Antonia Wright (artist)

Antonia Wright

Wright's Performance "Be" (2013)
Born Antonia Wright
1979 (age 36–37)
Miami, Florida, US
Nationality American
Occupation Performance Artist
Known for Installations, Experimentation, Poetry

Antonia Wright[1] (born 1979) is an artist from Miami, Florida. Wright is a poet, photographer, video, performance, and installation artist.[2]

Background and education

Wright is a Cuban American artist born in Miami who received a BA from The University of Montana in 2002, an MFA from The New School in 2005,a as well as a completed study at the International Center of Photography in New York City, New York. Wright's recent exhibitions include solo shows at Luis de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles [3] and Spinello Projects in Miami,[4][5] Trading Places 2 at The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami.[6] She has been featured in New York Magazine’s article, “The New Talent Show: Pot-Luck Culture" [7] on the burgeoning salon scene in New York City.

Works

Wright navigates the physicality of the universal human condition through a multifarious, process-oriented art practice combining photography, performance, poetry, video, installation and sculpture.[8] Wright recently merged two of her mediums in, Poem:Videos, a multi-channel installation that collaborated Wright's poetry and reading to create video poems with interpretations by artists like Robert Chambers, Daniel Joseph, Justin Long, Matthu Placek, and Rona Yefman.[9] In 2013, Wright created "Be" a video showing the artist covered in 15,000 bees while practicing the movements of tai chi.[10] Since 2009, Wright has been performing an on-going piece entitled "Are You OK?" Whereby she goes into the streets of various cities and cries while capturing the responses of those passing by.[11] In April 2012, Wright established an artist-in-residence program at Lotus House Women's Shelter, in Miami, Florida.[12] The artist lived there for one month.[13]

Art Basel Miami Beach

During Art Basel Miami (2013), Wright threw herself through sheets of glass in 'Suddenly We Jumped (Breaking the Glass Ceiling)' at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens [14] inspired by the movement of Futurism.

Collections

Antonia Wright's work is in the permanent collection of Martin Z. Margulies.

References

  1. ↑ "aw - antonia wright". antoniawright.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  2. ↑ "Miami Artist Antonia Wright Is In Pain, and She Wants You to See It". oceandrive.com. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  3. ↑ "Luis De Jesus Los Angeles (Exhibitor) in Los Angeles, CA (California) from Re-title.com". www.re-title.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  4. ↑ "SPINELLO PROJECTS | Antonia Wright". spinelloprojects.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  5. ↑ Patel, Alpesh Kantilal. "Antonia Wright at Spinello Projects". artforum.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  6. ↑ "Trading Places 2 / Antonia Wright | Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami". mocanomi.org. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  7. ↑ "The New Talent Show: Pot-Luck Culture". NYMag.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  8. ↑ "Antonia Wright". ArtSlant. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  9. ↑ "Miami: Antonia Wright’s Poem: Videos | Art Nerd New York". Art Nerd New York. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  10. ↑ Jesus, Carlos Suarez De. "Antonia Wright Leaves Spinello Buzzing". Miami New Times. Retrieved 2016-03-30.
  11. ↑ "TRIAD | Antonia Wright – You Can Only Understand From a Distance". thetriad.org.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  12. ↑ "Standing on the sun: Artist profiles homeless women of Miami’s Lotus House". Our Miami. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  13. ↑ "Using Art To Heal At The Lotus House". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
  14. ↑ Services, Miami-Dade County Online. "Vizcaya Museum & Gardens - A Futurist Evening at Vizcaya, December 7, 2013". vizcaya.org. Retrieved 2016-03-30.

[1]

  1. ↑ "SPINELLO PROJECTS | Antonia Wright". spinelloprojects.com. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
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