Artist Statement
Perception is a recurring theme within my practice, and has become a foundation for me to explore ideas that reflect on notions of time, space, simultaneity and duration. As an artist, I am interested in the aspects of experience where the real, the known, and the imagined collide. Spatio-temporal relations, and visualizing the invisible are predominant subjects. My interpretations are informed in part by science, philosophy and fiction. Experimentation and process are at the forefront of much of my work, at times resulting in ambiguous narratives and hybrid exercises.
Isabel M. Martínez is a visual artist who spent her formative years in Santiago de Chile. She holds a BFA from Universidad Católica de Chile and an MFA from the University of Guelph, Canada. She currently lives and works in Toronto.
Isabel has exhibited in galleries and art centres in Chile, England, the U.S., and Canada. Her artwork has been presented in CART NY (2013), The Annual Independent Contemporary Art Fair (2012), CONTACT Photography Festival (2011), Magenta Flash Forward (2011), PhotoWeek DC (2011), Día Nacional de la Cultura Chilena (2011), Gallery 44 (2008), Canadian Heritage (2005), and FotoAmérica Bienal de Fotografía (2004). Her work is in several private and public collections.
Martínez has been featured in various publications in paper and online including Foam Magazine (NL), The Creators Project, Fast Company (NY), Flavor Wire (NY), Designboom (IT), Creatie Magazine (NL), Magenta Flash Forward (CA), Artflakes (DE), Vvork (AT), This Isn’t Happiness, Holy Ghost (UK), File Magazine (NY), PMS 485 C (PT), Oitzarisme (RO), Booooooom (CA), Juxtapoz, BlackFlash Magazine (CA), Chilenización de la Fotografía (CL), Centro Virtual de la Fotografía Chilena (CL), Bank on Art (CA), and Ojo Zurdo (CL) among others.
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