Born 1981 in Manila, the Philippines, Martha Atienza received her BFA from the AKI Academy of Art and Design in Enschede , the Netherlands and has participated in the art programme at the Kuvataideakatemia of the University of the Arts Helsinki, Finland. In 2015, she received the Thirteen Artists Award from the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and in 2012, she received the Ateneo Arts Award, with residency grants in Liverpool, Melbourne, New York and Singapore. In 2016, she was the recipient of the first Mercedes Zobel/Outset residency at the Gaswork Gallery (London). She lives and works in Bantayan Island, the Philippines and Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Recently, she received the Baloise Art Prize with her show in Art Basel in Basel 2017.