Chelsea Martinez is an Oregon-based artist who is focused on the combination of illustrations with three-dimensional textures. Her work emulates the imperfect nature of human experience by challenging traditional views of societal norms. Utilizing classical humanism through her representations of ideals such as liberty and equality, she asks viewers to question how these ideals are affected by the injustices of modern society. Her practice is based in repetition, found object recognition, and social awareness. Through her use of mundane or recognizable subject matter, Chelsea reveals to viewers the divinity inherent in everyday human connection. A central theme of her work is the dichotomy between rigid notions of gender in the 20th century and the embrace of gender fluidity in the post-liberal world. She reveals that these ideas are constructed and perpetuated by mores and expectations rather than by physical reality.

By exploring form, color, and symbolism, Chelsea's intention is to dismantle the boundaries that confine and limit our comprehension of reality.