Enrique Martínez Celaya, The Cliff, 2025

We are pleased to announce ENRIQUE MARTINEZ CELAYA'S first ever print release. And we are delighted that he will dedicate it to the Grief and Hope fund that benefits artists that are effected by the LA Fires.

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ENRIQUE MARTINEZ CELAYA

Enrique Martínez Celaya is an artist, author, and former scientist. His work is held in over sixty public collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. His notable projects and exhibitions include the State Hermitage Museum in Russia, The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., and the Berlin Philharmonic in Germany. He has also staged dual exhibitions alongside historical figures who influenced his practice, such as Diego Velázquez, Albert Pinkham Ryder, and Käthe Kollwitz. His publications include nine books on art, philosophy, and poetry, including Enrique Martínez Celaya: Collected Writings and Interviews, published by the University of Nebraska Press, which provides a comprehensive survey of his evolving ideas.look at his ideas and evolution His work has also been the subject of 14 monographic publications including two recent books published by Hatje Cantz, Berlin, Martínez Celaya, SEA SKY LAND: towards a map of everything, and Enrique Martínez Celaya and Käthe Kollwitz: Von den ersten und den letzten Dingen.

Martínez Celaya is the first Provost Professor of Humanities and Arts in the history of the University of Southern California, a role that underscores his broad intellectual and creative interests. He has also served as the Roth Family Distinguished Visiting Scholar and Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, as Presidential Professor at the University of Nebraska, and as a tenured professor at Pomona College. He has been invited to speak at Stanford University, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Aspen Institute, among others. In 1998, he founded Whale & Star, an initiative that integrates artistic mentorship, cultural engagement, and publications in critical theory, art practice, and poetry that are internationally recognized

Born in Cuba and raised in Spain and Puerto Rico, Martínez Celaya's early interests in both art and science shaped his multifaceted career. He started his training as a painter’s apprentice at the age of 12 and later studied literature and physics at Cornell University before earning an MS and completing his PhD coursework in quantum electronics at the University of California, Berkeley. He published scientific papers and earned four patents before fully committing to his artistic practice, attending the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and receiving his MFA from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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GRIEF AND HOPE

A group of volunteers, including artists, gallery employees, and cultural workers in Los Angeles, is responding to the devastation caused by recent wildfires that have severely affected neighbourhoods home to many in the city's creative community. The fires, fuelled by Santa Ana winds, have left numerous artists and cultural workers homeless or without their studios. The amount raised will be used to support those impacted by the Eaton, Palisades, Sunset, and other fires. The funds will be distributed to artists and art workers who have lost their homes or workspaces. This fundraiser was organised in response to requests for guidance from those outside of Los Angeles who want to help directly. The group plans to match funds and contributions according to the greatest needs of those affected. The effort is led by Kathryn Andrews, Andrea Bowers, Olivia Gauthier, Julia V. Hendrickson, and Ariel Pittman, who express their commitment to community care, hope, and solidarity in the face of overwhelming loss.

Available for 1 week only:

March 31 to April 6

3pm PST

ALL PROFITS WILL BE DONATED TO GRIEF AND HOPE