A self-taught visual artist from New Brunswick, NJ, Martryce incorporates elements of history, music, geometric shapes, and environment to construct surrealistic art stories about human experiences and relationships, particularly as they relate to African American culture.  With a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Health and Africana Studies and a Master’s Degree in Social Work, the context for a lot of this artist’s work is shaped by her passion for people.

In 2022, Martryce was awarded the Individual Artist Fellowship Grant from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. In 2023, Martryce completed an artist residency with ArtCrawl Harlem on Governor's Island, NY.  Every year, the artist participates in public art initiatives that bring awareness to a wide array of social challenges.  Her pastel drawing, Facing the Future Together, was licensed by Newark Liberty International Airport and a massive, mural-sized image of it was displayed digitally in Terminal A from 2022 through 2023.  In 2024, Martryce was the Public Art and Community Engagement Mural Ambassador for a 240 ft mural installed at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, unveiled in October.  She will also be installing a PSEG Legends Way mural this winter in Irvington, NJ, to honor the legacy of Lebby Jones. 

Martryce’s work was acquired into the permanent collection of The Colored Girls Museum in Philadelphia, PA, and has been exhibited at a number of galleries and other museums around the United States of America. Her work is also sold at art fundraisers, where generous portions of those proceeds benefit efforts of providing financial assistance to marginalized communities and talented Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) underrepresented in business and medicine.

Martryce Roach creates to inspire social change.  She is an advocate and an artist.