A. Martinez
A.Martinez is an interdisciplinary visual artist, poet, and facilitator living in Chicago. Alyssa received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago's Writing Program. Alyssa’s work explores rituals, grief, ecology, and motherhood. Her social practice involves participatory community gatherings that prioritize collective and generative knowledge sharing and has facilitated events with the Museum of Contemporary Arts Chicago, Arts + Public Life, Threewalls, Comfort Station, and more. A.Martinez is a proud recipient of the 2019 3Arts Make a Wave Award, Chicago Artist Coalition's 2021 SPARK grant, and was a 2022 Threewalls In-Session Fellow. Alyssa is program director for WILD YAMS Black Mother Artist Residency and also a studio resident there. In addition to her creative work, Alyssa works as an arts administrator for music performance organizations. She enjoys spending time with her son exploring the world around them.
Learn more at https://www.alyssahydemartinez.com/
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anger became a mountain watercolor and pen on paper, 9" x 12", 2020
Featured Artworks
las tres mujeres
Acrylic, hemp cord, and plant material on canvas 34” x 28” 2025
John the Conqueror (flower)
acrylic and pen on wood, 16" x 16", 2025
spring brought that which we cherished (1)
watercolor, pen, ink on paper 12" x 12", 2022
Set from The Bathers
film backdrop, 12'X20', 2024
In Reciprocity (Zine)
Zine for Threewalls In Session Salon, 2023
empty of all that has filled me
relief print on paper, 6” x 4”, 2023
A. Martinez has crowd-funded a project with 3AP
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I am a poet and visual artist who has always dreamed of combining my work in these artforms together into a beautifully hand-bound artist book. With this campaign, I am hoping to realize this dream by raising funds to produce …
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