The first-floor gallery will host “Re-Collections” curated by Caracas-born and Miami-based curator Daniel Arturo Almeida: the exhibition addresses cultural extraction, Eurocentric archaeology, and anthropology. Learn more about the exhibition in our interview with the curator. The fourth-floor gallery will host “Histories We Carry” by artist-in-residence Estelle Maisonett curated by Johanna […]
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March 10-July 7, 2024 Does art play an active role in identifying and revealing the realities of contemporary life? Conversely, how do present-day challenges in the world affect the choices that artists make in their studios? While these questions have no clear or easy answers, the exhibition Impact: Contemporary Artists at […]
January 18 to April 7 Kukuli Velarde Philadelphia-based Peruvian artist Kukuli Velarde draws from indigenous Peruvian and European Catholic iconographies to engage with the lasting personal and cultural impacts of colonization. Her works simultaneously investigate faith, female identities, and womanhood. Opening January 18 2024
On View July 20 – October 15, 2023 | Main Gallery SECCA is proud to host CORPUS, an exhibition of ceramics and fabric works by Peruvian American artist Kukuli Velarde. An opening reception with the artist will be held Thursday, July 20 from 6–8pm, with remarks at 6:30pm. Admission is free […]
I am honored and grateful I got the Virginia Groot Foundation Grant, First Place.I want to thank Cackamansi Pachamama, the land I inhabit since the last 25 years; Philadelphia Mallki Leroy Johnson, ancestor; the Virginia Groot Foundation, the jurors; my husband Doug and my daughter Vida. And everyone who has […]
Spring 2023. A Voice of My Own” 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, 2023, Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building. The University of Arkansas at Little Rock will welcome acclaimed Peruvian American artist Kukuli Velarde as the next Windgate Distinguished Lecture Series featured artist for the Spring […]
Thanks to generous support from the Alturas Foundation and the UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts, UTSA proudly announces the opening of Kukuli Velarde: CORPUS at the Russel Hill Rogers Galleries at the UTSA Southwest Campus.
https://secure.touchnet.com/C20590_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1069 The Halsey Institute has produced an exhibition catalogue to accompany Kukuli Velarde: CORPUS which will debut Peruvian American artist Kukuli Velarde’s CORPUS project in its entirety for the first time. CORPUS is comprised of ceramic and fabric works that encourage reflection on the meaning of survival in the face of colonialism. Fifteen ceramic sculptures, each […]
6:30 PM ESTWednesday, April 20, 2022 link: https://moadmdc.org/programs-events/kukuli-velarde-in-search-of-a-connection Peruvian artist Kukuli Velarde joins Kislak Center Curator Carol Damian to focus on three bodies of work by the artist—Corpus, Plunder Me Baby, and Isichapuitu—and to explore how her work engages the complexities of identity and cultural appropriation in the face of enduring colonization, […]
March 12 @ 10:00 am
Celebrate the Kukuli Velarde: CORPUS at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College! Join in on hands-on art making activities (10 a.m.–4 p.m.) and a tour of the exhibition with the artist (2–3 p.m.).