Noelle Martinez Retrospective: Gimme My Damn Flowers!

Opening reception at Modified Arts, Friday, June 23, 6–9 pm

Noelle Martinez is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is rooted in her upbringing in the Valley of the Sun. At the age of thirty-three, Martinez has both informed and substantially influenced the cultural landscape of the local arts community.

Gimme My Damn Flowers! uses painting, assemblage, and installation to catalog the evolution of Martinez’s color palette, symbology, and personal narrative. Enthralled by the principles of design from an early age, with an emphasis on letterforms, character building, and patternmaking, Martinez works autobiographically, using her iconic flowers, birds, and letter forms as stand-ins for characters and major life events.