Antonia Wright (artist)

Antonia Wright
Born Antonia Wright
1979 (age 38–39)
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, 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 ongoing piece entitled "Are You OK?" wherein 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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