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Interdisciplinary Artist, Arts Educator & Curator
Interdisciplinary Artist, Arts Educator & Curator
BRENDA TORRES FIGUEROA | Fajardo, Puerto Rico. 1976. Live and work in Chicago, IL
EDUCATION
2004 Masters in Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute de Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
2000 Bachelor of Arts, University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras
RESIDENCIES
2002 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
2021 The HoneyComb Network, Chicago, IL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2023– Founder/Owner | El Schomburg | Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo Chicago IL
2021- 2022 Director of Educational Programming | SRBCC Chicago, IL
2016- 2021 Integrated Arts Teacher | The Chicago High School for the Arts, Chicago, IL
2008- 2016 Arts Educator & Chair of Mission/Community Relations | PACHS HS Chicago IL
2006-2008 Curator | Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce Puerto Rico
AWARDS
2023 Tiznando el Pais (Quimeras) | Mellon Foundation
2021 3Arts Make a Wave Art Grantee, Chicago, IL
2003 City of Chicago Artist Grants, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs
2001 Merit Scholarship, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
ARTIST’S EXHIBITION RECORD (*Indicates performance)
2024 Black Brazil Biennale, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A White Noise: Reordering Chaos, El Schomburg | Espacio de Arte Contemporáneo, Chicago IL*
Persistencia, Puerto Rican Arts Alliance, Chicago, IL
Coastal Relations, Avery Research Center, Charleston, South Carolina
Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a People Edith Broad Museum Lansing, Michigan
Antifuturismo Cimarrón, Museo Casa Escute, Carolina, Puerto Rico
2023 Contemplaciones, Galeria de la Facultad de la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras
Trenzando Identidades, Museo Casa Escute, Carolina PR
2022 The Asian Art Biennale of Bangladesh, Dakha, Bangladesh
2021 Dressed as Home and Refuge to Amend, Artist Residency, Honey Comb Network, Chicago IL
2020 Dressed as Home and Refuge | Humboldt Park Boathouse Gallery, Chicago IL
2019 Anarquía y Dialectica del Deseo, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico
2008 Lick Collaborative performance with Faith Wilding for the Hemisphere Conference Chicago
2005 Homeless, Sin Título Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan PR
2004 Las Negritas No Lloran, Sin Título Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, San Juan PR
2004 Colored Girls Don't Cry, Curated Project: MFA Thesis Show, Gallery 2 SAIC, Chicago, IL
2003 Puerto Rico and Colombia: Caribbean Connections, Galería Tinta Roja. Chicago, IL
2002 Homeless, Collage Gallery of the Americas, Chicago IL
Homeless, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Maine
Ocean Without Red Boats, L’Montage, Art Institute of Chicago
Haciendo Patria, Collage Gallery of the Americas. Chicago, IL
The Body as a Poetic Space, Collage Gallery of the Americas, Chicago, IL
2001 Underbride, Women Performance Jam Benefit Fall, Chicago, IL.
Rojokirmizi, Lady Fest Midwest Chicago, Chicago, IL
Al Sur del Océano, Pedro Albizu Campos Museum, Chicago IL
2000 Y para cada Santa hay una vela, Insight Arts, Chicago IL
Public Intercourse/ Nuptial Discourse, Women Performance Jam Benefit, Chicago
La femme qui n'existe pas, Sin Título Contemporary Art Gallery, San Juan, PR
Vestida de Hogar y Refugio, Espacio ?, #157 San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1999 Clonación II, Museo de Arte de Caguas. Caguas PR
Graduandos, Galeria Francisco Oller. UPR Rio Piedras, PR
Fotografía Medio de Visíón e Ideas, Galería Francisco Oller, UPR Río Piedras
Artículos Femeninos, Universidad Interamericana, Hato Rey, PR
1998 Cuarta Bienal de Artes Plásticas, Museo Casa Roig, Humacao, PR
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