Leovigildo 

Leovigildo Martínez Torres was born on May 14, 1959 in Oaxaca de Juárez, Oaxaca. He began his studies in plastic arts in 1977 at the Center for Artistic Education in Oaxaca while studying at the Rufino Tamayo Plastic Arts Workshop. He has exhibited his work since 1981 in Mexico, United States, and his first individual exhibition was in 1982 at the Casa de la Cultura in Tuxtepec, Oaxaca. In addition, he has exhibited individually in Santa Fe, New Mexico; Los Angeles, CA; Tokyo Japan; among other major cities. He has work in important permanent collections such as the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach. California; Mexican Fine Art Center in Chicago, Illinois and the Museum of Modern Art in Punta del Este, Uruguay.