Guadalupe Martinez
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Martínez was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte (IUNA) in Buenos Aires, 2008, majoring in printmaking. In 2014, she completed a Master of Fine Arts at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver.[1]
Artistic practice
Martínez's artistic practice explores the poetic and political relationships between the body, memory, and place. Through research-based processes, she creates installations and performances that uncover hidden narratives foundational to individual and collective healing.[2]
Her work examines the intersections of embodiment, ritual, pedagogy, and healing. She often engages in site-specific performances and installations that address the invisibility of certain narratives and their historical relation to time and place.[3]
Career
Martínez has participated in various residencies, including:
● The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (2010)[4]
● Elsewhere Artist Residency and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina (2012)[5]
● Hammock Residency in Vancouver[6]
● Strathcona Art Gallery in Vancouver[7]
Her ongoing project, CUERPO collective-body, functions as a site and methodology to explore embodied research and somatic activism, fostering a fluid group of emerging artists and mentors sharing knowledge, movement, and touch.[8]