Martina Shenal is an Associate Professor of Art in the Photography division at the University of Arizona. 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 in New Genres, 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. Recent solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Place M Gallery, Shinjuku, JP, Whittier College, Whittier, CA, Workspace Gallery, Lincoln, NE, and University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.