Victoria Martinez
︎︎︎ JUMP BACK project statement
With a background in public art, Victoria Martinez erects paintings and art installations that produce conversations with ancient and modern architecture. Her mark making combines the durability of materials including bricks with the suppleness of textiles and the fluidity of paint. Contesting fabric’s traditional associations with craft and the decorative, she transforms swaths of cloth into structural elements as a way of honoring Latin American culture. Attentive to the histories of place, she also creates works that bear indexical relationships with locations. Martinez builds tangible connections with her familial, Mexican ancestry and investigates sites as repositories of cultural memory.
Two Boots, 2023
Dye and acrylic on linen
30 by 40 in.
76.2 cm by 101.6 cm.
price on request
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(b. 1987) leads public art murals and produces textile-based projects including installation art, painting, and printmaking. Her work is inspired by murals, ancient sites, architecture, and the urban environment. Martinez has exhibited at venues including the Yale University Art Gallery, the National Museum of Mexican Art, the Logan Arts Center at the University of Chicago, and the Perrotin Gallery viewing salon. Her work has been supported by The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Research Fellowship and The MacMillian Center Field Research Fellowship through Yale University, and the Actos de Confianza Grant through the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC). Martinez holds a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an MFA from Yale University School of Art in Painting and Printmaking. Upcoming projects include a solo exhibition at The Chicago Cultural Center curated by Kristin Korolowicz. Martinez is currently the inaugural artist selected through the Climate Engagement through Art in Cities fellowship and is working on a collaborative mural with Yale University and the City of New Haven.
IMAGES COURTESY OF ARTIST. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO JEFF OSTERGREN ©