Martha also runs the publishing company Matarile Ediciones, is the Library Manager at the International Center of Photography, manages and designs zines and small publications at Dashwood Books, teaches photobook workshops in multiple organizations, and an undergraduate photobook course at The New School.
Solo Exhibitions
Flowering Wound, 2024, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
The Stench of Orange Blossoms, 2023, Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Any Time Soon, 2020, online, curated by Verónica Puche, Notas al Futuro
Ofrenda de Día de Muertos, 2017, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
How This Has to Be Told, 2016, thesis show, ICP-Bard MFA Studios, International Center of Photography, Queens, NY
Group Exhibitions 2024
The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Press Print: Risograph Photobooks, Penumbra Foundation, New York, NY
Interwoven: Unveiling the Poetics of Observation, Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Alternative Monuments, Durden and Ray, Los Angeles, CA
Alternative Monuments, Ojo MX Versalles, Mexico City, Mexico
Correspondance, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York project space, New York, NY
2023
The Rose, curated by Justine Kurland, The Lumber Room, Portland, OR
Embodied, curated by Grace Sanabria and Paula Lycan, Hercules Art Studio Program, New York, NY
2022
Here is Elsewhere, two person show with Kat Shannon, private residence
2021
Featured Photographers from En Foco, online exhibition, Social Documentary Network
La Frontera: A New Latinx Lexicon, online exhibition, Humble Arts Foundation
2020
Stories, three-person show, Haul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Full House, miniature exhibition broadcasted online, Localhost Gallery
Reflections on Spring: an Online Exhibition in 3 Parts, online exhibition, Top Cat Gallery
All Together Now; Starting From Scratch, Top Cat Gallery, New York City, NY
2019
Flux Factory Annual Art Auction, LICA Gallery, Long Island City, Queens, NY
Baxter Street Benefit Auction, Baxter Street at The Camera Club of New York, New York City, NY
Everyone Is Asleep But Me, The Collective Art Tank, Ashbury Park, NJ
RUB – Now Wave and Graphic Activism, Flux Factory, Long Island City, Queens, NY
2018
Flux Factory Annual Art Auction, LICA Gallery, Long Island City, Queens, NY
Let’s Talk About Love, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
Anything!, Flux Factory, Long Island City, Queens, NY
Mixed Media Showcase, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
Talk in Images: Work, Curated by Wesley Verhoeve, International Center of Photography Museum, New York, NY
Collage Survey, Curated by Brooklyn Collage Collective and Con Artist Collective, Con Artist Collective, New York, NY
Source Material, online exhibition, Curated by Jon Feinstein, Humble Arts Foundation
Notas al Futuro, Salón Acme, Mexico City, Mexico
Re: Frame, Curated by Jane Cavalier and Nicole Kaack, Re: Art Show, Brooklyn, NY
2017
Notas al Futuro, Galería Breve, Mexico City, Mexico
The Body of the Artist, Curated by Justine Kurland, Studio Duo and Long Island City Open Studios, Queens, NY
Notas al Futuro, Bogotá, Colombia
Colors of Distance, three-person show, Curated by Bia Monteiro, Studio Duo and Long Island City Open Studios, Queens, NY
2016
The Ties that Bind, Poster Show, Curated by Charlotte Cotton, International Center of Photography Museum, New York, NY
The Ties that Bind, ICP-Bard MFA final group show, Curated by Charlotte Cotton, Baxter Street at the Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
All at Once, Rita K. Hillman Education Gallery, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2012
Exposición de Proyectos Fotográficos, .357 estudio / espacio creativo, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Film Screenings
How This Has to Be Told, 2023, Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
NYSOUNDCIRCUIT 8.2: How this has to be told, 2021, NYSoundCircuit online
Remote Flux Thursday, 2020, Flux Factory online
How This Has to Be Told, 2017, Point Green Studio, Brooklyn, NY
El Cine que Viene: Retrospectiva, 2014, Cineteca Nacional, Mexico City, Mexico
Mexican Shortfilms, 2013, Festival Internacional de Cine Hermosillo, Hermosillo Sonora, Mexico
Tres Escuelas, Muchos Cortos, 2013, Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City, Mexico
Monsieur Guillaume Selection, 2013, Organized by Chris Marker, Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago de Chile, Santiago, Chile
Jornadas de Reapropiación, 2013, Short Shorts Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico
Short Film Selection, 2012, Fort Myers Film Festival, Fort Myers, Florida
El Cine que Viene, 2012, Cinépolis Antara, Mexico City, Mexico
Talks 2024
Artist Talk Series: Martha Naranjo Sandoval, Alice Austen House, Staten Island, NY
Books that matter, conversation with Faride Mereb and Oscar B. Castillo, moderated by Cinthya Santos Briones, Feria Internacional Del Libro de la Ciudad de Nueva York, New York, NY
Symbolisms of the Body, conversation with Lauren Oliver, moderated by Chimera Singer, Peach Studios, Queens, NY
Navigating Challenges in Photobook Creation: Insights from Artists and Publishers, conversation with Jordanna Kalman, Raymond Meeks, and violet, moderated by Carlos Loret de Mola, CPW Photobook and Zine Fair, Center for Photography Woodstock, Kingston, NY
Photobook Share, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
Martha Naranjo Sandoval in conversation with Kelly Long, Baxter St at the Camera Club of New York, New York, NY
Flowering Wound: A Photo-Jay Session, live book sequencing with Eva Parra, New York Art Book Fair, New York, NY
2023
Printed Matter, Inc Presents: Narratives in Print – Exploring the Latin American Photobook Landscape, conversation with Oswaldo Garcia and Carlos Loret De Mola, moderated by Sonel Breslav, Photofairs New York, New York, NY
August Brooklyn Photo Talk: Featuring Martha Naranjo Sandoval, Sofie Vasquez, and Carson Gomas, Hope Gardens Community Center, Brooklyn, NY
The Independent Publisher, conversation with Lindsay Buchman and Luis Cobelo, International Center of Photography, Photobook Fest, New York, NY
Exhibition walkthrough + image share, Miriam Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015 –
2022
Interactive Talk, 2022, Baxter Street and Celebrate Mexico Now Festival, New York, NY
10x10 Salon #55, 2022,organized by 10x10 PhotoBooks, Center for the Book Arts, New York, NY
Visita de Estudio, 2020, Aura, Mexico City, online
Fotografía, Archivo y Memoria, talk with Yvonne Venegas, moderated by Begoña Irazábal, 2020, Notas al Futuro, online
Family Pictures And Art: A Survey, 2019, Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY
Innovation, Arts and Culture Meetup, 2018, Digital Future Lab, Brooklyn, NY How this has to be told, 2017, Point Green Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Nomadique Artist Dinner, 2017, Nomadique, Brooklyn, NY Colors of Distance, 2017, Studio Duo and Long Island City Open Studios, Queens, NY
Mexican Tertulia, 2016, curated by Martha Naranjo Sandoval and Groana Melendez, Baxter Street and Celebrate Mexico Now Festival, New York, NY
Slidefest: [in]flux, 2015, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
.357 estudio / espacio creativo, 2012, Estado de Mexico, Mexico
Flowering Wound, Martha Naranjo Sandoval, 2024, published by Calipso Press
Bodega Rider, Martha Naranjo Sandoval, 2023, published by Matarile Ediciones
Como Agua Para Ajolote, Martha Naranjo Sandoval, 2022, published by Dashwood Books
Sangre de mi Sangre, Martha Naranjo Sandoval, ed. Justine Kurland, 2021, published by Matarile Ediciones
Everyone Is Asleep But Me, ed. Marisa Sottos and Angelina Lin, 2019
After the Fact, ed. Martha Naranjo Sandoval, contributions by Jean Marie Casbarian, Nona Faustine, Alex Fialho, Katherine Hubbard, Steffani Jemison, Ivana Larrosa, Minny Lee, Bia Monteiro, Verónica Puche, Milagros de la Torre, Carrie Schneider, T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko, and Martha Wilson, 2016