Leslie Martinez is a Dallas-based multidisciplinary artist born and raised between the Rio Grande Valley of the South Texas-Mexican border and Dallas. They hold an MFA from Yale School of Art in New Haven, Connecticut (2018) and a BFA from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (2008). Recent group shows include Cosmic to Corporeal: Contemporary Queer Performance Practices at The Mac, Dallas, Material Intension at ex ovo, Dallas, Independence at The MAC, Dallas, and Way Out Now at Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles.