Victoria Martinez
Artist in Residence
November 2023

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, the National Museum of Mexican Art, the University of Chicago Arts Incubator, Northwestern University, and through 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, the Actos de Confianza Grant through the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), the Career Development Grant through the American Association of University Women, and a travel grant through Theaster Gates Rebuild Foundation. 

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 and a collaborative art and poetry experiment through the Lit & Luz Festival at Museo Universitario del Chopo / UNAM.

To learn more about Victoria Martinez, please visit: victoria-martinez.com

Books Chosen for the Lab Library by
Victoria Martinez

Victoria Martinez’
Pending Archival Reference Requests
at the Beinecke Library include:

- Jacqueline de Jong’s magazine production, The Situationist Times

- Internationale lettriste, no.3

 -  “Lothar Fisher – Heimred Prem” at Galerie van de Loo

-   Cobra Association -Heerup texte, Appel texte, Sonja Ferlov texte, and Carl-Henning Pedersen texte

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