Monica Aissa Martinez is an American visual artist.
Monica Aissa Martinez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and has six siblings. [1] [2] An early connection to spirituality (her father was interested in yoga) led her to be interested in spirit, physiology, and how to portray these matters in an artistic form. [1] Monica 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]
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.
Monica Aissa Martinez is an American visual artist.
Monica Aissa Martinez was born and raised in El Paso, Texas and has six siblings. [1] [2] An early connection to spirituality (her father was interested in yoga) led her to be interested in spirit, physiology, and how to portray these matters in an artistic form. [1] Monica 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]
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.