About Martinez E-B
Martinez E-B is an American multidisciplinary artist born in Cleveland, Ohio. His practice spans social engagement, fine art, video, illustration, and authorship. E‑B has exhibited nationally, including in Unstable Objects at The Alice in Seattle, WA, and the Silver Sound Showdown Music + Video Festival X in Brooklyn, NY. His work has appeared in major productions and publications such as The New York Times’ SERIAL Productions (in collaboration with Moth Studio, London) and ARTFORUM International Magazine Critics’ Picks.
He holds a B.F.A. from the Cleveland Institute of Art, an M.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago, and an M.F.A. in Visual Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Statement (brief)
Through a multidisciplinary process, I explore the complex relationship between individuals and the objects and imagery that shape our stories, histories, and sometimes even constrain us. Fascinated by how certain behaviors, beliefs, and values are absorbed without question, my work examines the authority that objects and images hold over specific groups. Using installation, video, sound, performance, painting, and writing, I re-contextualize these objects, images, signs, and symbols to creatively challenge their authority.