Isabel M. Martínez spent her formative years in Santiago de Chile and holds a BFA from Universidad
Católica de Chile. In pursue of a graduate degree she ventured into Canada and earned an MFA from
the University of Guelph.

As an artist, she is interested in the phenomenological aspects of human experience. Perception is a
recurring theme within her practice, and has become a foundation for her to explore the possibilities and
limitations of photography. She approaches the medium as a means of visual transcription for ideas reflecting
on the notions of time, space, simultaneity, and duration. In doing so, experimentation and process have
come to the forefront of much of her work. Non-linear narratives, superpositions and juxtapositions are
often employed in the creation of her images; spatio-temporal relations are predominant subjects.

She has exhibited in Chile, England, the U.S., and Canada. Her work has been included in CONTACT
Photography Festival (Toronto), Magenta’s Flash Forward, FotoAmérica Bienal de Fotografía (Chile), and
featured on Centro Virtual de la Fotografía Chilena, Día Nacional de la Cultura 2011 (Chile), Bank on Art,
Frameworks, Ojo Zurdo, Chilenización de la Fotografía, and Wegway Magazine among others. Isabel’s
photographs are present in various public and private collections. She lives and works in Toronto.