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CV
b. 1995, New York, NY
Lives and works in New York, NY
Education
2018 BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art,New York, NY
2016 Erasmus Berlin University of the Arts
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2027 Forthcoming, Milan, Italy
2026 Forthcoming, New York, NY
2024 Waist Management, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain, The Cooper Union Senior Thesis
2016 WallFlower, Erkelenzdamm 51 Ausstellungsraum, Berlin, BE
2015 Re Covered, The Cooper Union, New York, NY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026 N24B @ 565 Broome, Alyssa Davis Gallery, New York, NY
Fashion X Art, The Museum at FIT, New York
2025 Ghost, Jarvis Gallery, New York, NY
waiting on tenterhooks, curated by Brittani Lemonds, 12.26 Los Angeles, CA
Artistic Noise: Benefit Auction, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Way In/Way Out, Textile Arts Center, Brooklyn, NY
2022 LVL3 x LTDWEAR6 Sleepover Show, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
Merde! Sculpture Auction, Alyssa Davis Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Gum:Scale, Jack Chiles Gallery, New York, NY
2021 LVL3 x LTDWEAR5 Baking Show, LVL3 Gallery, Chicago, IL
2019 Pillow Talk Presents: Sex and Love in the City, New York, NY
2017 Tie His Hands Gently, Romeo NYC, New York, NY
2014 15 Warren, 15 Warren construction site, New York, NY
Residencies and Fellowships
2026 Art on the Block, New York, NY
Villa Clea Artist in Residence, Milan, Italy
2023 Brashnar Artist-in-Residence (BAiR), Skopje, North Macedonia
2022-23 Textile Arts Center AiR Program, Brooklyn, NY
Projects and Public Programming
2022- Present Organizer and host, mending club “Darn it!,” Textile Arts Center
2022- Present Teaching Artist, the Textile Arts Center
2025 Tatter Blue Library, Teaching Artist
2022-2024 Teaching artist, Materials For the Arts, New York
Lectures and Press
2026 ‘Canal Janchi 2 at Canal Projects: Lecture series with artists Martina Cox, Joiri Minaya and Azita Moradkhani,’ May 2026, Canal Projects, New York, NY
‘Negotiating Feminity: Panel with Martina Cox and Felicia Yao led by Hilary Davidson at FIT’ May 2026, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
‘Martina Cox In Conversation with Dr. Valerie Steele’ Museum at FIT, March 2026 Fashion X Art exhibition Symposium Series, New York, NY
2025 Trail, Lydia Eliza. “Martina Cox: Bound for Pleasure,” Elephant Magazine, January
2024 Diehl, Travis. “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in December,” The New York Times, December 5,
Brady, Keegan. “Guts and All,” Family Style, December 2, 2024.
2023 Randriamanana, Helisoa. “The Femme Body and Performative Fashion with Martina Cox,” Textile Arts Center, March 15, 2023
2021 Roach, Amanda. “Spotlight: Martina Cox,” LVL3 Chicago, January 29
2020 “Precog Time Lecture Series: Ep 9 Window: Martina Cox,” Precog Magazine, May
“Martina Cox’s Curtain Call,” Garage Magazine, March 2020
2019 Salvator, Francis. “Martina Cox,” Coeval Magazine, December 2019.
O’Regan, Kathryn. “Martina Cox’s Upcycled Garments Subvert the Feminine Tradition of Arts and Crafts,” Sleek Magazine, October 17, 2019.
“Becky Akinyode in Conversation with Martina Cox.” Larrie Gallery; New York, NY.