Clay Art Center is pleased to present Vick Quezada: Remains To Be Seen.
Vick Quezada (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist, who explores hybrid forms in Indigenous-Latinx history and the function of these histories in contested lands, primarily in the U.S.-Mexico Border. They work with a variety of mediums: video, performance, sculpture and ceramics. The "Remains To Be Seen” series began in 2018 and is an ongoing project.
Clay Art Center will present a section of this series in our gallery comprised of ten pieces designed after the cafeteria trays found at Fort Hood in Texas. As Quezada begins to build this collection, they aim to create over 5,000 ceramic pieces modeled after specific institutional dining ware from the borderlands, and Texas.
This exhibition will invite critical dialog through clay to highlight Hispanic Heritage Month and the importance of the culture and contributions of the American Latino community in the US today.
The work will be on view from September 1 - 30, 2023
Please join us for a concurrent Opening Reception on Saturday, September 9th from 6pm - 8.00pm
About the Artist
Vick Quezada has received numerous grants and awards from institutions such as the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, the Artist Relief Grant supported by Americans for the Arts and Creative Capital, as well as the Massachusetts Cultural Council. Quezada’s residencies include Lost and Found Lab in Cos Cob, CT, the Liberations Residency at MassMoca, and the Vermont Studio Center. From 2019-20 Quezada was the artist-in-residence at the Latinx Project at NYU where they gave public talks, and workshops. In 2018, Quezada was selected as the University Massachusetts Contemporary Arts -University of Massachusetts at Amherst Curatorial Fellow, along with Fred Wilson, who curated the show, “5 Takes On African Art”. Quezada holds a Bachelors from the University of Texas at El Paso and a Masters in Fine Art from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
