Cristina Velásquez

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  1. Safe Travels

    January 2, 2021
    Safe Travels  Pratt University  NY, US  2021

  2. Quiéreme mucho

    January 2, 2021
    published by Matarile ediciones,  NY, US  2021 Quiéreme Mucho (Love me a lot) is a selection of recent and old work by Cristina. Her image-making process consists in two moments. The first one, in which she let’s herself guide by intuition to shoot the images; and the second, in which…

  3. Contact Sheet 207: Light Work Annual 2020

    July 1, 2020
    Contact Sheet 207: Light Work Annual 2020  Published by Light Work  ISBN: 978-1-945725-12-8  Syracuse, NY, US  2020 Contact Sheet 207: Light Work Annual 2020 features work produced by the 2019 Light Work Artists-in-Residence Carolyn Drake, Kris Graves, Pao Houa Her, Mark McKnight, Meryl Meisler, Rafael Milach, Zora J. Murff, Sarker…

  4. ReGeneration4

    July 1, 2020
    ReGeneration4  Musée de l’Elysée  Lausanne, CH  07/2020 Launched in 2005 and repeated every five years, the reGeneration project devoted to emerging international photography will be holding its fourth event for the Musée de l’Elysée’s 35th anniversary. In 2021, shortly before it moves into a new building designed to meet…

  5. Light Work A-I-R: New Acquisitions 2019

    November 4, 2019
    A-I-R: New Acquisitions 2019 Light Work  Syracuse, NY, US  11/2019 A-I-R: New Acquisitions 2019 highlights a selection of new work that has been donated to the Light Work Collection by recent Artists-in-Residence (AIR). Launched in 1976, the residency program now receives nearly 1,000 submissions annually. Light Work makes an international…

  6. New World (Solo Show)

    October 26, 2019
    New World (Solo Show)  Spellerberg Projects,  Austin, TX, US 10/2019 https://spellerbergprojects.com/cristina-velasquez-new-world-photography-solo-exhibition-lockhart-texas/ “The New World,” as a designation for the Americas, originated in sixteenth-century Europe during the so-called age of discovery. Four centuries later, the term still evokes a combination of idealistic optimism and strategic exploitation. Cristina Velasquez questions this legacy…

  7. Structured, curated by Joann Davidow

    September 14, 2019
    Structured  curated by Joann Davidow  Site 131  Dallas, TX, U.S.  09/2019 https://site131.com/03-15-structured/

  8. Carol Crow Fellowship Award Recipient: Cristina Velasquez El Nuevo Mundo / The New World

    May 10, 2019
    Carol Crow Fellowship Award Recipient: Cristina Velásquez  El Nuevo Mundo / The New World  Houston Center for Photography  Houston, TX., U.S.  05/2019 https://hcponline.org/exhibit/cristina-velasquez-carol-crow-fellowship/ “The New World,” as a designation for the Americas, originated in sixteenth-century Europe  during the so-called age of discovery. Four centuries later, the term still evokes a…

  9. Strange Fire Q&A

    April 18, 2019
    Q&A: CRISTINA VELÁSQUEZ https://www.strangefirecollective.com/qa-cristina-velasquez By Zora J Murff |  April 18, 2019 Cristina Velásquez (Colombia) is a visual artist working mainly with photography and paper weavings. Her work investigates representation and translation in the context of transcultural relationships —both as mechanisms for oppression and silencing, as well as powerful tools…

  10. Viterbo (photographic monograph)

    January 2, 2019
    Viterbo (photographic monograph) published by Kris Graves Projects  NY, U.S  2019 *Collected by Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Getty Institute, Whitney Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Syracuse University, ArtCenter College of Art and Design, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Arcadia University, Texas State University,…

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