Biography
Ilyana Martínez was born in Toronto to a Mexican father and Canadian mother, and was raised in Pittsburgh PA and in Mexico City. She lives in Toronto where she has an art and design studio.
Martínez graduated from the Ontario College of Art & Design in 2002, with a major in Drawing and Painting. Previous studies include a Bachelor of Design at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and an exchange program at Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in the UK. In the past, she has been involved in design endeavours with prominent museums in Canada such as The Manitoba Museum (Winnipeg), the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology (Drumheller), and the Glenbow Museum (Calgary).
She has won numerous awards and grants for her drawings and paintings, among these an award from the Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour, an Honourable Mention in watercolour from the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, and the WO Forsyth Award from OCAD. Last summer she and her collaborators, Z’otz* Collective, participated in a multidisciplinary art residency in conjunction with the Loznica Cultural Center and Belgrade School of Fine Arts in Trisc, Serbia.
curriculum vitae
Selected Exhibitions
2008 Paper Chase, G+ Galleries, Toronto
2008 MERGE, Art Gallery of Ontario's Art Rental and Sales, Toronto
2007 G(art) Fair, Nuit Blanche at Index G, Toronto
2007 “Showcase.07” Cambridge Galleries, Cambridge ON
2007 “Drawing the Line” Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts, Millville, NJ
2007 “The Sharp Farewell” Distrikt Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2007 “Modified Inuition” Vertigo Gallery, Vernon, BC
2007 “The Brick and the Table: A Love Story” Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough
2007 Artexpo New York, New York City
2007 “Echo, 8 Women 8 Voices” Galerie St-Ambroise, Montréal
2007 “Design Hope Toronto”, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2006 “Las peripecias de la línea” Centro Cultural del Bosque, Mexico City
2006 Toronto International Art Fair with Z’otz* Collective, Toronto
2006 “Digital Evento” Gallery 1313, Toronto
2006 "eX Margins: Ideas of Collaboration” Propeller Centre for the Visual Arts, Toronto
2006 “Un/I” Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2006 “The Spring Collection” Spence Gallery, Toronto
2005 “McCleave Cross–Canada Tour” Suitcase Exhibition, ODD Gallery, Dawson City YK
2005 “Idiomática” Lennox Gallery, Toronto
2005 “Kaléidoscope” EspacePerspective, Montréal
2005 “smaller3” Neutral Ground, Regina
2005 “Drawing 2005” John B. Aird Gallery, Toronto
2005 “Z’otz* Collective: The Nomad Pencil Sessions” Toronto
2004 Past/Forward, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
2004 Ebb & Flow, Gallery 1313, Toronto
2003 “Dentro l’immagine” Florence, Italy
2002 “GO WEST” Tusk Gallery, Toronto
Education
Advanced Visual Studies Certificate, Florence, Italy 2003
AOCAD Honours, Ontario College of Art & Design 2002
B. Des., Nova Scotia College of Art and Design 1991
Summer Program in Graphic Design, Yale University, Switzerland 1991
Exchange Program, Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication, UK 1990
Grants & Awards
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant 2008
Drawing Award (with Z’otz* Collective), Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition 2007
Ontario Arts Council Exhibition Assistance Grant 2007
Watercolour Honourable Mention (with Z’otz* Collective), TOAE 2006
Ontario Arts Council Emerging Artist Grant 2006
Watercolour Honourable Mention, TOAE 2005
W.O. Forsyth Scholarship 2002
OCAD Drawing & Painting Faculty Award 2002
Canadian Society of Painters in Watercolour Honour Award 2000
Yale Summer Program Scholarship 1991
Memorial Scholarship 1991
Endowment Fund Scholarship 1990
Collections
The Donovan Collection
Private collections in Regina, Winnipeg, Mexico City, Tijuana, Ottawa, Toronto
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