Cristóbal Martínez

Cristóbal Martínez, PhD is an artist-scholar who co-founded the artist-hacker ensemble Radio Healer in 2003; joined the internationally acclaimed artist collective Postcommodity in 2009; and co-created, with post-Mexican artist-composer Guillermo Galindo, the experimental electronic music ensemble Red Culebra in 2018. Martínez has dedicated his life and career to interdisciplinary collaboration in contemporary art, and continues his work within these groups.

Martínez is a 2023-2024 U.S. Latinx Awardee, a 2024-2025 United States Artist Fellow, and has exhibited nationally and internationally, including: Contour Biennial 2011, Mechelen, BE; Adelaide International 2012, AUS; 18th Biennale of Sydney, AUS; Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, AZ; 2017 Whitney Biennial, NY; Art in General, NY; documenta14, Athens, GR and Kassel, DE; the 57th ed. Carnegie International, Pittsburgh, PA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN; Desert X, Coachella Valley, CA; Art Institute of Chicago, IL; San Francisco Art Institute, CA; LAXART, Los Angeles, CA; Minneapolis Institute of Art, MN; Remai Modern Museum, Saskatoon, SK; Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; the 3rd ed. of düsseldorf photo+, Biennale for Visual and Sonic Media, Düsseldorf, DE; The Renshaws, Brisbane, AUS; and the historic land art installation Repellent Fence at the U.S./Mexico border, Douglas, AZ and Agua Prieta, SON.