EDUCATION
2001 MFA, University of California, Davis.
1998 BFA, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Or.
SELECTED SOLO & TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2009 RADIANT, Recent Work: Richard Martinez, DARKE Gallery, Houston, Tx.
2008 TROPIC, new work by Richard Martinez, Mary Stuart Rogers Gallery, Willamette University, Salem, Or.
2008 Contemporary Abstract, University Art Gallery, California State University at Chico
2008 Hybrid Vistas, Ricky Armendariz & Richard Martinez, C-Art Studio, San Antonio, Tx.
2007 Richard Martinez, New Paintings, JAY JAY, Sacramento, Ca.
2006 Richard Martinez, REM Gallery, San Antonio, Tx.
2006 Richard Martinez, Ultratone, Southern Space Project, San Antonio, Tx.
2005 Richard Martinez, Paintings, REM Gallery, San Antonio, Tx.
2005 Richard Martinez & Jim Woodson, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Tx. Curated by Benito Huerta
2005 Richard Martinez, New Work, JAY JAY, Sacramento, Ca.
2005 Richard Martinez, Artists Looking at Art, Exhibit/Lecture, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Tx
2005 Richard Martinez, Work on Paper, Thorndike Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Ashland, Or.
2004 New Painters in San Antonio, Ricky Armendariz & Richard Martinez, Rrose Amarillo Gallery, San Antonio, Tx.
2003 New Work, Richard Martinez, Butters Gallery Ltd., Portland, Or.
2003 Strange Pleasures: Paintings by Richard Martinez, Davis and Cline Gallery, Ashland, Or.
2002 Richard Martinez, New Paintings, Thorndike Gallery, Center for the Visual Arts, Ashland, Or.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Arthouston Introductions, DARKE | gallery, Houston, Tx.
2008 Expansion, Fresh Paint Art, Los Angeles, Ca.
2008 Drawing as a Fine Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Fl.
2008 Field of Color: Seven Contemporary Artists, Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, Tx. Curator Deborah Fullerton
2008 San Antonio Art League & Museum 78th Artists Exhibition, juror Toby Kamps, Contemporary Art Museum Houston
2007 Common Threads, Fresh Paint Art, Los Angeles, Ca.
2007 Flow Art Fair, Miami Beach, Fl.
2007 Expo 2007, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Tx.
2007 Visual Directions, New Texas Talent, Craighead-Green Gallery, Dallas, Tx.
2006 Blurring the Line, UTSA Satellite Space, San Antonio, Tx.
2005 Texas Biennial 2005, Camp Fig, Austin, Tx. catalog
2005 New From the Stable, JAY JAY, Sacramento, Ca.
2005 San Antonio Painting 2005, Blue Star Contemporary Art Center, San Antonio,Tx.
2005 Hispanic Heritage Month Through the Arts, Las Palmas Wells Fargo, San Antonio, Tx.
2005 Home in San Antone, New Braunfels Museum of Art & Music, New Braunfels,Tx
2004 Arte Contemporaneo, Centro Cultural Aztlan, San Antonio, Tx.
2003 Oregon Biennial 2003, Portland Art Museum, Portland, Or.
2003 Art Faculty Exhibit, Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland.
2003 Art from the Heart, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Ca.
2002 Gallery Artists, Aguirre Gallery, San Mateo, Ca.
2001 Present/Tense, University Art Gallery, Sonoma State University, Ca.
2001 Comers up and..., JAY JAY, Sacramento, Ca.
2000 72nd Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
2000 The Minds Eye, Memorial Union Gallery, University of California, Davis.
2000 The Fortune Cookie Show, Center for Contemporary Art, Sacramento, Ca.
GRANTS, AWARDS & HONORS
2007 2nd Place Award, EXPO 2007, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Tx.
2007 Finalist, San Antonio Artist Foundation Grant, San Antonio, Tx.
2005 Juror’s Award, Texas Biennial, Austin, Tx.
2003 Juror’s Award, Oregon Biennial 2003, Portland Art Museum.
1999 University Grant, University of California, Davis.
1999 Teaching Fellowship, Teaching Assistantship, University of California, Davis. Department of Art & Art History.
2000 Merit Award, 72nd Crocker-Kingsley Biennial. Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Ca.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2004 -Current
Assistant Professor of Art, University of Texas, at San Antonio, Department of Art & Art History.
2001-04
Adjunct Faculty, Southern Oregon University, Art Department, Ashland.
1999-2001 Teaching Assistantship, University of California, Davis. Department of Art & Art History.
VISITING ARTIST LECTURES
2008 Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, for Field of Color exhibit.
2007 TCU, Fort Worth, Texas.
2005 University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Tx.
2005 Artists Looking at Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Tx.
CATALOGUES
2008 Field of Color, Seven Contemporary Artists, Art Museum of South Texas, Curator Deborah Fullerton
2005 Richard Martinez & Jim Woodson, The Gallery at UTA, Arlington, Tx. Curated by Benito Huerta
2005 Texas Biennial 2005, Camp Fig, Austin, Tx.
2003 Oregon Biennial 2003, Portland Art Museum.
2000 72nd Crocker-Kingsley Biennial, Crocker Art Museum. Sacramento, Ca.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2008 Jennifer Herrera, "A Different Vista", San Antonio Current, July 2008
2007 Victoria Dalkey, “Rockin’ Rococo”, Sacramento Bee-Ticket, May 2007
2006 New American Paintings, Vol. 66, National juried in-print exhibition. Juror, Ian Berry, Curator of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery of Skidmore College
2006 Adam McCoy, “Blurring the Line”, Fluent Collaborative, March 2006
2005 Rebecca S. Cohen, “Texas Biennial 2005, ARTLIES, Spring 2005.
2005 J.R. Compton, “The Texas Biennial”, Dallas Arts Revue, & Glass Tire, Spring 05
2005 Victoria Dalkey, “Polemical Plus Pensive”, Sacramento Bee-Ticket, 5/22.
2005 Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, “Brushed with greatness, Texas Biennial: 36 artists, 5 galleries, one blockbuster?”, Austin American-Statesman, 3/ 8.
2004 Dan R. Goddard, “From Western sunsets to Baroque influences”, San Antonio Express-News, August 11.
2004 Elaine Wolff, “To CAM or CAB”, San Antonio Current, August 5, 2004.
2003 Bruce Guenther, “Oregon Biennial 2003” , catalogue. Portland Art Museum.
2003 Ike Apodaca, “Richard Martinez, Artist, Feature Profile”. Oye Tu.
2003 Bob Keefer, “Art of Small Things”, Eugene Register Guard.
2003 Jeff Jahn, “Critical i, Special Edition, 2003 Oregon Biennial”, The NW Drizzle.
2001 Victoria Dalkey, “Newcomers shine in summer shows,” Sacramento Bee.
2001 Spring Warren, “MFA Show at Richard Nelson Gallery,” Davis Enterprise.
2001 Lisa Tamiris Becker, “Seven, 2001,” Catalogue essay for Richard Nelson Gallery.
2000 Clair St. John, “Minds Eye at MU Gallery,” California Aggie.
1999 Anjali Asrani, “Artists explore concepts of copying in exhibit,” California Aggie.
1999 Sheryl Tuttle, “Race Gender, & Ethnicity in Art,” Video taped studio interview. Southern Oregon University Art History Department