Thu, Oct 15
|Zoom
Dx3: Dialogues in Diversity & Design | Patrick Martinez
ArtCenter Admissions in collaboration with the Center for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion presents the inaugural Dx3: Dialogues in Diversity & Design, a virtual speaker series.
Time & Location
Oct 15, 2020, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
Zoom
About the Event
Born and raised in the San Gabriel Valley, Patrick Martinez’s L.A. suburban upbringing and his diverse cultural
background (Filipino, Mexican and Native American), provided him with a unique lens through which he
interprets his surroundings. Influenced by the Hip Hop movement, Martinez cultivated his art practice through
graffiti, which later led him to the ArtCenter, where he earned a BFA with honors in 2005. Through his facility
with a wide variety of media (painting, neon, ceramic and sculpture), Martinez colorfully scrutinizes otherwise
everyday realities of suburban and urban life in L.A. with humor, sensitivity and wit. His art often serves to
celebrating leaders and thinkers whose work resonates strongly today, in addition to memorializing victims of
police brutality.