Masters
in Fine Arts, focusing on Sculpture. From The School of Art, Design and
Art History, at San Diego State University, CA. 2007.
Post-Graduate
studies in graphic design, sculpture and installation art, Southwestern
College, Chula Vista, CA. 2000.
Bachelor’s
degree in Communications and Visual Arts. Sacred Heart University, San
Juan, Puerto Rico. 1996
Solo Exhibitions:
2010 Blurred
Reality, San Diego Museum of Art-Salon Series, Balboa Park,
CA.
2009 Measured
Resistance, Seminal Projects-Luis De Jesus Gallery, San Diego,
CA.
2008 Innocence
is Questionable, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA.
2007 Edits,
Rewards and Underlines, Rotunda Gallery, Athenaeum Music &
Art Library, La Jolla, CA.
2007 Domestic
Deviation, Presented by the SD Art Prize. L Street Fine Art
Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2006 Halftolds, The
Art Produce Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2004 Inner
Immensity, Everett Gee Jackson Gallery, San Diego State
University, CA.
2003 Work
and Play, Flor y Canto Gallery, SDSU, CA.
2003 Floating,
Irvine Valley College Gallery, Irvine, CA.
2003 Floating, Flor y Canto
Gallery, SDSU, CA.
2000
En la Busqueda, Galería José
"Pepin" Méndez, Santurce, Puerto Rico.
1999
Visual Commentary, El Lugar del
Nopal, Tijuana, BC, México.
Group Exhibitions/Invitationals: 2012 More Real Than Life, Southwestern College Gallery, Chula Vista, Ca.
The Black and White Exhibit, Contemporary C Gallery, El Cajon, Ca.
2011 Fifth
Season, Space 4 Art Gallery, East Village San Diego. San
Diego, CA.
2010 Here
Not There: San Diego Art Now, Museum of Contemporary Art
SD, La Jolla, CA.
Salon
Series, San Diego Museum of Art, Balboa Park, CA.
Imaginarium, San
Diego Art Department-Curated by Mesa College Museum Studies Class.
2009 Social
Climbing, Seminal Projects-Luis De Jesus Gallery, San Diego,
CA.
Beyond
the Border International Contemporary Art Fair, The
Grand Del Mar-San Diego, CA.
SWC Faculty Show,
Southwestern Community College Art Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Mira
Costa College Faculty Show, Kurlak Art Gallery, Oceanside, CA.
2008 Cannon
Juried Biennial’09, William D. Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad City Library
Complex, CA.
Dead
on, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2007 Athenaeum
Music & Art Library 16th Annual Juried Exhibition, La
Jolla, CA.
San Diego Art Prize
Recipients Exhibit, presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network and
SanDiegoArtist.com, L Street Fine Art Gallery Omni Hotel in San Diego, CA.
Cannon Art Gallery Juried
Biennial Exhibition ’07, Carlsbad City Library Complex, CA.
Love
Handles, Crossing Tracks Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Four, the
Rubber Rose Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Radio
Active Future: Resurrection, Zedism Gallery, San Diego, CA.
2006 Thread, San
Diego Cruise Ship Terminal, San Diego, CA.
How
low can you go: Cash & Carry, Limbo Gallery, San Diego,
CA.
Recycled:
third time’s a charm, Limbo Gallery, San Diego, CA.
Save Other Species,
Grrrrrl Power collective, Say Lula, San Diego, CA.
Arte, Color y Fiesta,
Organized by the House of Mexico, UCSD, San Diego, CA.
Athenaeum Music & Art
Library 15th Annual Juried Exhibition, La Jolla, CA.
Athenaeum Music & Art
Library’s Benefit Art Auction, Library Association of La
Jolla, CA.
Unnatural Wonders, The
Kinemacolor Building,Victoria, British Colombia.
We are not alone,
Grrrrrl Power Collective, The Galaxy Café, San Diego, CA.
Tread,
Aerospace Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
New Beginnings,
Roger Lewis King Gallery, Fourth Avenue, San Diego, CA.
Too much of a good bling,
Limbo Gallery, University Avenue, San Diego, CA.
2005 Cannon Art Gallery Juried
Biennial Exhibition, Carlsbad City Library Complex, CA.
Chatter,
UCSD-SDSU Collaboration, Graduate Gallery, University of California San Diego.
Closer Apart,
Limbo Gallery, University Avenue, San Diego, CA.
C-Note Cash & Carry,
Limbo Gallery, University Avenue, San Diego, CA.
Save Our Souls, Art
of Framing Gallery, Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA.
Perpetual Motion,
Korova Coffe Bar & Gallery, Park blvd., San Diego, CA.
Fast Forward, Art
of Framing Gallery, Adams Avenue, San Diego, CA.
Scale-Diversity-Ambition, Art
Produce Gallery, University Avenue, San Diego, CA.
2004 Student
Award Exhibition VI, SDSU, CA.
2003 Cannon Art Gallery Juried
Biennial Exhibition, Carlsbad City Library Complex, CA.
Hotel/Motel Exhibition-Travelodge,
Downtown, San Diego, CA.
Disclosed,
Graduate Review exhibition, SDSU, CA.
Student Award Exhibition V,
SDSU, CA.
Machine Shop Show,
Arts-Unplugged Festival, SDSU, CA.
2002 Life Stage,
SUSHI-Performance and Visual Arts Space, Downtown, San Diego, CA.
Student Award Exhibition IV,
SDSU, CA.
Ride,
Graduate Review Exhibition, SDSU, CA.
Axis Mundi,
University of California San Diego, CA.
Performance/Video Forum, Flor
y Canto Gallery, SDSU, CA.
2001 Graduate
Review Exhibition, SDSU, CA.
The Lab, 634
Broadway, Downtown, San Diego, CA.
Urban Elements, Hey
Sailor, Downtown, San Diego, CA.
Sony Art Walk, Installation
on alternative space, Downtown, San Diego, CA.
Festival of Student Art,
Southwestern college, San Diego, CA.
Earth Spun, San
Diego Natural History Museum, Balboa Park, CA.
Working Process,
Insite 2000, Installation & Documentary Exhibit-Workshop, Centro Cultural
de la Raza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
2000 Hotel/Motel
Exhibition-Motel 6, Downtown, San Diego, CA.
2007 Work acquisition,
Athenaeum Music & Art Library permanent collection, La Jolla, CA.
2007 Work acquisition, Quint
gallery, La Jolla, CA.
2007 Honorary
mention, Athenaeum Music & Art Library 16th Annual Juried Exhibition, La
Jolla, CA.
2007 San Diego Art
Prize/Emerging Artist, presented by San Diego Visual Arts Network and
SanDiegoArtist.com, L Street Fine Art Gallery at the Omni Hotel, CA.
2004 Isabel
Kraft Scholarship, Sculpture Department, SDSU, CA.
2004 Jurors
Award, Student award Exhibition, SDSU, CA.
2003 Isabel
Kraft Scholarship, Sculpture Department, San Diego State University, CA.
2002 Jurors
Award, Student award Exhibition, SDSU, CA.
2002 Isabel
Kraft Scholarship, Sculpture Department, SDSU, CA.
1999 First
Place-Digital Image, College Division, Del Mar Fair, San Diego, CA.
Press:
2009 ‘Resistance’ is futile (and fun) – Martinez’s
new works are simpler than usual, but retain their usual flair by Robert L.
Pincus, July 16’2009 The San Diego Union Tribune, CA.
2009 “May-ling Martinez:
Measured Resistance” See air machines turned into art at Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects by Keli
Dailey, July 2009 for signonsandiego.com
2009 “Measured Resistance”- May-ling Martinez by
Kevin Freitas, July 10’2009, www.artas authority.com
2008 “Six artists
spotlighted in exhibit” (Innocence is Questionable) by Emily Vizzo, March 27’
2008, The San Diego Union Tribune, CA.
2008 “Escondido
exhibition poignantly examines the concept of innocence lost” by Kirby Fairfax,
North County Times, CA.
2007 “Deviation from the Norm” Review by Robert
Pincus, May 10’2007, The San Diego Union Tribune, CA.
2007 “Domestic Deviant” by Barbara Davenport, July
3, San Diego City Beat, CA.
2006 “Juried show highlights
renovated Athenaeum” by Dawna Bratten, August 31, La Jolla Village News, CA.
2006 “New
Beginnings/Grrrrrl Power” Review by Robert Pincus, March 2, San Diego Union
Tribune, CA.
2005 “May-ling
Martinez” Review by Robert Pincus, November 13, San Diego Union Tribune, CA.
2005 “Grrrrrl
Power” Review by Robert Pincus, May 25, San Diego Union Tribune, CA.
2003 “Cannon
Gallery Biennial leads December art month”, By Bill Fark, North County Times,
CA.