Victoria Martinez
(she/her)
2017-2018 AIR
(Arts Incubator)
www.victoria-martinez.com/
Instagram: @vikstir
Victoria Martinez (b. Chicago, IL) is an interdisciplinary artist who has a reverence for textiles, public art, and architecture. She produces fiber-based projects including painting and installation art, which is inspired by ancient sites, materiality research, and the urban environment.
Martinez has exhibited at the Yale University Art Gallery, the National Museum of Mexican Art, Northwestern University, the Perrotin Gallery viewing salon, and at Transmitter Gallery in Brooklyn. Her work has been supported by The Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library Research Fellowship and The MacMillian Center Field Research Fellowship through Yale University, the Career Development Grant through the American Association of University Women, and a travel grant through the Rebuild Foundation.
Martinez holds a BFA from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an MFA from Yale University School of Art. Upcoming projects include solo exhibitions at Produce Model Gallery, Co-Prosperity Catskill, the Chicago Cultural Center.
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All that Light: Works Detail
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Flowers Bleed with me 1
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Flowers Bleed with me 2
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Flowers Bleed with me 3
Victoria Martinez
2022
Hemp cotton, found yarn, hibiscus dye, paint, fiber paste, and hosiery
Logan Center Exhibitions
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Triangles, braids, grid
Victoria Martinez
2022
Cotton, paint, fiber paste, and hibiscus dye
Arts Incubator
Curator’s Notes
Victoria Martinez is an interdisciplinary artist who honors her Mexican-American ancestry through textile-based projects including installation, painting, and printmaking. Her work is inspired by public art, ancient sites, architecture, and the urban environment. She has exhibited nationally and internationally including the Yale University Art Gallery and the National Museum of Mexican Art. Deeply interested in the ways in which textiles are used in traditional ritual practice, her textile installations often use natural dyes made from plants such as hibiscus flowers. The work is elevated both to encourage greater interaction and to suggest a connection between secular and spiritual practice.
Additional reading
Hear Marinez speak about the inspiration of Mexico's art and archaeology on her textile projects and installations with Natalia Viera Salgado of the Visual Arts at Americas Society