Martin Rodriguez Serrano

Ecuadorian-born, interdisciplinary artist in the University of California, Berkeley Art Practice program. 
His work explores identity through color, layers, and transparency, oscillating between the figurative and abstract. Martin engages with themes of syncretism and symbols, delving into the creation of meaning from fragmentation and the loss inherent in this process
His work aims to transcend categorical understandings of identity, embracing liminality as a space for exploration. Martin views his work as a subversive reconstitution of fragments and histories; a composite that merges into an untraceable origin, yet through tension, syncretism is solidified, exemplifying an exhumation of his Ecuadorian heritage and its implications in the contemporaneity of his identity.

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Contact

Email: martinrodriguezserrano (at) gmail (dot) com Instagram: @martinrodriguez.art

CV

Education:
2023-2025   University of California, Berkeley. BA Art Practice.
2020-2023        College of Marin. AA in Art (Studio) and AA in Art History.
2019-2020        Accademia D'Arte Firenze (ADA). Art Certificate in Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture.

Selected Exhibitions & Performances:
2025        “Pyramid Scheme 2”. Group Show. Bass & Reiner Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2025        “Zephyr Coating”. Poetry reading. 120710 Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2025        “Chain Mail”. Group Show. Pretty Gritty Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
2025        “Between Now and Then”. Group Show curated by Kristiana Chan. Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2024        “Multiple Transparencies”. Advanced Studio and Critique Program, Group Show. Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2024        “Figurative Realities”. Group Show curated by Indira Martina Morre. Worth Ryder Gallery, Berkeley, CA.
2024        “Longing for Attachment”. Group Show curated by Bushra Gill. Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA.
2023      Student Show, Group Exhibition. College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA.
2022        "Overdue Debut". Group show curated by Christopher West. College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, CA.
Residencies
2025        ARTogether Artist Mentorship Hub & Residency, Oakland, CA

Awards and Honors
2025	Wendy Sussman Award recipient.
2025	Materials Quik-Grant, Spring 2025, Art Practice Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2024        Advanced Studio and Critique Program, Art Practice program, University of California, Berkeley.
2024        Materials Quik-Grant, Spring 2024, Art Practice Department, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
2023        Mai S. Reese Scholarship recipient.
2023        Alec Carnessale Memorial Scholarship recipient.

Published in
2023     Room One Thousand, 12th issue "Chop Chop". 

Selected Bibliography:
Hewitt, Vita. “Art as Ancestry: Reflections from the Diaspora.” Midbrow, 5 June 2025, midbrow.org/art-as-ancestry-reflections-from-the-diaspora/. 
UC Berkeley Arts & Humanities, work featured from Multiple Transparencies Exhibition, 2024. https://artshumanities.berkeley.edu/constellation
Curator's audio tour for Longing for Attachment, ARTogether x OACC, 2024. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FewN3Nu0o8