Martha Vértiz
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Martha Vértiz
Martha Vértiz
Martha Vértiz (b. 1940, San Pedro de Lloc, Peru – d. 2022, Lima) was a Peruvian visual artist whose career developed from the 1970s onwards, exploring abstraction from a personal perspective that incorporated color, texture, and space as central axes of her work. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (1959–1963), complemented by studies at Cristina Gálvez’s Drawing Workshop (1979–1980) and Augusta Barreda’s Printmaking Workshop (1986–1988).
Bio/CV
Martha Vértiz
Her solo exhibitions include “Martha Vértiz, espacio y geometría”, Palacio de las Artes, Miraflores (2023); “Imagen y palabra”, Galería Forum, Lima (2002); “Espacios propios” and “Desiertos”, Galería Forum, Lima (1996, 1994); “Estructuras”, Galería 5, Caracas (1990); “Perú mujer: arte contemporáneo”, PromPerú / OAS, Washington D.C. (1988); and “Formas y texturas”, Galería Trapecio, Lima (1974); among others.
Her work was presented in major international group exhibitions including “Fuerza de mujer en el arte contemporáneo”, Embassy of Peru, Washington D.C. (2001); “Perú, ayer y hoy”, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (1992); “21 Peruvian Painters”, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C. (1990); “Homenaje a Juan Acha”, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City, and Museo de Arte de Lima (1996); and the II Havana Biennial, Cuba (1986); among others.
Vértiz’s work is held in public collections including Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) and Museo de Arte, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, and has been the subject of critical texts by Mirko Lauer, Élida Román, Luis Lama, Ana María Portugal, Fietta Jarque, and Jorge Bernuy, among others.
Her work was presented in major international group exhibitions including “Fuerza de mujer en el arte contemporáneo”, Embassy of Peru, Washington D.C. (2001); “Perú, ayer y hoy”, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (1992); “21 Peruvian Painters”, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C. (1990); “Homenaje a Juan Acha”, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City, and Museo de Arte de Lima (1996); and the II Havana Biennial, Cuba (1986); among others.
Vértiz’s work is held in public collections including Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) and Museo de Arte, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, and has been the subject of critical texts by Mirko Lauer, Élida Román, Luis Lama, Ana María Portugal, Fietta Jarque, and Jorge Bernuy, among others.
Available works
Martha Vértiz
Martha Vértiz (b. 1940, San Pedro de Lloc, Peru – d. 2022, Lima) was a Peruvian visual artist whose career developed from the 1970s onwards, exploring abstraction from a personal perspective that incorporated color, texture, and space as central axes of her work. She studied at the School of Fine Arts of the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (1959–1963), complemented by studies at Cristina Gálvez’s Drawing Workshop (1979–1980) and Augusta Barreda’s Printmaking Workshop (1986–1988).
Martha Vértiz
Her solo exhibitions include “Martha Vértiz, espacio y geometría”, Palacio de las Artes, Miraflores (2023); “Imagen y palabra”, Galería Forum, Lima (2002); “Espacios propios” and “Desiertos”, Galería Forum, Lima (1996, 1994); “Estructuras”, Galería 5, Caracas (1990); “Perú mujer: arte contemporáneo”, PromPerú / OAS, Washington D.C. (1988); and “Formas y texturas”, Galería Trapecio, Lima (1974); among others.
Her work was presented in major international group exhibitions including “Fuerza de mujer en el arte contemporáneo”, Embassy of Peru, Washington D.C. (2001); “Perú, ayer y hoy”, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (1992); “21 Peruvian Painters”, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C. (1990); “Homenaje a Juan Acha”, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City, and Museo de Arte de Lima (1996); and the II Havana Biennial, Cuba (1986); among others.
Vértiz’s work is held in public collections including Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) and Museo de Arte, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, and has been the subject of critical texts by Mirko Lauer, Élida Román, Luis Lama, Ana María Portugal, Fietta Jarque, and Jorge Bernuy, among others.
Her work was presented in major international group exhibitions including “Fuerza de mujer en el arte contemporáneo”, Embassy of Peru, Washington D.C. (2001); “Perú, ayer y hoy”, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (1992); “21 Peruvian Painters”, Museum of Modern Art of Latin America, Washington D.C. (1990); “Homenaje a Juan Acha”, Museo José Luis Cuevas, Mexico City, and Museo de Arte de Lima (1996); and the II Havana Biennial, Cuba (1986); among others.
Vértiz’s work is held in public collections including Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) and Museo de Arte, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, and has been the subject of critical texts by Mirko Lauer, Élida Román, Luis Lama, Ana María Portugal, Fietta Jarque, and Jorge Bernuy, among others.