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LILIAN MARTINEZ
Born 1986 in Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
2009 BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
SELECTED SOLO & TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 Frieze Los Angeles, presented by OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
2022 NADA Miami, presented by OCHI, Miami, FL
Lilac, Plaster, Gucci, Sandal, Taymour Grahne Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2021 Castillos y Cuecas Joyas y Piedras, Swish Projects, San Diego, CA
Stone Fruit, OCHI, Ketchum, ID
Sunrooms, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA (online)
2020 Coral Caves, Taymour Grahne Gallery (online)
Bart Beethoven Wifi, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Rosa Mariposa, Gallery Commune, Tokyo, Japan
Soft Shades, Nationale, Portland, OR
2018 Woman and Women, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
Art Los Angeles Contemporary, presented by OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Clay Architecture, Commune, Tokyo, Japan
Get’cha Head in the Game, The Naughton Gallery, Belfast, Ireland
NADA New York, presented by OCHI, New York, NY
2016 Mystery, Feelings, Internet, OCHI, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024 Some Dogs Go To Dallas: A Selection of Artworks From The Collection of Pamela and David Hornik, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
2022 Wish You Were Here, OCHI, Sun Valley, ID
2021 Cake Show, The Pit, Palm Springs, CA
Expanded Field, OCHI Aux, Los Angeles, CA
Bananas, Fort Makers, New York, New York
2020 A Very Anxious Feeling: Voices of Unrest in the American Experience;
20 Years of the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection, Taubman Museum of Art,
Roanoke, VA
2019 CONDO Mexico City, presented by Karen Huber Gallery + OCHI, Mexico City, Mexico
Carmen, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
UNTITLED San Francisco, presented by OCHI, San Francisco, CA
2018 Soft Pretzel, OCHI at Vacation, New York, NY
2017 Does it Make a Sound, OCHI, Ketchum, ID
Art Athina, presented by OCHI, Athens, Greece
2016 Figure as Form, ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA
WOOF, Carlos Queso, Los Angeles, CA
Girls Who Dance in Dissonance, Wayside Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2024 Rabb, Maxwell. “At OCHI, Generational Love of Art Mirrors a Lifelong Commitment to Artists,” Artsy, Jan. 9
“Essence Harden’s ‘Ecologies’ of the Present at Frieze Los Angeles 2024,” Frieze, Jan. 4
2023 Bagdady, Mariam. “Frieze LA, Art in View From Santa Monica’s Airfield,” Flaunt, Dec. 5
Durón, Maximilíano. “Frieze LA Names 95 Exhibitors for 2024 Edition, Along with Reconfigured Layout,” ARTnews, Nov. 30
“The Soho House guide to Art Basel Miami,”
Lee, Audrey. “AD Editors Share 25 of Their Favorite Hispanic- and Latinx-Owned Businesses,” Clever, Sep. 15
2022 Lee, Audrey. “AD Editors Share 15 of Their Favorite Hispanic- and Latinx-Owned Businesses,” Clever, Sep. 20
Gore, Sydney. “Welcome to Demi Lovato’s Trippy Modern Farmhouse,” Architectural Digest, Sep. 7
“New in Figurative Painting,” Artsy, Feb.
2021 Dixon Evans, Julia. “San Diego Weekend Arts Events: Lilian Martinez, ‘to the yellow house,’ ‘Boil the Ocean,’ Michelle Bradley and Kazim Ali,” KPBS, Nov. 18
Fabricant, Florence. “The Banana as Muse,” The New York Times, Oct. 4
2020 Douglas, Sarah. “A Message from the Editor,” ARTnews, Jul. 9
Barber-Way, Mish. “Lilian Martinez,” apartamento,
Lindsey, Aleiya and Amani Olu. “NADA Six Artworks To Stay Home With,” Artsy
Pricco, Evan. “Art in Uncertain Times: Lilian Martinez on Bart, Beethoven and Wifi,”
Juxtapoz, Apr. 21
2019 Recinos, Eva. “Artist Lilian Martinez Welcomes Us Into Her Artsy Desert Retreat,”
Hunker, Dec. 5
Chan, Carmen. Exposure, Vol. 1 (catalogue)
“Lilian Martinez,” LIFE WATER
Fleetwood, Amelia. “Under Blue Skies,” LA LA Magazine
Costello, Lindsay. “Tenacious Repose: Lilian Martinez’s Soft Shades,”
Art Practical, Mar. 6
“Soft Shades: Lilian Martinez @ Nationale, Portland,” Juxtapoz, Feb. 03
Lewton-Lepold, Gabi. “Interview: Lilian Martinez,” NATIONALE, Jan. 30
“Lilian Martinez,” WRAP, Iss. 12
2018 Staffon, Bese. “BESE Meets: Lilian Martinez,” BESE, Nov. 7
“Mirror Mirror,” Ash Magazine, Iss. 1
Trock, Lani. “Lilian Martinez’s Woman and Women Opens @ Ochi Projects,”
AUTRE, May 4
“Lilian Martinez,” MAPS, Vol. 116, Jan. 2
2017 Judson, Kirsten. “BFGF Artist Lilian Martinez Is Matisse of the Instagram Era,”
Observer, Dec. 26
Uchida, Yuka. “Lilian Martinez,” Casa Brutus, Sep. 26
“Lilian Martinez: Clay Architecture,” Time Out Tokyo, Sep. 21
2016 Rae, Haniya. “She makes wearable art that channels Matisse, as well as ‘The Simpsons,’” Los Angeles Times, Oct. 20
Bourton, Lucy. “The Intuitive and Engaging Art of LA-based Lilian Martinez,” It’s Nice That, Aug. 12
Pienaar, Sanri. “The Incredible BFGF,” ELLE Decoration, Jun. 3
“A Seductive Paradise of Coconut Kisses From Lilian Martinez of BFGF,” MOLD, May 13
Olsen, Katie. “Art Brand BFGF,” Cool Hunting, Jan. 4
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2024 Artist Residency, Sam & Adele Golden Foundation for the Arts, New Berlin, NY (forthcoming)
2022 Honoree, Frieze Los Angeles Artist Luncheon, The Cultivist, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Artist Residency, Macedonia Institute, Chatham, NY
Facebook Artist in Residency Program, Menlo Park, CA
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Nike, Beaverton, OR
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
Xiao Museum, China