Martin & Muñoz
American artists
Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz, also known as Martin & Muñoz are artists who collaborate to create dystopian sculptures and large photographic works often based on dioramas.
Biography
Walter Martin was born in Norfolk, Virginia in 1953. He received his B.A. from Old Dominion University in Virginia and his M.F.A. from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Paloma Muñoz was born in Madrid, Spain in 1965. She received her M.A. from Malmö University, Sweden. She is the daughter of Spanish artist Paloma Navares and sister of film maker and producer David Muñoz.
Martin and Muñoz have been professional and personal partners since soon after they met in 1993. They live in Milford, Pennsylvania and maintain a studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They work summers at a family retreat in Spain
Work
Walter Martin & Paloma Muñoz are best known for their sculptures and photographs contrasting pristine settings with foreboding scenes infused with liberal doses of gallows humor. In their work they explore the human condition, dystopias and alienation.
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