Maria Gaspar Explained

Maria Gaspar
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois
Nationality:American
Awards:Latinx Artist Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts; United States Artists Fellowship; Art Matters Award; Robert Rauschenberg Artist As Activist Fellowship; Creative Capital Award; Joan Mitchell Emerging Artist Grant; National Endowment for the Arts; Sor Juana Women of Achievement Award, National Museum of Mexican Art
Field:Installation art, Sculpture, Performance art, Social Practice
Training:BFA Pratt Institute, MFA University of Illinois at Chicago
Works:Radioactive: Stores from Beyond the Wall, Unblinking Eyes, Watching, Sounds for Liberation, 96 Acres Project, Brown Brilliance Darkness Matter, On the Border of What is Formless and Monstrous

Maria Gaspar (born 1980)[1] is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator.[2]

Her works have been exhibited at venues including the MoMA PS1[3] in NYC, Museum of Contemporary Art located in Chicago,[4] Artspace in New Haven, CT, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA, and many others. Gaspar's work has been written about in the New York Times Magazine,[5] Artforum, The Chicago Tribune, Hyperallergic, and many other publications.

Early life and education

Gaspar was born in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago in 1980. She is first-generation to parents who migrated from Mexico to Chicago's West Side in the 1960's. Her mother was a teacher and professional clown and later went on to be a community-radio DJ in Little Village at a station called WCYC that was part of the Boys & Girls Club.[6] Gaspar has stated in numerous interviews that her mother's work has deeply influenced her art. She attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, which had a strong art department, and started her public art career painting community murals. She received a BFA from Pratt Institute in 2002 and in 2009 she received an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.[7]

Career

Gaspar's body of work has received numerous awards including a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2015 Creative Capital Award,[8] and a 2016 Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship,[9] amongst many others. Gaspar is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Practices at School of the Art Institute of Chicago.[10]

Selected Solo Exhibitions

Notable works

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brown Brilliance Darkness Matter National Museum of Mexican Art. nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org. 2019-06-05.
  2. Web site: Bio . 2024-07-16 . Maria Gaspar . en-US.
  3. News: Cotter . Holland . 2020-09-24 . Making Art When ‘Lockdown’ Means Prison . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-09-09 . 0362-4331.
  4. Web site: UBS 12 x 12: New Artists/New Work: Maria Gaspar. MCA. en. 2018-11-18.
  5. News: Bradley . Adam . 2022-08-11 . The Artists Taking on Mass Incarceration . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-09-09 . 0362-4331.
  6. Web site: Maria Gaspar. 2016-12-07. People Issue. en-US. 2019-06-05.
  7. Web site: mgaspa. School of the Art Institute of Chicago. en. 2018-11-19.
  8. Web site: Creative Capital – Investing in Artists who Shape the Future. www.creative-capital.org. en. 2018-11-19.
  9. News: Maria Gaspar. 2016-06-01. Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. 2018-11-19. en.
  10. Web site: Bio . 2024-07-16 . Maria Gaspar . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2024-08-14 . Maria Gaspar: Compositions . 2024-08-16 . Institute of the Arts and Sciences . en-US.
  12. Web site: Force of Things: In Conversation with artist Maria Gaspar and Live Performance by James Gordon Williams . 2024-08-16 . El Museo del Barrio . en-US.
  13. Web site: National Museum of Mexican Art, Pilsen, Chicago . 2024-08-16 . National Museum of Mexican Art, Pilsen, Chicago . en.
  14. Web site: 2016-08-26 . Maria Gaspar: 'On the Border of What is Formless & Monstrous' . 2024-08-16 . Experimental Sound Studio . en-US.
  15. Web site: Maria Gaspar, Into Body Into Wall . 2024-08-16 . Jane Addams Hull-House Museum . en-US.
  16. Web site: Archives Bad at Sports . 2024-08-16 . en-US.
  17. Web site: News from Woman Made Gallery - absolutearts.com . 2024-08-16 . www.absolutearts.com.
  18. Web site: Gaspar . Maria . October 3, 2009 . Maria Gaspar . live . August 16, 2024 . MCA Chicago.
  19. Web site: At the Same Time, One and Many . 2024-07-16 . Maria Gaspar . en-US.
  20. Web site: Unblinking Eyes, Awaiting . 2024-07-16 . Maria Gaspar . en-US.
  21. Web site: Clamour . 2024-07-16 . Maria Gaspar . en-US.
  22. Web site: Feedback . 2024-07-16 . Maria Gaspar . en-US.
  23. Web site: Kamin . Blair . New Chicago Architecture Biennial opens and wants to upset the way you see the city. That’s why you should see it. . 2022-04-18 . chicagotribune.com.
  24. News: 2016-04-19 . An Experiment in Reimagining Freedom: A Profile of Maria Gaspar . 2018-11-19 . Newcity Art . en-US.
  25. Web site: Haunting Raises Specters . 2024-07-16 . Maria Gaspar . en-US.
  26. Web site: Anania . Billy . 2022-04-18 . Sustainability as a Form of Resistance in Art . 2022-04-19 . Hyperallergic . en-US.
  27. Web site: Davis . Ben . 2019-12-30 . The 100 Works of Art That Defined the Decade, Ranked: Part 2 . 2022-04-18 . Artnet News . en-US.
  28. Web site: What does liberation feel like? Laughter. Brianna. Wu. yaledailynews.com. en. 2019-06-05. 16 October 2017.
  29. News: Chicagoan of the Year in Arts: Maria Gaspar. Waxman. Lori. chicagotribune.com. 2018-11-19. en-US.
  30. Web site: What Role Can Artists Play in Prison Reform?. 2016-04-28. Hyperallergic. en-US. 2019-06-05.
  31. Web site: Maria Gaspar. www.artforum.com. en-US. 2018-11-19.
  32. Web site: Latinx Artist Fellowship . 2022-05-23 . Mellon Foundation . en.
  33. Web site: Greenberger . Alex . 2022-04-08 . Guggenheim Fellowships Go to Filmmaker Ja’Tovia Gary, Artist Maria Gaspar and More . 2022-04-18 . ARTnews.com . en-US.
  34. Web site: United States Artists Announces 2021 USA Fellows . 2022-04-18 . www.artforum.com . en-US.
  35. Web site: 2020-06-09 . Frieze Impact Prize In Partnership with Art for Justice . 2022-04-18 . Frieze . en.
  36. Web site: Art Matters Announces 2020 Grant Recipients . 2022-04-18 . www.artforum.com . en-US.
  37. News: 2018 Spring Grant Recipients Announced – Art for Justice. 2018-06-29. Art for Justice. 2018-11-19. en-US.
  38. Web site: Art Matters Foundation. Art Matters Foundation. en. 2018-11-19.
  39. Web site: 2017 Artist in Residence awardees – Announcements – Art & Education. www.artandeducation.net. en. 2018-11-19.
  40. Web site: Artist Programs » Artist Grants. joanmitchellfoundation.org. en. 2018-11-19.
  41. News: 2014 Chicagoans of the Year. chicagotribune.com. 2018-11-19. en-US.
  42. Web site: Sor Juana Women of Legacy National Museum of Mexican Art. nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org. en. 2018-11-19.

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