Marta Thoma Hall studied Fine Arts at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. She taught art at SFSU and the University of Oregon. MTH has a long career as an experimental artist with international exhibitions. She created several large public art installations nationwide. 

MTH studied at UC Berkeley with Elmer Bischoff, (who taught her to draw with eyes closed) Paolo Carosone, Italian visiting professor, and Malachiah Montoya, Latino activist. Her interest in social justice, feminism, and surreal art, began early. She was curated into, “Fantasies and Visions,” by Rolando Castellon, Costa Rican artist and activist, at SFMOMA in 1980. MTH was awarded Artist in Residency at Norcal in 1993 which led her to using recycled materials.  

MTH is represented today by the Anglim Trimble Gallery in SF and Wonzimer Gallery in LA.  Currently, “to see with eyes closed,” is on view in SF, with artwork made of 3D printed resin, driftwood, tree stumps, fur, yarn, shells, and more. 

MTH worked in business from 2007 – 2020 as President of Velodyne Lidar Inc. The work took her around the world where she observed exciting artwork in museums in Asia, Europe, and Africa. Her passion for art led to collecting and founding HATF, a non-profit art and technology foundation with her inventor husband, David Hall. 

In 2024, the Hall Art and Technology opened to the public an inaugural art exhibition at the Floating Museum, located on a barge in the Alameda Estuary, titled “Rising Tides.”  The exhibition has a focus on women artists and artists of color, on view through 2025. “Rising Tides” offers the viewer dynamic visions.