Sebastian Martorana

Baltimore MD

EDUCATION

2008 MFA Rinehart School of Sculpture, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD

2003 BFA, Illustration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, Magna Cum Laude

EXHIBITIONS

2009 MANIFEST HOPE:DC, Washington, DC

2008   Habitiat. Goucher College, Baltimore, MD

Introductions4. Irvine Contemporary, Washington, DC

Artscape Festival. Outdoor Sculpture Show, Baltimore, Maryland,

Sculpture and Illustration, Glenelg Country School. As part of the Annual Speaker Series. Glenelg, Maryland

2007 Flat Works. Station North Arts Cafe. Baltimore, Maryland

Rinehart School of Sculpture Fall Show. Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

Mount Royal Tavern Salon Show. Baltimore, Maryland

2006 Rinehart School of Sculpture Fall Show, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

2005 Feel Me. Bar Rouge at Hotel Rouge. Washington, D.C

2004 Recent Works. Libertytown Arts Center. Fredericksburg, Virginia

2003 Recent Works, Six-twenty-three, Fredericksburg, Virginia

Society of Illustrators Student Exhibition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

AWARDS AND HONORS

2008 Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

Provided though grants from the Vermont Studio Center and Maryland Institue College of Art Graduate Studies Program

Toby Devan Lewis Fellowship – Honorable Mention

Office of Graduate Studies, Maryland Institue College of Art

Baltimore, Maryland.

Juror: Valerie Fletcher, Senioir Curator, Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC

2007 The William M. Phillips Scholarship, Maryland Institute College of Art,

Baltimore, Maryland

Outstanding Figurative Sculpture, student award

2006 Nominee, the Jack Kent Cooke Fellowship, Syracuse University

Graduate Student Grant Application

2003 Bruce E. Arnold Memorial Award, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NewYork,

Outstanding Illustration, student award

1999- College of Performing Arts Scholarship, Syracuse University, Syracuse, 2003 New York

Founders Scholar, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

2002 National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Syracuse University Chapter

Study Abroad Grant, Department of International Programs Abroad at Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 

Christopher Boutlier and Aaron M. Flynn – Washington, DC

Kate Nicholson – Washington, DC

Myra and Stephen Kurzbard – Arlington, VA

SELECTED STONEWORK, 2002-2008

Hall of Fame Plaque, American Trial Lawyers Association. Carving

Iwo Jima Memorial, Quantico, Virginia, Carving & Restoration

National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, Carving

Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge entrance sign, Virginia and Maryland sides, Carving

Max C. Campbell Building, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Carving

National Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C. Carving

Duke University, Perkins Library, Durham, North Carolina, Carving

Kennedy Center for the Arts, Washington, D.C. Carving

St. Regis Hotel, Washington, D.C. Carving

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Carving and Restoration

National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Carving

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, Carving and Restoration

Louisiana State Civil War Monument, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Restoration

Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. Carving and Restoration