| QUISQUEYA HENRIQUEZ |
Born in Cuba in 1966, conceptual artist Quisqueya Henriquez was educated at the Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic and at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana. After time spent living in Mexico City and Miami, she moved to Santo Domingo, where she now resides. Selected solo shows of her work have been held at the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; the Miami Art Museum; and the Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City. Henriquez was also given a major, full-scale survey at the Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2007-08, and was prominently featured in Infinite Island: Contemporary Caribbean Art, a show held simultaneously at the Brooklyn Museum. A recipient of a South Florida Cultural Consortium Award and a Cintas Fellowship, Henriquez is represented in the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami; Ninart Centro di Cultura, Mexico City; and the private Miami collections of Craig Robins, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, and Peter Menendez.
A multi-disciplinary artist working in many genres and media--including drawings, sculpture, installations, photography and video--Henriquez focuses on the sights and sounds of the city as she explores issues of globalization, climate change, consumerism, and stereotypes associated with Caribbean culture. Rich with layers of meaning, her work also touches on broader themes of human existence, such as personal identity, the passage of time, and the struggle to impose order on the world's chaos.
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