Marta Ayala was born in El Salvador and moved to San Francisco with
her family in 1968. She began drawing and painting as a child, and
her life and work has been greatly influenced by her uncle Camilo
Minero, one of El Salvador's most famous muralists.
She has studied at San Francisco City College, the Arts Institute
Sucre in Venezuela and San Francisco State University, as well
as apprenticing for six years with Susan Cervantes of the Precita
Eyes Mural Center.
Her San Francisco mural work has received community awards for
Best Public Art in 1998 and 2001, and she has been featured in
the books, Latin American Women Artists of the United
States by Robert Henkes (McFarland and Co., Inc. 1999)
and Murals: walls that sing by George Ancona
(Marshall Cavendish, 2003). Murals: walls that sing
was written for students aged 9-12.
A large part of Marta's work involves the community and young
people. She has taught mural painting in numerous schools in the
Bay Area and has collaborated with students of various grade and
skill levels. In 2002 she was commissioned by the San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art to create a public mural with the students
of Thurgood Marshall High School.
Monterey Bay Aquarium recently selected Marta from an artist's
open call to paint a large mural to used as a billboard to promote
ocean conservation to the Latino community in California.
Marta is continually working on new material and teaching throughout
the Bay Area.
Color & Concepts
is a custom mural, faux finish
and painting company operated by Marta Ayala.
CA #847164. For more information: click
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