Gustavo Martinez (b. 1993)
Born in West Los Angeles. Raised in Inglewood, California.
Education
2025 University of California, San Diego, M.F.A. in Visual Arts
2015 University of California, Los Angeles, B.A. in Art
Selected Exhibitions
2025 Trace, MFA thesis exhibition, San Diego, CA
2022 Pink Slip, Bread and Salt, San Diego, CA
2022 Highways and Byways, 3B Collective, Residency, Inglewood, CA
2021 By Way Of, 3B Collective, Best Practice, San Diego, CA
2018 Language The Art Show, Los Angeles Water School, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Barrio Logos (Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA), Residency, Inglewood, CA
2015 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Juror: Helen Molesworth, Chief Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
2015 Undergraduate Senior Exhibition, Please Help, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, UCLA New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Juror: Kimberli Meyer, Director, MAK Center for Art and Architecture
Performances
2025 “Mayan Technology Melts ICE”, Ricardo Dominguez (w/ Gustavo Martínez) street performance around the El Nido Fronterizo neighborhood
Santa Ana, CA
2023 Ecologías Sociales: Scene 3, Tres Ecologías: An Á/Area//Aria X Play
A performance de Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) 3.0 (Amy Sara Carroll, Ricardo Domínguez, Trevor Henthorn, Elle Mehrmand, Gustavo Martínez, UCCT, Brett Stalbaum, Doreen Ríos y Ricardo Sierra) y con las aportaciones críticas de J.D. Margulies @Bienal de Mexicali - Land of Milk and Honey. Mexicali-Calexico, CA
2022 “Three Echologies: Scene 2: Planetary Echologies.” Gestures at Gallery@QI. Part of the #Retrocolectiva retrospective of Ricardo Dominguez on May 19, 2022. Gestures created by micha cárdenas, Amy Sara Carroll, Elle Mehrmand, Doreen Rios, Ricardo Sierra, Brett Stalbaum, Gustavo Martinez, Omar Pimienta, Comité Magonista, Robyko Infinity, Césaire Carroll-Dominguez, Dona Senf-Carroll, Barkley Dubis, and Ricardo Dominguez. https://galleryqi.ucsd.edu/retrocolectiva/. San Diego, CA
3B Collective Public and Collaborative Projects
Completed Projects:
2020 Black Lives Matter, University of California, San Diego, California
2019 Venice, Mural, UCLA Dental Clinic Venice, CA
2018 50 Years of Resistance, Mural, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Barbara Kruger: Untitled (It), Mural, LAXART, Los Angeles, California
2018 Valor, 3B Collective + Lapiztola Colectivo, Mural, Museo Infantil Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico
2017 Eduardo Sarabia: Drifting on a Dream, Mural and installation, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
2017 El Teatro Campesino (1965-1975), Mural, LACE, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Analog Currency, The Mistake Room, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Reconstitution, LAXART, , Los Angeles, CA
Current Projects:
2023 Hilda L. Solis Care First Village, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Ganesha Park Band Shell, Pomona, CA
2023 Palomares Skate Park, Pomona, CA
2023 Cerritos College Student Center, Cerritos, CA
Professional Experience
2021-2025 UC San Diego: Visual Arts, Teaching Assistant
Introduction to Digital Photography, VIS 60
Introduction to Media, VIS 70N
History of Film, VIS 84
Design Communication, VIS 41
Introduction to Art Making: Two-Dimensional Practices, VIS 1
2014 UCLA and Getty : Restoration Intern, Black Experience Mural Restoration Project, Los Angeles, CA
Pedagogical training
2012-2014 UCLA Visual and Performing Arts Education, Arts Education Teaching Practicum and Capstone Project
2013 (Spring) Student Instructor, UCLA Community School, Los Angeles, CA
Press
2022 Los Angeles Image, 3B Collective, Los Angeles Times, https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2021-12-01/image-3b-collective-uses-murals-to-reclaim-land
2023 La Gente News Magazine, UCLA, http://issuu.com/lagentenewsmag/docs/lagente.spring14