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1964 Born in Palos, Cuba
  Lives and works in Delray, FL and Los Angeles, CA
   
EDUCATION  
   
1994 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
1994 University of California, Berkeley, CA, Master in Fine Arts
1989 University of California, Berkeley, CA, M.S. in Quantum Electronics
1986 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, B.S. in Applied Physics, Electrical Engineering
   
SOLO EXHIBITIONS  
   
2010 The Open, Simon Lee Gallery, London, England
   
2009 Down With Me, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY
An Empty Space, Akira Ikeda Gallery, New York, NY
   
2008 Daybreak, L.A. Louver, Los Angeles, CA
Original Drawings for Guide, Sara Meltzer Gallery, NY
The Lovely Season, Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
   
2007 Nomad, Miami Art Museum, Miami FL
For two Martinson poems, poorly understood, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Awaiting a second plan, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York
   
2006 Schneebett, Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Coming Home, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama, UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, Los Angeles, CA
Splinter. Return, Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, WA
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
   
2005 Enrique Martínez Celaya. Works on Paper , Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA
Shore: "Is today yesterday" (Part I), Akira Ikeda Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Shore: "Is today yesterday" (Part II), Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA
Boy in the Landscape, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Enrique Martínez Celaya: The Photographs, Brauer Museum of Art, Valparaiso, IN
   
2004 Schneebett, Berliner Philharmonie, Berlin, Germany
Poetry in Process, CU Art Museum, Boulder, CO, Curated by Lisa Tamiris-Becker (catalogue)
Boy (Part II), Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
The October Cycle, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Boy (Part III), Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, Australia
   
2003 The October Cycle, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (catalogue)
All the Field is Ours, Griffin Contemporary, Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
Recent Paintings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
   
2002 The October Cycle, Griffin Contemporary, Venice, CA and Danese Gallery, New York, NY
   
2001 Enrique Martínez Celaya, 1992-2000, The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Traveled to The Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA and The Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA (catalogue)
Amerika - Europa: Ein künstlerischer Dialog, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany (catalogue)
   
2000 Pinturas de Merced, Galería Ramis Barquet, Monterrey, Mexico (catalogue)
Coming Home, Griffin Contemporary, Venice, CA
   
1999 The Field, St. Pancras Chambers/Andrew Mummery Gallery, London, United Kingdom
   
1998 Works on Paper and Poems, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO, Griffin Contemporary, Venice, CA and Luigi Marrozzini Gallery, San Juan, Puerto Rico (catalogue)
   
1997 Redemption, Burnett Miller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
   
1996 Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY
   
1994 Black Paintings, University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (catalogue)
   


BIBLIOGRAPHY  
   
2010  Enrique Martínez Celaya: Collected Writings and Interviews 1990-2010. Introduction by Klaus Ottman. University of Nebraska Press.
   
2009  Enrique Martínez Celaya Paintings, Follymag.com, February.
Ollman, Leah. "Exhbitition Reviews: Enrique Martínez Celaya, L.A. Louver." Art in America, March.
Neil, Jonathan T.D. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." ArtReview , March: 30.
   
2008  Finkel. Jori. Layers of Devotion (and the Scars to Prove It). The New York Times, Arts & Leisure, November 23: 30.
Whittaker, Richard. "Guide." Works and Conversations, No. 16, April: 34- 37.
Hoveling, Thomas and Martinez Celaya, Enrique. The Lovely Season (exhibition catalogue): Liverpool Street Gallery, Sydney, Austrailia
   
2007 Wolgamott, Kent L. "The Top 10 Events of 2007." Lincoln Journal Star: December 30
Wolgamott, Kent L. "From sand to Sheldon." Lincoln Journal Star: November 4, 6K
Damian, Carol. "Enrique Martinez Celaya: The Rhythms of Life." ArtNexus: No. 67, Vol. 6: 112-116.
Logan, Kent. Impulse: Works on Paper from The Logan Collection Vail. San Francisco: Oversees Printing Corporation. Chanzit, Gwen F. "Enrique Martinez Celaya, Distance, 2002" in RADAR: Selections from the Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan (exhibition catalogue), Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
   
2006 2006 Siedell, Daniel A., Thomas McEvilley, John Felstiner, Christian Williams and Enrique Martínez Celaya. Martínez Celaya. Early Work. Delray Beach, FL: Whale and Star.
McEvilley, Thomas. Preface. Pages 19-23 in Martínez Celaya. Early Work. Delray Beach, FL: Whale and Star.
Siedell, Daniel A." Does Enrique Martínez Celaya's Early Work Embody a Religious Weltanshauung?" Pages 25-55 in Martínez Celaya. Early Work. Delray Beach, FL: Whale and Star.
Felstiner, John. Your Song, What Does It Know? Pages 377-379 in Martínez Celaya. Early Work. Delray Beach, FL: Whale and Star.
Williams, Christian. Portrait of the Artist as Movement. Pages 57-61 in Martínez Celaya. Early Work. Delray Beach, FL: Whale and Star.
Martínez Celaya, Enrique. Enrique Martínez Celaya "Shore: Is today yesterday." Gifu, Japan: Akira Ikeda Gallery.
Platt, Susan. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." Art Papers, July/August: 69-70.
Siedell, Daniel A. "Enrique Martínez Celaya's Thing and Deception: The artistic practice of belief." Religion and the Arts, Vol. 10, No. 1 (March): 59-88.
Finkel, Jori. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." ArtNews, May: 175-176.
Pupat, Hendrik. "Das haus nach innen erweitern." Leipziger Volkszeitung, 21 June: 10.
Julke, Ralf. "Mitgefühl für Beethoven: Bildermuseum zeigt Martínez Celaya's Schneebett." Leipzig-Internet Zeitung, 22 June.
Williams, Christian. "An ever wider world: Enrique Martínez Celaya." West Magazine, 11 June.
Leipzig lädt ins Schneebett. Die Welt, 14 July;
Mills, Michael. "Artbeat." Broward Palm Beach New Times, 6 June.
Dea, Cynthia. "A spiritual 'peace' of mind." Los Angeles Times, 15 June.
"Installation Schneebett in Leipzig zu sehen." Lausitzer Rundschau, 22 June.
Suarez de Jesus, Carlos. "MAM goes mach." Miami New Times, 13 July.
Peters, Sue. "Visual arts pick: Enrique Martínez Celaya." Seattle Weekly, 12 April
Frank, Peter. "Art pick of the week." LA Weekly, 13-19 January.
Graves, Jen. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." The Stranger, 10 April.
Demetre, Jim. "Enrique Martínez Celaya at Greg Kucera." www.artdish.com, 4 April.
Smith, Dianna. "Artist envisions Delray as place for artists to flourish." Palm Beach Post, 24 April: 1C, 7C.
Siedell, Daniel A. "Passionately ambivalent." Christianity Today, 13-19 February.
Buckwater, Timothy. "Critic's choice (art)." The Monthly, January: 5.
"Continuing and recommended: Enrique Martínez Celaya." Art Scene, January.
   
2005 Ollman, Leah. "Renaissance man looks to the past." Los Angeles Times, 9 December.
"MOCA announces major 2004 acquisitions." Art Museum Network News, 10 March.
Mills, Michael. "Best local artist." Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 12-18 May.
Gavlak, Sarah. "Portrait of the artist." Ocean Drive, November: 378-381.
Gonzalez, Gaspar. "The escape artist." Boca Raton Magazine, December: 117-118, 256, 258.
"Art." San Francisco Chronicle, 11 December: 58 (photo).
"Trabajos en papel." El Mensajero, 4 December.
"Enrique Martínez Celaya. Works on Paper." Art Daily, 28 November.
Beaver, Megan. "Thought-provoking exhibit." The Torch, 4 November: B5.
"Photography show focuses on Martínez Celaya." Northwest Indiana Times, 2 November.
"Martínez Celaya exhibit opens at Brauer." Campus Chronicle, 20 October: 1-2.
Farmer, David C. The Honolulu Advertiser, 6 March.
Mills, Michael. "Away from the buzz." Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 7-13 April: 34.
   
2004 Tamiris-Becker, Lisa, Roald Hoffmann and Enrique Martínez Celaya. Enrique Martínez Celaya: Poetry in Process. Boulder, Colorado: CU Art Museum, University of Colorado at Boulder.
Forck, Gerhard. "Schneebett: Eine installation in der Philharmonie." Berliner Philhamoniker Das Magazin, November/December: 85.
Knott, Marie Luise. "Künstler dieser ausgabe: E. M. Celaya." Le Monde Diplomatique, November.
Eiszeit, Auszeit. Classix, December/January: 6.
Turner, Elisa. "The prince of darkness." The Herald, 7 March: 3M, 5M.
Damian, Carol. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." Art Nexus, No. 53, Vol. 3: 129-130.
Becker, Lisa Tamiris. "Enrique Martínez Celaya: Poetry in process." Colorado University Art Museum Bulletin, Volume II: 1(photo), 3.
Rakow, Mary. "Looking for a context for Martínez Celaya's work." works + conversations, No. 9, October:14-19.
Whittaker, Richard. "A conversation with Enrique Martínez Celaya, Self & beyond self." works + conversations, No. 9, October: 2-13; Gilbert, James. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." Flaunt, No. 54: 86-89.
Mills, Michael. "Black is back." Broward-Palm Beach New Times, 25-31 March: 34.
Schudel, Matt. "Layers of meaning." South Florida Sun-Sentinel, 7 March: 14-15.
Voelz Chandler, Mary. "Big on medium." Rocky Mountain News, 14 September: 8D, 10D-11D.
Oksenhorn, Stewart. "Winter's child." Aspen Times Weekly, 21-22 February.
Marglin, Elizabeth. "CU's 'Poetry in Process' show explores identity." Daily Camera, 26 September.
Kolesnikov-Jessop, Sonia. "Collectors' haven." Singapore Tatler, Vol. 22, No. 258, March.
Hassebroek, Ashley. "Artist, curator collaborate for exhibition now at Sheldon." Omaha World-Herald, 12 January.
Wagner, Patrice. "A curator's recollection." works + conversations, No. 9, October: 20-21.
"People." Aspen Magazine (Spring): 150 (photo).
Turner, Elisa. "Critic's pick." The Herald, 20 February: 31.
Mclellan, Marian. "The birds." The New Orleans Art Review, March/April: 26-29.
Lorge, Matt. "Enrique Martinez Celaya at Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale." WPLG, Channel 10, 18 February (Television).
"Visual arts." Riverwalk (Winter/Spring): 46.
Shear, Robin. "Good seasons." Eastsider, 26 February: 3.
Russell, Candice. "Unseasonably dark." City Link, 25 February: 53.
 
2003 McEvilley, Thomas. All the Field is Ours. Santa Monica, CA: Griffin Contemporary.
Barron, Stephanie, Michael Dear, Sherri Bernstein, Howard Fox and Richard Rodriguez. Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Siedell, Daniel A. The October Cycle, 2000-2002. Seattle, WA: Marquand.
Genocchio, Benjamin. "An ethereal world, explored breath by breath." New York Times: 14WC.
Ollman, Leah. "In a silent season." Art in America, May: 132-113.
Douglas, Sarah. "Enrique Martínez Celaya: All the field is ours." The Art Newspaper, No. 140: 9.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "A premonition of winter." Lincoln Journal Star, 7 December.
Siedell, Daniel A. "The October Cycle, 2000-2002." The October Cycle, 2000-2002. Seattle, WA: Marquand; 13-29.
McEvilley, Thomas. "Martínez Celaya: No Horizon Line." All the Field Is Ours. Santa Monica, CA: Griffin Contemporary; 5-10.
Rosenberg, Jeremy. "Griffin on the move." Art and Auction, November: 161.
Martin, Victoria. "Enrique Martínez Celaya at Griffin Contemporary." Art Week, No. 10, Vol. 34: 20 (Cover: December 2003 - January 2004).
Rumbaugh, Ed and L. Kent Wolgamott. "KZUM's variations on the visual." KZUM, 18 November (Radio).
Hilsabeck, Erin. "Personal events inspire artist's exhibit, speech." Daily Nebraskan, 18 November.
Reed, James. "Scene in L.A." Angeleno, December: 104 (photo).
Stibor, William. "Live From the Mill." National Public Radio, 21 November (Radio).
"Exhibition Highlights of the coming season." Art in America, August.
"Continuing and recommended." Art Scene, No. 4, Vol. 23 (December).
Wong-Sutch, Sabina. "The art of living." The Peninsula, No. 1, Vol. 1: 34-40.
Scott, Carolyn Patricia. "A colorful new Martínez Celaya." Los Angeles Times, 18 November: E60.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "Top 10 art shows of 2003." Lincoln Journal Star, 28 December.
 
2002 Ollman, Leah. "Primal emotions evoked in black." Los Angeles Times, 1 November: E27.
Turner, Nancy Kay. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." Art Scene, November: 24, 25.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "Art facts." Lincoln Journal Star, 16 June, Section X: 12.
Wolgamott, L. Kent. "New directions in contemporary art." Lincoln Journal Star, 9 June, Section X: 6-7.
Cheng, Scarlet. "Armory with new arsenal." Los Angeles Times, 11 April: 14-15.
Chattopadhyay, Collette. "Enrique Martínez Celaya, Orange County Museum of Art." Art Nexus, No. 44, Vol. 2: 117-118.
Pagel, David. Los Angeles Times, 19 April.
Bryan, Kathy, Cathy Byrd and Bobbie Leigh. "The top hundred collectors in America."
Art and Antiques, March: 90-91.
"News & views." Art Nexus, No. 43, Vol. 1: 36, 38.
 
2001 Jay Jensen (editor), Solomon-Godeau, Abigail, Charles Merewether and Howard Fox. Enrique Martínez Celaya 1992-2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand Solomon-Godeau, Abigail. "'Restitutional Fragments." Enrique Martínez Celaya 1992-2000.
Cologne, Germany: Wienand; 51-73.
Merewether, Charles. "Departure without Return." Enrique Martínez Celaya 1992-2000.
Cologne, Germany: Wienand; 31-47.
Fox, Howard N. "Interview with Enrique Martínez Celaya." Enrique Martínez Celaya 1992-2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand; 77-89.
Albertini, Rosanna. "In the Still of Language." Enrique Martínez Celaya 1992-2000.
Cologne, Germany: Wienand; 93-107.
Emerick, Judson, and Arden Reed. "Commentary." Enrique Martínez Celaya 1992-2000. Cologne, Germany: Wienand; 111-240.
Martínez Celaya, Enrique. October. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Cinuba.
Kirby, Peter. Enrique Martínez Celaya, Studio Days. Venice, California: Media Art Services. Breidenbach, Tom. "Enrique Martínez Celaya," Art Forum, February: 155.
Schoenkopf, Rebecca. "Tar baby." OC Weekly, 23-29 November.
Ollman, Leah. "Insight within arm's reach." Los Angeles Times, 26 November: F2.
"Best buys." Los Angeles Times, 10 November.
Chang, Young. The stages of Enrique Martínez Celaya. Daily Pilot, 10 November: A8, A13.
Chang, Richard. In pursuit of an epiphany of the heart and mind. Orange County Register, 9 November: 6.
Morse, Marcia. "Push and pull." Honolulu Weekly, 26 September - 2 October: 11.
Gail-White, Victoria. "Martinez Celaya shifting away from aesthetic choices." The Honolulu Advertiser, 9 September: E5.
Tswei, Suzanne. "Martinez Celaya scraps art education to reinvent painting." Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Mauka Makai, 26 August: G14-G15.
Heyward, Carl. Art Papers, May/June: 53.
Frank, Peter. "Art picks of the week." LA Weekly, 16-22 February: 150.
Rosenberg, Jeremy. "The evolution of Enrique." Los Angeles Times, 6 March: F22.
Williams, Eliza. "Los Angeles." Zoo Magazine, March: 38.
Merewether, Charles. Pinturas de Merced. Monterrey, Mexico: Galería Ramis Barquet.
Chattopadhyay, Collette. Paintings of Mercy. San Francisco, CA: Rena Bransten Gallery.
Tompkins, Calvin. "Enrique Martinez Celaya." The New Yorker, 11 December: 26.
 
2000 Forgacs, Eva. Art Issues, January/February: 49.
Ollman, Leah. "Poetry in pictures." Los Angeles Times, 26 May: F21.
Falandysz, Dan. "Unbroken poetry: The work of Enrique Martínez Celaya." artstar.com, January.
Chattopadhyay, Collette. "Enrique Martínez Celaya at Griffin Contemporary." Artweek, July/August: 20-21.
Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity 1900-2000. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (photo).
Merewether, Charles. "Breathing the Night Air." Pictures of Mercy: Drafts of a Landscape. New York, NY: Galeria Ramis Barquet; 7-9.
Representing LA. Seattle, WA: The Frye Art Museum. (photo).
Thornburg, Barbara. "Latin quarters." Los Angeles Times Magazine, 24 September: 32-35.
"Featured work, ions." Noetic Sciences Review, September-December, No. 53: 25.
Fark, Bill. "California artists show diversity in museum show." North County Times, 9 June: 3-34.
Pincus, Robert L. "Next wave shows the versatility and talent of Southern California artists." The San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June: 32-33.
Frank, Peter. "Gallery picks of the week." LA Weekly, 2-9 June: 152.
Chattopadhyay, Collette. Enrique Martínez Celaya: Paintings of Mercy. San Francisco, CA: Rena Bransten Gallery; 2-4.
Bourbon, Matthew. "120 minutes in San Francisco: 4 galleries." NY Arts, May.
Wario, Bertha. "Encuentra en pintura respuesta a preguntas." El Norte, Monterrey, México, 26 April.
Hernández, David. De poesía, pintura y escultura. Diario de Monterey, Monterrey, México, 3 May: 38.
Simblist, Noah. "Enrique Martínez Celaya at Eyre/Moore." Red Headed Step Child, July: 1-2.
Hall, Emily. "New developments: Photo fact and fiction." The Stranger, Seattle, 23 March: 33.
McLean, Clare. "Artists as vehicles for their own ideas." www.artaccess.com, March: 8-9.
Fark, Bill. "North county artists featured in museum exhibit." North County Times, 2 June: 3, 36.
Knight, Christopher. "Catching the 'next wave' of painters." Los Angeles Times, 20 June.
The Stranger, Vol. 9, No. 39, 15-21 June.
"Best bets." The Los Angeles Times, 1 June: 5.
Rice, Robin. "The center of it all." Philadelphia Citypaper, 30 November - 7 December.
 
1999 Solomon-Godeau, Abigail, Peter Frank and M.A. Greenstein. Berlin, The Fragility of Nearness. Venice, CA: Griffin Contemporary.
Brodzky, Anne Trueblood. Unbroken Poetry, The Work of Enrique Martinez Celaya. Venice, CA: Whale and Star
Brodzky, Anne Trueblood. "Unbroken Poetry." Unbroken Poetry: The Work of Enrique Martínez Celaya." Venice, CA: Whale and Star; 9-14.
Yariv, Amnon. "Compassion and Subjectivity (Conversation with Amnon Yariv and Enrique Martínez Celaya)." Unbroken Poetry: The Work of Enrique Martínez Celaya. Venice, CA: Whale and Star; 67- 75.
Baechler, Donald. "Imagery and Process (Conversation with Donald Baechler and Enrique Martínez Celaya)." Unbroken Poetry: The Work of Enrique Martínez Celaya. Venice, CA: Whale and Star; 78- 83.
Ollman, Leah. Art in America, May: 166.
Geer, Suvan. Art Nexus, April-June.
Bautista, Susana. The Labyrinth of the Multitude. Los Angeles, CA: Luckman Gallery. Perez, Judy. "Art on the fringes." Claremont Courier, 10 April: 9.
Frank, Peter. LA Weekly, 29 October - 4 November.
Browning, Walter. "Terminal thoughts." Hampstead and Highgate Express, 5 November.
M.F. "Another late arrival." Highbury and Islington Express, 12 November.
Brown, Neal. The Independent, London, 24 October.
 
1998 Frank, Peter. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." Enrique Martínez Celaya: Berlin, The Fragility of Nearness. Venice, CA: William Griffin Editions; 33-37.
Solomon-Godeau, Abigail. "Restitutional Fragments." Enrique Martínez Celaya: Berlin, The Fragility of Nearness. Venice, CA: William Griffin Editions; 39-45.
Greenstein, M.A. "Why Hegel? (Interview)." Enrique Martínez Celaya: Berlin, The Fragility of Nearness. Venice, CA: William Griffin Editions; 73-80.
Frank, Peter. ArtNews, February: 123.
Isé, Claudine. "Visual poetry." Los Angeles Times, 30 October: 30.
Ollman, Leah. Los Angeles Times, 25 December: F-40.
Damian, Carol. Art Nexus, January-March: 132-133.
Bockel, Claudia. "Er will bewegen, No entertaining! Enrique Martinez Celaya in der Regensburger." Galerie Baumler. Mittelbaycrische Zeitung, Regensburg, Germany, 30 June.
Hein, Helmut. Atemwende oder die welt im kopf. Kultur, Mittelbaycrische Zeitung, 6 August.
Collins, Tricia. "Tablet: The work of three poets." Zing Magazine, Winter: 34-138.
Click, Carrie. "Sultan, Celaya debut Baldwin's new space." Aspen Times, 14 February: B14.
Hilty, Dru. "Art and features." The Student Life, Pomona College, 30 October: 4.
Brown, T.W. The Argonaut, 14 May: 23.
Perez, Ruiz, and Jose Antonio. Art Nexus, May: 132-133.
Mittelbayerische Zeitung, 28 June: R6.
"The guide to art galleries and museums in Southern California." Art Scene, 26 December.
 
1997 García Gutiérrez, Enrique. "El artista en su laberinto." El Nuevo Día, Revista Domingo, 21 September: 10-13.
P.Y. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." Buzz Weekly (Los Angeles), 31 January - 6 February: 14.
Windhausen, Rodolfo. "Arte Latinoamericano." La Prensa, New York, 23 November.
Alvarez Bravo, Armando. El Nuevo Herald (Miami), 2 November: 5E.
Welles, Eleonore. "Enrique Martínez Celaya." Art Scene, Vol. 6, No. 7, February.
Alvarez Lezama, Manuel. San Juan Star, 3 October.
Ellerman, Nina. "Self-portrait with cup." Pomona College Magazine, Spring: 24-31.
Art Scene, Vol. 16, No. 7, March.
Christopher, Miles. "A conversation with Enrique Martínez Celaya." Artweek, December: 15-17.
Alegre Barrios, Mario. El Nuevo Día, 2 September.
 
1996 Schoenkopf, Rebecca. A marriage in blood. OC Weekly (Orange County), 9 August: 25;
Riley, Charles A. The Power of Restraint. Enrique Martínez Celaya. New York, NY: Tricia Collins · Grand Salon; 5-13.
 
1995 Greene, David A. "Painting the town." Los Angeles Reader, 29 September.
Pohl, Frances. "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow up to Be Painters." Lions of Frosting.
Santa Monica, CA: Dorothy Goldeen Gallery; 5-11.
Dupont, Diana. Point, Counterpoint. Santa Barbara, CA: Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
Rawlins, Dorrit. Nature re(Contained). Irvine, CA: Irvine Fine Arts Center.
Crowder, Joan. "A vision with two views." Santa Barbara News Press, 8 December: 7-8.
 
1994 Von Froemming, Paul. "Gifts of love." The Independent (Santa Barbara), 1 December: 58.
Westfall, Stephen. "Call and Response." Presents and Proofs. San Francisco, CA: Meridian Gallery and Santa Barbara, CA: Ro Snell Gallery; 3-5.
Crowder, Joan. "Drawing the viewers into his personal drama." Santa Barbara News Press, 25 November: 63.
Darling, Michael. "The graduate." Scene Magazine (Santa Barbara), 29 April: 23-24.
Jenkins, Steven. "An open heart." Artweek, 17 November.
George, Chris. Arts Week: Daily Nexus (Santa Barbara), 19 May: 4.
Callander, Judith. The Independent (Santa Barbara), 19 May: 50.
 
1993 Darling, Michael. "An unusually rich storehouse of ideas." Scene Magazine (Santa Barbara, CA), 20 August.
Alvarez Lezama, Manuel. "Exhibit asks viewers to question boundaries." The San Juan Star, 7 April: F11.
Darling, Michael. "Viewing works together, Singularly." Santa Barbara News Press, 11 October.
Arte, El Nuevo Día (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 23 March.
Routte-Gomez, Eneid. The San Juan Star (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 23 March.
 
1992 Richardson, Derk. "Eight days a week." San Francisco Bay Guardian (San Francisco), illustration.
Burkhart, Dorothy. An artist worth being excited about. San Jose Mercury News, 18 March: 7D.
O'Connell, Pam. "Arts beat." Billboard: Express (Berkeley), 8 May: 33.
 
1991 Alegre, Mario. "Profuso y cálido cromatismo en Martínez Celaya." El Nuevo Día (San Juan, Puerto Rico), 28 June.
Stalks (California) Fall, (photo).
 
GRANTS AND AWARDS
   
2006  Anderson Ranch Arts Center 2007 National Artist Award  
   
2004 California Community Foundation Fellowship, J. Paul Getty Trust Fund for the Visual Arts
Inaugural Colorado Contemporary Arts Collaborative Artist Residency at the CU Art Museum sponsored by Kent and Vicki Logan
   
2001 Hirsch Grant
   
1998 Art Here and Now Award, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Regents Fellow, University of California, 1992-1994
   
1992 Interdisciplinary Humanities Fellow, University of California
   
1986-1988 Brookhaven National Laboratory Fellowship