Antonia Wright (artist)

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

Antonia Wright
Born
Antonia Wright

1979 (age 41–42)
Miami, Florida, US
NationalityAmerican
OccupationPerformance artist, poet, photographer
Known forInstallations, Experimentation, poetry

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. 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 April 5, 2016.
  2. "Miami Artist Antonia Wright Is In Pain, and She Wants You to See It". oceandrive.com. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  3. "Luis De Jesus Los Angeles (Exhibitor) in Los Angeles, CA (California) from Re-title.com". www.re-title.com. Archived from the original on April 16, 2016. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  4. "SPINELLO PROJECTS | Antonia Wright". spinelloprojects.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  5. Patel, Alpesh Kantilal. "Antonia Wright at Spinello Projects". artforum.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  6. "Trading Places 2 / Antonia Wright | Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami". mocanomi.org. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. "The New Talent Show: Pot-Luck Culture". NYMag.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  8. "Antonia Wright". ArtSlant. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  9. "Miami: Antonia Wright's Poem: Videos | Art Nerd New York". Art Nerd New York. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  10. Jesus, Carlos Suarez De. "Antonia Wright Leaves Spinello Buzzing". Miami New Times. Retrieved March 30, 2016.
  11. "TRIAD | Antonia Wright – You Can Only Understand From a Distance". thetriad.org.uk. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  12. "Standing on the sun: Artist profiles homeless women of Miami's Lotus House". Our Miami. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  13. "Using Art To Heal At The Lotus House". NBC 6 South Florida. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  14. Services, Miami-Dade County Online. "Vizcaya Museum & Gardens – A Futurist Evening at Vizcaya, December 7, 2013". vizcaya.org. Retrieved March 30, 2016.

[1]

  1. "SPINELLO PROJECTS | Antonia Wright". spinelloprojects.com. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
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