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Fotos de esculturas por / Sculpture photos by Elisa Pritzker

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Artista / Artist: Esperanza Cortés

Curadora / Curator: Elisa Pritzker

Esperanza Cortés, BRICworkspace Artist, Explores the Colombian Emerald Industry | BK Stories, 2018.

Esperanza Cortés

Is a Colombian-born American visual artist who lives and works in New York City. Her paintings, sculptures and installations explore the themes of social injustice and cultural invisibility. She draws on the folk traditions of the Americas, including their rituals, music, dance and art.

Cortés’ awards include: Shortlist 2022 Creative Capital, John Simon Guggenheim, Hispanic Society Museum and Library Artist Research Fellowship, BRIC Media Arts Fellowship, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council Grant, Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant, Puffin Foundation Grant, New York State Biennial, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts and the Sustained Achievement in the Visual Arts Award.

Breathless

BREATHLESS

2009 - 2021, clay sculpture, glass beads, crystals, personal silk embroidery, and acrylic paint on wooden panel,

24” h x 24” w

The Swimmer

BREATHLESS

2009 - 2020, clay sculpture, glass beads, crystals, personal embroidery, and paint on wooden panel