Martha Daghlian (she/they) grew up in Vermont and moved to Portland in 2008. She has studied art at Bennington College and Portland State University and received an MFA from the Stamps School of Art at the University of Michigan in 2022. At Portland State University, they taught undergraduate and graduate-level art courses from 2023 to 2025. Martha’s art practice incorporates handmade objects and costumes along with video, performance, and web-based forms, often utilizing found materials and anachronistic technologies. Their work has been shown at a number of galleries and artist-run spaces, including Melanie Flood Projects, Lowell, Ditch Projects, and online at ORAL.pub. Since 2016, Martha has run Grapefruits, an artist-led exhibition space and project platform focused on experimental, low-tech, and radical art.

Grapefruits has produced shows in a converted garage, an old warehouse, an empty wooded lot, a rare book room, and a dying mall. Through Grapefruits, Martha also published a free guide to Portland art spaces and an email newsletter highlighting contemporary art writing and events.

www.marthadaghlian.com