Marton Robinson is a Costa Rican artist currently based in Toronto. Robinson’s work has been exhibited internationally in both solo and group exhibitions, including: ¿Y qué fue de Cocorí?, TEOR/éTica: Sala Poligráfica, San José, Costa Rica (2014); Recent Video from Latin America, Getty Center, Los Angeles (2015); Fallen Monuments, EPOCH Gallery (virtual) (2020); Forecast Form: Art in the Caribbean Diaspora, 1990s–Today, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (2022); Digital Capture: Southern California and the Pixel-Based Image World, PST ART: Art & Science Collide, California Museum of Photography (2024). Other notable exhibitions include at the Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo (Costa Rica); Vincent Price Art Museum (California); Le Palais de Tokyo (France); Centro de la Imagen (México); Gallery GVCC (Morocco); Museo Amparo (México); and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (Illinois). He has also participated in major biennials and triennials, including the X Bienal Centroamericana (Costa Rica), 21st Biennial Contemporary Art Sesc Videobrasil (Brazil), the Trienal Internacional de Performance Deformes (Chile), and the Getty PST ART (United States of America).
Robinson holds an MFA from the USC Roski School of Art and Design, a BFA from the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, an MSc in Integral Health, and Human Movement, and a BPhEd in Physical Education, Sports, and Recreation, also from the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. Robinson’s achievements include the 2023 Partners in Art Canada: Special Project Grant, and the 2021 Eyebeam Fractal Fellowship. He has received several notable awards, including the 2017 Impact Award at Indie Cade’s 10th Anniversary Festival in Los Angeles, CA, and Best Gameplay at the 2017 Games for Change Awards in New York. Additionally, he was honored with the 2016 Artist International Fellowship from the University of Southern California and earned an Honorable Mention in Inquieta Imagen 15 at the Museum of Contemporary Art and Design in San José, Costa Rica (2015). Robinson has participated in residencies at TEOR/éTica Alter-Academia, The Fountainhead Residency, the Office for Contemporary Art Norway Residency, among others. He currently serves as a faculty member at OCAD University in Toronto.