Cease Martinez

Cease Martinez, a Houston native, is a self-taught artist producing artwork professionally since the mid-90s. He is best known for his realistic style of painting and airbrushing. Mediums of choice are aerosol, acrylics, and airbrush. Cease is a professional tattoo artist and served as an art director at Break Free Hip-Hop School. He has created murals at venues and stores throughout Texas and various states. His work has been featured in multiple music videos including Beyoncé’s No Angel. He was chosen to paint the large scale containers at the entrance to Travis Scott’s first AstroWorld festival in Houston. Cease has been a guest artist for Converse at Nordstrom rack in Austin, MTV’s My Sweet 16, and has a mural featured in the documentary Hip-Hop Evolution which is currently available on Netflix. More recently, he has public street art in Uvalde as part of the Healing Uvalde mural project. This artwork has been published in The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Latino. Cease also enjoys participating in various mural fests and paint jams across the country. Additional current projects include work for the City of Victoria Texas, East Adine District, Big Walls Big Dreams in Houston, an installation for the East End District and has done multiple pieces at Houston’s Graffitii Park. Today you can find him still creating murals, custom airbrushing, and commissioned canvas art in Houston, Texas.