Patrick Martinez

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Patrick Martinez (born 1980) is a visual artist based in Los Angeles. He works in mixed-media landscape paintings, neon sign artwork, as well as his Pee Chee collection of works. [1] One of his signature styles of art is depicting and memorializing victims of abuse as the subjects of his art. [2]

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Biography

Patrick Martinez was born in Los Angeles in 1980 to mixed race parents of Filipino, Mexican, and Native American descent. He spent his childhood residing in Los Angeles which influences much of his art. [3] He is known for mixed media landscape, painting, and neon artwork that often speaks out for diversity and justice. His work has been exhibited all over the world but can be seen at LACMA as well as the Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles. The importance of diversity, immigration, and racism are all common themes of his work, which aims to shed light upon the growing issue of inequality. [4] Growing up in Los Angeles, California, Patrick Martinez has recounted unfair interactions with police officers. These interactions with law enforcement often left him feeling harassed. [5] One of his first known pieces is his Pee- Chee All Season Portfolio, which was a collection of illustrations, doodles, and helpful tips for how to conduct oneself during a police encounter. [6] Many of his works draw upon feelings of profiling and mistreatment from police. [7] The art of Patrick Martinez often falls into the category of Social History of Art. This is because many of his pieces are indistinguishably linked to social and political events that occurred at the same time he created them. These social events which occurring alongside his art gave them context in how the art should be viewed. [8]

Education

Martinez earned a Bachelors in Fine Arts with Honors from Art Center College of Design in 2005. [9] In 2021, he was awarded the Rauschenberg Residency, an artist-in-residence program at artist Robert Rauschenberg's former residence in Captiva Island, Florida, but due to the outbreak of Covid-19, the residency was postponed. [10]

Artworks

His most notable artworks are his "Po-lice Misconduct Misprint- Lost Colors Series". [11] This series depicts victims of police brutality and pays homage to those victims. In the wake of the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, Martinez responded through art with the creation of his "Racism Doesn't Rest During a Pandemic Pee Chee" (No Justice No Peace 2020). This piece depicts the faces of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, who all died at the hands of police. [5] Patrick Martinez's childhood experiences of racism and his diverse ethnic background gave him a voice to speak out against racism and police brutality through his art. [12]

Patrick Martinez has exhibited both locally and internationally. Cities such as Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, and even The Netherlands have all housed his exhibitions. [4] The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, The Albright- Knox Art Gallery, the Cornell Fine Arts Museum are all museums which have displayed Martinez's art. [13] As well as the Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles Patrick's work can be seen in a permanent collection at LACMA. [13]

In the Fall of 2021 Patrick's artwork will also be exhibited in the Tucson Museum of Art as part of a solo exhibition.

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
ExhibitionOrganizationLocationDate
Forbidden FruitNew Image GalleryLos Angeles, California2015
America Is For DreamersVincent Price Art MuseumLos Angeles, California2017
American MemorialCornell Fine Arts MuseumWinter Park, Florida2017
Po-liceOccidental CollegeLos Angeles, California2017
All Season PortfolioCharlie James GalleryLos Angeles, California2017
Remembering To ForgetCharlie James GalleryLos Angeles, California2018
That Which We Do Not SeeFort GansevoortNew York City, New York2019

Group Shows

ExhibitionOrganizationLocationDate
No Struggle, No ProgressRock Rose GalleryLos Angeles, California2003
Keep It RealShow And Tell GalleryToronto, Canada2010
All In For The 99%New Image Art, Ace MuseumLos Angeles, California2012
A Sign Only Has To Serve As A SignProvidence College GalleriesProvidence, Rhode Island2015
Mooncakes, Churros, And Cherry PieEuphrat Museum Of ArtCupertino, California2015
SouthlandCharlie James GalleryLos Angeles, California2016
Flash Point 2017: Twenty-Five Years After The 1992 Los Angeles UprisingUCLALos Angeles, California2017
Sidelined [14] Galerie LeLongNew York City, NY2018
Fictions [15] Studio MuseumHarlem, New York City, NY2018

Special projects

ExhibitionOrganizationLocationDate
Pee- Chee Folder Edition, 10 Rules Of Survival If Stopped By The PoliceOccidental CollegeLos Angeles, California2017
Pee- Chee Folder, Flash Point 2017: Twenty-Five Years After The 1992 Los Angeles UprisingUCLALos Angeles, California2017
LA Origin City Wide CampaignPresented By The Mayors FundLos Angeles, California2017

Collections

His artwork is held in the permanent collection of several museums including the Smithsonian African American Museum of History and Culture, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [16] Autry Museum of the American West, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, [17] Columbus Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum, and Museum of Latin American Art.

Bibliography

WHAT RESONATES: SOUTHLAND AT CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY - ESSENCE HARDEN — AUGUST 22, 2016

Splinter - June 29, 2016 - Iconic ‘Pee-Chee’ folders reimagined with familiar scenes of police brutality - By Jorge Rivas

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  2. ↑ Sandler, Leah. "Artist Patrick Martinez remixes everyday stuff like school supplies, store neons and sheet cakes into artifacts of brutality". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  3. ↑ Miranda, Carolina (2017-02-07). "How graffiti, neon signs and Pee-Chee folders taught artist Patrick Martinez to see Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  4. 1 2 "CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY | Patrick Martinez" . Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  5. 1 2 Davis-Marks, Isis (2020-06-08). "Artist Patrick Martinez Paints Moving Tributes to Victims of Police Brutality". Artsy. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  6. ↑ Black, Ezrha Jean (2017-01-18). "Patrick Martinez – All Season Portfolio". Artillery Magazine. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  7. ↑ Radio, Southern California Public (2016-08-02). "SoCal artist uses Pee-Chee style to depict police use of force". Southern California Public Radio. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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  9. ↑ "Patrick Martinez - Artists - Fort Gansevoort". www.fortgansevoort.com. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  10. ↑ "Patrick Martinez". Charlie James Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  11. ↑ "Patrick Martinez". www.calfund.org. Retrieved 2021-03-19.
  12. ↑ Salseda, Rose (January 25, 2017). "Black and Blue and Brown: Artists Depict Police Brutality". KCET Artbound.
  13. 1 2 "Patrick Martinez". Atlantic Center for the Arts. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
  14. ↑ Rodney, Seph (February 9, 2018). "The Political Truths That Ground Our Athletic Heroes". Hyperallergic.
  15. ↑ Kotter, Holland (December 27, 2017). "From the Personal to the Political, 19 Artists to Watch Next Year". New York Times.
  16. ↑ "Fallen Empire | LACMA Collections". collections.lacma.org. Retrieved 2021-04-27.
  17. ↑ "Recent Acquisitions | Cornell Fine Arts Museum | Rollins College | Orlando, FL". www.rollins.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-27. Racism Doesn't Rest During a Pandemic Pee Chee (No Justice No Peace), 2020.36
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