Artist Talk by Beatriz Cortez

In her talk, "Making Work for Williams College," the artist will discuss her research-driven practice, which looks to the past in order to imagine alternate futures.

Beatriz Cortez in her studio. Photo: Ruben Diaz

Beatriz Cortez’s work explores simultaneity, life in different temporalities, and different versions of modernity, particularly as they relate to memory and loss in the aftermath of war and the experiences of migration and forced removal.

Her talk, “Making Work for Williams College,” is presented in conjunction with Cortez’s visit to campus as part of the planning for a site-specific exhibition of her work opening in 2023 that explores histories, both visible and invisible, within the built environment of the Williams College campus.

Light refreshments will follow the talk. The galleries will remain open until 8 p.m.

Beatriz Cortez (b. 1970, San Salvador, El Salvador; lives and works in Los Angeles) received an MFA in Art from the California Institute of the Arts and a Ph.D. in Literature and Cultural Studies from Arizona State University. She has had solo exhibitions at the Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles (2019); Clockshop, Los Angeles (2018); Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles (2016); Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles (2016); Centro Cultural de España de El Salvador (2014); and Museo Municipal Tecleño (MUTE), El Salvador (2012), among others. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at the Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2019); Ballroom Marfa, TX (2019); Tina Kim Gallery, New York (2018); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); BANK/MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, China (2017); Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas (2017); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador (2016); and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (2016). Cortez is the recipient of the Artadia Los Angeles Award (2020), the inaugural Frieze LIFEWTR Sculpture Prize (2019), the Emergency Grant from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts (2019), the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2018), the Artist Community Engagement Grant (2017), and the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2016). She teaches in the Department of Central American and Transborder Studies at California State University, Northridge. Beatriz Cortez is represented by Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.

Beatriz Cortez (b. 1970, San Salvador, El Salvador; vive y trabaja en Los Ángeles) obtuvo una Maestría en Bellas Artes en el California Institute of the Arts y un doctorado en literatura latinoamericana en Arizona State University. Ha tenido exhibiciones personales en el Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Ángeles (2019); Clockshop, Los Ángeles (2018); Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Ángeles (2016); Monte Vista Projects, Los Ángeles (2016); Centro Cultural de España de El Salvador (2014); y en el Museo Municipal Tecleño (MUTE), El Salvador (2012). Su obra ha sido incluida en numerosas exhibiciones colectivas, incluyendo en Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2019); Ballroom Marfa, Texas (2019); Tina Kim Gallery, New York (2018); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); BANK/MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, China (2017); Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas (2017); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador (2016); y en Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (2016). Cortez ha recibido el Artadia Los Angeles Award (2020); Frieze LIFEWTR Sculpture Prize (2019);  Emergency Grant de la Foundation of Contemporary Arts (2019); Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2018); Artist Community Engagement Grant (2017); y California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2016). Es catedrática en el Departamento de Estudios Centroamericanos y Transfronterizos en California State University, Northridge. Beatriz Cortez es representada por la galería Commonwealth and Council en Los Ángeles.

September 8, 2022
5:30 PM

WCMA

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