored to be asked to speak about my art and sea experience at the San Francisco Maritime Museum on March 25th at 1pm.  I was invited by (and will be speaking with) Lauren Hartman, a talented artist and professor at Cal Maritime Academy. Please stop in if you can and check out the line […]

Museo Italo Americano

I’ll be opening up a two person show title “Beyond The Horizon” this week in San Francisco at the Museo Italo Americano. I’m paired up with a talented LA based artist named Jen Celio. Located in Fort Mason, the museum is free and open to the public, it will be up from Jan 27th- April […]

John McNeil Studio Limited Edition

  Edition 7: Martin Machado from John McNeil Studio on Vimeo. I recently completed this huge 38 piece installation at John McNeil Studio in Berkeley, CA. While I was preparing the work some nice folks from JMS came by for a studio visit and wrote up a little recap here. Check it out.

International Maritime Festival in Brest, France

I was honored to have the kind folks involved with the Teatro Container in Chile, bring my work to Brest, France for their Maritime Festival. (Click here for images and a French article on the event).  A large installation was set up showcasing some of my ink on paper pieces alongside the large-scale painting of […]

Onshore Winds, Offshore Accounts, Show at Seeing Things Gallery

I’m looking forward to a solo show opening up this friday May 27th at Seeing Things Gallery in San Jose.  I will have a big group of silver gelatin photographs that I have been working hard in the darkroom to develop. The photos span my work on a handful of containerships since 2009.  In addition […]

Un Océano Entre Nosotros: Valparaíso Chile

I recently returned from a few weeks down in Valparaiso, Chile. I was lucky enough to be invited down by an Arts and Theater organization called Teatro Container, which was putting on their 5th Festival showcasing visual and performance art all centered around shipping containers. Some of their previous festivals have been in other areas […]