DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH
April 15, 1967, Brooklyn, NY
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006
Arsenal for Democracy-War Corporatism, The Canal Chapter, New York, NY
2004
Diesel Art Gallery, New York, NY
2003
The United States of America vs. Alfredo Martinez, The Proposition, New York, NY
1999
WHO DARES WINS, Donahue/Sosinski Art, New York, NY
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008
Gothic Intrusion, The Proposition, New York, NY
Self-Portraits 1966 - 2008, James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY
2007
Surge, Main Exhibition Space - 798 Art District, Beijing, China
SCOPE New York, The Proposition Gallery, New York, NY
2006
GUNS MAI (Museum of Art and Industry of Saint-Etienne), MIAM (International Museum of Modests Arts, Sete) France
2005
Above the Trendy, the Down and Out, The Proposition, New York, NY
Paper Deviations, The Proposition, New York, NY
Hello Kitty 30th Anniversary, Mori Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
A WAR LIKE PEOPLE, Curated by Lara Taubman, Shade Projects @ Monorshid Gallery, Phoenix, AZ
2004
Girls and Guns, The Proposition, New York, NY
2002
Welcome to the Playground of the Fearless, Entropy, Brooklyn, NY
2000
QUIET Broadway, NYC indoor firing range designed by Martinez
1999
Generation Z, P.S.1., Long Island City, NY
Paradise 8, Exit Art, New York, NY
Surface to Air, Curated by Chris Kelly, 17th Street Gallery, New York, NY
1998
CAMBIO, Curated by Kenny Schachter, Sandra Gering Gallery, New York, NY/Mexico
Surface to Air I, Curated by Chris Kelly, 17th Street Gallery, New York, NY
Downtown Arts Festival, New York, NY
1997
The Experimentors, Curated by Kenny Schachter, Lombard Fried Gallery, New York, NY
NY Biennale,The Artist Network, New York, NY
Extremely Refrigerated, Curated by Jeff Gompertz, Fake Shop, New York, NY
Auto Portrait, Exit Art, New York, NY
1996
Death of the Death of Painting, Curated by Kenny Schachter, 480 Broome Street, New York, NY
1995
Notes on the Way to a Nervous Breakdown, Curated by Diane Gibson, Blackout Books
Imaginary Beings, Exit Art, New York, NY
Organic Anxiety, Eighth Floor Gallery, New York, NY
Freaks, Times Square Gallery, New York, NY
Doom, Installation at Pseudo, New York, NY
Weapons Show, Exploding Sky, New York, NY
Way Cool, Exit Art, New York, NY
Intoxication, Curated by Carlo McCormick, Max Fish, New York, NY
1994
How You Play the Game, Exit Art, New York, NY
Let the Artists Live, Exit Art, New York, NY
Bong Show, Alleged Gallery, New York, NY
The Agent Artist, P.S.1., Long Island City, NY
Skater Angels, Curated by Diego Cortez and David Greenberg, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
CURATIONS
2007
Dream Palace, A-SPACE, Beijing, China
REVIEWS
2007
Spies, Michael, “Trigger Happy,” The Village Voice
2004
Valdez, Sara, Art in America
Calihoun, David, “The Art and Artillery of Alfredo Martinez”, Dazed and Confused
Haden-Guest, Anthony, “The Hunger Artist,” New York Magazine
Robinson, Walter, Artnet
Laster, Paul, Flavorpill
Lehmann, John, “Pen and Clink,” New York Post, Page Six
Lee, Chris, “The Artist and the Forger,” BlackBook Magazine
Haden-Guest, Anthony, “Wannabe Gig Shot is Busted,” ArtReview
2000
Smith, Roberta, “Weekend ‘Na’er Do Wells’,” The New York Times
1999
Princenthal, Nancy, “Import/Export Generation Z: Slacker Than Thou,” Art in America
“Generation Z,” Zing Magazine
“Death of the Death of Painting,” The New York Times Magazine
Levinm Kim, The Village Voice
“Way Cool,” New York Newsday
“Way Cool,” New York Daily News