Mary-Anne Martin is one of the leading dealers of Latin American art
in the United States. She single-handledly created the auction market for Latin American
paintings during her years at Sotheby's. As an independent gallery owner she has bought
and sold some of the most well known examples of Latin American painting by masters like
Tamayo Rivera Lam, Matta, and others. Her... acquisition of Frida Kahlo's 1949 Diego
y yo set the record for a Latin American purchase. She has promoted the art of
many younger artists and has given the first U.S. showing to painters like Nahum Zenil,
José Luis Romo, and numerous others.
Edward Sullivan, Latin American Art, 1990
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Mary-Anne Martin
President
email: mamartin@mamfa.com |
| Mary-Anne Martin, a native New Yorker, was educated at Smith and Barnard
Colleges, and did graduate work at NYU's Institute of Fine Arts. In 1966 she interrupted
her graduate studies to fill in for a month in the Impressionist Department at Sotheby's
New York (then called Parke Bernet Galleries). This led to a thirteen year career with
that firm, during which Martin trained as an expert in impressionist and modern paintings,
eventually becoming head of their Paintings Department as well as their first female
Senior Vice President and officer of the Board. A trip to Mexico City in 1974 kindled
Martin's interest in Mexican Art and in 1977 she organized the first auction of Mexican
Paintings ever held in the United States. In 1979 she followed with the first auction of
Latin American Paintings. The success of this sale led Martin to found the Latin American
Department at Sotheby's, and important semi-annual sales of Latin American Art have been
held there as well as at Christie's ever since. In 1982 Martin, noting the absence of
private galleries in the United States devoted to the Latin American field, left the
auction house in order to found Mary-Anne Martin/Fine Art (mam/fa), a gallery
completely devoted to the promotion and sale of Mexican and Latin American Art. Now in its
fifteenth year, mam/fa is known worldwide as the premier gallery in the Latin
American field, catering to collectors and museums throughout the world.
Martin is a vice president of the Board of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA).
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Sofia Lacayo
Director
email: slacayo@mamfa.com |
| Sofia joined mam/fa in 1996. Born in New York, Sofia spent her early childhood
in Nicaragua before moving with her family to Miami when she was five. In 1995 she
graduated from Duke University with a degree in Art History. During her senior year she
curated an exhibition at the Duke University Museum of Art entitled "Patriá:
Contemporary Nicaraguan Painting." The exhibition and catalogue were so well received
that a benefactor donated the funds to take the show to the Teatro Rubén Darío in
Managua, Nicaragua. This was the first public exhibition of art since the end of the
Nicaraguan revolution and its arrival evoked deep patriotic emotions in a country that
hidden its artistic side for almost 15 years. Before joining mam/fa Sofia worked
as an intern at the Whitney Museum of Art and was an Account Executive at J. Walter
Thompson. She is in charge of our exhibition program and enjoys working with collectors of
Latin American Art.
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Lynn Harrison Bump
Director of Computer Services
email: lbump@mamfa.com |
| Lynn created mam/fa's computer system and designs ads, newsletters and
catalogues. Lynn graduated from Columbia University in 1980 with a degree in Economics and
did graduate work at the Columbia School of Business in Operations Research. In addition
to his work at mamfa, Lynn has a consulting practice writing custom software for
galleries and small businesses. He also tutors private clients who need help getting
started with computers, covering everything from finding the on switch to
installing programs, customizing software, optimizing system software and replacing chips.
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