Museums & Cultural Affairs
MEDIA ADVISORY
For Immediate Release: November 17, 2010
Contact: Juli Lozano, Public Affairs @ (915) 541-4010 or (915) 472-1949
The El Paso Museum of Art announces
Border Art Biennial - Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010
November 20, 2010 – February 13, 2011
For more information call (915) 532-1707
or visit www.elpasoartmuseum.org
Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010 will open to the public at 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 20, 2010 and will show through February 13, 2011 in the Contemporary Gallery of the El Paso Museum of Art. This exhibition is free to the public.
Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010
Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010 is the second juried exhibition to examine and highlight the often under represented, but vital art and artists from the states of the US/Mexico border. Artist from the states of Arizona, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Texas were encourage to apply, of which 43 were selected. All works included will be reproduced in the accompanying exhibition catalog which will be available for purchase at the Museum Store. This exhibition is a collaborative effort between the El Paso Museum of Art, Museo de Arte INBA de Ciudad Juarez, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, CONACULTA-INBA, the Mexican Consulate in El Paso, Texas, and the American Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.
2010 Jurors are Rita Gonzalez, Assistant Curator in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Itala Schmelz, Director at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City.
Artist included in the exhibition:
Itzel Aguilera, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Julie Anand and Damon Sauer, Phoenix, Arizona
Tania Anchondo, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Jesus Barraza, San Leandro, California
Camp Bosworth, Marfa, Texas
Maureen Burdock, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Camilo Cruz, Los Angeles, California
Alejandro Cartagena, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Vic De La Rosa, San Francisco, California
Sergio De La Torre, San Francisco, California
Leticia Diaz Moreno, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Justin Gainan, Oakland, California
Matt Gainer, Toluca Lake, California
Joseph Gerges, La Mirada, California
Ed Gomez, Long Beach, California
Erendira Gonzalez, Tijuana, Baja California Norte, Mexico
Alexandra Grant, Los Angeles, California
Luis Hernandez, Los Angeles, California
Yvianna Hernandez, El Paso, Texas
Farah Karapetian, Los Angeles, California
Julia Landois, San Antonio, Texas
Anthony Lazorko, Mesilla, New Mexico
Nery Gabriel Lemus, Pasadena, California
Paho Mann, Dallas, Texas
Mayra Martell, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Shane Mecklenburger, Dallas, Texas
Hector Mendoza, Oakland, California
Dominic Miller, Phoenix, Arizona
Jeffrey Miranda, Allen, Texas
Noe Montes, Los Angeles, California
Oscar Moya, El Paso, Texas
Michelle Murillo, Dallas, Texas
Brenda Perry, El Paso, Texas
Gregory Phillipy, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Kerianne Quick, Pasadena, California
Tim Roberts, Fort Davis, Texas
Humberto Saenz, Spring, Texas
Rocio Saenz, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
Marian Salinas, McAllen, Texas
Shawn Skabelund, Flagstaff, Arizona
David Taylor, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Rogelio Valenzuela Colomo, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
Cathy Wysocki, Corrales, New Mexico
Image Credits
Oscar Moya
Cholo, 2009
Silkscreen on paper
Courtesy of the artist
Itzel Aguilera
Cristal I, 2009
Metalic pigments on cotton paper
Courtesy of the artist
Tania Anchondo
Guero, 2009
Inkjet Print
Courtesy of the artist
Parking is available at the Convention Center and Camino Real Hotel for a small fee. Limited metered parking is available on Main Street. Free parking is available at the City Hall Parking lot on Santa Fe Street.
The El Paso Museum of Art will also host a series of Focus Talks with select artists featured in the exhibition beginning December 1, 2010 through February 9, 2011.
Focus Talks will be at 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm and will last 30 minutes each.
Please visit www.elpasoartmuseum.org for details.
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