Cuban artist and professor Tania Bruguera has been selected as a member of the United States National Academy of Design, along with 16 personalities from the world of architecture and the arts.
The institution, which made its decision last Saturday, defines Bruguera in a statement as “a performance artist who seeks her motivation in politics,” who explores the link between “art, activism and social change.”
Among the merits that guarantee his entry into the Academy, is that of expanding “the definition and scope of performance art, sometimes alone but very often through participatory events and interactions”, which interpret “the politics of repression and control.
Bruguera, who currently resides in Queens (New York, USA), was born in Havana in 1968. The nomination for the Academy, founded in 1825, is promoted by its members, a group of around 450 intellectuals, architects and artists who They live and work in the United States.
The winners must offer the Academy some of their most representative works, which become part of their art collection
The winners must offer the Academy some of their most representative works, which become part of their art collection, one of the most notable on the continent and will be exhibited in 2023.
Along with Bruguera, Laurie Anderson, Edgar Arceneaux, Radcliffe Bailey, Deborah Berke, Huma Bhabha, J. Yolande Daniels, Leonardo Drew, Nicole Eisenman, Julie Eizenberg, Hank Koning, Rick Lowe, Jean Shin, Arthur Simms, Michael Van Valkenburgh, Dan Walsh, and Nari Ward.
Tania Bruguera studied in the Cuban capital and at the Art Institute of Chicago. She has stood out in international events such as Documenta Kassel and the biennials from Venice, São Paulo, Shanghai and Havana, in addition to being the founder of the Hannah Arendt International Institute of Artivism.
His pieces and performances have been executed in spaces such as the Tate Modern in London, the Santa Monica Museum of Art and the Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum, in the Netherlands, at the New Museum in New York, and at the Wifredo Lam Center for Contemporary Art. , In the Habana.
He has received relevant international recognition and awards, such as the Guggenheim Grant (USA), the Prince Claus Award (Netherlands), the Meadows Prize (USA) and the Velazquez Award (Spain).
Bruguera combines her artistic work with activism in favor of creative freedom and expression. Linked to the creators who protested before the Cuban Ministry of Culture on November 27, 2020, she has been one of the most critical voices against the island regime.
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