Patrick Martinez Biography

Patrick Martinez was born in 1980 in Pasadena, California. He makes paintings, reliefs, and sculptural installations from architectural materials such as ceramic tiles, cinder blocks, neon, window-security bars, and vinyl signs that mirror the urban landscape and visual culture of Los Angeles.

Recent solo exhibitions include Dallas Contemporary (2024); Rubell Museum, Miami (2023); Institute of Contemporary Art, San Francisco (2023); Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles (2022, 2018); Tucson Museum of Art (2021); Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, WI (2021); Arlene Schnitzer Gallery, Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles (2020); Fort Gansevoort, New York (2019); and the Vincent Price Art Museum, East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA (2017). Recent group exhibitions include the Boston Public Art Triennial (2025); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2024, 2023); Palo Alto Art Center, CA (2024); Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR (2024, 2022); Pérez Art Museum, Miami (2024); Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, Portland State University, OR (2024); The Broad, Los Angeles (2023); Brooklyn Museum (2023); Riverside Art Museum, CA (2023); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2023); Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ (2023); Long Beach Museum of Art, CA (2022); and El Museo del Barrio, New York (2021). He participated in the Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency, New Smyrna Beach, FL (2022); Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency, New York (2020); and the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists, Los Angeles (2019). Martinez earned a BFA from ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena, CA (2005).

Text courtesy Hammer Museum

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