Mario Martinez is a member of the Pasqua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona. His work has been exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian in New York, the Contemporary Artists Federation Group Show in Saitama, Japan, and other outlets. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Arizona State University and his Master of Fine Arts from the San Francisco Art Institute. In 2001 he received the Native Artist in Residence Fellowship from the National Museum of the American Indian, and in 2005, Mario completed a 22-foot commissioned mural for the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona.
