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Dylan Martinez Pinky Pac-Man Ghost For Sale
Dylan Martinez
Pinky Pac-Man Ghost, 2026
Hand blown glass sculpture
6.5" high x 6.5" round
About this work
Dylan Martinez has established himself as one of the foremost glass artists working at the intersection of pop culture and traditional craftsmanship, earning recognition for his meticulous approach to transforming nostalgic imagery into refined sculptural objects. His work occupies a distinctive position within the contemporary glass art movement, bridging the gap between decorative arts and fine art collecting while appealing to audiences who came of age during the golden era of arcade gaming. Pinky Pac-Man Ghost exemplifies Martinez's signature practice of rendering beloved cultural artifacts in hand-blown glass, a medium that demands exceptional technical skill and precise temperature control. The piece captures the familiar specter from the 1980 Namco classic with remarkable fidelity, translating the pixelated simplicity of the original character into three-dimensional form while imbuing it with the luminous quality unique to glass. At 6.5 inches in both height and diameter, the sculpture maintains an intimate scale that invites close examination of its surface qualities and internal light play. Martinez's Pac-Man ghost series has garnered significant collector interest, with works appearing in private collections dedicated to both video game memorabilia and studio glass. The artist's process involves traditional glassblowing techniques passed down through Venetian traditions, yet his subject matter speaks directly to contemporary sensibilities around nostalgia, childhood memory, and the elevation of commercial design into art historical discourse. Each piece requires hours of careful manipulation in the hot shop, with color achieved through layered glass applications rather than surface treatments. For acquisition inquiries regarding this work by Dylan Martinez, please contact Guy Hepner directly.
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Edition & Provenance
- Year
- 2026
- Medium
- Hand blown glass sculpture
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About the Pac- Man Ghosts Series
Martinez built his reputation on making people question what they're looking at. Hand-blown glass, rendered in the unmistakable forms from the original arcade game. The shapes are simple, almost cartoonish, but that's what makes them work. Pac-Man has been part of visual culture for nearly fifty years. Martinez doesn't need to reinvent it. He just needs to bring it into the room in the right material, and glass does something to these forms that plastic or resin never could. They catch light. They have presence. They feel permanent in a way the original pixels never were.
This is also a series where color does the heavy lifting. After years working primarily in clear glass, the Ghosts are bold and direct. Red, pink, blue, orange. Each piece is its own thing but they're clearly in conversation with each other, which is part of why collectors tend to want more than one.
About Dylan Martinez
Dylan Martinez is a contemporary glass artist based Washington State, USA. He holds a Master of Fine Arts in Glass from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, where he studied broad field science with a minor in outdoor education. His path to glass began as a college elective that quickly became a lifelong pursuit.
Martinez works entirely in hot glass, hand-sculpting each piece without molds or casting. His practice centers on perception and illusion, drawing on the technique of Trompe L'oeil to create works that challenge what the eye believes to be true. He is best known for his water bag sculptures, objects that are indistinguishable from plastic bags filled with water, made entirely from molten glass shaped between 650 and 1150 degrees. The work is animated by his own experience of red-green colorblindness, which has given him a lifelong interest in how perception shapes reality.
He has trained with master glassmakers across the United States and completed a residency with Venetian glass masters in Murano, Italy. His most recent series introduces color for the first time in years, with sculptural works referencing water balloons and Pac-Man imagery that signal a move toward pop art territory.
Martinez's work is held in the Imagine Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida and the Kelime Müzesi in Ankara, Turkey, among other public and private collections. He has exhibited across the US, Italy, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Taiwan, and has been featured in Interior Design Magazine, American Craft Magazine, Elle Decoration, Aesthetica, and Colossal.