Born in El Banco (Colombia) in 1971 he gratuated at Academy of Palstic Arts "Julio Arraga", Maracaibo, Venezuela in 1997. In 2005 Martinez graduated at Accademia di Belle Arti of Rome (Major in Paiting). Now, always at Accademia di Belle Arti, he is teaching painting and he is obteining his PhD in "painting and plastic arts".