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Martinez Studio

Martinez Studio
Weaver and Painter/Designer
Door County, WI
2018 USA Fellow

This award was generously supported by an Anonymous donor.
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Wence and Sandra Martinez opened Martinez Studio in 1994 and became nationally recognized as artists who blend their unique visions through drawing, painting and weaving. Their collaborative work points to textile’s history of preserving symbol and myth while integrating indigenous and contemporary processes and aesthetics. Wence frequently travels to his home village, Teotitlan del Valle in Oaxaca, Mexico, where he draws inspiration to work closely with the studio’s Legacy Project apprentices.

Martinez Studio, located in rural Door County, Wisconsin, has participated in five consecutive Smithsonian Craft Shows, where they received the 2016 Silver Award for Overall Excellence and the 2017 Exhibitors Choice Award. In 2017, they were finalists for American Craft Council’s Rare Craft Fellowship, receiving a financial award along with press and speaking engagements. Martinez Studio has work in the following museum collections: the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago; Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, Washington D.C.; and MOWA: Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI.

Portrait photo by Tom Jordan.

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  • Artwork by Martinez Studio
    Flora: Painting by Sandra Martinez, acrylic on paper, 6 x 6 inches, 2015. Tapestry design by Sandra Martinez, woven by Wence Martinez, handspun wool tapestry, 6 x 6 feet, 2015.
  • Artwork by Martinez Studio
    Tronco: Painting by Sandra Martinez, acrylic on paper, 45 x 27 inches. Tapestry designed by Sandra Martinez, woven by Wence Martinez, handspun wool, 8 x 5 feet, 2017.
  • Artwork by Martinez Studio
    Piñon II: Tapestry design by Sandra Martinez, woven by Wence Martinez, handspun wool, 50 x 28 inches, 2015.
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