Liljana Mead Martin is an Canadian artist-researcher, based between Vancouver, on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations in Vancouver, and of the Hul’q’umi’numʔ and W̱SÁNEĆ (Saanich) speaking peoples—including the Quw’utsun, W̱SÁNEĆ and Tsawout Nations—on Salt Spring Island.

Through a focus on material and ecological processes of disturbance and regeneration, her research  often looks at cultural ideologies of extraction, resilience, and survival to reflect on biophilic responses to repair.

Martin holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (2010) and a Master of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University (2016). Her artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including at ENTRE Vienna (2025), Salt Spring Arts (2024), Zalucky Contemporary (2022), NADA NYC (2022), Wil Aballe Art Projects (2021), Nanaimo Art Gallery (2020), and the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (2018). She received the 2024 Catalyst Grant from Salt Spring Arts and the Wilding Foundation to create Seed Sphinx (2025), a regenerative sculpture and bio-art experiment exploring soil as a living material.

Martin is the founder and editor of BIOMASS (est. 2020), an online periodical that shares dialogue among artists addressing sustainability, burnout, and strategies for sustenance through creativity and community.

In 2026, Martin will be an artist-in-residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Banff, Jan–Feb 2026) and in the Art & Ecology studios at the MuseumsQuartier Wien (Vienna, Nov–Dec 2026).