© Tess Martens. I’m Not The Right Fit, 2023. Photo Henry Chan.
Canada
www.tessmartens.com
Tess Martens (she/her) was born and raised in Guelph, Ontario. She graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Master of Fine Art focusing on performance art in 2018. In her art practice, personal experiences are re-contextualized through performances. Between 2019-2020, she traveled and performed in 4 performance residencies in 4 different countries. She worked closely with Marilyn Arsem, La Pocha Nostra, VestAndPage and Andrigo & Aliprandi. In 2024, 7A*11D, an international festival of performance art, invited Martens to perform in Toronto, Ontario. She actively performs in Ontario and Quebec; may it be an official performance for festivals, galleries and artist run centers or performing more underground and relying on self to just create!
