He has since exhibited throughout N.Y. State, Europe, Puerto Rico and Colombia S.A. Awards for Sculpture have been granted by N.Y.CAPS, NYS Reaseach, CUNY, and the Mellon Foundation. He is represented in the Collections of Joan Mitchell Foundation, Ruben Gorewitz, Dean Witter, Snug Harbor and Borough of Manhattan CC. and in numerous individual collections. His work has been reviewed widely and is used in many texts and publications such as K.G. Pontus Hulten's The Machine, MOMA and Some More Beginnings EAT and the CAPS Catalog He is currently employed by CUNY teaching sculpture at the College of Staten Island.

MARTEL, RALPH SCULPTURE DESCRIPTION DECEMBER 1999

The following wall sculptures are related to an exterior frame and range in size from one foot square to four or five feet in length with a projection maximum of about one foot. There are many types of wood used ranging from scraps rescued from firewood log piles to elegant mahogany, teak or walnut. Some of the pieces are left with the bark with rough and polished surfaces and others are planned wood that is then rolled and shaped into complex curved surfaces. All the works reflect a geometrical structure, either configurations that enhance the defining frame or a development from the Pythagorean section or Fibbonacci's Series. Like the trees that provide the material the sculptures play with the empty space as well as the occupied areas.