Edra Soto Explained

Edra Soto
Birth Name:Edra Soto
Birth Place:Puerto Rico
Nationality:American
Training:Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico [BFA]; School of the Art Institute of Chicago [MFA]

Edra Soto (born 1971) is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and co-director of the artist-run outdoor project space The Franklin.

Biography

Edra Soto was born in Puerto Rico in 1971. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico in 1994. After moving to Chicago, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000. She has received several awards, including the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship (2016)[1] and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Individual Artists Award (2017). She has curated numerous exhibitions, including co-curating Present Standard at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2016.[2] She is a faculty member in the Contemporary Practices Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[3] Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows both nationally and internationally.

The Franklin

In 2012, Soto and her husband Dan Sullivan founded The Franklin, an artist-run project space in the backyard of their home in Garfield Park, featuring installations and site-specific work by Chicago and national artists.[4] [5]

The Franklin Collection of over 200 artworks by local, national, and international artists is also at the Garfield Park location.[6]

Works

Soto's ongoing site-specific GRAFT series, begun in 2013, incorporates the geometric designs of iron rejas screens popular throughout Puerto Rico.[7] [8] In 2014, Soto and Dan Sullivan were awarded a public art commission from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for the Blue Line Western Station.[9] Their work will be a large-scale installation for the stationhouse exterior.[10]

Selected recent exhibitions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Efroymson Family Fund Awards Millionth Dollar to Contemporary Visual Artists. 2016-11-17. Central Indiana Community Foundation. en-US. 2019-02-23.
  2. Web site: City of Chicago: Present Standard. www.chicago.gov. 2019-02-23.
  3. Web site: esotof. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. en. 2019-02-23.
  4. Web site: The Franklin. 2013-10-29. Temporary Art Review. en-US. 2019-02-15.
  5. Web site: Meet Edra Soto of The Franklin in East Garfield and Humboldt Park - Voyage Chicago Chicago City Guide. en-US. 2019-02-23.
  6. Web site: The Franklin Collection. Soto. Edra. 3Arts: 3AP – MAKE ART WORK. en. 2019-02-24.
  7. Web site: Grafting Puerto Rican Architecture onto the Lower East Side. 2016-04-27. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2019-02-23.
  8. Web site: Review: Edra Soto/Terrain. 2013-04-02. Newcity Art. en-US. 2019-02-23.
  9. Web site: CTA Selects Your New Blue Contractor for Damen, Western and California station renovations. CTA. en. 2019-02-23.
  10. Web site: Public Art on the CTA. CTA. en. 2019-02-23.
  11. Web site: Exhibitions - Morgan Lehman Gallery. www.morganlehmangallery.com. 2019-02-23.
  12. Web site: Edra Soto University Galleries - Illinois State. galleries.illinoisstate.edu. 2019-02-23.
  13. Web site: The Commons Artist Project: Edra Soto: Open 24 Hours. MCA. en. 2019-02-23.
  14. Web site: Traduttore, Traditore. Gallery 400. en-US. 2019-02-23.
  15. Web site: City of Chicago: Forgotten Forms. www.chicago.gov. 2019-02-23.

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