CV

Paulina Velázquez Solís  

México/Costa Rica, 1981, vive y trabaja en / lives and works in Ithaca, New York

Full CV in PDF format: CV_Paulina_Velazquez_22

–Education

2008-2010 Master of Fine Arts in New Genres
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, California, United States
2007-2008 Licenciatura en Arte y Comunicación Visual, Printmaking
Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica
2000-2005 Bachillerato en Arte y Comunicacion Visual, Printmaking
Universidad Nacional, Heredia, Costa Rica

-Awards and Scholarships

2021 Artist in Community grant, Community Arts Partnership, New York State Council for the Arts, USA

2011 Winning artists, Bienarte 8. In collaboration with Travis Johns
Representing Costa Rica at Central American Biennale in Panamá

2008-2010 Fulbright Scholarship for graduate studies in the United States

2008-2009 PEO International Peace Scholarship for graduate studies2007 First national prize, Certamen de Unión Latina para la
Creación Jóven en las Artes Plásticas, San José, Costa Rica

2005 Winning artist, Bienarte 5. Representing Costa Rica at the
Central American Biennale 2006 in El Salvador

 

Teaching appointments

2022-2023 Visiting Critic, Department of Art, AAP, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA. Digital Media, Thesis Seminar

2020– 2023 Lecturer, Department of Art, Art History and Architecture, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York, USA

-Solo Exhibitions

2021 A river of all ages / Un río de todas las eras, Artists in Community Grant project, Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY and Outdoor installation at Brooktondale Community Center, Brooktondale, NY, USA

2019 Huellas, Tompkins County Public Library, Ithaca, New York, Estados Unidos
2017 Natural Order, Rhizome, Washington DC, Estados Unidos
2016 Amorfo, Terrault Contemporary, Baltimore, Maryland, Estados Unidos
2012 Hollow Humans, Alianza Francesa, Festival Internacional de las Artes, San José, Costa Rica
2008 Secuencias Versátiles, Proyecto de graduación, Instituto Cultural de México, San José, Costa Rica
2006 Tan solo un juego, Galeria 1887, Centro Nacional para la Cultura, San José, Costa Rica

-Collaborative dual exhibitions

2018 Orden Orgánico, Paulina Velázquez & Travis Johns, Neighbors Gallery, Ithaca, New York, EEUU
2013 CanalCorpóreo, Paulina Velázquez y Mariela Richmond, La Ruleta, Ciudad de Guatemala, Guatemala
2012 CanalCorpóreo, Paulina Velázquez y Mariela Richmond, Casa 5, San José, Costa Rica

Residencies

2022 Artist in residency, Casa49, San José, Costa Rica

2011 Artist in residency, RAPACES, Espira/Espora, Managua, Nicaragua

2010 Artist in residency, RAPACES, Espira/Espora, Managua, Nicaragua

2006 Artist in residency, Sense of Fear, Cultural Exchange Station, Tábor, Czech Republic

2006 Artist in residency for “Torino Contemporanea” contemporary performace festival, Torino, Italy

-Selected Group exhibitions and performances

2022

-F.org +Multifungi, sound and performance multimedia, Casa49, San José, Costa Rica

-Paulina Velázquez Solís & Travis Johns, Mengi Art Space, Reykjavik, Iceland 

-Still nothing, Neighbours Gallery, Ithaca, New York

-Live as Clouds, String Room Gallery, Wells College, Aurora, New York -Brutal Sound Effects Festival #92, The Lab, San Francisco, California

2021

-Exploraciones, Franja Centroamérica, Soil Factory, Ithaca, NY, USA

-The Sonic Arcade, Crafting Change Symposium, online event, video and sound performance, Oberlin College, Ohio

-Frecuencia espinosa, sound exhibition project, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica 2020

-LAS que habitan su TERRITORIO, online and in person exhibition. Centro de Arte Bernardo Quintana Arrioja, Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México

-Geo-Grafismos, Casa 49, San José, Costa Rica, curated by Mauricio Herrero

2020    

Geo-Grafismos, Casa 49, San José, Costa Rica

2019

Hilando Fino / Finespun, Paulina Velázquez & José Buenaventura Gonzáles, Community School for Music and Arts, Ithaca, New York

Nuestros ojos no dejan de parpadear, Curatorial Collaboration, CasaMa, Centro Cultural Botica Solera, San José, Costa Rica

LAS que habitan su TERRITORIO, Centro Municipal AAI, Guatemala City, Guatemala

2018
Bracci & Herrero, artista invitada, LaNoBienal, Casa Laboratorio, San José, Costa Rica    
CasaMa, Casa de Mujeres Artistas, Exhibición en casa particular en San José, Costa Rica directed by Gala Berger, Ingrid Cordero y Karla Herencia
Sonic Circuits Festival 2018, M+V performance, Rhizome DC, Washington, DC
9TH International Printmaking Biennal Douro 2018, Duoro, Portugal, Curador Nuno Canelas

2017
-3rd Global Print 2017, Duoro, Portugal
-Bamequinox 2017, Museo Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena, Guatemala

-Héroes, Mónstruos y otros seres extraordinarios, Museos del Banco Central, San José, Costa Rica. Curated by Maria José Monge

2016
X Bienal Centroamericana, Museo Nacional, San José, Costa Rica. Curated by Tamara Díaz Bringas
sPLeeNcoFFiN, E.M.P. Collective, Baltimore, Maryland

2015
12th KAFF, Kesckemét Animation Film Festival, Hungary

2014
Worlds in Collution, Live animation performance, Artscape Festival, Baltimore, Maryland

2013

New Fantasies, Teor/éTica, San José, Costa Rica, curated by Inti Guerrero y Lina Rodriguez
Plasticalia, Two Columns Gallery, Ringling College of Art + Design, Sarasota, Florida, USA, curated by Anne-Marie Melster
Festival Internacional de Performance, Forma y Sustancia,  projects M+V and  CanalCorpóreo, Alianza Francesa, Guatemala City
BAVIC, Bienal de Artes Visuales de Itsmo Centroamericano, Panama City
Liminal Takes phase 2, exhibition and performance, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, Ca. USA 2012
BonArtPetite, Alianza Francesa en la Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica 
CanalCorporeo, Paulina Velázquez y Mariela Richmnond. Casa 5, San José, Costa Rica 
MetaBionic, Soundwave ((5)) Biennial, Mediate, The Lab, San Francisco, California
Vacíos Limítrofes, Escuela de Música, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica    
2011
Liminal Takes phase 1, Root Division, San Francisco, Ca, USA
Inquieta Imagen, Electronic arts exhibition, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José, Costa Rica
Bienarte 8, Costa Rican Biennial, Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Numina Femenina, Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco, San Francisco, Ca. US
Triángulo C-S-C videoarte del caribe, sur y centroaméricaExTeresa Arte Actual, México DF, México, curated by Eder Castillo
2010
Valoarte 2010, Antigua Aduana, San José, Costa Rica
Hollow Humans, SFAI MFA Graduate Exhibition, Vernissage, Herbst Pavillion at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
Autonomia, Aesthetics for Renewed Independece. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, San Francisco, California
L@te noise, Multifungi + VSLS Live animation and sound performance, Berekely Art Museum, Berekely, California
Security, Root Division, San Francisco, California
2009
Without, Themed Biennial 2009, New Wight Gallery, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, EE.UU, Curated by Meleko Mokgosi
The Great Wall of Oakland, Art Mourmour, Oakland, California
Locality show, Mission Art Center, San Francisco, California
La forma equivalente, Project Espira/espora, Touring show in Central America
Fulbright Art Exhibit, Institute for International Education San Francisco, CA
2008
Valoarte V, Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Landings 8, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, curated by Joan Durán
Landings 6+7,  Casa de las Americas, Galeria Haydee Santamaría, La Habana, Cuba, curated by Joan Durán
Sueños Cortados, interdisciplinary performance, part of En la Calle, MADC, CENAC, San José, Costa Rica 
ID:15/09 Identidades centroamericanas, Grupo CENTRO, Galería Gráfica Génesis, San José, Costa Rica
2007
III Bienal Centroamericana Inquieta Imagen, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo, San José, Costa Rica
Landings 5, Museo de Arte de las Americas, Museum of Art of the Americas, OEA, Washington DC, United States, curated by Joan Durán
I.V.A. Impuesto al valor agregado, projects of art and design, MADC, San José Costa Rica
Urban Nomad Film Festival,Taipei’s Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan. Scope Art Fail,  Basel, Switzerland
Intervenciones Lúdicas, Paulina Velázquez and Alejandro Ramirez, Universidad Véritas, San José, Costa Rica
Senderos Múltiples, MADC collection, Universidad Veritas, San Jose, Costa Rica
2006
Biennale of Visual Arts of the Centralamerican Itsmus 2006, Museo de Arte MARTE, San Salvador, El Salvador
Madcat Womens Film Festival, Video Installation at ATA, San Francisco, USA
Pices vorat minor minorem, mix media installation at CESTA, Tábor, Czech Republic
Dontworry, mix media performance installation, Caos Theater, Torino Italy
Que centroamerica?, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo, San Jose, Costa Rica
2a Muestra de Arte Emergente Centroamericano, MADC San José, Costa Rica
2005
V Bienarte, the Costaricanat the Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo MADC, San Jose, Costa Rica
Muestra Costarricense de Cine y Video, Cine Variedades, San José, Costa Rica
Espacios para la experimentación, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporaneo MADC, San José, Costa Rica
VII Muestra Gráfica, Galería Nacional, San José, Costa Rica, curated by Rolando Castellón