Isabel M. Martinez
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Isabel M. Martínez

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The Distance of an Echo (forthcoming)

From Walking so Much in Circles,
I Will End up Making a Sphere

These Things Take Time

The Eye Can't See Itself

Darkness Is the Light That Has Not yet Reached Us

The Lag Between Prediction and Response

Tiempo

Polychronics

Quantum Blink

Horizon (x3)

The Weekend


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2021          The Distance of an Echo, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON, CA (forthcoming)
2020          Todas Las Cosas Comienzan en La Oscuridad, Proyectos Solís Arte Contemporáneo, Madrid, ES
                  From Walking so Much in Circles, I Will End up Making a Sphere, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
                  All Things Begin in the Dark, Empty Gallery, Victoria BC, CA
2019          These Things Take Time, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
2016          Het Scheenbeen en Het Kuitbeen (two-person), Theoretische Kunstprojecten, The Hague, NL
2015          Quantum Blink, VI Bienal Internacional Fotográfica Bogotá, curated by Gilma Suárez, Fotomuseo Museo Nacional de la Fotografía / Cero Galería, Bogotá, CO
2012          Clin Quantique, curated by Oliver Nouveau, De Visu Galerie, Metz, FR
2011          The Weekend, featured exhibition for CONTACT Photography Festival, curated by Persilia Caton, The Gladstone, Toronto ON, CA
2010          Accrual, TIW Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
2008          Echo, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography (Vitrines), Toronto ON, CA


2020          How dark does it get when the lights go out?, curated by Noah Gano, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
2019          A.P.P., Nuit Blanche 2019, curated by Kelly McCray and Ian MacLeod, Samara Contemporary Gallery and The Gladstone, Toronto ON, CA
2018          Weight of Light, curated by Darryn Doull, Art Museum at the University of Toronto,Toronto ON, CA
                  Let There Be Light, curated by Bill Clarke, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
                  Built to Play, curated by Kelly McCray, FCP Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
                  Projection Project, curated by Kelly McCray and Ian MacLeod, Queen’s Park, Toronto ON, CA
2017          Urban Green: Artscarp, Public Art Project celebrating Canada 150, curated by Sally Frater, Sam Lawrence Park, Hamilton ON, CA
                  Photophobia Contemporary Moving Image Festival, Co-presented by the Art Gallery of Hamilton and Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton ON, CA
                  Alternative Facts, curated by Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts Foundation, New York NY, USA
2016          Constructores, Fotomuseo Museo Nacional de la Fotografía, Bogotá, CO
                  Interstices, curated by Sally Frater and Tamara Tolero, Sur Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
2015          Atlántica Colectivas, FotoNoviembre XIII Bienal Internacional de Fotografía de Tenerife, TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Tenerife, ES
                  Módulos, public installation, VI Bienal Internacional Fotográfica Bogotá, Fotomuseo Museo Nacional de la Fotografía, Bogotá, CO
                  Love Art, preview exhibition (with EBA), First Canadian Place, Toronto ON, CA
2014          SCANOFF, SCAN Terragona Festival Internacional de Fotografía, curated by Pep Escoda, Antigua Audiencia, Calatunya, ES
                  Paraty em Foco Festival Internacional de Fotografia, Sao Paulo, BR
                  SNAP, Arta Gallery, Toronto ON
2013          PPAC, curated by Lesley Martin and Andy Adams, Philadelphia Photo Arts Centre, Philadelphia PA, USA
                  Freehand, 99 Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
                  Armory Arts Week, CART NY, New York NY, USA
2012          Salon Art Prize, Griffin Gallery, London, UK
                  Salon Art Prize, Matt Robert Arts Gallery, London, UK
                  The Annual (formerly UpArt), Queen West Art Fair, The Gladstone, Toronto ON, CA
                  Flash Forward Festival Boston, featured exhibition Magenta Festival, Fairmont Battery Wharf, Boston MA, USA
                  Collecting Photography, Collecting The World, Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Beaverbrook NB, CA
                  Timeraiser, Distillery District, Toronto ON, CA Magenta Flash Forward, The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, Portland ME, USA
2011          Magenta Flash Forward, Book Launch & Exhibition, Airship37, Toronto ON, CA
                  Magenta Flash Forward, PhotoWeek DC, Washington DC, USA
                  The Shilian City, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, Santiago, CL
                  Middle Ground, CONTACT Photography Festival, Twist Gallery, Toronto, ON CA
                  26th Annual Juried Exhibition, SAC, Papermill Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
2010          Bank on Art, 952 Queen St. West, May 2010, Toronto ON, CA
2008          Black Hole, Parallel Gallery, London, UK     


2021          Silver Editions 2021, Gallery TPW, Toronto ON, CA
2020          The Time Being, ‘Walking, Distance, Solitude’, organized by Eva Kolcze and Jess Thalmann funded by the Digital Originals grant from the Canada Council for the Arts and CBC, CA
2018          Overly Dedicated Podcast, Episode #22, Victoria BC, CA
                  Projection Project, curated by Kelly McCray and Ian MacLeod, ON, CA
2016          The Latent Image, New York NY, USA
                  Pensar en Fotografía, Santiago, CL
2014          Culturehall, New York NY, USA
                  Souvenirs from Earth, curated by Alex Crichton, FR
2013          CART, New York NY, USA
                  Photographic Museum of Humanity, photographicmuseum.com
2012          Papirmass, 2012 Artist Print Run, Montreal QC, CA; Vermont, USA
                  Pictured Past Future Perfect, Shifting Tenses in Contemporary Photography, a project by Susan Dobson and Alison Nordström
                  PMS 485 C, Isabel M. Martínez – Quantum Blink, curated by José Carlos Marques, PT
2011          Centro Virtual de la Fotografía Chilena, Catálogo de Fotografía, Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, CL
2010          Bank on Art, Toronto ON, CA




2019          These Things Take Time, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
2018          Let There Be Light, Angell Gallery, Toronto ON, CA
2017          September Artist Lectures, facilitated by Benjamin Freedman, The Assembly, Toronto ON, CA
                  Low Res, course instructed by Darren Rigo, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto ON, CA
2016          The Lag Between Prediction And Response (via land-line telephone), Theoretische Kunstprojekte, The Hague, NL
2015          La Imagen Construida, Fotomuseo Museo Nacional de la Fotografía, Bogotá CO
2011          Medium and Large Format Photography, OCAD University, Toronto ON, CA
                  Proof 18, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Toronto, ON CA
                  Doors Open, The Weekend, CONTACT 2011, The Gladstone, Toronto ON, CA
                  Canadian Art School Hop, The Weekend, CONTACT ‘11, The Gladstone, Toronto ON, CA
2010          Accrual, TIW Gallery, Toronto ON, CA


2020          Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant, CA
                  Ontario Arts Council, Mid-Career Visual Artist Project Grant, ON, CA
2018          Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grant, CA
2017          Toronto Arts Council, Mid-Career Visual Artist Project Grant, ON, CA
2016          Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Visual Artist Project Grant, ON, CA (2011)
                  Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, ON, CA (2015, 2011, 2010, 2008)
2015          Toronto Arts Council, Emerging Visual Artist Project Grant, ON, CA
2014          LensCulture Awards, LensCulture, Paris, FR 2012
                  The Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward Competition  2012: Selected Winner
                  FOAM Magazine, Talent, Runner-up, Amsterdam, NL
                  BlackFlash Magazine, Optic Nerve Image Contest, Honorable Mention, SK CA
                  ArtSlant, 1st 2012 Showcase Winner, Los Angeles CA, US
2011          The Magenta Foundation, Flash Forward Competition 2011: Selected Winner
2003          Board of Graduate Studies International Student Grant, University of Guelph ON, CA
                  Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph ON, CA
2002          Board of Graduate Studies Research Scholarship, University of Guelph ON, CA
2001          Graduate Scholarship, University of Guelph ON, CA



 


2021          Literatur in Wissenschaft und Unterricht (cover), Multinarratives Issue 3/4 2021, Kiel University, Kiel, GE
2019          Repaint History, Artist We Love: Isabel M. Martínez, October 16, 2019
                  Blouin ArtInfo, These Things Take Time, May 16, 2018
                  CBC Arts, It is all too Much by Leah Collins, May 6, 2019
                  The World of Quantum, How Do Art and Quantum Nanoscience Connect?, IBS Center for Quantum Nanoscience (QNS),  Ewha Womans University, Seoul, KR
                  GEO Magazine, March 2019, Hamburg, GE
2018          A5 Magazine, Portfolio, Issue #21, December 2018, Liverpool, UK        
                  ARTORONTO, Let There Be Light, Interview with Bill Clarke, May 2018
                  Monochromatic Axonometric, Let There Be Light, May 19, 2018
                  Blouin ArtInfo, Let There Be Light, May 16, 2018
                  Medium, Weight of Light at Art Museum at the University of Toronto, April 30, 2018
                  F-Stop Magazine, Weight of Light at Art Museum at the University of Toronto, April 30, 2018
                  Artendencias, curated by Luis Benshimol, April 21, 2018
                  Revista Artishock, Portafolio de Isabel M. Martínez, April 21, 2018
2017          The Artbo, curated by Jelena Osmolovska, San Francisco CA, USA, July 10, 2017
                  BEX Magazine, Glosario de Artistas Latinoamericano, Mayo 2017, San Carlos de Bariloche, AR
2016          Prefix Photo Magazine (cover), Portfolio: Darkness Is the Light That Has Not yet Reached Us, Scanning the Archives, Issue #34, Fall/Winter 2016, Toronto ON, CA
                  Kapsula Magazine (cover), THE END, Final Issue 2016, Toronto ON, CA
                  Marina Bellezza by Silvia Avallone (cover), dtv Verlagsgesellschaft, DE
                  Carteggi Letterari, Critica e Dintoni, InVersi Fotografici XI – Peskes (il dono), i desideri e il sopravvivere: Izet Sarajlic Vs Isabel M. Martínez, Milan, IT, April 18th, 2016
                  Cross Connect Magazine, Echo by Isabel M. Martínez, curated by Roberto Cruz Niemiec, April 2016
                  The Latent Image, Nerve, NY, USA, February 5th, 2016
                  Pensar en Fotográfia, Soportes Fotográficos Contemporáneos, Tercer Número, Verano 2016, Santiago, CL
2015          Oxford American (cover), The Fiction Issue, Issue 89, Summer 2015, Little Rock AR, USA
                  Kapsula Magazine (cover), Possible Worlds, May Issue 2015, Toronto ON, CA
                  enRoute Magazine, May Issue 2015, CA
                  Revista OLD, Potfolio: Isabel M. Martinez, Issue #43, March 2015, São Paulo, BR*
2014          Flash Forward 10, Special Anniversary Edition 4-book set Celebrating 10 Years of Flash Forward, Magenta Publishing for the Arts, 2014, CA
                  Flair Magazine Italia, November Issue 2014, Rome, IT
                  The Huffington Post, Arts & Culture, This is What the World Looks Like, According to Quantum Mechanics by Katherine Brooks, July 25, 2014
                  Slate Magazine photo blog Behold, Mesmerizing Portraits That Capture Multiple Moments in a Single Secondby David Rosenberg, July 22, 2014*
                  FOCO Fotografía Contemporánea, Galerías, MX, June 9, 2014
                  LensCulture, curated by Jim Casper, FR, May 6, 2014
                  The Passenger Times øPhotography & Art, curated by Nicoletta Lolli, Apr. ‘14, Rome, IT
                  Mínimos III, curated by Jorge Piccini, Editorial BEX, 2014, San Carlos de Bariloche, AR
2013          Rough Italia, Rough Fetish: for Isabel M. Martinez, Arts & Culture, IT, November 27, 2013*
                  Il Post , L’attimo fuggenteby Giulia Ticozzi, IT, October 15, 2013
                  Beautiful Decay, Quantum Mechanics Inspires Double Exposure Photographs by Danny Olda, Sept 16, 2013
                  iGNANT.DE, Sept 13, 2013
                  Kwerfeldein Magazin, September 2013, Bonn, DE
                  BEX Magazine #23: Especial Chile, August 2013, San Carlos de Bariloche, AR
                  De Gids: Literair Tijdschrift, Nummer 4: Bakens & dwaallichten, June 2013, Amsterdam, NL
                  Resource Magazine, The Experiment: Playing with Time by Isabel M. Martinez, Spring 2013 Issue, New York NY, USA
2012          Flash Forward 2012, Magenta Publishing for the Arts, CA
                  Papirmass, Artist Interview: Isabel M. Martinez, Issue #35, Nov 2012, Montreal QC, CA*
                  FOAM Magazine, Issue #32: Talent, October 2012, Amsterdam, NL
                  BlackFlash Magazine, Optic Nerve, Issue #29.3, October 2012, SK, CA
                  Fast Company Magazine, Issue #169, October 2012, New York NY, USA
                  The Creators Project, Quantum Blink Photo Series Questions Our Perception Of Time, July 5 2012
                  Fast Company Design, The Human Mind’s Wavering Eye, Frozen In A Single Photo written by Mark Wilson, Fast Company, NY USA, June 27, 2012
                  Juxtapoz, Quantum Blink by Isabel M. Martinez, June 21, 2012
                  PMS 485 C Magazine, Questionnaire, Women in Photography, Issue #1, N°1, May 2012, PT*
                  Creatie Magazine, Tot Leven, Favoriete Creatie, Issue #9, N°2, April 2012, Amsterdam, NL
                  Oitzarisme, Isabel M. Martinez–Quantum Blink, curated by Constantin Nimigean, RO, Feb 18, 2012
                  Artflakes Blog, Isabel M. Martinez: Quantum Blink, February 2, 2012
                  LPV Magazine’s Blog, Photographs on the Brain, January 31, 2012
                  FlavorWire, Photographs That Play Tricks on Your Brain, January 20, 2012
                  Designboom , Isabel M. Martinez: Quantum Blink, January 20, 2012
                  My Modern Met, Mind-Bending Vertical Strips of Alternating Images, January 18, 2012
2011          Flash Forward 2011, Magenta Publishing for the Arts, CA
                  The Magenta Links, curated by Konstantinos Flamiatos, GR, July 4, 2011
                  Foro Latinoamericano de Fotografía de São Paulo, Horizon (x3), BR, Mayo 4, 2011
                  Chilenización de la Fotografía, Horizon (x3), curated by Mane Adaro, CL, Mayo 2, 2011
                  Zupi Brazil, Reinventando o Tempo, BR, February 2, 2011
                  LOUDreams, The Weekend by Isabel M. Martinez, January 31, 2011
                  Art Sponge, The Weekend by Isabel M. Martinez, curated by Patrick Caire, CA, Jan. 30, 2011
                  Darkmoon Lilith Journal, Issue #4, Winter 2011, OR USA
2010          Foro Latinoamericano de Fotografía de São Paulo, The Weekend por Isabel M. Martínez, BR, November 14, 2010
                  Chilenización de la Fotografía, Fin de Semana, curated by Mane Adaro, CL, Nov. 8, 2010
                  Lighthouse Magazine, Artist Portfolio: Accrual, Vol. 8, 2010, Ottawa, ON CA
2009          Chilenización de la Fotografía, Same Time, Different Hours, CL, September 12, 2009








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