Martryce Roach

Background

About Martryce Roach

Martryce Roach is a visual artist from New Brunswick, NJ. She first introduced her work in 2014 at The House of Art in her hometown. Her colorful, unconventional approach to pastels delivers energetic drawings that will surely make your eyes dance as they move across her landscapes of color. Her works are bright, fresh, current, and cultured. Martryce playfully incorporates elements of music, education, geometric shapes, and environment to construct art stories that speak to the human experience, particularly as it relates to African American culture. Martryce earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health and Africana Studies and a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Working with people, resolving problems, advocating for change, fighting against injustice, teaching coping skills, and inspiring resilience have shaped a lot of the context for this artist’s work. Martryce strives to create a kinesthetic experience for observers, hoping that one walks away having felt something move within. This year, Martryce received the 2022 Fellowship Grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Martryce is currently exhibiting at Newark Museum of Art through May 2022, the New Jersey State Museum for the New Jersey Arts Annual: Reemergence through April 2023, at the Morris Museum through September 2022, and at Art in the Atrium through September 2022.