Jackie Amézquita: Artist Talk

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Amézquita creates public performances, installations, and objects that fuse indigenous mythologies with contemporary community engagement.

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Jackie Amézquita (Quetzaltengo, Guatemala, b.1985) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. She is an artist with a multidisciplinary practice. Her research is articulated through the use of biomaterials and forms associated with pre-Columbian cultures. Amézquita creates public performances, installations, and objects that fuse indigenous mythologies with contemporary community engagement. Amézquita received her M.F.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 2022 and her B.F.A. from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, in 2018. She has exhibited with The Hammer Museum, LACE (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions) CA, LAND (Los Angeles Nomadic Division) CA, 18th St Art Center CA, The Armory Center of the Arts CA, Vincent Price Art Museum CA, The Annenberg Space for Photography CA, Human Resources Los Angeles CA, MAD (Museum of Art and Design) NY. Amézquita is the recipient of the Mohn Public Recognition Award (2023), Mohn Land Award (2022), Andy Warhol Foundation for the Arts Los Angeles Art Fund (2022), and National Performance Network Fund (2022). Amézquita has been featured in the Los Angeles Times, ARTnews, and The Art Newspaper, LA. Weekly, hyperallergic, Walker Art Center magazine.May 27, 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.SME 149, <a href="https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1005#!m/246311?share" title="https://map.concept3d.com/?id=1005#!m/246311?share" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Structural &amp; Materials Engineering</a>, UC San Diego<a href="https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20250527_jackieamezquita.html" title="https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20250527_jackieamezquita.html" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://visarts.ucsd.edu/news-events/20250527_jackieamezquita.html</a>

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