Israel Martínez (Guadalajara, Mexico 1979) is a multidisciplinary artist and electronic musician who work with sound as main source and topic. He has composed experimental and non-academic electroacoustic music and made actions, video, installation and site-specific projects. His discography includes 'Two espressos in separate cups' (2011), 'El hombre que se sofoca' (2011), 'Sigilo' (2011), 'Triptych' (2010), 'Nareah' (2009), 'Exorcizios' (2008), 'Los Demonios de la Lengua' (2006) and 'Cubensis' (2005), also he has appeared in several compilations released by labels around the world. Since 2003 he has participated in festivals and sessions of sound art and music, in contemporary art exhibitions and art & new media meetings throughout America and Europe. He got the Distinction Award at Prix Ars Electronica 2007 in the Digital Musics category for his sound piece ‘Mi Vida’. He’s co-founder of the Mexican label Abolipop and the mind behind electronica project Nebula 3. He has written about alternative music and culture in several Mexican publications since the middle of 90’s; has curated projects around sound and art, and teaches about this subject through workshops and at Instituto Cabañas' Visual Art School in Guadalajara.
International awards
DAAD artistic residence 2012. Berlin, Germany
Distinction award. Digital Musics category. Prix Ars Electronica 2007. Linz, Austria
Mexican awards
Jóvenes Creadores. Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. 2011 - 2012
Jóvenes Creadores. Fondo Estatal para la Cultura y las Artes. 2004 - 2005
Individual exhibitions
Gente comportándose como verdaderos animales. CUCEA. Zapopan, Mexico. October 2011
Rumor Murmullo Estruendo. Lap_Az. Guadalajara, Mexico. September 2011
Dos expresos en dos tazas separadas. MUAC. Mexico City. March – July 2011
silencio es ruido es silencio es ruido es silencio es… Casa Serrano. Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. February 2010
Máscara VS Máscara. Arena Coliseo. Guadalajara, Mexico. June 2009
Concierto de Muertos para Vivos. Jardín del Santuario. Guadalajara, Mexico. April 2009
Collective exhibitions
Densidad. Galería Metropolitana. Mexico City. February - April 2012
Interference Festival. Public space. Breda, Netherlands. December 2011
Anatema. Galería Itinerante. Guadalajara, Mexico. October 2011
Ala Blanca. MACAZ. Morelia, Mexico. September – October 2011
Ala Blanca. Polivalente and Hermenegildo Bustos Galleries. Guanajuato, Mexico. August – September 2011
Paisaje anticipado. Museo Raúl Anguiano. Guadalajara, Mexico. February – April 2011
A partir del sonido. Lap_Az. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2010
Trayectorias aleatorias. Ancienne école des vétérinaires. Brussels, Belgium. October – November 2010
Constante, la Nueva Babilonia. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico. September – November 2010
Así es, ahora es ahora. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. September – October 2010
Eject Tercer Festival de Videoperformance. Ex Teresa Arte Actual. Mexico City. August 2010
Transónica. Polivalente and Hermenegildo Bustos Galleries. Guanajuato, Mexico. August – October 2010
Poli_foneo. Museo de la Ciudad. Guadalajara, Mexico. May – July 2010
Arte 40. Biblioteca José Vasconcelos. Mexico City. October – December 2009
Festival Chroma. Casa Vallarta. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2008
Festival Monitor Digital. Ex Convento del Carmen. Guadalajara, Mexico. October 2008
Nadie Recuerda Todo. Museo de la Ciudad. Guadalajara, Mexico. August – October 2008
Muestra Internacional de Arte Sonoro. Ex Teresa Arte Actual. Mexico City. November 2007
Transitio Documentación. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. November 2007
Bienal de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio MX 02. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. October 2007
Festival Ars Electronica 2007. Kunstuniversität. Linz, Austria. September 2007
Festival SONOM. Parque Fundidora. Monterrey, Mexico. August 2006
Festival Chroma. Museo Raúl Anguiano. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2005
Festival Chroma. Centro de Arte Audiovisual. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2004
Colectivo Abolipop. Centro Experimental Observatorio. Morelia, Mexico. March 2004
Selection of live performances – concerts – actions
Acousmatica II. Helsinki Music Centre, Black Box. Helsinki, Finland. October 2011
Multi-channel concert. Jardín Botánico. Culiacán, Mexico. October 2011
Multi-channel concert. Casa Vallarta. Guadalajara, Mexico. August 2011
4º Ciclo de Compositores Jaliscienses. Ex Convento del Carmen. Guadalajara, Mexico. July 2011
Festival de Mayo. Plaza Liberación. Guadalajara, Mexico. May 2011
Multi-channel concert. MUAC. Mexico City. May 2011
Exorcizios. Casa Sociacusia – Laboratorio Sensorial. Guadalajara, Mexico. January 2011
Intimo (diario sonoro de viajero). Lugar_Cero / Hostal Regina. Mexico City. November 2010
Entrecruce, presentation of commissioned work. Festival Visiones Sonoras. UNAM Campus Morelia. Morelia, Mexico. November 2010
Tríptico y anexos. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. October 2010
Aún sin título. Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras. Morelia, Mexico. September 2010
Festival Transónica. Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico. August 2010
R.Bis_Umaniko. Laboratorio Arte Variedades. Guadalajara, Mexico. August 2010
Epidermis 2. Museo de la Ciudad. Guadalajara, Mexico. June 2010
Festival de Música Electroacústica Primavera en La Habana. San Francisco de Asís. La Habana, Cuba. March 2010
Jazzersice. MUAC. Mexico City. November 2009
INDEX. MUAC. Mexico City. November 2009
Nareah release concert. Museo Raúl Anguiano. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2009
Nareah release concert. Fonoteca Nacional. Mexico City. October 2009
Festival Espejos Sonoros. Teatro El Galeón. Mexico City. September 2009
Horizontes Verticales. Escuela Nacional de Música UNAM. Mexico City. August 2009
Radioglobal. Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Mexico. July 2009
Nareah release concert. AS220. Providence, USA. June 2009
Nareah release concert. Bruar Falls. New York, USA. June 2009
CANTE. San Luis Potosí, Mexico. April 2009
Multi-channel concert. Parque del Refugio. Guadalajara, Mexico. February 2009
Fiesta de la Música. Laboratorio Arte Variedades. Guadalajara, Mexico. February 2009
Euskadi Eta Mexikoren Artean Hizketa (Euskadi dialoga con México). Sala Rekalde. Bilbao, Spain. November 2008
Sociacusia. CAM Contemporáneo. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2008
Festival Monitor Digital. Ex Convento del Carmen, Guadalajara, Mexico. October 2008
Exorcizios Release concert. Ex Teresa Arte Actual. Mexico City. September 2008
Mandorla / Radioglobal. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. August 2008
26 Clásicos en 1. San Sebastián Analco. Guadalajara, Mexico. August 2008
Exorcizios Release concert. Estudio Diana. Guadalajara, Mexico. July 2008
Festival de Mayo. Plaza Liberación. Guadalajara, Mexico. May 2008
Festival Estacionarte. Centro Cultural Tlatelolco. Mexico City. April 2008
Festival Radar. Palacio de Medicina UNAM. Mexico City. April 2008
Hecho en México. Mexican electroacoustic music concert. Wortham Opera Theatre, Texas, USA. April 2008
Sonic Loud. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. April 2008
Epidermis. F. Bolko. Zapopan, Mexico. February 2008
Festival Visiones Sonoras. Centro Nacional para las Artes. Mexico City. November 2007
Festival Synthese. IMEB. Bourges, France. October 2007
Oscilación II. Estudio Diana. Guadalajara, Mexico. September 2007
Sprawl. The Fleapit. London, England. September 2007
Ars Electronica Festival. Brucknerhaus. Linz, Austria. September 2007
Abolipop Showcase. NIU Audiovisual Gallery. Barcelona, Spain. July 2007
Abolipop Showcase. Resonance FM. London, UK. June 2007
Abolipop Showcase. Nottinghill Arts Club. London, UK. June 2007
USB Festival. Bogotá, Colombia. May 2006
Khora. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. August 2004
Paisajes Sonoros. OPA. Guadalajara, Mexico. June 2004
Paisajes Sonoros. Museo de Arte de Zapopan, Mexico. February 2004
Inmerso Foro Sonoro. Museo Rufino Tamayo. Mexico City. Februrary 2004
Festival Mínimas Texturas 09. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. January 2004
Festival Mutek GDL. Museo de Arte de Zapopan. Zapopan, Mexico. October 2003
Bibliography
Así es, ahora es ahora. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. 2010
Festival Internacional de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio_MX 02, Fronteras Nómadas. Centro Nacional de las Artes. 2010
Prix Ars Electronica 2007. Hatje Cantz. 2007
Commissioned works
Dos expresos en dos tazas separadas. MUAC. Mexico City. 2011
Entrecruce. Festival Visiones Sonoras 2010. Morelia, Mexico. 2010
Solar. Festival México en el Centro Histórico. Mexico City. March 2009
Reconstrucciones Sonoras de la Revolución Mexicana. Fonoteca Nacional. Mexico City. 2008
La Semilla del Mundo. Festival Monitor Digital. Guadalajara, Mexico. 2008
Oídos contra la pared. Radio UNAM. Mexico City. 2008
Mundo Wixarika. Instituto Jalisciense de la Artesanía. Guadalajara, Mexico. 2008
Weekend. Festival Visiones Sonoras 2007. Mexico City. 2007
Pieza en tres movimientos para compartir con desconocidos o amigos en un paseo por la metrópoli en automóvil. Bienal de Artes Electrónicas y Video Transitio MX 02. Mexico City. 2007
Die Einführung. Festival Instrumenta. Oaxaca, Mexico. 2006
Curatory
A partir del sonido. lap_az. Guadalajara, Mexico. November 2011
(ready)Media. Laboratorio Arte Alameda. Mexico City. July – August 2010
Poli_foneo. Museo de la Ciudad. Guadalajara, Mexico. May – July 2010
Museo La Planta. Sound art area. Guadalajara, Mexico. 2008
Oscilación. Sound art and experimental music diffusion project in Guadalajara, Mexico. 2005 – 2009
Paisajes Sonoros. Series of concerts and site-specific sound interventions in Guadalajara and León, Mexico. 2003 – 2005