Edra Soto

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Edra Soto
Born
Edra Soto

1971 (age 53–54)
Puerto Rico
Nationality American
Education Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico [BFA]; School of the Art Institute of Chicago [MFA]

Edra Soto (born 1971, Puerto Rico) is a Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist, curator, educator, and co-director of the artist-run outdoor project space The Franklin.

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Biography

Edra Soto was born in Puerto Rico in 1971. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Escuela de Artes Plasticas de Puerto Rico in 1994. After moving to Chicago, she earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2000. She has received several awards, including the Efroymson Contemporary Arts Fellowship (2016) [1] and the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) Individual Artists Award (2017). She has curated numerous exhibitions, including co-curating Present Standard at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2016. [2] She is a faculty member in the Contemporary Practices Department at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [3] Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows both nationally and internationally.

The Franklin

In 2012, Soto and her husband Dan Sullivan founded The Franklin, an artist-run project space in the backyard of their home in Garfield Park, featuring installations and site-specific work by Chicago and national artists. [4] [5]

The Franklin Collection of over 200 artworks by local, national, and international artists is also at the Garfield Park location. [6]

Works

Soto's ongoing site-specific GRAFT series, begun in 2013, incorporates the geometric designs of iron rejas screens popular throughout Puerto Rico. [7] [8] In 2014, Soto and Dan Sullivan were awarded a public art commission from the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) for the Blue Line Western Station. [9] Their work will be a large-scale installation for the stationhouse exterior. [10]

Edra Soto was an Artist-in-Residence at Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego, California, in 2023. [11] In 2024, Soto received the Joyce Foundation award from the Sculpture Center in Cleveland, Ohio; [12] and was selected by the New York Public Art Fund to present a project in Central Park. [13] Her work was included in the group show Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape at the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; [14] and acquired by the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida.

Exhibitions (selection)

References

  1. ↑ "Efroymson Family Fund Awards Millionth Dollar to Contemporary Visual Artists". Central Indiana Community Foundation. 2016-11-17. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  2. ↑ "City of Chicago: Present Standard". www.chicago.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  3. ↑ "esotof". School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  4. ↑ "The Franklin". Temporary Art Review. 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2019-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Meet Edra Soto of The Franklin in East Garfield and Humboldt Park - Voyage Chicago | Chicago City Guide". 27 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  6. ↑ Soto, Edra. "The Franklin Collection". 3Arts: 3AP – MAKE ART WORK. Retrieved 2019-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Grafting Puerto Rican Architecture onto the Lower East Side". Hyperallergic. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  8. ↑ "Review: Edra Soto/Terrain". Newcity Art. 2013-04-02. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  9. ↑ "CTA Selects Your New Blue Contractor for Damen, Western and California station renovations". CTA. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  10. ↑ "Public Art on the CTA". CTA. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  11. 1 2 "Edra Soto: Graft". ICA. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  12. ↑ "Edra Soto with The Sculpture Center". The Joyce Foundation. 2024-07-31. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  13. 1 2 "Edra Soto: Graft". Public Art Fund. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  14. ↑ "Widening the Lens: Photography, Ecology, and the Contemporary Landscape". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  15. ↑ "Exhibitions - Morgan Lehman Gallery". www.morganlehmangallery.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  16. ↑ "Edra Soto | University Galleries - Illinois State". galleries.illinoisstate.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  17. ↑ "The Commons Artist Project: Edra Soto: Open 24 Hours". MCA. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  18. ↑ "Traduttore, Traditore". Gallery 400. November 2017. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  19. ↑ "City of Chicago: Forgotten Forms". www.chicago.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
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