PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Southern California Women’s Caucus For Art, SCWA.
Kipaipai Alumni
Guardians of the Forest
Ecoartspace
ART EXHIBITIONS: SOLO SHOWS
2025
Sacred Groves, Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA.
“Marthe Aponte”, Onodream, An online exhibition place curated by Louis Jacinto.
Spiritual Elevation within the M/Other show, MOAH , curated by Robert Benitez, Lancaster, CA.
2024
“Imaginary Cartography,” Palmdale Playhouse, Palmdale, CA.
2020
What Is It About Trees? curated by Susanna Meiers, El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA.
2019
Forest Bathing, curated by Betty Ann Brown, Loft At Liz’s, Los Angeles, CA.
Anatomie Végétale, curated by Valérie Daval, Alliance Française de Pasadena, Pasadena, CA.
Imaginary Flowers and Strange Creatures, curated by Edwin Vasquez, The Modern Tea Room, Lancaster, CA.
2018
The Art Of Picoté, Metro Gallery, Pomona, CA.
2017
Made In Mojave, curated by Andi Campognone, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA.
2016
Relics Of Memory, curated by Robert Benitez, Museum of Art and History-Cedar Gallery, Lancaster, CA.
2013
Lines That Matter, curated by Christine Mugnolo, Antelope Valley College Art Gallery, CA.
ART EXHIBITIONS: GROUP SHOWS
2025
Meditation on the Sacred, TRYST, international art fair for artist-run spaces, curated by Andi Campagnone, Del Amo Crossing, Torrence. CA.
2024
Desert Forest: Life with Joshua Trees, curated by Sant Kalsa and Juniper Harrower. This show was part of the Getty PST Art: Art and Science collide initiative. Lancaster, CA.
2023
Where Earth Becomes Aether, curated by Jason Jenn and Vojislav Radovanović, Wōnzimer, Los Angeles, CA.
Zombie Forest, curated by Sant Khalsa and Andi Compognone, Intersect Palm Springs Art and Design Fair, Palm Springs, CA.
Seeing Red, curated by Shelley Heffler, SCWA, Cathedral City, CA.
Corazón Abierto, curated by Dulce Stein, Casa Mama Frida, Hermosa Beach, CA.
Black Light Show, Antelope Valley Art Gallery (WAC), Palmdale, CA.
Annual Show, curated by Michael Miller and Dulce Stein, El Camino College, Torrance, CA.
Dis Connection, curated by Elana Kundell, Studio Channel Island, Camarillo, CA.
Journey through an Empty Circle, Roswell Space, Los Angeles, CA.
Incantation, curated by Chenhung Chen, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, (OCCA), Santa Ana, CA.
2022
Holly Jolly, curated by Jonna Lee, Roswell Space, Los Angeles, CA.
Cutting Edges, curated by Leslie Brown, Quad Gallery, Riverside City College, Riverside, CA.
Surrealism Now, Curated by Andi Campognone, OCCA, Santa Ana, CA.
Paperwork from the Soul, curated by James Panozzo, Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
2021
The Community Quilt Project curated by Shelley Heffler, MOAH, Lancaster, CA.
Brand Library & Art Center, 49 th Annual National Juried Show Exhibition of Works on Paper, CA.
Accession, Grayspace Gallery, curated by Andi Campognone, Santa Barbara, CA.
I Am The Turtle Spirit, Nomad show pop-up organized by the Torrance Art Museum. Del Amo Crossing, Torrance. CA.
Mundos Extraños: A Tribute to Planets in Time and Space (Collaboration with Edwin Vasquez), Metro Art Gallery, Pomona, CA.
Lydia Takeshita Legacy Exhibit Series 2, curated by Pranay Reddy, LA Artcore, Los Angeles, CA.
Nomad, curated by Max Presneill, Torrance, CA.
2020
The DIY Knicker Kit Project, curated by Valeria Medici, University of Northhampton, UK.
Count Me In, curated by Robin Rosenthal, Museum of Art and History (MOAH), Lancaster, CA.
Collaborate and Create, curated by Andi Campognone, Loft at Liz, Los Angeles, CA.
Bouquet, curated by Jonna Lee, Roswell Space, Los Angeles, CA.
2019
Imaginary Birds and Fantastic Creatures, Metro Gallery, Pomona, CA.
Antigone, Quotidien Gallery – A Jill Moniz project,, curated by Jill Moniz, Los Angeles, CA.
(beyond) Redemption, curated by James Panozzo, Launch LA, Los Angeles, CA.
2016
It’s About Time, Riverside City College Quad Gallery, Riverside, CA.
2015
Sweet 16, curated by Andi Campognone, Coagula, Los Angeles, CA.
2013
Dwellings, Collage Artists Of America, Antelope Valley College Art Gallery, Lancaster, CA.
Don’t Sleep, Latino Art Museum, Pomona, CA.
2012
Red, dA Gallery, Pomona, CA.
2011
Up Current, curated by Christine Mugnolo, Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA.
2010
The Art Of Food, Six Street Gallery, Vancouver, Washington.
Black and White, North Bank Gallery, Vancouver, Washington.
SELECTED AWARDS
2022
MOAH/Cedar Annual Juried Show: Honorable Mention
2017
MOAH Annual Media Juried Art Exhibition: Curator’s Choice.
2016
MOAH 31st Annual Media Juried Art Exhibition, Works on Paper, 3rd Place.
2015
The Beryl Amspoker Memorial Award for Outstanding Women Artist.
PUBLICATIONS
Cover for the “Size of Our Bed”, Red Hen Press, Pasadena, CA.
Illustration for Matilde Marmol, Revista National de Cultura (CONAC), Caracas, Venezuela.
“Beauty Under the Skin” by Toti O’brien for Abstract Magazine TV.
“French Folk Technologies Transformed Into Contemporary Art” by Dr. Betty Brown for Art and Cake LA, CA.
“The Layered Delights of Marthe Aponte’s Paper Works” by Sydney Walters for Art and Cake LA, CA.
PRIVATE COLLECTORS
Bette Midler – California, USA.
Petter and Hermi Cullen – Cebu, Philippines.
Reza Soltaini – Seattle, Washington USA.
Ulrica Perkings – Lancaster, California USA.
Edwin Vasquez – Kern County, California USA.
CRITICAL REVIEW
2020
“Marthe Aponte and A Lot of Tiny White Holes” written by Charles Hood and published in Triggerfish, a Critical review, issue 32.
Leigh Salgado, “Intricate Loveliness” published in Onodream gallery with Marthe Aponte Artwork.
COMMISSIONED ART
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