Awilda Sterling Duprey

Mjesto: San Juan

Rođen: 1947

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Awilda Sterling Duprey is a Puerto Rican artist, dancer, and choreographer. She was born in Barrio Obrero, Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1947. She earned her bachelor's degree in painting from the Escuela de Artes Plásticas in 1971. She also attended the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras, the School of Visual Arts in New York, Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and is currently a doctoral student in history at the Center for Advanced Studies on Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, in San Juan. Sterling Duprey is a founding member of Pisotón, the first experimental dance collective in Puerto Rico, and was an artist in residence with Taller de Otra Cosa. Her performance practice combines Afro-Caribbean dance, jazz, and modern dance. She has received numerous awards and recognitions for her work, including an Experimental dance fellowship from the NEA in 1985, a Caribbean Cultural Contribution Award from the Puerto Rican Cultural Institute and Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural award in 2001, and a United States Artists Rolón Fellow in 2010. Sterling Duprey's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums throughout Puerto Rico, the United States, and Latin America.