Gustavo Martinez
  • Home
  • Resume/Bio
  • Sculptures
  • Trains
  • Guardians
  • 2-D
  • Contact
         BIOGRAPHY

Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico and raised in California, Gustavo Martinez now resides in Tacoma, Washington.  He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Spatial Art with a minor in Mexican American studies from San Jose State University, San Jose, California.  He has been involved in the completion of public artworks for the city of San Jose.  In 2007 Martinez spent six weeks exploring sacred archaeological sites in southern Mexico and Central America, where he also studied traditional indigenous pottery and techniques at Escuela Valentine Lopez in San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua.  He received a Masters of Fine Art from the University of Washington in the 3D4M: Ceramic / Glass / Sculpture program, and was the recipient of the Parnassus Teaching With Excellence award.  In the fall of 2012 Martinez worked as a ceramic water filter production consultant for Ecofiltro SA in Guatemala, where he also helped organize the first annual ceramic symposium and sculpture exhibition at Ecofiltro SA to raise funds for the donation of ceramic water filters to the rural Guatemalan communities in most need.  Martinez collaborated with Electric Coffin in the 2017 exhibition “Future Machine” at the Bellevue Arts Museum.  In March of 2018 he traveled to the Usambara Mountains of Tanzania with La Paz International Foundation to help build a ceramic kiln in a woman’s potter village.  Gustavo Martinez is part of the Fine Art Department at Green River College where he teaches Ceramics. 

  
        RESUME

EDUCATION

2011        MFA 3D4M: Ceramic / Glass / Sculpture    University of Washington, Seattle WA

2008        BFA Spatial Art, Minor in Mexican American Studies   San José State University, San José CA



HONORS AND AWARDS/GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2016       Southeast Alaska Arts Teacher Initiative (SAATI) Artist Residency Grant
2014        Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship,  Stanwood, Washington

2011        University of Washington Parnassus Teaching With Excellence Award

2010        Belle Foundation for Cultural Development Individual Grant, San José, CA

2009        Jurors Award, Jacob Lawrence Gallery University of Washington, Seattle

                Chihuly Scholarship, University of Washington, Seattle

2007        Dean’s Scholar, San José State University, San José, CA 


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS *solo shows 

2018      *Conversations with Guardians, Feast Arts Gallery, Tacoma WA

2017      *Guardians, Warriors, and Allies, Kittredge Gallery, Tacoma WA

              Future Machine, Fuel Phase, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA

2016      * Balance Interference, Spaceworks Woolworth Window #1, Tacoma WA

2015        Bi-annual GRC Fine Art’s Faculty Exhibition, Helen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn WA

               Soup’s On! The Extraordinary, Exotic, and Sometimes Erotic Soup Tureens,
                              Bellevue College Gallery Space, Bellevue WA, Curated by Lars Husby​


2015      * Dualismo, Hellen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn WA

2014       Metal-urge, Foss Waterway Seaport, Tacoma WA

              Permanent Display, Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery, Municipal Tower, Seattle WA


             *Agua es Vida, 4Culture Gallery, Seattle WA

2013        Bi-annual GRCC Fine Art’s Faculty Exhibition, Helen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn WA

2012       Exhibicion De Esculturas: Apoyando La Beneficencia, Ecofiltro SA, Guatemala

              In The Vicinity of Pilchuck, Pilchuk Glass School Art Gallery, Stanwood WA

              Perspectives in Art, Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery, Municipal Tower, Seattle WA

2011       *Gustavo Martinez MFA Thesis Exhibition, CMA 3D4M North Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle

             *Our Ancestors are Listening, CMA 3D4M South Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle

             MFA Class of 2011 Group Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle

             Skull, Black Bird Studios, Las Vegas Nevada, Curated by Chris Bauder

             Zoomorphism, The Myers Gallery, Santa Ana CA, Juried by Max Rain

2010      Earth Bound City Windows Gallery, City Hall San Jose CA,  Curated by Kathryn Funk 

              MFA Class of 2011 1st yr. Exhibition, CMA 3D4M Gallery,  University of Washington, Seattle

              MFA Class of 2011 First Year Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle

              Does Size Matter? Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Juried by Sylvia Wolf

              Art & Design 2010 Juried Exhibition, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Curated by Eric Elliot

2009       Hope and Change Show, Submission Gallery, San Francisco CA

2009/07    The Chicana/o Biennial, MACLA Gallery, Juried exhibition 

2008        * Cultura- Lost in Translation, BFA Exhibition, Herbert Sanders Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose CA

                * Ode to the Modern Ones, Cube Farm Projects Gallery, San Jose Museum of Art, CA


RELATED FIELD EXPERIENCE

Green River College

4/2012- Present        Adjunct Faculty Fine Art Ceramic Department

1/9/2012- 6/6/2012   Instructional Laboratory Technician

La Paz International Foundation

2018 Ceramic wood fired kiln building with the Tanzania Women's Pottery Project 

Sitka Fine Arts Camp

2015/16/17/18         Ceramics Faculty- Middle School and High School Session 

Ecofiltro S.A. Guatemala

9/17/12- 12/14/12     Ceramic Water Filter Production Consultant 


Pilchuck Glass School

2012     Summer Staff, Audio Visual Coordinator, Session 6 and 7 

Penland School of Crafts

2012     Summer Studio Assistant, Mixed media on Paper- Erin Goodwin-Guerrero 

University of Washington 3D4M Ceramic/ Metal / Glass / Sculpture Department

2011      Summer Quarter- Lab/ Kiln Technician Ceramics Department

2010      Autumn, Spring Quarter- Teaching Assistant-Instructor of Record- Ceramics 201, Intro to Hand Building

2009 Teaching Assistant- for Professor Jamie Walker, Ceramics 201, Intro to Hand Building

San José State University

2008-09   Teaching Assistant- Professor Stan Welsh, Intro to Wheel Throwing 

2008-09   Preparation and Installations - Natalie and James Thompson Gallery 

San José Museum of Art 

2005-2006    Gallery Teacher  

2004-2008    Museum Experience Representative 


Guest Speaker
2018     Feast Arts Center, Visiting Artist Residency Artist Talk, Tacoma WA 
2017     Bellevue Arts Museum, Electric Coffin's Future Machine: Fuel Phase, Bellevue, WA
2016     Blatchley Middle School Art Room, Sitka AK


2015      Green River College, Hellen S. Smith Gallery, Auburn WA

2014      Evergreen College, Sculptural Ceramics and The Art of Mexico, Olympia WA

             University of Washington, Ceramics Metal Arts Building, Seattle WA

 2012     Fotokids, Guatemala, Guatemala

              Antigua International School, Ciudad Vieja, Guatemala


2008      Martin Luther King Library, San Jose, California

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018         Davison, Dave: "Fear not, there are guardians amongst us" 
Tacoma Weekly

2014         Luttikhuizen, Esther: “¡Agua es Vida!” 4culture.org
                         





Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.