iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

YOU are ALL INVITED to my solo show: “REVERSE COWBOY” & “RGB duck shapes” opening Sept. 4, first Friday 5-8pm @cactusbarn2023 TWO SHOWS FOR THE PRICE OF ONE! FREE & open to the PUBLIC More info at: www.cactusbarn.org/upcoming

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

As of this week, I’ll have completed my Spring contract as adjunct OLLU— and this is my favorite coffee mug.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Been watching/binging the original Dragon Ball for the first time EVER— that outro song tho is so catchy/wholesome(?) 🎶“believing in yourself sets you free…”🎶 🥹…stuck in my head 😭✨ Also, DB has great/accurate depictions of genuinely evil villains. I’m at ep. 112ish

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

“wee-wowing” in front of Rothko

Alternatively “Me-Mowing” in front of Rothko

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

(Open by appointment) Closes Saturday Dec.20, 2025 Mark Anthony Martinez wraps up his final curation of the year with a brief survey of San Antonio’s original macaroni factory! This “ode” , if you will, spans multiple mediums—all honoring the “Lion” brand product produced by the original company.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Did I mention, I’m making new works?🙂‍↕️

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Sike — im actually curating 2 shows this month 🥹

Assemblages Assemble, 2025

Assemblages Assemble is a group exhibition highlighting artists within our community who create assemblage based artworks: turning junk, scraps and detritus into fine art.

Assemblage, as a medium, also serves as an interesting metaphor for the collection of unique individuals that make up our own community. The inclusion of disparate items, individuals and groupings begin to tell stories of their own. Thirteen different artists have come together to present works that range from narrative in presentation to others that are deliberately abstract.

Assemblages Assemble features works by: Allysha Farmer, Cindy Palmer, Ed Escobedo Jr., Emma Garcia, Hannah Celeste Garrison, Hannah Nino Harris, Hannah Strobel, Jo Perez, JW King, Mark Anthony Martinez, Megan Bynum, Nancy Casanova, Tim Olson.

Opening Reception: 7–10pm Saturday November 8.
Closing Reception: 12–6pm Saturday November 22.
Exhibition Closes: Saturday November 29.
Otherwise open by appointment.

inordinate, 2025

Inordinate is a group show featuring three artists illustrating the unquestioned normalcy of militarism within everyday life and the inordinate psychological space weapons take up in the civilian imagination. Through references to various weaponry, from small arms munitions to bombs and missiles, this show alludes to the cost, trauma and banality of it all.

Through highlighting ammunition, the exhibition creates a prism in which to parse out the differing ways militarism seeps into our collective subconscious. A subconscious informed by the doom scroll, the 24 hour newscycle, action movies and first person shooters; where power fantasies and fears alike run rampant.

While death and glory may be the superficial goal of any conflict: munitions are the seeds that warfare sows, leaving only destruction behind. Inordinate features works by Verena Gaudy and new works by Edward Perez and Mark Anthony Martinez.

Opening Reception: 7–10pm Saturday November 8.
Closing Reception: 12–6pm Saturday November 22.
Exhibition Closes: Saturday November 29.
Otherwise open by appointment.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Everywhere I go is in crisis. It’s suffocating.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Twenty years ago, I was an intern working in this room. Fast forward to today and now I’m working with an intern of my own - working in the same office!

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

One time one of my managers accidentally texted me this:

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

A Preview: “Here, I picture the moment that the object of desire; paid for with countless years of: education, networking, internship, onsite training, astronomical debt and personal sacrifice… After the dream job sours and the work place becomes a suffocating toxic mess – where does one go?”

Draft text: Artist statement:

Throughout history the institution has served as a double edge to the artist and their practice. It is at one moment; instrumental to the cultivation of an audience of an artist’s body of work, a place of preservation to care for works so that they may be enjoyed for generations, and at times, even an educational space.

The institution can also be a source of frustration to the individual working artist. Where, from the outside looking in, an artist may regard these spaces as arbitrarily exclusive. Pretentious venues which merely launder the image of inequities exacerbated by the wealth-criminals who own them.

Meanwhile from the inside; when an artist comes to serve the institution, as an employee – the museum can very well snuff out any creative ambition left in the employed.

Short of unionizing these spaces – I illustrate my personal frustration with the institution. Here, I picture the moment that the object of desire; paid for with countless years of: education, networking, internship, onsite training, astronomical debt and personal sacrifice – becomes the object of repulsion.

After the dream job sours and the work place becomes a suffocating toxic mess – where does one go?

The moment one realizes that a museum/cultural/non-profit job is just a job – you begin to realize you have more in common with your fellow worker as a laborer. When you realize, your labor is all you actually own. As an artist, the only choices left are despair or radicalization.

Maybe – I’ll continue in these spaces but maybe together, we can forge better opportunities.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

I feel like I was just talking about this… Found in yesterday’s fortune cookie.

Fortune cookie fortune that reads “Be glad for those around you.”

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

I APPLIED TO THE 2026 CAM PERENNIAL. ✨

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Mark Martinez is artist and educator from San Antonio, Tx. He’s got an MFA from Portland State University and his BFA in Intermedia from PNCA. Martinez is active participant within the local community, curating for local art entities. (Submitted to OLLU new employee survey)

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Parking pass procured for the NEXT gig…

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

UPDATED ROSTER RIGHT HERE✨✌🏽 I’d like this become a series tbh. Next one being MIJO/X — MIJX/O. My curatorial model is one of a scaffold. Building with help, from the ground up bc all the ladders have been pulled up.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

next exhibition I’m organizing. As a note, I’ve been tired of the machista straight male Chicano dinosaurs hogging up all the spotlight for decades now and wanted to make room for the kin and cousins who don’t get the recognition and respect they deserve. Exhibition blurb in the img description

“MIJA/X – MIJX/A”, is a local survey of Chicana, Tejana, Latina and First Nations women, femme and non-binary identified artists. The multitude of identities that a single artist channels onto the canvas is a powerful act of vulnerability through self expression. This group show emphasizes artists who challenge, complicate and broaden traditional political definitions of “hispanic” and “latino,” through self definition and the act of making. The purpose of this exhibition is to trace the borders of cultural affinities shaped by gender and history between these deeper and ostensibly disparate categories of origin.

Opening Reception, August 9, Saturday from 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Closing Reception, August 30, Saturday from 6:00 – 9:00 PM

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

This was a bright spot of this year. Can’t seem to win for losing so I’m just here grasping at straws. Get yourself a box of crayons 🖍️ Photo credit to Isabel Servantez, 2025

flyer for grasping at straws, 2025
Closing soon — 6-9pm July 26

Zombie enemy from the video game DOOM, with the text “MALE LONELINESS EPIDEMIC “ written in the lower left.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I’m doing crayon drawings for my upcoming show and I couldn’t be more excited! Going back to basics and reflecting and recontextualizing the media I grew up with…

A crayon drawing of a “Zombie” - enemy from video game, DOOM. Includes text “male loneliness epidemic” in lower left.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Original prototype featured at SMART project space, San Antonio, 2025. As part of the group exhibition, “UNWAVERING SYNAPSES” curated by yours truly. 😌

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Closing reception TOMORROW 6-9pm June 28, 2025 FREE AND OPEN TO ALL

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

We had a great opening reception last Saturday! Here are some crowd shots from our show.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

My latest curation just closed — “Personal Geographies.” Onto my NEXT! We do need a title tho… Here’s some photos from last Second Saturday! See you June 14 — for NEXT SECOND SATURDAY 📷: Madelynn Mesa, 2025

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

My Curation, for the exhibition “You don’t own ME” won this year’s People’s Choice CAMMIE Award! Thank you to all the featured artists! Thank you to our gracious hosts at the 1906! Thank you to Allysha Farmer and Michael Martinez for helping install! This award is for us ALL!

Me holding the “CAMMIE” a trophy in the shape of a metal diecast tractor, while I lean on the shelf holding a crt monitor featuring my video art: “art/worker” (2023). 🚜

Installation view of the exhibition taken by photographer Carlos Ferrand, 2025.

The draped figures in the foreground are works created by emerging artist Katlyn Powell (2024).

The three that make up INTERLOPER GALLERY

left to right:
Mark Anthony Martinez
Allysha Farmer
Michael Martinez

The People’s Choice “CAMMIE” Award 2025 for “You don’t own ME” as featured at INTERLOPER GALLERY & the SMART Project Space! Congrats to ALL involved.

Learn more about SMART at smarts.org

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“If you see this post your lock screen.”

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

My curation will have open hours this Saturday 1-4pm (only @interlopergallery.bsky.social ) 🥹😎

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Y’all I’m fuckin tired… Can’t wait to do a before and after of @interlopergallery.bsky.social tho!!

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

A San Antonio exclusive; THE NATURE OF US, group exhibition curated by Raisa Meléndez Tardi & Symone Martinez I'm thrilled to FINALLY share my plea for criticality in regards to the extractive and wasteful model of land stewardship rampant across modern America. Opening 3–9pm Saturday March 8

Opening 3–9pm Saturday March 8, 2025
La Zona, 337 W Commerce St, San Antonio, TX

There are over 100 artists included in this exhibition. Sadly, I was only able to include 4 images for this thread.

THE NATURE OF US, group exhibition curated by @dura_pura_vida & @symonemartinez_art, 2025
I'll have 3 NEW works on display in this MASSIVE show! I'm thrilled to finally share my plea for criticality in regards to the extractive and wasteful model of land stewardship rampant across modern America.
"...these spaces are in reality quite barren and potentially toxic. They bear no fruit, require constant manual labor, pesticide treatments and must aggressively consume water in order to maintain presentability— in what essentially amounts to foreign climates.
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My work is a plea to the audience to reevaluate this western obsession with non-native turf grass for the sake of future generations. So that they may become better custodians of the native ecology that surrounds them."
- Martinez, 2025

List of vendors present for the opening reception.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Barrista just asked me if I got a “new” job. I said: “well yeah kinda… I technically gave myself a NEW job — FOR FREE, even!” Up next: I’m curating a 22 person hyper local group exhibition revolving around Self-Portraiture @interlopergallery.bsky.social

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

STAY TUNED for our NEXT EXHIBITION this upcoming SECOND SATURDAY Opening Reception, March 8, Saturday from 7:00 – 10:00 PM (Details in the image ALT Text)

“You don’t own ME” is a group show, oscillating between self-portraiture as exercise and message. In this exhibition these artists offer portals into differing modes of being through a mode of making that could be considered rudimentary. Featuring artists: Alejandro Abeledo, Nicole Amri, Daryan Arcos, Frances Baca, Andy Benavides, Ashley Bueno, Sara Corley, Kaldric Deshon Dow, Rose Elizabeth, Audrya Flores, Raul Rene Gonzalez, Rafael Gutierrez, Oliver Lyric, Gabi Magaly, Mark Anthony Martinez, Michael Martinez, Symone Martinez, Wardell Picquet, Katlyn Powell, Roza Rodarte, Fred Wood, Samantha Ysaguirre. These artists respectively dive deep into the concept of self.

On view March 8 through March 29, 2025
INTERLOPER GALLERY & S.M.A.R.T. Project Space, 1906 S. Flores, San Antonio, Texas 78204

Opening Reception, March 8, Saturday from 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Closing Reception, March 29, Saturday from 6:00 – 9:00 PM

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Next curation about to drop: “You don’t own ME,” 2025 The idea for the exhibition came about, last month, as Allysha and I were watching the 2004 documentary “The NOMI Song” — m.imdb.com/title/tt0402... Check it out! See ALT Text for show statement!

Exhibition flyer for “You don’t own ME,” 2025
Featuring the names of participating Artists:

Alejandro Abeledo, Nicole Amri, Daryan Arcos, Frances Baca, Andy Benavides, Ashley Bueno, Sara Corley, Kaldric Deshon Dow, Rose Elizabeth, Audrya Flores, Raul Rene Gonzalez, Rafael Gutierrez, Oliver Lyric, Gabi Magaly, Mark Anthony Martinez, Michael Martinez, Symone Martinez, Wardell Picquet, Katlyn Powell, Roza Rodarte, Fred Wood, Samantha Ysaguirre

Exhibition Statement:
“You don’t own ME” is a group show featuring artists who deploy the use of their own image and likeness within their art practice. Either to illustrate a conceptual concern or simply modeling as a practical economic means to render a subject — these artists offer portals into differing modes of being. “You don’t own ME” refers to the artist’s autonomy, independent from mainstream society.
Unlike the bad faith portrayals of artists found in mainstream media — here we recognize the Artist as the authority in who they are.
Through their respective chosen media; figuration, becomes translated into examples of not just self expression but self definition. Road maps that future artists can use to traverse their own lives through the introspective exercise of self-portraiture. This exhibition serves as a reminder of who we might become should we choose to capture and illustrate our own personhood.
With this in mind, who might also need reminding of the importance of self-definition?

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

Preview of a series of 24”x18” text works, I’m developing… Next step is framing then, off to exhibition! Also, noticing a majority of my work spans the color range of beige to Brown to Black — so here’s some greens and yellow! Expect a lot more digital works turned to print from my studio.

Artist holds a print of text overlayed grass. The text reads: VANITY in all caps.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Upon attending this knockout exhibition — I ran into a fellow artist with a project space and was encouraged to pitch them a show! 🤩 Tell your artist friends get out of the studio every once in a while — It pays to show up! This Gallery is open FREE, 9-5p Tues-Fri Check it out!

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Always check your found (on the side of the road) boxes of VHS tapes for spiders! 📼+🕷️ Found a BLACK WIDOW spider crawling around in a box I picked up from the side of the road. 🥹😅 I have no fear of spiders per se but upon noticing movement from the corner of my eye — it sent shivers down my spine 😨

The spider captured under a clear plastic cup. Earlier before capturing the photo — it had scaled the side of the cup,revealing to me its signature hour-glass warning sign!

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I think I'm the only person in San Antonio - if not, the WORLD; genuinely bummed that JANUARY is coming to a close. Like, it's only going to get WORSE people! sheesh...

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

First exhibition announcement on this platform: “I’M NOT A COWBOY…” a solo exhibition by myself, Mark Anthony Martinez! Special thanks for helping me to develop this body of work go to Allysha Farmer, Dru Barcus and of course— Fred Wood @fredtwood.com Very Excited for this one!

“I’M NOT A COWBOY…” is a solo exhibition by Mark Anthony Martinez, where the artist questions the mythos of the west. A multimedia exhibition “I'm not a cowboy" draws a metaphorical line in the sand, wherein Martinez invites his audience to “shoot” a cowboy.

The artist himself, named after a character from the television show The Rifleman (ABC 1958-1963) – Martinez, expresses the cognitive dissonance of someone who is ostensibly "MEXICAN" but named after an unambiguously white protagonist.

Featuring original footage (filmed earlier this year), alongside new text works and even incorporating the usage of a classic NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) Zapper – the exhibition asks the audience to consider their own role in manufacturing and reifying western exceptionalism.

I’m not a cowboy will open to the public, with an opening reception 6–9pm Friday November, 8, 2024 at Clamplight Studios & Gallery. The exhibition will run through December 7, 2024 and otherwise be open by appointment. A closing reception will be held 6-9p December 7.

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Mark Anthony @markanthony-mfa.bsky.social · 05/11/2024

My Name is Mark Anthony, I’m a conceptual visual artist & curator. I’m from San Antonio, TX w/ an MFA by way of PSU (PDX) in Contemporary Studio Practice (2014). I think I’m going to use this platform to highlight my works, including any ancillary projects relevant to my practice.

Image Still from single channel video called “Didactic/Musings,” 2024.

Reflections on my journey (career) in the arts over the last decade. From student, to underemployed, to arts administration back to underemployed, to museum security while adjuncting, to landscaper — all while maintaining an active art practice. The collected footage, is personal video taken during my time working with a large historic museum in San Antonio. The question of my status as an artist was ironically posed to me while working in administration by a colleague and the single word phrase ‘waste’ is my reckoning with just how wasteful institutions can be. Both in treatment of their employees time and how they treat our local ecology with such disregard for conservation in the face of climate change.

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