Beatriz Cortez

Beatriz Cortez is a Los Angeles–based artist and scholar from El Salvador.[1][2] In 2017, Cortez was featured in a science fiction-themed exhibit at University of California, Riverside,[3] and in 2018, her work was shown in the Made in L.A. group artist exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles.[4] She holds a Ph.D in Latin American Literature from Arizona State University. She also earned an M.F.A. from the California Institute of the Arts.[5] Cortez currently teaches in the Central American Studies department at California State University, Northridge.[1] According to Cortez, her 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".[6] Cortez has received the 2018 Rema Hort Mann Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists, the 2017 Artist Community Engagement Grant, and the 2016 California Community Foundation Fellowship for Visual Artists.[6] Beatriz Cortez is represented by Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles.[7]

  1. ^ a b Miranda, Carolina (May 10, 2019). "The steely art of Beatriz Cortez imagines otherworldly utopias at Craft Contemporary". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  2. ^ Sayej, Nadja (2019-02-20). "'Representation does matter': the rise of Latin American art in museums". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  3. ^ Finkel, Jori (August 25, 2017). "For Latino Artists in Sci-Fi Show, Everyone's an Alien". The New York Times. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
  4. ^ "Simultaneities: Beatriz Cortez Interviewed by Rafa Esparza – BOMB Magazine". bombmagazine.org. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  5. ^ "Beatriz Cortez – Hammer Museum". The Hammer Museum. Retrieved 2019-03-09.
  6. ^ a b "Bio". BEATRIZ CORTEZ. 2012-01-25. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
  7. ^ "Commonwealth and Council / Us". Commonwealth and Council. Retrieved 2020-04-02.