Antonia Wright[1] (born 1979) is an American artist from Miami, Florida. Wright is a poet, photographer, video, performance, and installation artist.[2]
Antonia Wright | |
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| Born | Antonia Wright 1979 (age 42–43) Miami, Florida, US |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Performance artist, poet, photographer |
| Known for | Installations, Experimentation, poetry |
Wright is a Cuban-American artist born in Miami who received a BA from The University of Montana in 2002, an MFA from The New School in 2005, as well as a completed study at the International Center of Photography in New York City. Wright's recent exhibitions include solo shows at Luis de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles[3] and Spinello Projects in Miami,[4][5] Trading Places 2 at The Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami.[6] She has been featured in New York Magazine's article, "The New Talent Show: Pot-Luck Culture" [7] on the burgeoning salon scene in New York City.
Wright navigates the physicality of the universal human condition through a multifarious, process-oriented art practice combining photography, performance, poetry, video, installation and sculpture.[8] Wright recently merged two of her mediums in, Poem:Videos, a multi-channel installation that collaborated Wright's poetry and reading to create video poems with interpretations by artists like Robert Chambers, Daniel Joseph, Justin Long, Matthu Placek, and Rona Yefman.[9] In 2013, Wright created "Be" a video showing the artist covered in 15,000 bees while practicing the movements of tai chi.[10] Since 2009, Wright has been performing an ongoing piece entitled "Are You OK?" wherein she goes into the streets of various cities and cries while capturing the responses of those passing by.[11] In April 2012, Wright established an artist-in-residence program at Lotus House Women's Shelter, in Miami, Florida.[12] The artist lived there for one month.[13]
During Art Basel Miami (2013), Wright threw herself through sheets of glass in 'Suddenly We Jumped (Breaking the Glass Ceiling)' at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens[14] inspired by the movement of Futurism. Wright's work is in the permanent collection of Martin Z. Margulies.