JANUARY 14, 2010

Join us for our first art opening of the year LAYERED featuring the works of Marthalicia. Opening Reception Thursday January 14th, 2010 at 7pm. The show will be up January 14th - February 11th 2010.

Opening reception
Thursday, January 14, 2010
7-10pm

All work, prints, t-shirts sold goes to
The Artist Process part two: funding goes for art supplies
and film coverage.

H’ordeuvres & Drinks served.

FRESTHETIC GALERîA
560 Grand St. off Lorimer
L train to Lorimer/ G train to Metropolitan/
J train to Lorimer
(Los Sures, Brooklyn NY)

fresthetic.com

Initiative Radio interviews ME !!! take a listen if you like

"Although it may seem cliché to say that art can be a healing element for people, Angela's guest Marthalicia Mataritta, a New York City born painter is a living testament to this sentiment. As a youth, she and her two brothers grew up in an unstable fashion with their ailing mother and the family moved between New York City and Massachusetts, then between the Dominican Republic and back to New York City, where they lived in cramped quarters and finally in a homeless shelter.

Children are resilient however and Marthalicia and her brothers were no exception. They used art and music to distract them from all of the negative events that resulted from their nomadic lifestyle. So strong was Marthalicia's passion for art, that her natural talent and enthusiasm won her the opportunity to attend the reputable La Guardia High School for Music, Art and Performing Arts and thereafter, with a military scholarship she attended college to finalize her formal studies in Visual Arts.

Today, Marthalicia is the mother of an energetic four year old boy and a busy live painter, who engages in art battles. Art battle competitions are an exciting part of New York City's dynamic art and music scene and for skilled painters like Marthalicia who are both talented and expeditious with their craft, the rewards can be tremendous and an artist's popularity can soar in a relatively short amount of time. The story of Marthalcia Matarrita is an inspiration to her fellow artists and to people who are facing adversity in their lives" ~Angela Mckenzie.

http://www.archive.org/details/IR-08-48

Review of my very first Birthday Art Bash 2009

Yes its true, very true. As long as I can remember, I never, or hardly went out clubbing, or do other activities such as those, until I reached the age of 27. Sure, my older brother helped me sneak in to wacky clubs, but that didn't satisfy my curiosity as to what clubbing was. Now 2009 I felt more confident in expressing how much I love art and shared it with many of art friends and people that mean a lot to me, all in one night, April 21, 2009.
One major conversation that I had with Lexi Bella, and myself that occurred this year was very much insightful. We both discovered that we have so much similarities. Similarities such as art and shared birthdays on the same month of April. It had occurs to both of us that we needed to do something special, something fun and memorable. Interestingly enough we both knew many artist that paint live in New York city and thought it would be even great to have them participate in our "Birthday Art Bash", where not only Lexi Bella and myself painting live, but also our art friends, that wanted to participate were scheduled to perform that same day.

What a dynamic night: The following are but a few images that shows some of the fun night that I had with my art friends. I do hope you enjoy them as much as I did!
~Marthalicia

Below are pictures of the night, and of the many art friends that participated as well. Some of these dynamic art friends, weren't able to paint,neither were they weren't available to be taken pictures, but I will write their names to the list for those that showed up. Many THANK YOU for your presence!
Sylvia Ortiz
Syn
Jai Cruz
Stef Eye
KEL
Meres One
Dj Mirandom
Lissette
See One
Eileen
Ben Angnotti
Andre
John Small
Dondi J.
The art battle team: Sean Bono,
Pesu
Yadira my cousin
Jen One
Hector
J.C.(the awsome dude who took these photos)

and the list goes on....





































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Environmental Escape. New Painting

Been aware of nature and how majestic it is in comparison to how fragile we are; us humans are to it. Nature, earth, and what it provides us with so much that we don't even see. We are so infatuated with ourselves and the meaningless things that spend time faster, rather then living life with nature. Our ways have built a irreversible negative effect on where we live that everything we need to sustain life, our lives is in danger. No more clean water, our crops are in low number an in bad health, millions of people dying of hunger, our earth had raised up by changing the climate and progressive reactions to earth quakes, tsunami, hurricanes, wild fires, ice caps melting in an alarming rate, and many other unbalances of our planet.

So I have been voicing how I feel via paintings.
I am developing art conversations over finding solutions to prevent furthering damage of our land, and I am doing it by painting them.

Above is a sample of a painting that is in progress. Hope you can relate or understand where I am heading with it.


Blessings
~Martha