Leslie Martinez (b. 1985, McAllen; lives and works in Dallas) received an MFA from Yale University in 2018 and a BFA from The Cooper Union in 2008. Solo exhibitions have been held at Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2023); Blaffer Art Museum, Houston (2023); and And Now, Dallas (2021, 2020). Selected group exhibitions have been held at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (forthcoming); Lehmann Maupin, New York (2022); Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York (2021); and The Latinx Project, New York University (2020). Martinez has participated in residencies at Denniston Hill, Woodbridge (2023); Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Dallas (2020); and Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson (2019). They are the recipient of the Latinx Artist Fellowship (2022).
Martinez’s work is in the collections of Dallas Museum of Art; Pérez Art Museum Miami; High Museum of Art, Atlanta; and Speed Art Museum, Louisville.
for all inquiries related to the availability of works please contact And Now (Dallas) and Commonwealth and Council (Los Angeles)
(i am currently working on creating an email submission form to contact me directly)
All images © 2023 Leslie Martinez