E. Vincent Martinez is a Cuban-born, mixed-media artist and filmmaker. He has a BFA from Barry University in Miami, where he focused on ceramics and photography. After college, he spent two years on a core student fellowship at the Penland School of Craft in North Carolina studying weaving, textiles, book-making, and photography with a focus on in-camera multiple exposures. He continued to explore photography and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). In 2001 he completed the Masters in Art Education (MaEd) program at Georgia State University and gained his teaching certification in art for grades k-12.

In 2023 Martinez completed his second full-length documentary, Bringle: A Tale of Two Makers. The film was an official selection at the Tryon International Film Festival. His current documentary, Iron Pearls, about blacksmith artist Elizabeth Brim, made its premiere to sold out audiences at the Tryon International Film Festival in 2025.

Martinez is co-owner of Mirrorball Gallery in Tryon and is serving a second term on the Board of Trustees at Penland School of Craft.