José Jun Martínez

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I paint places of encounter for ecological, historical, and poetic reflections that simultaneously embrace and transcend location specificity, creating sensorial, conceptual, and emotional bridges of experience. Proposing an immersive approach, the paintings embody a sense of solidarity and the hope of liberation. Coming from a land that, like many others, is continually threatened and exploited by political and economic structures, I insist on painting as an act of reaffirmation while holding the tensions between beauty and violence, praise and lament, celebration and protest.

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José Jun Martínez (Bayamón, 1992) is a Puerto Rican painter based in London. He received a BA in Fine Arts from the University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras (2015) and an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in London (2024), where he was awarded the Valerie Beston Artists’ Trust prize. His practice spans a decade of immersive contemplation in natural environments, translating his perceptions, memories, and reflections into a language of painting materiality. Recent exhibitions include Donde el sol se refigia (Mexico, 2026), Perennial Paroxysm (London, 2025), and Hermano de las Flores (San Juan, 2025).