Daniel Joseph Martinez (born 1957) is a

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–based contemporary artist.

Early life

Martinez grew up in

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, a working-class area of

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near

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. After high school, he attended the

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, where he received his BFA in 1979. During the 1980s, he worked as a freelance photographer, and spent time working with Harry Gamboa Jr. and ASCO.

Collections

Martinez' work can be found in public collections in the United States and abroad including the

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in New York;

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(LACMA); the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, California; Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, Florida; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas; and the Pace Foundation, San Antonio, Texas.

Honors

Daniel Joseph Martinez has received two

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(NEA) Individual Artist Fellowships (1990–91, 1995–96) and an NEA Project Support Grant (1990); a

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Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship (1997–98); a

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Individual Artist Fellowship (2001–02); a California Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship (2003–04); an ArtPace Foundation Fellowship (2005); a Peter Norton Family Foundation Project Support Grant (1991) and five Norton Foundation Artist Fellowships (1997–2001); the First Prize Grant Award of the Tijuana Biennial (2000); and a Flintridge Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship (2000–01). In 2007 Martinez was awarded the

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Fellowship, and in 2008–09, he received the Rasmuson Foundation Alaska Artist in Residence Award in 2009, the Fellows of Contemporary Art Fellowship in 2009; and the 2010 FOCA Fellowship Artist Grant and exhibition. In 2014 Martinez was awarded the Alpert Award in the Arts from the Herb Alpert Foundation in collaboration with the

. In 2016, Martinez participated in the

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Fellowship, Berlin, Germany.

References

External links

Daniel Joseph Martinez at Roberts & Tilton''Daniel Joseph Martinez: A life of disobedience''
monography by Michael Brenson, Hakim Bey, David Levi Strauss, Gilbert Vicario, Lauri Firstenberg, Arthur C. Danto, Linda Norden, Rachel Leah Baum, Hatje Cantz Publications
Daniel Joseph Martinez
at Kadist Art Foundation American artists of Mexican descent American contemporary artists Artists from Los Angeles Living people 1957 births {{US-artist-stub