>Biography: Patrick Martinez
Since the vivid days of Patrick’s childhood he was drawing or scribbling
on something. In his teenage years circa early 90’s, he was introduced
to Hip Hop culture and exclusively to one of its elements, graffiti. Graffiti
remains a vital influence in his work. Hip Hop has influenced his art
ever since he understood what it was about, movies like “Wild Style”
and “Style Wars” turned him onto the Hip Hop movement in his
earlier days. In 1994 he attended Pasadena High School Visual Arts and
Design Academy where he learned and practiced his image making skills.
Patrick graduated high school and moved on to Pasadena City College. Patrick
spent three years at PCC experimenting, developing his artistic skills
and trying to find a hint of himself at the same time. He kept a steady
career doing illustrations and design work mainly for underground and
mainstream record labels that catered to the Hip Hop community. He art
directed for Concentrated Entertainment for two years as well as other
projects that came to him from other companies like Stones Throw and Seditious
Beats (now Divine Forces). In 2001 he was ready to take on the next stage
of art discipline. This led him to apply to Art Center College of Design
in Pasadena, where he received a bachelor of fine arts in illustration.
Patrick focuses on the phenomenology of his surroundings. He brings sublime
beauty to things that aren’t thought of as conventionally beautiful.
He uses subject matter such as everyday people that aren’t usually
painted into the limelight and elements of the city that would be thought
of as objects we take for granted. He uses these objects as communicative
mediums. Patrick works with intellect and intuition in creating pieces
of art that reflect and document situations that are ever present around
him. Vitality and rhythm are the essence and energy in his artwork.
>CV
Patrick Martinez (born 1980, lives and works in Los Angeles, CA)
Selected Solo Exhibitions / Selected Group Exhibitions / Projects
2012
PALM SPRINGS FINE ART FAIR / POST - WAR AND CONTEMPORARY ART,
Group Show, Cheech Marin / Known Gallery / Thomas Paul Fine Art, Palm Springs, CA
GROUP SHOW,
CIRCUIT12 Contemporary, Dallas, TX
2011
Assorted Flavor,
Group Show, Known Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Ward of the State,
Group Show, Rivera Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
HUSTLEMANIA,
Solo Show, Known Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
REEL TAWLK,
Solo Show, Loft in Space Gallery, Honolulu, HI
NOTHING TO SAY,
Group Show, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2010
DREAMS DEFERRED,
Group Show, Chinese American Museum Los Angeles, CA
COME IN WE'RE CLOSED,
Street Installation, Los Angeles, CA
RE:FORM SCHOOL,
Group Show, New York, NY
(I CAN) FEEL THE PULSE,
Group Show, Mama Showroom Rotterdam, The Netherlands
FREEDOM,
Group Show, Known Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MANIFEST EQUALITY,
Group Show, Los Angeles, CA
KEEP IT REAL
Semi Permanent installation, Show and Tell Gallery Toronto, Canada
2009
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIE TO KICK IT,
Solo Show Upper Playground / Fifty24la Gallery Los Angeles, CA
MANIFEST HOPE,
Group Show, Irvine Contemporary Washington D.C.
SCION INSTALLATION TOUR,
Group Show,Various Galleries across the United States, DETROIT, MI, MIAMI, FL, PHOENIX, AZ, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, NEW YORK, NY, SAN JOSE, CA, PHILADELPHIA, PA, PORTLAND, OR, LOS ANGELES, CA
2008
NEW WORKS,
Two Man Show Upper Playground / Fifty24la Gallery Los Angeles, CA
SCION INSTALLATION TOUR,
Group Show, Various Galleries across the United States, DETROIT, MI, MIAMI, FL, PHOENIX, AZ, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, NEW YORK, NY, SAN JOSE, CA, PHILADELPHIA, PA, PORTLAND, OR, LOS ANGELES, CA
2007
RENDITION,
Group Show, Scion Art Gallery Culver City, CA
2006
SOUL SIGNIFICANCE,
Group Show, Crewest Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2005
THE FIRST ANNUAL LA WEEKLY BIENNIAL ,
Group Show, Track 16 Gallery Santa Monica, CA
2004
THE PALM TREE PARADOX,
Solo Show Crewest Gallery Los Angeles, CA
2003
NO STRUGGLE, NO PROGRESS,
Group Show Rock Rose Gallery Los Angeles, CA
