Lilian Martinez
5 Artists on Our Radar in March 2024
Artsy
March 5, 2024
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LILIAN MARTINEZ
Lilian Martinez makes work that blends representation and iconographies of the past with the present and an imagined future, combining classical architectural elements with contemporary pop cultural references to create the settings for her portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. Her flat, bold style recalls iconic predecessors, while her impetus to center brown bodies that have historically been essentialized, if not omitted altogether, from these sorts of historical artworks recontextualizes the roles of the artist and subject at once. Martinez’ figures are usually engaged in everyday leisure activities, and her work indulges color and mood, all while maintaining a charming nonchalance. Even in the works bold simplicity, a matrix of historical and cultural signifiers exposes a boundlessness, both in connection through nostalgic specificity and limitlessness in the lack thereof.
Martinez (b. 1986, Chicago, IL) earned a BFA in Photography from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. Alongside her studio-based practice, Martinez operates BFGF, a lifestyle brand that produces accessible and functional art objects. Martinez’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues including the Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas, TX; Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, VA; The Naughton Gallery in Belfast, Ireland; Gallery Commune in Tokyo, Japan; Taymour Grahne in London, United Kingdom; and OCHI in Sun Valley, ID and Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured in publications such as Frieze, The New York Times, Architectural Digest, ARTnews, apartamento, Juxtapoz, LALA Magazine, Nationale, ArtPractical, and AUTRE. Martinez is represented by OCHI.
Ochi Exhibitions
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NADA NEW YORK
May 2 - May 5, 2024NEW YORK, NY -
FRIEZE LOS ANGELES Lilian Martinez
February 29 - March 3, 2024Los Angeles, CA -
NADA MIAMI ADAM BERIS, LILIAN MARTINEZ
November 30 - December 3, 2022MIAMI, FLORIDA -
LILIAN MARTINEZ STONE FRUIT
October 23 - December 4, 2021KETCHUM, IDAHO -
LILIAN MARTINEZ SUNROOMS
February 23 - March 20, 2021ONLINE -
LILIAN MARTINEZ BART BEETHOVEN WIFI
April 11 - July 11, 2020LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA -
UNTITLED MIAMI BEACH
December 3 - December 8, 2019MIAMI BEACH, FL -
SOFT PRETZEL
October 6 - October 28, 2018VACATION, NEW YORK, NY -
LILIAN MARTINEZ WOMAN AND WOMEN
April 28 - June 9, 2018LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA
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LILIAN MARTINEZ
Born 1986 in Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2009
BFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2022
Honoree, Frieze Los Angeles Artist Luncheon, The Cultivist, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Artist Residency, Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY
Facebook Artist in Residency Program, Menlo Park, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Nike, Beaverton, OR
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Museum, China
News
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Lilian Martinez
What Sold at Frieze Los Angeles 2024
Artsy
March 4, 2024
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Lilian Martinez
How “Focus” Gallerists “Reflect the Aura of Los Angeles”
Frieze Magazine
February 27, 2024
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Lilian Martinez
L.A. Art Week 2024
Paris LA
February 26, 2024
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Lilian Martinez
Get Ready for Frieze L.A.
Los Angeles Magazine
February 26, 2024
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Lilian Martinez
Women Artists to Watch at Frieze Los Angeles
The Cut
February 21, 2024
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Lilian Martinez
Ecologies of the Present in “Focus” at Frieze Los Angeles 2024
Frieze
January 4, 2024
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Lilian Martinez
Frieze LA | Art in View from Santa Monica’s Airfield
Flaunt Magazine
December 5, 2023
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Lilian Martinez
AD Editors Share 25 of Their Favorite Hispanic- and Latinx-Owned Businesses
Architectural Digest
September 15, 2023
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