JOSÉ ANTONIO MARTÍNEZphotography

MINOR ARCANUM

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CIRCUS

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PEOPLE

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ELEGEIA

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EVERY ANGEL’STERRIFYING

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JOSÉ ANTONIO MARTÍNEZ

Born the 4th of February 1950. Have a cum laude degree in industrial design by the Universidad Iberoamericana. Has been disciple of John Sexton, Brooks Jensen, Dan Burckholder, Yolan-da Andrade, Joan Liftin, Charles Harbut and Mary Ellen Mark.

One man shows • 2010 “Elegeia”, Ramón Álvarez de la Canal gallery, Universidad Veracru-zana, Xalapa. • 2009 “Elegeia”, Del Atrio gallery, Universidad de Guanajuato, exposition part of the program of Visual Arts of the XXIII Festival Internacional Cervantino • 2009 “Every Angel is terrifying”, Sebastian Foundation, Mexico City, exposition listed in the oficial catalog of Fotoseptiembre 2009. • 2009 “Every Angel is terrifying”, Queretaro’s Museum of Art, Santiago de Querétaro • 2009 “Las Güeras”, French Alliance, north campus gallery, Mexico City. • 2009 “Las Güeras”, Sotocoro de la Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico City. • 2008 “Every Angel is terrifying”, Patricia Conde Gallery, Mexico City. • 2008 “Every Angel is terrifying”, Ignacio Ramírez “El Nigromante” cul-tural center, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. • 2007 “La Raya”, Patricia Conde Gallery, Mexico City • 2007 “Still Life”, Museo de la Estampa, Toluca, México • 2006 “Discourse of the Natural Thing”, El Carmen Cultural Complex, Tehuacán, Puebla. • 2005 “Discourse of the Natural Thing”, Bodega de Quetzalli, Oaxaca City, Mexico • 2004 “In Extremis”, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca City, Mexico • 2003 “In Extremis”, Fototeca de Veracruz, Veracruz City, Mexico

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• 2003 “In Extremis”, El Agora Gallery, Mexico City

Group shows • 2006 “El Corazón de Oaxaca”, with James Carbone, David Darby and Marcela Taboada, Photographic Center North West, Seattle, Washington, EUA. • 2006 “Oaxaca”, with James Carbones and David Darby, Centro Fotográfico Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Oaxaca City, Mexico. • 2005 “Going with the Dogs”, colective work at Camerawork gallery, Scranton, Pensylvania, EUA. • 2001 “Bifocales en el asfalto”, with Gerardo Fischer, Museo Universitario del Chopo, Mexico City. • 1998 selected to exhibit at the 1998 edition of the prize “Photographic essay” Casa de la Américas, La Habana, Cuba.

Books • “Todo Ángel es Terrible” (Every Angel’s Terrifyng) number 15 of “Luz Por-tátil” colection; Artes de México and Scivias Editorial coedition.

His work form part of public and privite colletions such as: “Manuel Álvarez Bravo Photographic Center”, Oaxaca; “Museo Centro de la Estampa”, Toluca; “Wittlif Gallery of Southwestern and Mexican Photography”, San Mar-cos, Texas.