We invite you to save the date for the opening of our fall 2024 Artist-in-Residence exhibition titled "This will pass" curated by Laura G. Gutiérrez featuring new work by Dalila Sanabria. The opening will take place on September 14, 2024 at 20 Cooper Square, 4th floor.
To learn more about Dalila Sanabria and her work follow the Q+A with the curator here.
Artist Bio:
Dalila Sanabria is a Chilean-Colombian-American artist from central Florida. Working primarily with sculpture and video, her work references domestic sites and sacred architectures, accumulating organic materials as catalysts for exploring displacement, brownness, and belonging. Sanabria has received an MFA in Sculpture from Cranbrook Academy of Art, a BFA in Art, and a BA in Portuguese Studies from Brigham Young University. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, with recent exhibitions at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in Salt Lake City, UT; Ortega y Gassett Projects in Brooklyn, New York City; Roman Susan Gallery in Chicago, IL, Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery in Philadelphia, PA; and the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans. Her work has been written about and mentioned in Art in America, Terremoto Magazine, and Creative Loafing Tampa Bay. She is also the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, being a Gilbert Fellow at Cranbrook Academy of Art, and participated in residencies and workshops at the Vermont Studio Center, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Sweet Pass Sculpture School, and ACRE (Artists’ Cooperate Residency & Exhibitions).
Curator Bio:
Laura G. Gutiérrez is Associate Professor in Latinx Studies in the Department of Mexican American and Latina/o Studies and Associate Dean for Community Engagement and Public Practice in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Gutiérrez is the author of Performing Mexicanidad: Vendidas y Cabareteras on the Transnational Stage (recipient of an MLA book award) and has published on Latinx performance, border art, Mexican video art, and Mexican political cabaret. She was a Scholars Fellow at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles during the Fall of 2022 and a UT Provost Author’s Fellow from 2022-23, and thanks to these she was able to work on her manuscript entitled Binding Intimacies in Contemporary Queer Latinx Performance and Visual Art. In Austin, TX she also serves as the Artistic Director for OUTsider, a nonprofit queer and trans arts organization that programs an annual festival in the community.
About the Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program
The Latinx Project’s Artist-in-Residence (AIR) program is open to emerging and mid-career artists based in the United States. As part of the AIR program, the selected artist will present a solo exhibition on campus and a public program. AIR are selected via open call each spring.
The Artist-in-Residence program is a flagship of The Latinx Project. Past A.I.R. exhibitions have featured the work of artists Estelle Maisonett, Mildred Beltré, Pachi Muruchu, Mary Valverde, William Camargo, Vick Quezada, and Shellyne Rodriguez.
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The fall 2024 Artist-in-Residence exhibition is made possible with support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.