Beatriz Cortez (b. 1970, San Salvador, El Salvador; lives and works in Los Angeles) received an MFA in Art from the California Institute of the Arts and a Ph.D. in Literature and Cultural Studies from Arizona State University. Cortez’s work explores simultaneity, life in different temporalities and different versions of modernity, particularly in relation to memory and loss in the aftermath of war and the experience of migration, and in relation to imagining possible futures. She has had solo exhibitions at Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2022); Pitzer College Art Galleries, Claremont, CA (2022); Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles (2019); Clockshop, Los Angeles (2018); Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Angeles (2016); Monte Vista Projects, Los Angeles (2016); Centro Cultural de España de El Salvador (2014); and Museo Municipal Tecleño (MUTE), El Salvador (2012), among others. She has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including at Smithsonian Arts + Industries (2021); Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York (2020); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2019); Ballroom Marfa, TX (2019); Tina Kim Gallery, New York (2018); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); BANK/MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, China (2017); Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas (2017); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador (2016); and Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (2016). Cortez is the recipient of the Borderlands Fellowship at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics in New York (2022-2024); Atelier Calder artist residence in Saché, France (2022); California Studio Manetti Shrem artist residence at UC Davis (2022); Longenecker-Roth artist residence at UC San Diego (2021); Artadia Los Angeles Award (2020), the inaugural Frieze LIFEWTR Sculpture Prize (2019), the Emergency Grant from the Foundation of Contemporary Arts (2019), the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2018), the Artist Community Engagement Grant (2017), and the California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2016), among others. She teaches in the Department of Central American and Transborder Studies at California State University, Northridge. Beatriz Cortez is represented by Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.
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Beatriz Cortez (b. 1970, San Salvador, El Salvador; vive y trabaja en Los Ángeles) obtuvo una Maestría en Bellas Artes en el California Institute of the Arts y un doctorado en literatura latinoamericana en Arizona State University. Su obra explora la simultaneidad, la vida en diferentes temporalidades y diferentes versiones de la modernidad, particularmente en relación con la memoria y la pérdida después de una guerra y de la experiencia de migrar, y en relación a imaginar posibles futuros. Ha tenido exhibiciones personales en Commonwealth and Council, Los Ángeles (2022); Pitzer College Art Galleries, Clarement, CA (2022); Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles (2019); Clockshop, Los Ángeles (2018); Vincent Price Art Museum, Los Ángeles (2016); Monte Vista Projects, Los Ángeles (2016); Centro Cultural de España de El Salvador (2014); y en el Museo Municipal Tecleño (MUTE), El Salvador (2012). Su obra ha sido incluida en numerosas exhibiciones colectivas, incluyendo en el Smithsonian Arts + Industries (2021); Frieze Sculpture at Rockefeller Center, New York (2020); Henry Art Gallery, Seattle (2019); Ballroom Marfa, Texas (2019); Tina Kim Gallery, New York (2018); Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2018); BANK/MABSOCIETY, Shanghai, China (2017); Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas (2017); Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); Centro Cultural Metropolitano, Quito, Ecuador (2016); y en Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (2016). Cortez ha recibido el Borderlands Fellowship at the Vera List Center for Art and Politics in New York (2022-2024); Atelier Calder artist residence in Saché, France (2022); California Studio Manetti Shrem artist residence at UC Davis (2022); Longenecker-Roth artist residence at UC San Diego (2021); Artadia Los Angeles Award (2020); Frieze LIFEWTR Sculpture Prize (2019); Emergency Grant de la Foundation of Contemporary Arts (2019); Rema Hort Mann Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2018); Artist Community Engagement Grant (2017); y California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists (2016). Es catedrática en el Departamento de Estudios Centroamericanos y Transfronterizos en California State University, Northridge. Beatriz Cortez es representada por la galería Commonwealth and Council en Los Ángeles.
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