Kukuli Velarde | A Mi Vida

3420 Walnut St,Philadelphia PA 19104

25 February, 2022

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Kukuli Velarde's paintings and ceramic sculptures focus on the consequences of colonization in Latin American contemporary culture. Wolf Humanities Center • University of Pennsylvania 2021–2022 FORUM ON MIGRATION Symposium Keynote | Migration: Points of Entry, Points of DepartureA Mi VidaKukuli Velarde, Artistwith Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Associate Professor of History of Art, University of PennsylvaniaPeruvian-American artist Kukuli Velarde will be joined by art historian and curator Gwendolyn Dubois Shaw in the keynote for the Wolf Humanities Center's February 25 day-long symposium, Migration: Points of Entry, Points of Departure. Born in Peru, Kukuli Velarde is a Philadelphia-based artist who specializes in painting and ceramic sculptures with a focus on the consequences of colonization in Latin American contemporary culture. Her recent solo exhibitions include Kukuli Velarde: The Complicit Eye at Taller Puertorriqueño in Philadelphia; Kukuli Velarde at AMOCA in Pomona; and Plunder Me, Baby at Peters Project Gallery in Santa Fe; and her work can be found in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the John Michael Kohler Arts Center; and the Museo de Art Contemporaneo de Lima. Velarde was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2015. Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw is the Class of 1940 Bicentennial Term Associate Professor of History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania and affiliated faculty in Latin American and Latino Studies, Cinema Studies, and Gender, Sexuality, and Women's Studies. She has occupied the position of Senior Historian at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, serving as the Director of Research, Publications, and Scholarly Programs for the gallery. Dr. Shaw received her PhD from Stanford University and was an Assistant Professor at Harvard for five years before coming to the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. In the past decade she has helped mount exhibitions at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, the Addison Gallery of American Art, the Arthur Ross Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania, and Penn's Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. She has also partnered with numerous institutions, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Barnes Foundation, the National Portrait Gallery in Washington DC, and the St. Louis Art Museum, to develop and implement numerous exhibitions, public programs, and other scholarly events. More information: https://wolfhumanities.upenn.edu/events/velarde Please register separately for the full day symposium, Migration: Points of Entry, Points of Departure. Symposium cosponsored by Penn's Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy; Annenberg School of Communications; Departments of Anthropology, History, and South Asia Studies; Center for the Advanced Study of India; South Asia Center; and Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts.––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required. In accordance with Penn’s COVID-19 Guidelines, all in-person attendees are required to wear a mask; display their PennOpen Pass or PennOpen Campus green pass before entry; attest to having been vaccinated; and register their contact information with the organizers in the case that follow-up from contact tracers is needed.The Wolf Humanities Center values inclusivity and we aim to create a welcoming environment for people of all backgrounds. Please feel free to note any accessibility needs or concerns in your registration, or connect with us by email or phone (215.573.8280).Image: Detail of San Sebastián, 2012, by Kukuli Velarde. Collection of the artist. The Wolf Humanities Center is the University of Pennsylvania's main hub for interdisciplinary humanities research and public programming. Please join us in considering our common stake in the "thinking arts!"