In 2018, Martinez had a one-woman show at the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis that delved into the costs of gun violence as well as her loss entitled, Seeing Red. She has also shown at Springfield Museum of Art, Danforth Museum of Art, Mitchell Museum, and the Figge Art Museum. She is increasingly concerned with finding new ways to engage social politics butting against the
perceptions of time and history regarding the plights of women.
She has benefited from the creative space of residencies that push her work forward twice at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Crosstown Arts, twice at Paul Artspace, Otis College of Art and Design, and Soaring Gardens. Her practice speaks out on social issues and appears in the public realm to not merely showcase her artist’s craft but also incite change and difficult conversations.
Martinez often focuses on women's roles in terms that have been traditionally seen as taboo to question the borders of figurative art and content prescribed by a largely conservative-leaning art world in regards to artists who happen to be female to challenge prescribed roles and incite better inclusivity and who has access to storytelling and an assurance of safety both in the real world and in creative spaces.