Education
2016
MFA, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2010
BFA, University of Colorado, Denver, CO
Exhibitions
2026
(upcoming) Word Became Flesh, Moreau Gallery, Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, IN
2025
(upcoming) Icons for Chapel of Perpetual Adoration, St. Thérèse Little Flower Church, South Bend, IN
HCC Faculty & Staff Exhibition, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
2023
Around the Bend, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN 2023
3rd Biennial – HCC Faculty & Staff Exhibition, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
45th Elkhart Juried Regional, Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN
2022
The Art of Faith, St. Joseph Gallery, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
Around the Bend, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Becoming SBMA: Stories from our Collection, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
https://southbendart.org/see/becoming-sbma
2021
Open World, Oklahoma Contemporary Arts Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Biennial 31, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN
Celebrating the St. Joe, Buchanan Art Center, Buchanan, MI
New Visions (online exhibition), Vantage Art Projects, Vancouver, Canada
https://vantageartprojects.com/vap-2021-q1/exhibition-new-visions/
HCC Faculty & Staff Exhibition, St. Joseph Gallery, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
2020
Open World: Video Games and Contemporary Art, Currier Art Museum, Manchester, NH
2019
Open World: Video Games and Contemporary Art, Akron Art Museum,
Akron, OH
Water Shapes, Spark Lab - Fed Galleries, Kendall College of Art and Design, Ferris State University, Grand Rapids, MI
While Supplies Last, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, WA
GIFC / Velvet Ropes, Nevven Gallery, Gothenburg, Sweden
GIFC / Velvet Ropes, Galleri Golsa @ Dora Sjøsiden, Trondheim, Norway
HCC Faculty/Staff Exhibition, St. Joseph Gallery, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
Your Standing on a Prehistoric Ocean, Sandusky Cultural Center, Sandusky, OH
2018
Mediated Forms (two-person exhibition), The Gallery, Mishawaka, IN
2017
Navigations at Play, Colfax Campus Gallery, South Bend, IN
Faculty Exhibition, Indiana University Gallery, South Bend, IN
What do we do with all this_?, Catapult Gallery, Cape Girardeau, MO
2016
Body Without Organs (solo exhibition), IMC Gallery, Urbana, IL
Pattern Recognition, Fort Gondo, St. Louis, MO
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Krannert Museum, Champaign, IL
Subterranea, curated by Laura Elizabeth Shae, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign, IL
MFA Boneyard Exhibition, UIUC South Studios, Champaign, IL
8 to CREATE, [co][lab], Urbana, IL
2015
Rubberneck, Lightbox Gallery, Champaign, IL
Wet Hot Illinois Summer, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
N to Watch, Figure One Gallery, Champaign, IL
Champaign Contemporary, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign, IL
2014
The "F" Word: Feminism Now, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sans-hiatus, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
UIUC MFA Exhibition, University of Illinois Springfield, Springfield, IL
Parsing Desire, Ugly Stepsister Gallery, Chicago, IL
Where the Tracks End, Boneyard Arts Festival, Champaign, IL
2013
Relations in Space, Plastic Chapel Gallery, Denver, CO
2012
Square Footage 6, Plastic Chapel Gallery, Denver, CO
Fall Art Gala, Attivo, Denver, CO
2011
Six CAM Back, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
2010
Prevalent Form, BFA Thesis Exhibition, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
Repression, Caffe Sanora, Denver, CO
Publications
“Rising Stars: Meet Angelo Ray Martínez.” NashvilleVoyager Magazine, Nov 10, 2021, web.
“Meet Angelo Ray Martínez: Artist & Assistant Professor.” Shoutout SoCal Magazine, Oct 12, 2021, web.
Meet Angelo Ray Martínez | Artist & Assistant Professor – SHOUTOUT SOCAL
Ransom, Emily, Core Chronicles, Holy Cross College, 2021, p.78
Blackmon, Samantha, et al. Open World: Video Games and Contemporary Art. Akron Art Museum, 2019.
ISBN-10:173821429
"Open World: Akron Art Museum Explores the Influence of Video Games on Contemporary Art." Juxtapoz Magazine, Oct 16, 2019, web.
"Video Games." Art in America, Vol 107, No.7, Aug 2019, p.33
Melissa Merli. Studio Visit: Angelo Ray Martínez, The News Gazette. March 27, 2016.
Jimena Oliver. WorkSpace: Angelo Ray Martínez, Smile Politely. March 30, 2016. http://www.smilepolitely.com/arts/workspace_angelo_ray_martinez/
Michael, Frazier. The Truth is in the Texture, CCD Campus Connection. April 2008, p. 10
Lectures
2021
Quest of the Steelhead, Faculty Research Seminar Series, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
2019
Faculty Showcase - Donor Event, Holy Cross College, Notre Dame, IN
2018
Mediated Forms, The-Gallery, Mishawaka, IN
2016
Art and Society, Lecture Seminar with Megan Kathol Bersett, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Current Art Issues, Lecture Seminar with Conrad Bakker, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
2015
N to Watch 2.0, Figure One, Champaign, IL
2014
Sans-hiatus, Link Gallery, Champaign, IL
2011
7 Minutos, Museo de las Americas, Denver, CO
Whitewash, Germantown High School, Germantown, TN
2010
Prevalent Form, BFA Thesis Review, Emmanuel Gallery, Denver, CO
Awards
2016
Teaching Excellence Award, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2015
Excellence Award, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2013-14
Graduate Fellowship, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL
2010
Outstanding Graduate Award, University of Colorado, Denver, CO