Martin Lammert Named 2024 Des Lee Gallery MFA Alumnx Resident
2024-05-03 • Sam Fox School
Photo: Erin Johnston
Martin Lammert, MFA ’22, will be the second annual artist-in-residence at the Des Lee Gallery this summer. In addition to access to space for making and showing work, Lammert will also be awarded a $2,000 unrestricted honorarium. The gallery will host an event and public hours at the culmination of the residency.
During the residency, which runs May through September, Lammert plans to build a large-scale fountain with inspiration taken from leisure, amusement parks, and waterslides. The installation will expand on a series of artworks derivative of his graduate thesis project at the Sam Fox School, which included the making of water via combustion.
About Martin Lammert
Martin Lammert earned a BFA from the University of Southern California in 2013 and an MFA in Visual Art from the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Art at Washington University in St. Louis in 2022. Lammert, who lives in St. Louis, applies formal fabrication techniques with found and store-bought materials to make sculptures.
Martin Lammert, Slide, 2022. Fiberglass, epoxy, plastic, t-shirts, bleach, pic, steel, found light, power strip, extension cords, storage containers, buckets, cardboard, water, hardware, pump, 12’x12’x5’. Photo: courtesy the artist.
About the Des Lee Gallery
The Des Lee Gallery provides Sam Fox School students and faculty a formal gallery space for presenting exhibitions. Located in the heart of the historic Washington Avenue Loft District, the 1,300-square-foot gallery opened in 1999 and is housed in the University Lofts building, an eight-story, century-old refurbished warehouse.
The gallery is named in honor of E. Desmond Lee, a 1940 graduate of Washington University’s Olin Business School, who provided significant support for the university as well as the greater St. Louis community.
Martin Lammert, Untitled (Stage 1), 2022. Wood, plastic, foam, water, bleach, hydrochloric acid, aluminum foil, hydrogen peroxide, toilet bowl cleaner, rags, hardware, Lifetime table, storage container. Dimensions variable. Photo: courtesy the artist.
Martin Lammert, Untitled (Stage 1), 2022. Video Still, 4:59. Dimensions variable. Photo: courtesy the artist.