Bio
Randy Ortiz Martinez was born and raised in the small village of Chimayó, New Mexico.
Shortly after completing his Bachelors in Fine arts at The University of Art and Design in Santa Fe, New Mexico he moved to Florence, Italy and completed his training in the classic arts. Randy began to teach privately, live and work for several years in Florence before moving to Rome where he currently resides. He has had the privilege of studying old master drawings from the archives at the Gabinetto degli Disegni e delle Stampe from the Uffizi Galleries in Florence and copying old master paintings from Palazzo Corsini in Rome where he is primarily based.
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EDUCATION
2021 The international academy for humanistic studies, Vivarium novum (Frascati, Italy), month long intensive art course. Dichotomy of Apollo and Dionysus, based on classical literature, art philosophy and iconographical tradition.
2015-2021 Graduate. Angel Academy of Art Florence. Florence, Italy.
2010-2014 BFA Studio/Arts. Santa Fe University of Art and Design. Santa Fe, New Mexico.
EXPERIENCE
2022 Gabinetto Dei Disegni e delle Stampe Degli Uffizi a Firenze. Firenze, Italia. Research on drawings from Federico Barocci, Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola detto Parmigianino and Agnelo di Cosimo detto Bronzino.
2018 Archivio storico Accademia. Firenze, Italia. Research on Filadelfo Simi, Raffaelo Sorbí and origins of the academy in Florence.
2018 Gabinetto Dei Disegni e delle Stampe Degli Uffizi a Firenze. Firenze, Italia. Research on drawings from Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Guilio Cesare Procaccini , Guercino and Jusepe de Ribera.
2015-2018 Travels and Extensive research with a focus on painting/paintings and painters from 15th century-early 19th century made throughout Italy and parts of Europe such as Cenacolo del Andrea del Sarto, Certosa di Firenze, Pinacoteca di Brera, GAM Galleria d'Arte Moderna Milano, Gallerie Accademia Venezia, Galleria Nazionale di Parma, Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara, Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi Piacenza, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Roma, Musei Capitolini Roma, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica a Palazzo Barberini Roma, Museo Granet Aix-en-Provence, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza Madrid, Colección del Museo Ruso Málaga, Tienda Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga, and Palacio de la Aduana Málaga.
2013 Artist Assistant, Mural Project "Make Art Not War" By Shepard Fairey A.K.A "OBEY".
2012 Es Mejor Saber Fine Art Show, Fundraiser for the study and prevention of HIV\AIDS.
