I’m a kinetic sculptor specializing in mobiles, in other words, a mobile sculpture artist. I’ve made a wide variety of mobiles over the years, mid-century modern Calder inspired mobiles, large custom-made mobiles, 3D printed mobiles (which still appear to be the first fully 3D printed mobiles in the world 8 years after making them) and kinetic sculptures. More recently I’ve been working on contemporary mobiles and, what I call, fully three-dimensionally designed mobiles (in progress).
Ever since I came across Alexander Calder‘s mobiles at the National Gallery of Art twenty one years ago, I’ve been fascinated with mobiles. At first I tried my hand at minimalistic wire mobiles. After receiving requests for larger custom mobiles, what started as a hobby turned into a full-time occupation.
In chronological order: my work has been featured at New York Fashion Week in Bryant Park. I’ve contributed articles about mobiles to several publications such as Make Magazine, Saatchi Art and Houzz. The 3D printed mobiles, created in a collaboration with Henry Segerman, have been featured in Gestalten’s “Printing Things – Visions and Essentials for 3D Printing” and at the 2015 3D Print Shows in California, Paris and Dubai. A series of three large custom mobiles I designed and made won 3rd Prize at the 2015 International Kinetic Art Competition, organized by KAO, the largest kinetic art and sculpture organization in the world, as part of the International Kinetic Art Exhibit and Symposium in Boynton Beach, Florida. I made a 33 foot (10 meter) mobile for a commission I won in which I competed against 22 sculptors including Zaha Hadid. I designed and made a custom mobile for Robert A. M. Stern, former dean of the Yale School of Architecture, for his room at the 2017 Kips Bay Designer Show House. In a collaboration with film director Neil Burger, I custom designed and made a large mobile for the movie The Upside, released in 2019, and starring Bryan Cranston, Kevin Hart and Nicole Kidman, in which it is featured throughout the movie.
- JoinedJune 2010
- OccupationMobiles
- Current cityRichmond, VA
- CountryUSA
- Websitehttp://www.marcomahler.com
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