Ilyana Martínez
Birthdate: N/A
Birthplace: Mexico
Based location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Social profiles
Ilyana Martínez artist website
Ilyana Martínez profile Latino Canadian Cultural Association
Biography
Ilyana Martínez (Toronto)
Ilyana Martínez is a Mexican-Canadian visual artist based in Toronto. Ilyana holds a certificate in advanced visual studies, Florence, Italy (2003) and also has an honours bachelor of arts specializing in drawing and painting from the Ontario College of Art and Design University (2002) and a bachelor of design from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax (1991). Ilyana has received several grants and awards including the 2017 Ontario Arts Council Chalmers Arts Fellowship and the Ontario Arts Council access grant in 2015. She has been part of the Z’otz* Collective since its founding year in 2004. The collective has been the recipient of many awards and has been showcased in multiple exhibitions in Canada, the United States, and Latin America. The Z’otz* Collective received the 2013 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in New York.
Ilyana Martínez’s studio work is with ceramic, drawings and paintings with watercolour,gouache, ink, and pencil to create a record of the environment around her and reflect on our relationship with our surroundings. Ilyana’s work has been showcased in several exhibitions with the Z'otz* Collective including the Robert Langen Art Gallery at Wilfrid Laurier University Library (2023), in Waterloo, Ontario, curated by Suzanne Lake, at Visual Art Centre (2023) in Montreal, and at the Gardiner Museum (2022) in Toronto.
Conspicuous clouds
without date
watercolour, gouache, ink, pencil on paper
Image courtesy of the artist
Solo exhibitions
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Collective exhibitions
Ilyana Martínez press release by Tim Svendsen, Z'otz* Collective exhibition, curated by Suzanne Lake, Robert Langen Art Gallery at Wilfrid Laurier University Library, Waterloo, Ontario, 2023
Ilyana Martínez press release by Isabel Buckmaster, Z'otz* Collective exhibition, curated by Suzanne Lake, Robert Langen Art Gallery at Wilfrid Laurier University Library, Waterloo, Ontario, 2023
Ilyana Martínez press release by Suzanne Lake, Z'otz* Collective exhibition, curated by Suzanne Lake, Robert Langen Art Gallery at Wilfrid Laurier University Library, Waterloo, Ontario, 2023
Ilyana Martínez press release Z'otz* Collective exhibition, Visual Art Centre, Montreal, 2023
Ilyana Martínez release by Karen Mendoza, Z'otz* Collective exhibition, Gardiner Museum, Toronto, 2022 (Spanish)
Ilyana Martínez Z'otz* Collective exhibition, curated by Getiane Belanger, Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop’s University, Quebec, 2021
Ilyana Martínez exhibition Ode to Inside Out Questions with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sonya Balzek, Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, 2021
Ilyana Martínez digital publication exhibition Ode to Inside Out Questions with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sonya Balzek, Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, 2021
Ilyana Martínez press release by Paul Morden, exhibition Ode to Inside Out Questions with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sonya Balzek, Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, 2020
Ilyana Martínez press release exhibition Ode to Inside Out Questions with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sonya Balzek, Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, 2020
Ilyana Martínez press release by Carl Hnatyshyn, exhibition Ode to Inside Out Questions with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sonya Balzek, Judith and Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia, Ontario, 2020
Ilyana Martínez press release by Sidney Black, residency exhibition Paradoxes of a Soft Spoken Tree with Z'otz* Collective, Oxygen Art Centre, British Columbia, 2020
Ilyana Martínez press release by Michael Turner, residency exhibition Paradoxes of a Soft Spoken Tree with Z'otz* Collective, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia, 2020
Ilyana Martínez press release residency exhibition Paradoxes of a Soft Spoken Tree with Z'otz* Collective, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia, 2020
Ilyana Martínez press release exhibition Paradoxes of a Soft Spoken Tree with Z'otz* Collective, Oxygen Art Centre, Nelson, British Columbia, 2020
Ilyana Martínez exhibition The Shy Agreement mural project with Z'otz* Collective, Lambton Heritage Museum, Grand Bend, Ontario, 2020
Ilyana Martínez exhibition Waiting Outside of my Hand with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sandy Saad Smith, Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, 2019
Ilyana Martínez digital catalogue exhibition Waiting Outside of my Hand with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sandy Saad Smith, Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, 2019
Ilyana Martínez press release exhibition Waiting Outside of my Hand with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sandy Saad Smith, Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, 2019
Ilyana Martínez exhibition review exhibition Waiting Outside of my Hand with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sandy Saad Smith, Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, 2019
Ilyana Martínez press release exhibition Waiting Outside of my Hand with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sandy Saad Smith, Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, 2019
Ilyana Martínez press release exhibition Waiting Outside of my Hand with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Sandy Saad Smith, Visual Art Centre of Clarington, Bowmanville, Ontario, 2019
Ilyana Martínez press release exhibition Unpredictable Patterns with Z'otz* Collective, curated by Tamara Toledo, Sur Gallery, Toronto, 2017
Ilyana Martínez press release exhibition Invasion of Eloquence with Z'otz* Collective, Orleans Gallery, Ottawa School of Art, Ottawa, Ontario, 2015
Interviews
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Presentations
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Published work by Ilyana Martínez
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Published work about Ilyana Martínez
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Press release
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List of Grants, Awards and Projects
Ilyana Martínez press release Z'otz* Collective residency, ArtsPlace, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, 2023