Patrick Martinez Does Everything Everywhere All at Once

Installation

Patrick Martinez Does Everything Everywhere All at Once

The amount of material; physically, socially and historically, that goes into a work of Patrick Martinez is dense and incredibly immersive. It's work that speaks to Los Angeles in both a poetic and a March 16, 2023
Patrick Martinez Maps the "Promised Land"

Installation

Patrick Martinez Maps the "Promised Land"

"I guess I'm tapping into the land, right?," Patrick Martinez told me in our Spring 2022 Quarterly. "That's my whole idea with these pieces that I'm making with the stucco, the neon, the tile and all September 19, 2022
Patrick Martinez: Neon Landscape

Features

Patrick Martinez: Neon Landscape

On a warm and sunny December morning I drove across LA, from the west side to Huntington Park, specifically, to see Patrck Martinez in his studio. The sprawl is palpable, throbbing with the nuance of April 04, 2022
Issue Preview: Spring 2022 with Derek Fordjour, Alice Neel, Patrick Martinez and more!

Magazine

Issue Preview: Spring 2022 with Derek Fordjour, Alice Neel, Patrick Martinez and more!

“You can't leave humanity out. If you didn't have humanity, you wouldn't have anything.” —Alice Neel February 22, 2022
Patrick Martinez's All Season Portfolio

Painting

Patrick Martinez's All Season Portfolio

In tones ranging from elegiac to defiant, and using visual strategies that eliminate distance between work and viewer, Martinez offers a vigorous, deeply felt response to the clamor and unease of lif January 17, 2017
The Thrill of Victory the Agony of Defeat

Juxtapoz

The Thrill of Victory the Agony of Defeat

Patrick Martinez curates a new exhibit highlighting sports based contemporary art from a notable group of established artists.  November 19, 2015
Jug Life : New Contemporary Still Life @ Park Life Gallery, SF

Juxtapoz

Jug Life : New Contemporary Still Life @ Park Life Gallery, SF

This Friday, May 22nd, 2015, Park Life Gallery in San Francisco will present Jug Life: New Contemporary Still Life, a group show curated by Andrew Schoultz and Patrick Martinez f May 21, 2015
Manifest:Justice Pop-Up Exhibition in LA

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Manifest:Justice Pop-Up Exhibition in LA

With a backdrop of Baltimore smoldering, and nationwide furor continuing to escalate over police misconduct, MANIFEST:JUSTICE is a creative response, a call to action, a demand for justice. During t April 29, 2015
In L.A.: This Crazy Life @ New Image Art

Juxtapoz

In L.A.: This Crazy Life @ New Image Art

We recently stopped by New Image Art for the opening reception of “This Crazy Life,” a group exhibition featuring Gregory Bojorquez, Patrick Martinez, and Michael Vasquez.  Each pie May 08, 2014
New Neon: Light, Paint & Photography @ Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek

Juxtapoz

New Neon: Light, Paint & Photography @ Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek

There is a great show open right now in the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area called New Neon: Light, Paint, and Photography at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, featuring a roster of Califo January 06, 2014
Patrick Martinez "Buy Now Cry Later" @ Public Functionary, Minneapolis

Juxtapoz

Patrick Martinez "Buy Now Cry Later" @ Public Functionary, Minneapolis

This past November, former Juxtapoz feature Patrick Martinez opened a solo exhibit of all new works at a new contemporary exhibition space, Public Functionary in Minneapolis. The exhibit, titled, &q December 17, 2013
Video: Patrick Martinez by Estevan Oriol

Juxtapoz

Video: Patrick Martinez by Estevan Oriol

Juxtapoz' contributing photo editor Estevan Oriol just passed along this video he shot documenting the studio practice of fellow Los Angeles artist Patrick Martinez. "I met Patrick back in November 20, 2013
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