Glendalys Medina Explained

Glendalys Medina's practice focuses on transcending the symbolic systems of language and image by investigating the role they play in forming identity.[1] Medina is currently a professor at SVA’s MFA Fine Arts program and lives and works in New York.[2]

Early life and education

Medina is an interdisciplinary artist and received an MFA and BFA from Hunter College and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art under to tutelage of Phyllida Barlow and Eva Rothschild.

Career

Medina's work has been presented at such notable venues as Artpace, PAMM, where her work is featured in the permanent collection,[3] Participant Inc.,[4] Performa 19,[5] Artists Space, The Bronx Museum of Art,[6] [7] El Museo del Barrio,[8] The Museum of Contemporary Art in Vigo, Spain, Smack Mellon[9] [10] and The Studio Museum in Harlem[11] among others. Medina was a recipient of a Pollock-Krasner grant, Jerome Hill Foundation Fellowship[12] (2019), a residency at Yaddo (2014, 2018), the Rome Prize in Visual Arts [13] (2013), a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Art (2012), and the Bronx Museum of the Arts AIM residency [14] (2010).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: → PERFORMA • 19. performa19.org. 2020-01-24.
  2. Web site: Glendalys Medina. MFA Art Practice at the School of Visual Arts. en-US. 2020-01-24.
  3. Web site: Opening Reception and Preview: Spots, Dots, Pips, Tiles: An Exhibition About Dominoes. pamm.org. 2020-01-24.
  4. Web site: PARTICIPANT INC The Shank. participantinc.org. 2020-01-24.
  5. Web site: → PERFORMA • 19. performa19.org. 2020-01-24.
  6. Web site: Bronx Lab: Style Wars - Exhibitions - The Bronx Museum of the Arts. www.bronxmuseum.org. 2020-01-24.
  7. Web site: Bronx museum explores graffiti's controversial place in history. The Riverdale Press. en. 2020-01-24.
  8. Web site: CUT N' MIX: Contemporary Collage El Museo. en-US. 2020-01-24.
  9. Web site: I Come To This Place, Journey into an Exhibition. Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art. en. 2020-01-24.
  10. Web site: Editors' Picks: 19 Things Not to Miss in New York's Art World This Week. 2019-07-15. artnet News. en-US. 2020-01-24.
  11. Web site: THE STUDIO MUSEUM IN HARLEM. 2017-08-02. Wallach Art Gallery Columbia University. en. 2020-01-24.
  12. Web site: Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships Announced. The Jerome Foundation. en. 2020-01-24.
  13. Web site: 2012-13 Rome Prize Winners Announced. 26 April 2012. American Academy in Rome. 29 March 2016.
  14. News: AIM of Artist in the Marketplace to Aid Artists With Business of ARt. Samuels. Tanyanika. 5 July 2011. New York Daily News. 29 March 2016.

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