“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) for EDF, Swarovski, Delvaux, Musée du Louvre, Tectona.
His solo exhibitions include Collection Pi (1985), Containers (1987), Pour faire salon (1989), Initiales (1991) and Satragno (1994) at the Galerie Néotù (Paris); Martin Szekely designer (1998) at MAC’s / Site du Grand-Hornu; un banquet – des plats (2000), six constructions (2002), des étagères (2005), concrete (2008), heroic shelves and simple boxes (2009) and Units (2011) at the Galerie kreo (Paris); Martin Szekely–Ne plus dessiner (2011) at Centre Pompidou (Paris); Artefact – MAP (2014) and Manière Noire (2015) at Blondeau & Cie gallery (Geneva); Artefact (2015), at Salon 94 gallery (New York); Moon Wood (2017), The Drawers and I (2019) and Matière Lente (2023) 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); Matière Lente (2022) Musée national Adrien Dubouché Cité de la Céramique – Sèvres & Limoges (Limoges).
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
Sculpture park, Musée de l’Hospice Saint-Roch, Issoudun
Collection de l’histoire du Louvre, Paris