Martina Shenal is a Professor of Art in the Photography|Video|Imaging area at the University of Arizona in Tucson. Shenal earned her MFA from Arizona State University and her BFA from The Ohio State University. Selected grants and fellowships include a WESTAF/National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship, a Visual Art Fellowship from the Tennessee Arts Commission, two Professional Development Grants from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and a University of Arizona School of Art Faculty Professional Development Grant. Selected exhibitions of her work have been held at Place M Gallery, Shinjuku, JP; CICA Museum, Gimpo-si, Gyeonggi-do, Korea; Whittier College; Rutgers University; College of Southern Nevada; among others.