Patrick Martinez (b. 1969, Besançon, France) currently lives in New York. He stuied in the Institute of High Studies in Visual Arts in Paris, France also at the Fine Arts School of Grenoble. His art was exhibited in solo shows in Metrenom Gallery in Barcelona, Spain; Vallois Gallery in Paris, France; and at the Casa Gallery in Tokyo, Japan. Group shows in Exit Art in New York City, Art in General in New York City, Contemporary Creation Center in Paris, and Arcos de Lapa in Rio de Janeiro. Martinez has been an artist in residence in France, Japan and the United States.