Back Story...
Bob Marty decided to be an artist after falling in love with Willem De Kooning’s paintings at age 14. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in painting and took a job designing and building puppet characters for Sesame Street, including Big Bird.
As part of the same job, he also helped create costumes, props, and sets for two George Balanchine ballets – Persephone and Symphony Pathetique – for the New York City Ballet.
In 1985, he moved into television production and founded MPI Media Productions International and Inky Dinky Worldwide. Throughout the last nearly 30 years, MPI and IDW have produced and distributed programs for PBS, NBC, CBS, A&E, Discovery Health Network, BBC, the Hallmark Channel, and many others. His programs for PBS have raised an estimated $350 million dollars and include some of the biggest hits in the network’s history.
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Bob Marty NEW WORKS, Van Brunt Gallery, Beacon, NY
2007
Nothing on TV, Next Gallery, New York, NY
2006
New Works, BooMA Gallery, New York, NY
2002
Inside/Out, Encore Gallery, Block Island, Rhode Island (Catalogue available)
Group Exhibitions & Two-Person Exhibitions
2023
Visual Language & Catharsis, Reeves Art & Design, Houston, Texas
2014
PIEROGI XX, Pierogi Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
2007
From Ironic to Iconic, BooMA Gallery, New York, NY (Curator, catalogue available)
The Edge, Apex Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Momenta Gallery 2007 Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY & Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Summer Hits, Apex Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2006
Abstract Artists, Apex Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
2005
Group Show, Apex Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Momenta Gallery 2005 Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY & Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Group Exhibitions & Two-Person Exhibitions continued…
2010
SHAPE-SHIFTERS, BooMA Gallery, New York, NY
2004
COMPLEX COLLISIONS, Julie Durkin & Bob Marty, Locus Media Gallery, New York, NY
Momenta Gallery 2004 Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY & Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003
SCENT, The Proposition Gallery, New York, NY & Avery Fisher Hall, New York, NY & The Sculpture Center, Queens, NY
Momenta Gallery 2003 Benefit, White Columns, New York, NY & Momenta Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
THE BURBS, DFN Gallery, New York, NY (Catalogue available)
2002
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artist Space, New York, NY
A Gathering of Tribes, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery Group Exhibition, Encore Gallery, Block Island, Road Island
2001
TAKE heART, MPI Gallery, New York, NY
Provocative Images, Encore Gallery, Block Island, Rhode Islan