JOHN MARTINI
Birthplace
Jacksonville, Florida, 1948
Residence
Key West, Florida
Education
B.A. Sociology, St. Francis University, Pennsylvania
One-Person Exhibitions
2021
Let’s Dance, JAG Gallery, Key West, Florida
2020
NEW NOW, Sculpture and Works on Paper, JAG Gallery, Key West, Florida
2019
Recent Sculptures and Works on Paper, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
2017
Blues in Black and White, The Studios of Key West, Key West, Florida
Sculptures Domestiques et Sauvages – Monotypes, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2016
16TONS, The Studios of Key West, Key West, Florida
Exposition De Sculptures John Martini, Ville de Chaumont, France
2015
Recent Works, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
2014
LISTENQUIETLY, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Martini Sculpture, CENTRE D’ART, Ville d’ Andrésy, France
Martini New Works, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2013
20 Years, Galerie Laurentin, Brusssels, Belgium
New Work, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2012
Tick Tock, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
John Martini Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
2011
Recent Works Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
John Martini Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2010
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
John Martini-USA Galerie City-Art Project, Solingen, Germany
2009
Key West Works, Key West Art and Historical Society at the Custom House, Key West, Florida
New Works, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2008
New Sculpture and Monoprints, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Recent Sculpture, Galleria Santamarta, Milan, Italy
2007
Lost and Found, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Recent Sculpture, Centre d’Art de Beaumont, France
Recent Works, Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2006
To Do, polychrome sculpture and monoprints, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
New Work, Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2005
And How, monoprints and sculpture, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Heads Up, The Sculpture of John Martini, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
2004
Why Not, monoprints and sculpture, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
2003
Why Not, monoprints and sculpture, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Champs Livres 2003, La Representation Animale dans L’Art D’Aujordhui (Animal Representations in
Today’s Art), ORCCA (Cultural Center for Champagne), Ardennes, France
2002
Big Fun, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
2001
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Atlanta, Georgia
2000
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
1997
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
1998
Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
1997
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Abbaye de Molesmes, Molesemes, France.
1996
Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
Gallery I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Sandler Hudson, Atlanta, Georgia
1995
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Sandler Hudson, Atlanta, Georgia
1994
Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
1993
Metro Dade Cultural Resource Center, Miami
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
1992
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Florida
Galerie Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
1990
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta Recent Sculpture
Helander Gallery, New York Perfect Strangers
1988
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Saints and Sinners
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018
Foret Imaginare Nouvelle Laurentine Chateauvillian, France
Mango Madness The Studios of Key West Key West, Florida
2016
Nathalie Lepine, Carol Munder, John Martini Gallery d’Art & d’Or Chatillion, France
2014
New Works, New Artists Gallery I/O New Orleans, Louisiana
2013
Three Dimensions The Studios of Key West, Key West, Florida
2012
Three Artists Arthouse 429 West Palm Beach, Florida
Sculpture Key West Key West, Florida
2011
Sculpture Key West 2011 Key West, Florida
2010
New Works Lucky Street Gallery
2009
Art in the Park Key West, Fl.
2006
Art Expressions, Matheson Hammock Park, Miami-Dade Division of Arts and Culture, Miami, Florida
2000
Under The Sun Custom House Museum, Key West Art & Historical Society, Key West, Florida
1999
Grounds For Sculpture, New Jersey Fall/Winter New Additions Exhibition
Naples Philharmonic Center, Naples, Florida Animal as Muse
Shidoni, Santa Fe, New Mexico Summer Annual
1998
Norton Museum of Art, Palm Beach, Florida Animal as Muse
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta Garden Show
1996
SOFA (Sculptural Objects and Functional Art), Miami, Florida
SOFA, Chicago, Illinois
Palm Beach Community College, Lake Worth, Florida Art and Industry
1995
Gallery I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana The Figure
1993
Helander Gallery, New York Inside/Outside
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Figurative Sculptural Exhibition
Philharmonic Center for the Arts, Naples, Florida Greetings from Florida
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Summer Pleasures
Blue Spiral, Asheville,N.C. Garden Show
1992
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach East Side, West Side
Helander Gallery, New York Obscure Objects of Desire
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Sculpture for the Outdoors
1991
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Tenth Anniversary Invitational
I/O Gallery, New Orleans Limbo
1990
Erie Street Gallery, Chicago Interfacing Insights
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Summer Pleasures
Helander Gallery, New York Summer Pleasures
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West Haykin/Martini
The Art and Cultural Center of Hollywood, Florida Four Views
1989
Northwood Institute, West Palm Beach Four Views
OK South, Bay Harbor, Fla. Four Views
Martello Museum, Key West Four Views
North Miami Center of Contemporary Art, North Miami Four Views
Martello Museum, Key West Sculpture Invitational
1988
Martello Museum, Key West Installation Invitational
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Figure It Out
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West Sixth Anniversary Show
1987
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West The Sculptor and the Painter
Martello Museum, Key West Characters of the Keys
Martello Museum, Key West Self-Portraits
1986
Martello Museum, Key West 3-D
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Fifth Anniversary Show
Helander Gallery, Palm Beach Directions
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West Rankin/Martini
1984
Lucky Street Gallery, Key West New Artists/New Work
Martello Museum, Key West Sculpture Invitational
1977
Colony Square, Atlanta Without Words
1976
Hal Schenk Gallery, Atlanta Approximations
1975
Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California Art to Wear
Commissions, Grants, and Awards
Golden Mango Award for Contribution to the Arts The Studios of Key West 2018
Ville d’ Andrésy, France, Commission for Public Sculpture, 2011
Boudreville, France Commision for Public Sculpture, 2014
Veuxhaulles-Sur-Aube, France, Commission for Public Sculpture, 2011
Ville de Beaumont, Commission for Public Sculpture, 2007
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ, commission for Public Sculpture, 2000-06
Set designs for the French play, “La Demoiselle aux Crottes de Nez,” 2002-03
Key West Art and Historical Society, 1999
Danube Film Festival, selected to design awards, 1995
South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship Recipient, 1989
Preservation Award, Key West Historical Society, 1988, 2010
Art in Public Places, Atlanta, 1976
Galleries
Antoine Laurentin, Paris, France
Antoine Laurentin, Brussels, Belgium
City Art Project, Solingen, Germnny
Gallery I/O, New Orleans, Louisiana
JAG Gallery, Key West, Florida
Sandler Hudson Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
Shidoni, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Galerie Lieve Lambrecht, Merendree, Belgium
Galerie d’Art & d’Or, Chatillion sur Seine, France
Other
Founder and Owner of Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, Fl. 1982-2011
Founding vice chair Studios of Key West 2006
Founding board member Anne McKee Artists Fund 1992