About Martinez E-B
Martinez E-B is an American multidisciplinary artist born in Cleveland, Ohio. His practice encompasses social engagement, fine art, video, illustration, and writing. E‑B has exhibited in venues and festivals across the United States, including Unstable Objects at The Alice in Seattle, Washington, and the Silver Sound Showdown Music + Video Festival X in Brooklyn, New York.
His work has appeared in publications and media projects such as The New York Times’ SERIAL Productions, in collaboration with Moth Studio (London), and has been recognized through ARTFORUM International Magazine Critics’ Picks.
E‑B holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cleveland Institute of Art, a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Arts from Columbia College Chicago, and a Master of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Statement (brief)
Through a multidisciplinary process, Martinez E‑B explores the relationship between individuals and the objects and imagery that shape personal and collective narratives. His work examines how behaviors, beliefs, and values are absorbed and reinforced through material culture, often without critical reflection.
Working with installation, video, sound, performance, painting, and writing, E‑B recontextualizes objects, images, signs, and symbols to investigate the authority they hold over specific groups, and to creatively challenge the systems through which that authority is sustained.