Patrick Martinez

Patrick Martinez is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist known for his neon sign sculptures, spray paint paintings, and mixed-media works that explore themes of Chicano identity, gentrification, and street culture. His work often incorporates text-based imagery, hand-painted ceramic tiles, and fluorescent neon lettering to comment on the displacement of communities of color in urban environments. Martinez has exhibited widely and gained significant recognition through both gallery shows and auction house sales in the 2010s and 2020s.