Victoria Martin was born in Chicago and grew up in the Hyde Park neighborhood near the University of Chicago. Having both parents as educators instilled in her a love of academics as well as art; twin passions that would inspire her imaginative and striking paintings. She has earned both a BA and an MFA in Visual Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Victoria's works invite you to gaze into the ancient world as mysterious, forgotten languages describe the beauty and wonder of the first human cultures. She explores the primal power symbols of wings, serpents and stars through long-lost magical spells, healing incantations and astronomical festivals. Beautiful pictorial languages 3,000 years old have long hidden the secrets of their creators, only recently decoded by 20th century scholars. Victoria's richly detailed paintings bring these potent phrases to life; their magic words depicted alongside mystically charged rivers, galaxies and flowers.

Recent exclusive exhibitions include "Koranic Verses, Illustrated" at the Rockefeller Chapel, University of Chicago, "World Spirituality and Mysticism" at the Chicago Cultural Center, "Incantations to the Viscera" at the Chicago's Museum of Surgical Science, and "Of Mystery and Magic" at the University of Chicago's renowned Rockefeller Chapel. She was featured on the popular public television series "Ben Around Town" and was the cover story for the independent Chicago Reader.