Firelei Báez
Firelei Báez;Firelei Baez
Miejsce: Santiago De Los Caballeros
Urodzony: 1981
Biografia:
Firelei Báez is a Dominican Republic-born, New York City-based artist known for intricate works on paper and canvas, as well as large scale sculpture. Her art focuses on untold stories and unheard voices, using portraiture, landscape, and design to explore the Western canon.
Early Life and Education
Born in 1981 in Santiago de Los Caballeros, Báez was raised in Dajabón, a market city on the Dominican Republic's border with Haiti. At the age of 8, she relocated with her family to Miami, Florida. She moved to New York in 2001 and received a bachelor's degree in arts from Cooper Union, a master's in fine arts from Hunter College in 2010, and studied at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
Career and Artistic Style
Báez works as an artist, and is based in New York City. Her art explores the Western canon through the elements of non-Western reading. She references various aspects of visual, material, and popular culture to represent the body in ways that challenge racial and class structures. Her use of vibrant colors and intricate patterns creates a unique visual language that invites viewers to engage with her work on a deeper level.
Awards and Exhibitions
Báez has been the recipient of several awards, including the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters and Sculptors Award (2010), the Jacques and Natasha Gelman Award in Painting, and the Catherine Doctorow Prize for Contemporary Painting (2015). Her work has been exhibited at the New Museum, New York, the Pérez Art Museum Miami, and the Tate Modern London. For more information about her exhibitions and awards, visit Firelei Báez's page on Wikioo.org or check out her profile on Wikipedia.
Notable Works and Influences
Some of Báez's notable works include , a painting that explores themes of Afrofuturism. Her work is influenced by the science fiction writing of Octavia E. Butler and the art of David Hammons. For more information about her influences and notable works, visit the Wikioo.org page dedicated to her.
