Leslie Martinez

Leslie Martinez is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary artist born and raised between The Rio Grande Valley of the South Texas-Mexican border and Dallas, Texas. They hold an MFA from Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut (2018) and a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (2008). In 2019, Leslie was an Artist-in-Residence at Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson where they began large scale works for shows in 2020, including a solo show in Dallas. Recent group shows include Material Intension at ex ovo, Dallas, TX, Independence at The MAC, Dallas, TX, Better Pleasures at Knockdown Center, Queens, NY, Heads/Tails at Next to Nothing Gallery in New York, NY, and Way Out Now at Diane Rosenstein Gallery in Los Angeles, CA.

 
 

Leslie Martinez, details of Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 2 and no. 3, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

 

Leslie Martinez, details of Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 2 and no. 3, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

 

Leslie Martinez, details of Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 2 and no. 3, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

Leslie Martinez, Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 2, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

Leslie Martinez, Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 2, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

 

Leslie Martinez, Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 3, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

Leslie Martinez, Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 3, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

Leslie Martinez, Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 4, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.

Leslie Martinez, Closed Eyes to the Heat no. 4, 2020. Acrylic on jersey fabric, terrycloth, hospital bed sheets, and denim sewn together and stretched; 28 x 26 in. Courtesy of the artist and And Now. Photo by Kevin Todora.