Martina Scala holds a Master's degree in Fine Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and a Master's degree in Photography and Visual Design from NABA in Milan. In October 2021 she participated with her work AUM in the collective exhibition "I'm not sure (will I ever be?)" for Walk in Studio in Milan, which was selected as one of the 10 best books for the FE+SK prize by Fotografia Europea and Skinnerboox. The same work is part of the book "FOOD" published by Dito Publishing and of Zine Fest NYC. Her work "Q" is part of the art book "ID" published by Fotonica Diary and her project "X" is published in "Nothing to See Here" curated by Francesco Jodice.   

In her research, Scala explores concepts such as identity, recognition patterns imposed by society, social codes and roles, and how individuals respond to them. Using different media, creating mashups and paradoxical montages, Scala represents the dysfunction of the system, giving it an aesthetic value. Through a process of obsessive decoding and fragmentation, her work presents hallucinatory and surreal scenarios in which the idea of meaning is constantly questioned.