SF Memories
Prismacolor and pastels on paper
Mario Martinez is a Yaqui Indian from Penjamo (in Scottsdale), the smallest of six Yaqui settlements, in Arizona. He is a member of The Pasqua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. After an early art career in San Francisco, he moved to New York City in 2002. He received his bachelor’s degree from School of Art, Arizona State University in Tempe and his master’s of fine arts degree from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work is currently on view in Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center, New York City, NY.
His work is currently on view in Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian – New York. He is a Contemporary Art Fellow, Eiteljorg Museum, 2015 Artist in Residence at the Rauschenberg Foundation, and is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation’s Creating a Living Legacy (CALL) Award, and New York Foundation for the Arts’ Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award.
