ARTIST TALK: QUISQUEYA HENRIQUEZ

ARTIST TALK: QUISQUEYA HENRIQUEZ
1 PM, Saturday, June 11
Boardroom*
Free

Cuban born Quisqueya Henriquez, Knight Artist-in-Residence explores racial, ethnic, gender and cultural stereotypes through sculpture, collage, prints, video, installations and sound. Her work often fuses formalities of economics, current events, and art history with vernacular life in the Caribbean. Henriquez graduated from the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. She has exhibited her work throughout Latin America, Europe and the US. Her work can be found in important private and public collections including El Museo del Barrio in New York and the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Florida. The September 2007 issue of ARTnews named Henriquez one of 25 art world trendsetters. Before traveling to the Miami Art Museum, Henriquez’s mid-career retrospective at the Bronx Museum of the Arts garnered a review in the New York Times.

Quisqueya Henriquez will be in residence at McColl Center for Visual Art from June 1 to July 20, 2011 in studio 215.

*Participate in the Center's Art Supply Drive to benefit West Charlotte High School by donating art supplies.