TUSCON, AZ (PNAN) – On view through April 23, 2023, “Monica Aissa Martinez: Nothing in Stasis” is an exhibition by this Phoenix-based artist who uses the artistic mechanics of line, shape, space, and color to illustrate the intricacies of the physical body at the Tucson Museum of Art.
Martinez is drawn to the language of myth and symbol, feminine and masculine, emotion and logic, circle and line, horizontal (heavens and spirit) and vertical (earth and body), finding beauty in the systems and organization of living things to represent the complex connections between body, mind, and spirit.
About
Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Monica Martinez earned a Master of Fine Arts from New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at El Paso. She has exhibited her work at Crystal Bridges Museum, Arizona State University Art Museum, Phoenix Art Museum, Tucson Museum of Art, Tempe Center for the Arts, Mesa Arts Center, and Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art. Her works are in numerous public and private art collections throughout the Southwest. Martinez is currently an adjunct professor of art at Phoenix College.