Английская Википедия:Angelica Becerra
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Notability Angélica Becerra (born 1990) is an activist visual artist who primarily works in watercolor and digital media.[1]
Biography
Angélica Becerra was born in San Juan de Los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico. As a child, she and her family migrated to California. Becerra's aunt who attended architecture school introduced her to drawing.[2] Many of Becerra's family share an artists background.[1] Becerra teaches at the La Casa de la Cultural[1]. Becerra earned a PhD degree from the Cesar E. Chavez Department of Chicana/o and Central American Studies at University of California, Los Angeles.[3]
Art
Becerra's art themes focus on social justice. Becerra's activist research includes creating visibility for Latinx community.[3] One of Angélica's artworks focuses on activist and writer Sandra Cisneros. These images include the writer's quotes and highlight women empowerment.[4]
Her creative process begins with political research.[5] Her most recent body of work titled "Flowers Latinx Activist." These are a series of portraits featuring activists illustrated with their favorite flowers or plants. "Portraits".[6]
Exhibitions
- 2018. “Podcasting as Queer Latinx Community Building”, California, State University, Long Beach, California , October 22, 2018.
- 2018. “Creating Queer Family through Tech”, Google Campus, Venice, California . November 4.
- 2018. “What is Arts Activism?”, Social and Public Art Resource Center, Venice, California.
- August 2. 2017. “Ni Solo Mujeres: Intersecting Chicana Identities.”, Art Gallery, Southwestern College, San Diego, California.
- Angélica Becerra. “Miramé: Self-Portraiture in Contemporary Chicanx Art” Latino Art Now! National Conference, Houston, Texas , April 4-6th, 2019.
- Angélica Becerra. “The Art is the Movement: The Chicanx Political Poster and its Digital Turn.” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference Irvine, California , March 25, 2017.
- Angélica Becerra. “From Viet-Nam to Palestine: International Art and the Chicana Radical Aesthetic.” National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference, Denver, Colorado, April 9, 2015.
- Angélica Becerra. “Making Visual Campaigns in Solidarity with Palestinian Students on U.S. Campuses” Critical Ethnic Studies Association, York University, Toronto Canada, May 3, 2015.
- Angélica Becerra. “Chicana Feminist Art: A Primer” Association of Joteria, Arts and Activism, Phoenix, Arizona, October 18, 2015.
- Angélica Becerra. “Chicana Desire in the City: Lesbian Representations in Mosquita y Mari” Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social / Women Active in Letters and Social Change Summer Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. July 17, 2013.
- Angélica Becerra. “Chicana Lesbian Film: Representation and Desire”, National Association of Chicana and Chicano Studies Conference. San Antonio, Texas, March 22, 2013
References
External links
- Английская Википедия
- 1990 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American women artists
- 21st-century Mexican women artists
- People from Jalisco
- Artists from Los Angeles
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
