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Edited: June 22, 2023
Marton Robinson
Pictured is artist Marton, a dark skin Black costa rican man that is bald and has a trimmed beard and moustache. He wears a black linen shirt, unbuttoned at the top to reveal upper chest and thin chain necklace.

Photo: Whitney Legge

Pronouns
He/him
Date and place of birth
b. 1979, Costa Rica
Current location
Toronto, Canada and Costa Rica
Year(s) of residency and/or fellowship
2021–22, Democracy Machine Fellow

Marton Robinson is a nomadic artist and activist whose work explores the Afro-Latino experience and challenges the conventions of blackness in art history, mainstream culture, and “the official national narratives” particularly in Costa Rica. The artist is interested in the idea of home and its construct.

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