Maria Gaspar

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Maria Gaspar
Born1980 (age 43–44)
Chicago, Illinois
Nationality American
EducationBFA Pratt Institute, MFA University of Illinois at Chicago
Known for Installation art, Sculpture, Performance art, Social Practice
Notable workRadioactive: Stores from Beyond the Wall, Unblinking Eyes, Watching, Sounds for Liberation, 96 Acres Project, Brown Brilliance Darkness Matter, On the Border of What is Formless and Monstrous
Awards Latinx Artist Fellowship; Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts; United States Artists Fellowship; Art Matters Award; Robert Rauschenberg Artist As Activist Fellowship; Creative Capital Award; Joan Mitchell Emerging Artist Grant; National Endowment for the Arts; Sor Juana Women of Achievement Award, National Museum of Mexican Art

Maria Gaspar (born 1980) [1] is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator. [2]

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Her works have been exhibited at venues including the MoMA PS1 [3] in NYC, Museum of Contemporary Art located in Chicago, [4] Artspace in New Haven, CT, [5] African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA, and many others. Gaspar's work has been written about in the New York Times Magazine, [6] Artforum, The Chicago Tribune, Hyperallergic, and many other publications.

Early life and education

Gaspar was born in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago in 1980. She is first-generation to parents who migrated from Mexico to Chicago's West Side in the 1960's. Her mother was a teacher and professional clown and later went on to be a community-radio DJ in Little Village at a station called WCYC that was part of the Boys & Girls Club. [7] Gaspar has stated in numerous interviews that her mother's work has deeply influenced her art. She attended Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, which had a strong art department, and started her public art career painting community murals. [7] She received a BFA from Pratt Institute in 2002 and in 2009 she received an MFA from the University of Illinois at Chicago. [8]

Career

Gaspar's body of work has received numerous awards including a 2022 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a 2015 Creative Capital Award, [9] and a 2016 Robert Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship, [10] amongst many others. Gaspar is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Practices at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. [11]

Notable works

Awards

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