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Rossana Martinez Puerto Rico, 1969

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: Rossana Martinez, “Tide “, 2014, Rehearsal; Concept: Rossana Martinez Performers: Bibi Calderaro, Julian Jackson, Rossana Martinez Costumes: Black pants and shirts, iridescent copper fabric, bells Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Melissa Staiger.

: Rossana Martinez, “Tide”, 2014, Video Still; Concept: Rossana Martinez Performers: Bibi Calderaro, Julian Jackson, Rossana Martinez Costumes: Black pants and shirts, iridescent copper fabric, bells Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Artist. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “Body Geometry (Take Me To That Other Place)”, 2014, Series: Body Geometry, One-person performance with mountain; Concept: Rossana Martinez; Performer: Rossana Martinez; Costume: Black dress, Variable dimensions. Artist. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “Body Geometry (Triangles)”, 2014, Series: Body Geometry, Two-person performance; Concept: Rossana Martinez; Performers: Bibi Calderaro and Rossana Martinez Costume: Yellow and green skirts; Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Artist. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “Body Geometry (Triangles)”, 2013, Series: Body Geometry, Sketch; Two-person performance; Concept: Rossana Martinez; Performers: Bibi Calderaro and Rossana Martinez; Costume: Yellow and green skirts; Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Rossana Martinez, “Body Geometry”, 2011, Series: Body Geometry, One-person performance; Concept and Performer: Rossana Martinez; Costume: Blue and hot pink fabric, orange clothing; Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “See the World in Orange and Blue”, 2011, One-person performance; Concept and Performer: Rossana Martinez; Orange and blue paint, hands, sketchbook; Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “Where Soul Meets Body”, 2007, One-person performance and site-specific installation at LMCC; Concept and Performer: Rossana Martinez; Costume: Orange clothing and paint, golden shoes; Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, USA. Artist. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “Glow”, 2006, One-person performance and site-specific installation at Hunter College/Times Square Galleries, NY; Concept and Performer: Rossana Martinez; Costume: Black dress and shoes, fluorescent orange spray paint; Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Hunter College/Times Square Galleries, New York, NY, USA. Artist. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “Glow”, 2006, Detail; One-person performance and site-specific installation at Hunter College/Times Square Galleries, NY; Concept and Performer: Rossana Martinez; Costume: Black dress and shoes, fluorescent orange spray paint; Documentation: Matthew Deleget, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Hunter College/Times Square Galleries, New York, NY, USA. Artist. Photo credit: Matthew Deleget.

: Rossana Martinez, “Heart on Fire”, 2006, Two-person performance; Concept and Performers: Rossana Martinez & Matthew Deleget; Costumes: Red and orange clothing, running shoes; Documentation: Unknown viewer, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Parc de Bruxelles Warande, Brussels, Belgium. Photo credit: Unknown viewer.

: Rossana Martinez, “Crash into Me”, 2007-2010, Site-specific installation at Pratt Manhattan Gallery; Fluorescent orange and hot pink ribbons, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY, USA. Museo de Arte de Caguas (MUAC), Caguas, Puerto Rico. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Rossana Martinez, “Crash into Me”, 2007-2010, Detail; Site-specific installation at Pratt Manhattan Gallery; Fluorescent orange and hot pink ribbons, Variable dimensions. Site-specific project. Location: Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, NY, USA. Museo de Arte de Caguas (MUAC), Caguas, Puerto Rico. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Rossana Martinez, “Sweet Like Candy to My Soul”, 2007, Performance and installation at Pratt Manhattan Gallery; Two turquoise folding chairs, Felix Gonzalez-Torres book, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

: Rossana Martinez, “Sweet Like Candy to My Soul”, 2007, Detail; Performance and installation; Two turquoise folding chairs, Felix Gonzalez-Torres book, Variable dimensions. Photo credit: Courtesy of the artist.

I am interested in creating an experience, and a dialogue between the body and common materials. The process and result are raw and unedited. I investigate subtleties of balance and movement, breath and anatomy—based on the connection between a running and yoga practice, and my interest in dance, conceptual abstraction and performance art. My intention is to allow viewers to interpret and question the work according to their expectations about what art is and how it should appear.

Traducido del inglés

Me interesa crear una experiencia, un diálogo entre el cuerpo y los materiales comunes. El proceso y resultado es crudo e íntegro. Investigo las sutilezas del balance y del movimiento, de la respiración y la anatomía, basadas en las conexiones entre la práctica de yoga y correr, así como mi interés en la danza, la abstracción conceptual y el performance. Mi intención es el permitir a los espectadores interpretar y cuestionar la obra de acuerdo a sus expectativas de lo que el arte es y cómo debe verse.

Selected Biographical Information

Education / Training

1993-1996: Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Printmaking, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
1987-1991: Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico.

Prizes / Fellowships

2008: Mujeres Destacadas Award, El Diario La Prensa, New York, NY, USA.
2008: Nominated for a Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award, Rema Hort Mann Foundation, New York, NY, USA.
2006-2007: Workspace Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY, USA.
2005: Community Arts Regrant Program, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2004: Community Arts Regrant Program, Brooklyn Arts Council, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2003: Artist in the Marketplace Program (AIM), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, USA.

Solo Exhibitions

2010: “Present”, The Engine Room, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand.
2009: “Present”, Project Space Spare Room, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
2008: “Sequence”, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX, USA.
2007: “Present”, SNO, Sydney, Australia.
2006: “Heart on Fire”, H29, Brussels, Belgium.
2006: “Mind Games”, PS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
2006: “Greetings from Brooklyn”, Hebel_121, Basel, Switzerland.
2004: “Home”, David Allen Art & Design Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2000: “Recent Works”, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, USA.

Group Exhibitions

2014: “Making Space”, Gibney Dance, New York, NY, USA.
2014: “Triangles”, Ventana 244, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2013: “Material Histories”, Key Projects, Long Island City, NY, USA.
2012: “Voces y Visiones: Gran Caribe”, El Museo de Barrio, New York, NY, USA.
2011: “Telefone Sem Fio”, EFA Project Space, New York, NY, USA.
2011: “The Weight of Jupiter”, Enjoy Public Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand.
2011: “Fluid”, Center of the Arts Gallery, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.
2011: “Fluid”, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, USA.
2010: “Constructed Painting”, Kudos Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
2010: “No fue un mal entendido”, Museo de Arte de Caguas (MUAC), Caguas, Puerto Rico.
2010: “Informal Relations”, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
2010: “M5”, Philip Feldman Gallery, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR, USA.
2009: “Partners in Love & Art”, Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2009: “Accrochage”, Gallery Sonja Roesch, Houston, TX, USA.
2008: “MINUS SPACE”, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, NY, USA.
2007: “All is well that begins well and has no end”, 80WSE Galleries, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
2007: “Four Artists: Work by Recent Pratt Alumni”, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Pratt Institute, New York, NY, USA.
2006: “PP III”, Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
2005: “Ideal”, Metaphor Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
2004: “All the Numbers I Know”, The Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Publications

Jackie Battenfield, The Artist’s Guide: How to Make a Living Doing What You Love (New York: Da Capo Press).
Robert Adam and Carol Robertson, Intaglio, The Complete Safety-First System for Creative Printmaking (New York: Thames & Hudson).
Josep Felip, “Rossana Martínez, una boricua entregada al arte”, MSN Latino, September 2010.
Jeff Jahn, “Art & Concept interview with Jeff Jahn“, ArC: Art & Concept, August 19, 2010.
Erin Loechner, “Rossana Martinez“, Design for Mankind, March 1, 2010.
Phong Bui, “MINUS SPACE: The Art of Reduction”, MoMA PS1 Newspaper, Fall/Winter 2008.
Grace Glueck, ” Presentational Painting III”, The New York Times, April 7, 2006.
Stephen Maine, “Painting Presentation”, Artnet Magazine, April 7, 2006.
Triangles, Ventana244, Brooklyn, NY, 2014; Essays by Melissa Staiger, Nadema Agard, Craig Olson and Stephen Westfall.
All is well that begins well and has no end, 80WSE Galleries, New York University, New York, NY, 2007.
Presentational Painting III. Hunter College/Times Square Gallery, New York, NY, 2006; Essays by Gabriele Evertz, Abbey Ryan and John Cox.
Artist in the Marketplace (AIM), The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY, 2003; Essays by Amy Rosenblum-Martin and Lydia Yee.
XIII Bienal de San Juan del Grabado Latinoamericano y del Caribe. Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, San Juan, PR, 2001.
The S-Files/Selected from the Files, El Museo del Barrio, NY, 2000; Essays by Deborah Cullen and Yasmin Ramírez.