Bio/Resume

 

For two decades Martin Machado has had his feet in two very different endeavors, that of the art world and of the maritime industry. His labor on the water has taken him around the globe on international containerships, commercial fishing vessels, and sailing boats. The ports and people he has worked alongside have become intertwined with the layers of his art, a visual story-telling which at times reaches back into the dark depths of maritime history.

   

Martin's work has been shown internationally and has been featured in The San Francisco Chronicle, The New York Times Magazine, Juxtapoz, New American Paintings, and most recently The Surfer’s Journal.

 

For interest in purchasing original works please email martinmachadoart@gmail.com

© 2007  All Rights Reserved by Martin Machado

 

Born: 1980, San Jose, CA

 

Education: 2007 MFA The San Francisco Art Institute

2003 BFA UC Santa Barbara

 

Upcoming Exhibitions...

Nov 2023  Solo Show at Eleanor Harwood Gallery, San Francisco CA

 

Selected Exhibitions

2022

Cold Comfort, Park Life, San Francisco CA (solo) Shifty Seas, Imogen Gallery, Astoria Oregon (two person show with Corey Arnold)

2020

Bends and Bows, Public Land, Sacramento CA (solo)

Meanwhile... Brilliant Champions, New York City NY

 

2019

Hove To, Park Life Gallery, San Fancisco (solo)

 

2018

Fluid State, The San Francisco Art Institute, Fort Mason (solo)

Modular Moonlight, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco (solo)

Now You See It, K Imperial at Minnesota St. Projects, San Francisco

LA Art Show, Cordesa Fine Art

 

2017

Beyond The Horizon, Italian American Museum,  SF CA (2 person show with Jen Celio)

Bodies Politic, Cordesa Fine Art, Los Angeles (solo)

Seattle Art Fair, Cordesa Fine Art, Seattle WA

Moniker Art Fair, Bill Daniel Installation, London England

 

2016

Un Oceano Entre Nos, Festival Teatro Container, Valparaiso Chile

Burning Ice, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino CA

Onshore Winds Offshore Accounts, Seeing Things Gallery, San Jose CA (Solo)

 

2015

An Ocean Between Us,  K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco CA (Solo)

Hunky Dory, K. Imperial Fine Art, San Francisco, CA

Six Degrees, FFDG, San Francisco CA

Tired Hands, Good Mother Gallery, Oakland, CA

Companions, Seeing Things Gallery, San Jose CA

Benefit For The Artists, Incline Gallery, San Francisco CA

 

2014

Everybody's Ocean, The Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz CA

It Was Nature, RVCA, San Francisco CA

California Academy of Sciences, Art Night, San Francisco CA

The Sea Provides, Imogen Gallery, Astoria OR (Two Person Show with Corey Arnold)

Salt The Skies, FFDG, San Francisco CA

 

2013

Locals Only, RVCA, San Francisco CA

This Will Never Work, Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA

The Dead of Winter, Oakland Surf Club, Oakland, CA

Shark Love Inc. PangeaSeed, The Box Jelly, Honolulu, HI

Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli, Mexico City, Mexico

Underwater, Roll Up Gallery, San Francisco, CA

All At Sea, Arts At Marks, Honolulu, HI

 

2012

Más Cara, Tequisquiapan Mexico

Days To Come, 5 Claude Lane, San Francisco, CA

Too Far Gone, Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco, CA (Solo Show)

The Clipperton Project, Glasgow Sculpture Studios, Scotland

The Spanglish Armada, Establish, San Francisco, CA

 

2011

As It Was Before, Gallery Hijinks, San Francisco, CA

Breaking Ranks” The Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA

 

2010

Boom Juried Exhibition, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

Reflections Adrift, Heart, San Francisco, CA (Solo Show)

 

2009

Divining Nature, Antelope Valley College, CA

Inaugural Desacreatures, The Space Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

2008

Save The Waves 111 Minna, San Francisco, CA

Grounded? Juried Show, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA

 

2007

Notthatbalai Art Festival 07, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Vernissage, San Francisco Art Institute MFA Graduate Exhibition, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

 

2006

RIFNM06 The 1st Reno Interdisciplinary Festival of New Media, University of Nevada, Reno, NV (guest lecture)

Upgrade: Photographic Works, Paintings, and Films, Swell Gallery, San Francisco, CA

 

 

Press 

The Surfer's Journal 2020

The San Francisco Chronicle 2018

New York Times Magazine Jan 2016

Juxtapoz Magazine April 2015

New American Paintings Pacific Edition 2014

 

Sea Work and Experience  

 

--Currently holding a USCG licensed 100 ton Master and an "AB" Able Bodied Sailor limited endorsement.  I am a member of the Sailors Union of the Pacific and the Kvichak Setnetters Assosication. In my years in the maritime industry I have worked on a wide range of vessels, from a tall-ship and modern sailing charters, to commercial fishing boats, container ships and oil spill cleanup ships. Currently my year is typically split between some shipping work on international containerships and my summer season in Alaska fishing commercially for salmon.