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ANGELICA RAQUEL MARTINEZ
TEXTILES | MIXED MEDIA | DRAWING | PAINTING

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ARTIST STATEMENT
“​When I was young, my dreams mostly haunted me. The night was filled with the dread of ghosts and demons; my sleep was fearful, and metaphors I could not understand plagued me until young adulthood. Since my mid-twenties, after the loss of my grandfather who glued my extended family together, I have been combing through my past. Partly because I simply want to remember him and those experiences I won’t get to have again, but also partly to understand myself and how I’ve reached this point of my life. I think back, lovingly to honey dripped memories and a youth spent en el monte, but also to those dreams and night terrors and how they are so intertwined to my personal lore.

I still dream, not of dread but of rest and light; these days the waking world is filled with so much fear and death that my mind does not need to play these unconscious hypotheticals to understand it. My hands instead thread it, weave it, and illustrate it; anxieties and lore and all that I devour.”

—Angelica Raquel Martinez


ARTIST BIO 
Born and raised in the border city of Laredo Texas, Angelica draws much of her inspiration from her upbringing and the unique culture she grew up in. Using narratives rooted in folklore, familial storytelling, and her personal experiences, her work acts as a conduit for her investigations into ideas of morality and the spiritual while often putting emphasis on relationships and their continued importance after death. Her use of animal imagery has a dual purpose of representing the animal itself and those she loves.

Based in San Antonio, Angelica’s multidisciplinary studio practice utilizes mediums like watercolor, graphite, felting, and rug hooking which give an inherent softness to what are sometimes harsh and visceral subjects. The importance of this juxtaposition between the tender and the violent further underscores the relationship humanity has with storytelling. Relying on knowledge of the past while reinventing folklore to reflect on culture, societal, and human/animal relationships.

Angelica earned a Masters in Fine Arts from The University of Texas at San Antonio and a Bachelors in Fine Arts from Texas State University. She teaches art at Incarnate Word High School in San Antonio.

Purchase available artwork in Angelica's Shop

www.angelicaraquelart.com
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    WINTER'S GOLD | Mixed Fibers on Monks Cloth Part of the online exhibition, "April Dressed in All Its Trim" with guest curator, Paula Owen
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    WINTER'S GOLD| Mixed Fibers on Monks Cloth Part of the online exhibition, "April Dressed in All Its Trim" with guest curator, Paula Owen
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    "WINTER'S GOLD" detail
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    LOS TESOROS DE MI ABUELITO | 7'x4' Needle felted wool, metal, glass, Sculpey, rug-hooking/textile
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    I'M SURE WE'LL MEET AGAIN | 28" x 19" Yarn, polymer clay, Swarovski Crystals, metal beads, thread, felt, found wood, monks cloth (2020)
  • LECHA DA VIDA_ANGELICA RAQUEL
    LECHA DA VIDA | 34" x 26" Graphite, vellum and acrylic on cotton paper, framed - SOLD
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    A RECURRING DREAM: THE STRUGGLE | 28" x 42" Watercolor on cotton paper (2021)



STUDIO COMFORT TEXAS  an artist studio gallery


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Studio Comfort Texas
716 High Street
Comfort, TX  78013

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PO Box 887
Comfort, TX  78013
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  • Home
  • About
    • Contact
    • Art in the time of COVID-19
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    • Blog
    • Cancellation & Refund Policies
  • Exhibits+Events
    • Unbound Botanicals
    • Daydreams in Bright Hours
    • Sueños (Dreams)
    • Love Her Wild
    • Deeply Rooted
    • Curious Cuttings & Rebellious Rhizomes
    • April Dressed In All Its Trim
    • Walter Salas-Humara
    • Pauly Tamez
  • ARTISTS
    • New Artist Inquiries
    • Submissions-Current SCTX Artists
  • SHOP
    • ART >
      • SHOP: UNBOUND BOTANICALS
      • SHOP: DAYDREAMS IN BRIGHT HOURS
      • SHOP: SUEÑOS (DREAMS)
      • SHOP: LOVE HER WILD
      • SHOP: DEEPLY ROOTED
      • SHOP: WALTER SALAS-HUMARA
      • SHOP: REX FOSTER JEWELRY
    • ART SUPPLIES
    • BLACKWING
    • BOOKS
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    • Layaway
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    • Class Calendar
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