Cristine Brache Explained

Cristine Brache (born 1984 in Miami) is an American artist, filmmaker, and writer of Puerto Rican and Cuban descent. Her work spans video, sculpture, and poetry. She has since 2012 been exhibited internationally, in Europe, North America, and Australia. Her debut book, Poems, was published by Codette in 2018.[1] [2] [3]

Education

Brache holds an MFA in Fine Art Media from the Slade School of Fine Art in London. She graduated from Florida State University in 2007 with a BFA in Studio Art, and attended Miami Southridge Senior High School.

Career

From October 28 to November 28, 2018, Brache was a resident artist with Embajada in partnership with Artist Alliance Inc. (AAI) and Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center (The Clemente), in New York City.[4] [5] [6] Her work has been reviewed positively by the New York Times, Cultured, and the New Yorker.[7] [8] [9] Her films have screened at Slamdance Film Festival, the Florida Film Festival, and Maryland Film Festival.[10] [11]

Her work is in the ICA Miami's permanent collection.[12]

Themes

The artist often takes her personal and family history as a starting point to explore cultural erasure (of the Caribbean Diaspora), shared histories and trauma, womanhood, and the inevitable power dynamics that accompany these themes. Brache is interested in how people codify their behaviors and appearances for survival and adaptation in oppressive environments. In previous works she's also explored the institutionalization of women’s pain and illness, as well as the ramifications of gaslighting—the pathologization of female emotion and expression. She articulates personal histories of female oppression with the wider context of history and art history.[13] More recently, Brache is interested in the loss of meaning and time, nostalgia, notions of faith, love, and death.[14] [15]

Her poetry is described as "unapologetic...often placing the reader in the position of the voyeur, Brache’s poems ambiguously deal with identity, power dynamics, and templates of the female body and psyche."[16]

Personal life

From 2009 through 2014, Brache expatriated from the United States to squat in the United Kingdom, Europe, Turkey, and Thailand. She eventually moved to China, where she lived for two and a half years.[17] [3] In 2016, she married Canadian artist and writer Brad Phillips.[3]

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Books

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Uszerowicz. Monica. 2019-01-23. How Words Occupy Space: An Interview with Cristine Brache. en. 2019-03-01.
  2. Web site: Codette. en. 2019-03-01.
  3. Web site: Artist-Writers Brad Phillips and Cristine Brache Share More Than a Love of Language . 2022-03-22 . www.culturedmag.com . en.
  4. Web site: Saad . Shirine . 21 November 2018 . With the MECA Art Fair, San Juan's Art Community Rises Again . 2019-08-21 . www.vulture.com.
  5. Web site: ArtistAlliance - Embajada . 2019-08-21 . www.embajadada.com . en.
  6. Web site: Selvin . Claire . 2018-08-02 . A New Residency Program for Puerto Rican Arts Professionals Begins in New York . 2019-08-21 . ARTnews . en-US.
  7. Cristine Brache . 2019-08-21 . The New Yorker . en.
  8. News: Smith . Roberta . Farago . Jason . Heinrich . Will . Steinhauer . Jillian . 2020-07-22 . Four Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-10 . 0362-4331.
  9. Web site: Cristine Brache On Spiritual Symbolism, Matriarchy, & Memory . 2022-03-10 . www.culturedmag.com . en.
  10. Web site: Christiansen . Kathleen . 2021 Florida Film Festival: 10 movies with Sunshine State ties . 2022-03-10 . orlandosentinel.com. 9 April 2021 .
  11. Web site: Ramos . Dino-Ray . 2020-11-30 . Slamdance Reveals Full Lineup For 2021 Hybrid Edition, Launches 'Unstoppable' Programming Highlighting Disabled Creators . 2022-03-10 . Deadline . en-US.
  12. Web site: Looks can be deceiving - Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami . 2022-03-11 . icamiami.org.
  13. Web site: Foundwork Guest Curators Justine Do Espirito Santo . 2022-03-11 . foundwork.art . en.
  14. Web site: 2021-02-24 . Press Release for Bermuda Triangle . Anonymous Gallery.
  15. Web site: 2022-03-07 . Editors' Picks: 15 Events for Your Art Calendar, From a Fascinating Fernanda Laguna Survey to the Badass Art Women Awards . 2022-03-22 . Artnet News . en-US.
  16. Web site: Codette . 2022-03-11 . www.codette.org.
  17. Web site: 2018-04-30 . 'We mirror what we see': Holly Childs Interviews Cristine Brache . 2022-03-11 . Cordite Poetry Review . en-US.
  18. Web site: 2022-03-07 . Editors' Picks: 15 Events for Your Art Calendar, From a Fascinating Fernanda Laguna Survey to the Badass Art Women Awards . 2022-03-10 . Artnet News . en-US.
  19. News: Heinrich. Will. 2020-07-22. Four art shows to see right now. The New York Times . en. 2020-07-22.
  20. Web site: Estape. Taylor. 2019-01-30. Inside "Cristine's Secret Garden": Symbols, Santeria, and Resilient Women. en. 2019-03-01.
  21. Web site: 2019-12-07 . Art Basel in Miami Beach diary: fairgoers go bananas for The Banana and Pope.L offers a message in a vessel . 2022-03-10 . The Art Newspaper - International art news and events.
  22. Web site: Epithalamium ANAT EBGI . 2022-03-10 . en-US.
  23. Web site: Hamer . Katy Diamond . 2018-12-11 . MECA Art Fair, Old San Juan . 2022-03-10 . The Brooklyn Rail . en-US.
  24. Cristine Brache . 2022-03-10 . The New Yorker . en.
  25. Web site: Cristine Brache . 2022-03-11 . Oolite Arts . en-US.
  26. Web site: Miami Artists Awarded $500,000 for "The Ellies" . 2022-03-11 . www.artforum.com . en-US.
  27. Web site: 2018 . Announcement . Miami Dade County.

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