The contrast between the urban and natural worlds is the focus of these works by Ilyana Martinez. The Toronto-based artist and designer illustrates children’s books and makes drawings, sculptures, and mural installations with her collaborators,  Z’otz* Collective. (Above: View From the Top, 16 x 20″)

Martínez was born in Toronto to a Mexican father and Canadian mother and raised primarily in Mexico. She studied at the Nova Scotia and Ontario College of Art and Design and has been in a number of exhibitions in Toronto, Montreal, Victoria and Regina.

Season of Invention, 2023, Watercolour, gouache, ink on paper, 20” x 16”


Lyrical View, watercolour, gouache, ink on paper, 20 x 16”

At Spence Gallery, here.

Artist website, here.


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