Bio 

Pam Martinez (b. 1993, South Texas) is an experimental artist whose practice connects scientific inquiry, material exploration, and environmental consciousness. She holds a BFA in Art from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley and an Associate’s degree in Graphic Arts. Her work investigates the intersection of biopolymer engineering, sustainable materials, geometric structures, and organic forms, using installations and experimental processes to challenge conventional views on sustainability.
Her process often starts with the investigation of everyday household products, transforming them into biomaterials to expose the hidden industrial processes that shape our consumption habits. Through her exploration of material behavior and pattern recognition, she challenges our perception of materials, revealing the relationships between natural phenomena and systematic organization, highlighting how both art and science rely on similar processes of inquiry and experimentation.
She has served as a Lab Assistant in sculpture and currently works in the School of Art at UTRGV. Her grant-funded research project, Materiality: Bioplastic Engineering and Design, exemplifies her dedication to merging scientific methodology with artistic practice. Her approach is grounded in a deep understanding of both traditional craft techniques and contemporary engineering principles, which she uses to create innovative works that provoke reflection on materiality, sustainability, and the role of algorithms in shaping both natural and human-made systems.
Through her work, she invites audiences to reconsider the environmental impact of materials and the potential for artistic practices to inform scientific and sustainable solutions.