Monica Aissa Martinez

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Monica Aissa Martinez is an American visual artist.

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Early life and education

Monica Aissa Martinez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and has six siblings. [1] [2] She is interested in spirit, physiology, and how to portray them in art. [1] Martinez attended the University of Texas at El Paso and earned a master's degree in fine arts from New Mexico State University. [1] [2] [3] She was married to her husband in 1991 and moved to Phoenix where she currently lives and teaches drawing at Phoenix College. [2] Soon after receiving her Master's, Martinez had her first solo exhibition at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary of Art. [1]

Exhibitions and permanent collections

Martinez's work was among that of 102 US artists whose work was selected for the exhibition "State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now," at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. [4]

Her work is in the permanent collection of Crystal Bridges Museum, [5] the Tucson Museum of Art, [6] New Mexico State University Art Museum [7] among others.

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References

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