Enrique Martínez Celaya (b. 1964 in Havana, Cuba) received his Bachelor of Science from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, his Master of Science from University of California, Berkeley in Berkeley, CA, and his Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, CA.
Recent solo exhibitions include “The Grief of Almost,” Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (forthcoming); “Sea Sky and Land (towards a map of everything),” Fisher Museum of Art, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming); Miles McEnery Gallery, New York, NY (forthcoming); Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA (forthcoming); Doheny Memorial Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (forthcoming), and numerous others.
He is the recipient of numerous awards, honors, and fellowships including Board of Governors, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA; Fellow of the Robinson Jeffers Tor House Foundation, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA; Doctor Honoris Causa, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA; Visual Arts Fellow, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA; Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA; and Fellow, Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities, University of Southern California.