E. Vincent Martinez

E. Vincent Martinez is a Cuban-born, Atlanta-based 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. The following year he took a teaching position at Grady High School where he started the fashion design program, the only one of its kind in the state. After 10 years at the high school level, Martinez moved on to teach at the Art Institute of Atlanta. He now serves on the Board of Trustees at Penland School of Craft.

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. He is currently in production of his next documentary about blacksmith artist Elizabeth Brim.