Patrick Martinez (b. 1980, Pasadena, CA, USA; lives and works in Los Angeles, CA, USA) Martinez contributes a large-scale, 10-foot-wide architectural painting that melds thick stuccoed surfaces with construction detritus—a visual language grounded in urban histories and cultural hybridity. Supplemented by two smaller existing works, his pieces explore the landscape of Los Angeles through the lens of Chicano and Filipino American identity. Patrick’s work is held in permanent collections such as the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY; the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles (MOCA), Los Angeles, CA; the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Washington D.C.; Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, CA; and the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA), Long Beach, CA.

Portrait of the artist courtesy of Johanna Brinckman