Guatemalan artist (b. Nicaragua, 1971)
Currently lives and works in New York City, NY.
GROUP AND SOLO (*) EXHIBITIONS (Selected)
- 2008
- BBBP—Bronx Blue Bedroom
Project, New York, December 6—29.
- 16
Bienal de Arte Paiz, Guatemala City, Guatemala, July 5—20. Artistic
Director: Nelson Herrera Ysla. Curators: Miguel Flores Castellanos, Rosina
Cazali, Víctor Martínez, Guillermo Monsanto, and Valia Garzón.
- NoMAA Visual Arts
Grantees Exhibition, The
Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center, New
York, June 13—June 19. Curated by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado.
- “Horror vacui,” Primera muestra de performance y accionismo,
Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, La Antigua Guatemala,
Guatemala, June 7—8. Curated by Rosina Cazali.
- “Other, Other...,” A sampling of 2007 and 2008 Urban Artist
Initiative Grant (UAI/NYC) recipients visual arts and media, Longwood
Art Gallery @ Hostos, New York, June 4—August 7. Curated by Wanda
Raimundi-Ortiz.
- “Beneath The Skin,” A PERFECT8
Exhibit, Chashama ABC, New York, May 12—June 2. Curated by Diana Schmertz.
- “What Does a Woman Want?,” Proyecto X, San Francisco, California,
March 7—9. Curated by Cecilia Nuín.
- “Tres artistas. Tres vivencias.” 2do Salón Nacional del
Grabado, Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno, Guatemala City, Guatemala, February
5—March 19. Curated by Lucrecia Cofiño de Prera.
- “Resonance
New York,” Monkdogz Urban Art Gallery, New York, January 17—February
23. Curated by Diana Schmertz.
- “Preoccupation,” FEMLINK:
The International Video Collage, Curated by Véronique Sapin (France)
and CM Judge (USA).
- 2007
- “The
Feminine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond,” Jersey City
Museum, New Jersey, September 20—February 24, 2008. Catalog. Curated by
Rocío Aranda-Alvarado.
- “Art
Agora: The (S) Files, La Bienal del El Museo del Barrio,” Instituto
Cervantes, New York, September 13—January 6, 2008. Catalog. Co-curated
by Elvis Fuentes and Carmen Ramos.
- “El Museo’s 5th Bienal: The (S) Files / The Selected Files 007,”
El Museo del Barrio,
New York, July 25—January 6, 2008. Catalog. Co-curated by Elvis Fuentes
and Carmen Ramos.
- “T’What?,”
Gallery NuLu, Louisville Photo Biennial 2007, Louisville, Kentucky, June
29-July 30. Co-curated by Aron Conaway.
- “Libertad,” Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Guatemala City,
Guatemala, June 26—July 20. Curated by Belia de Vico/Contexto.
- “Ejercicios de lo efímero,” Centro Cultural de España,
Guatemala City, Guatemala, June 20—August 3. Curated by Rosina Cazali.
- “Our
Man in Havana: The Vacuum Cleaner in Art,” Gallery Aferro, Newark,
New Jersey, April 21—May 26. Catalog. Curated by Emma Wilcox.
- Real
pARTy 07, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, April 14.
- Slide Slam, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, March 15.
- Women of Color Art Exhibit on Violence Against Women, Brecht Forum,
New York, March 8th—31st. Brochure. Curated by Anoush Ter Taulian.
- “art
for art’s shake 07, la contaminazione dello spazio,” Palazzo
Zambeccari, Bologna, Italy, January 25—31. Catalog.
- 2006
- “The Art of Sensuality,” Chelsea Art Museum, New York, September
28.
- “Imagining Ourselves: Global Voices from a New Generation of Women,”
http://www.imaginingourselves.org.
March,
May
and July—August.
- Real
PARTy 06, Real Art Ways, Hartford, Connecticut, April 8.
- Artist
in the Marketplace (AIM) 26, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, March
22–July 2. Catalog. Curated by Lydia Yee and Erin Salazar.
- “Armi della prossimità. Tra performance e arti visive,”
Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti di Milano, Milano, Italy, March 8. Curated
by Lorenza Pignatti.
- 2005
- “Sweet Taboos,” Episode 4: Bittersweet, III Tirana Biennale,
Tirana, Albania, October 14–November 10. Catalog. Curated by Joa
Ljungberg.
- Contemporary
Latin American Art Group Show, Shimna, New York, August 18–September
3. Curated by Risa Needleman Gallery.
- 2003
- “La región más transparente. Una exploración
de los espacios íntimos,” Centro Cultural de España,
Guatemala City, Guatemala, August 13–29. Curated by Rosina Cazali.
- 2001
- “Globalización, Nomadismo, Identidades,” VII Bienal
Internacional de Pintura Cuenca–Ecuador, Cuenca, Ecuador, November
2001–January 2002. Catalog and Brochure. Curated by Diana de Solares.
- IV Bienal del Caribe, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican
Republic, November 14–December. Curated by Rosina Cazali.
- 1999
- *“Título de propiedad,” Belia de Vico–Arte
Contemporáneo, Guatemala City, Guatemala, November 4–14.
Brochure.
GRANTS / AWARDS / HONORS
- 2008
- Shortlist for first biennial Ida Applebroog Award at Exit Art (Nominated).
- Urban Artist Initiative/New York City Fellowship.
- 2007
- NoMAA Grant Program for Individual Artists, Northern Manhattan Arts
Alliance, New York, NY.
2005-06
Artist in the Marketplace (AIM) Program #26, Bronx Museum of the Arts,
New York, NY.
- 2000 (1), 1999 (2), 1998 (3 awards)
- HOW Magazine’s International Design Annual Competition Merit Awards
Editorial Category.
- 1994
- HOW Magazine’s Self Promotion Competition Merit Award Collateral
Category
- Winner of the Competition for the Logotype of the Alliance Française’s
75th Anniversary, Guatemala City, Guatemala.
BIBLIOGRAPHY (Selected)
- 2008
- Cullen, Deborah (Editor). ARTE NO ES VIDA: Actions by Artists of the Americas 1960-2000. El Museo del Barrio, 2008. Essay by Virginia Peréz-Ratton.
- “Arte de las Américas,” ASPECT:
The Chronicle of New Media Art, Volume 11, Spring 2008, DVD magazine.
- Toledo, Aida and Anabella Acevedo. “Through their Eyes: Reflections
on Violence in the Work of Guatemalan Performance and Installation Artists.”
N.Paradoxa,
International Feminist Art Journal (London, UK). Volume 21: Violence
(January 2008): 56-66.
- 2007
- Perfect
8. Edited by Diana Schmertz (New York). Issue 2: Resonance (Fall 2007):
19-20, 55-56.
- Baker, R.C. “Best
in Show: Bounty in the Barrio.” The Village Voice, November
13th, 2007, p 53.
- Schwendener, Martha. “A
Latino Biennial That Bucks a Global Trend.” The New York Times,
August 31, 2007, p E28.
- “The Feminine Mystique: Contemporary Artists Respond.” Exh.
cat. New Jersey: Jersey City Museum. Essay by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado.
- “El Museo’s 5th Bienal: The (S) Files / The Selected Files 007.”
Exh. cat. New York: El Museo del Barrio. Essay by Elvis Fuentes and E.
Carmen Ramos.
- Reilly, Maura and Linda Nochlin (Editors). GLOBAL FEMINISMS: New Directions
in Contemporary Art. Merrell Publishers. Essay by Virginia Peréz-Ratton.
- Cofiño de Prera, Lucrecia. “Libertad: una muestra de arte conceptual.”
elPeriódico (Guatemala). July 23, p. 24.
- Cofiño de Prera, Lucrecia. “Efímero: 1. adj. Pasajero, de corta duracion.
(DRAE)” elPeriódico (Guatemala). July 9, p. 23.
- Cordero, Mario. “Arte feminista.” La Hora (Guatemala). March
10th, p. 3.
- Imagining Ourselves: Empowerment, Inspiration, and Community Building!
Two Women Express How Imagining Ourselves Has Changed Their Lives. International
Museum of Women, San Francisco, California. Brochure. Winter Newsletter,
p4.
- 2006
- Martínez, Neyda Luz. “Beauty is Truth.” New York
Post/Tempo, April 12, 2006, p 55. Interview.
- Genocchio, Benjamin. “For Hopeful Artists, the Search to Be Just
Themselves.” The New York Times, April 9, 2006, p 8 WE.
- AIM 26. Exh. cat. New York: Bronx Museum of the Arts. Essay by Lydia
Yee and Erin Salazar.
- West, Cassandra. “A generation arrives.” Chicago Tribune/Woman
News, March 8, 2006, p 5, C Section 5.
- Goldman, Paula. IMAGINING OURSELVES: Global Voices from a New Generation
of Women. San Francisco: New World Library.
- 2005
- Tirana Biennale 3, Sweet Taboos, 5 Episodes. Exh. cat. Tirana: Institute
of Tirana Biennale, Albania.
- Mandel, Claudia. “Miradas de mujer” (Women Gazes), ArtMedia
Magazine (Costa Rica). No. 004 (April-June 2005): 28-31.
- 2004
- Toledo, Aida. “Arte-Manía: Noticias sobre el performance
en Guatemala: El caso de Jessica Lagunas” (ArtMania: Guatemalan
Performance Art News: Jessica Lagunas’ Case Study), TATUANA #1:
Spanish Program of the University of Alabama. www.bama.ua.edu/~tatuana/numero1/arte.html
- 2002
- Toledo, Aida. “En el performance y la instalación. Espacios
imaginarios de artistas guatemaltecas” (On Performance and Installation:
Imaginary Spaces of Guatemalan Women Artists), Revista Isis Internacional
(Chile). No. 33 (December 2002): 145-156.
- Díaz Bringas, Tamara. “Art in Central America: The Critical
Glance.” Atlántica, Revista de Arte y Pensamiento (Spain).
No.31 (Winter 2002): 40-69.
- VII BIENAL INTERNACIONAL CUENCA-ECUADOR. Globalización, Nomadismo,
Identidades. Exh. cat & Brochure. Cuenca: Bienal Internacional de
Pintura 2002. Essay by Diana de Solares.
- 2001
- Cazali, Rosina. “El oro y la plata en Santo Domingo” (Gold
& Silver in Santo Domingo), elPeriódico (Guatemala). November
21, 2001, p 18.
- 2000
- Toledo, Aida. “Definiendo cuerpos propios. Los alegóricos
tacones de Jessica Lagunas” (Defining own bodies. The allegorical
heels of Jessica Lagunas), La Cuerda (Guatemala). September 2000, p 8.
ARTIST TALKS / CURATORIAL PROJECTS
- 2007
- “The Feminine Mystique”, Jersey City Museum, New Jersey.
- Artist Talk, Randolph High School.
- “VOCES: ART AGORA, The Public Dimension of Contemporary Art”,
El Museo del Barrio, New York. Artist Talk.
- “Image and Identity Online Exhibition”, Imagining Ourselves.
Co-curator.
- 2006
- “AIM 26”, Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York. Artist Talk,
Morris High School.
EDUCATION
2008 Hunter College, City University of New York, NY.
2006–08 The Art Students League (Printmaking), New York, NY.
1992 BA (Graphic Design), Universidad Rafael Landívar, Guatemala
City, Guatemala.