Maria Gaspar
Maria Gaspar | |
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| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | BFA Pratt Institute, MFA University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Known for | Installation art, Sculpture, Performance art, Social Practice |
| Notable work | Radioactive: Stores from Beyond the Wall, Unblinking Eyes, Watching, Sounds for Liberation, 96 Acres Project, Brown Brilliance Darkness Matter, On the Border of What is Formless and Monstrous |
| Awards | Latinx Artist Fellowship; Guggenheim Fellowship in the Creative Arts; United States Artists Fellowship; Art Matters Award; Robert Rauschenberg Artist As Activist Fellowship; Creative Capital Award; Joan Mitchell Emerging Artist Grant; National Endowment for the Arts; Sor Juana Women of Achievement Award, National Museum of Mexican Art |
Maria Gaspar (born 1980) is an American interdisciplinary artist and educator.
Her works have been exhibited at venues including the MoMA PS1 in New York, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida, Museum of Contemporary Art located in Chicago, Artspace in New Haven, CT, African American Museum, Philadelphia, PA, University of California, Santa Cruz, and many others. Gaspar's work has been written about in the New York Times Magazine, Artforum, The Chicago Tribune, Hyperallergic, and many other publications.