Glenda Martinus
new-media artist
Glenda Martinus is a poet, singer, potter, glass sculptor, painter, and new-media
artist.
artist.
With a background in information
technology and women’s labor rights in the
Caribbean, Martinus’s work tackles themes
that run from women’s empowerment to
nature appreciation and historical remembering. Martinus has learned a thing or
two about word processing programs after
having taught typing for more than three
decades. She has now turned her favorite
program, Microsoft Word, into a painting
canvas by stretching its technical limits
for drawing. Her work has been shown in
Amsterdam, Utrecht, Antwerp, Aarhus,
London, and Paris.
technology and women’s labor rights in the
Caribbean, Martinus’s work tackles themes
that run from women’s empowerment to
nature appreciation and historical remembering. Martinus has learned a thing or
two about word processing programs after
having taught typing for more than three
decades. She has now turned her favorite
program, Microsoft Word, into a painting
canvas by stretching its technical limits
for drawing. Her work has been shown in
Amsterdam, Utrecht, Antwerp, Aarhus,
London, and Paris.
