Patrick Martinez Neon Suite Acquired By The Whitney Museum Of American Art

Patrick Martinez, Neon Suite for the Whitney Museum, Installation Size: Approx. 70 inches x 357 inches, 2021. 

Charlie James Gallery is thrilled to announce the acquisition of ten Patrick Martinez neon pieces by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, NY. The gallery wishes to thank Marcela Guerrero and Scott Rothkopf and the entire team at the Whitney for supporting Patrick and his work. 

 Patrick Martinez (b. 1980 Pasadena, CA) earned his BFA with honors from Art Center College of Design in 2005. His work has been exhibited domestically and internationally in Los Angeles, Mexico City, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Miami, New York, Seoul, and the Netherlands, at venues including the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, the Tucson Museum of Art, the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Cornell Fine Arts Museum, the Vincent Price Art Museum, the Museum of Latin American Art, Galerie Lelong & Co., MACLA, the Chinese American Museum and the Euphrat Museum of Art, among others.

 Patrick’s work resides in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH), LACMA, Tucson Museum of Art, Benton Museum at Pomona College, The Autry Museum of the American West, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, the Crocker Art Museum, the Cornell Fine Art Museum, the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Museum of Latin American Art, among others. Patrick was awarded a Rauschenberg Residency on Captiva Island, FL, to be completed in 2021. Also in the fall of 2021 Patrick will be the subject of a solo museum exhibition at the Tucson Museum of Art. Patrick lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and is represented by Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles.