Artist Statement
“My work celebrates the small moments of everyday life and captures the human spirit in bold colors and brushstrokes.”
About Geraldine Martinez-Benz
Geraldine Martinez-Benz holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a major in Painting from the University of the Philippines – Cebu City. She has organized and facilitated several summer art workshops in the Philippines. She has also taught street and indigent children through partnerships with the local DSWD and World Vision chapters, with missions rooted in the belief that art should be made accessible to all. For her day job she has worked as a graphic designer in Manila, Cebu, Shenzhen, and Chicago. She currently resides in Evanston, Illinois with her literary writer husband, teenage son and two cats. She divides her time being a children’s book designer, graphic designer, fine artist, wife, mom, and taking long walks by the lake. She is the founder of Sinag, a Filipino-American group of visual artists in Chicago and Greater Chicago.
