Karina Skvirsky
Bio
Karina Skvirsky is a multidisciplinary artist who works in photography, video and performance. In 2015 he received a Fulbright grant and a Jerome Foundation grant to produce “The Perilous Journey of María Rosa Palacios” a film that draws parallels between a teenage girl's journey through the mountains of Ecuador and the indigenous and Jamaican workers who built the section. most dangerous railroad in the world. Premiered at the Cuenca Biennial 2016 (Ecuador).
He has been part of group and solo exhibitions internationally, including: The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2016), Hansel & Gretel Picture Garden Pocket Utopia, NY (2014), Instituto Cervantes, Roma (2013), Museo de Arte de Montclair, NJ (2013), DPM Gallery, Guayaquil, Ecuador (2012)
Statement
Karina Skvirsky was born in the United States to an American father of Jewish and Eastern European origin and an Ecuadorian mother of Afro-Ecuadorian descent. He currently lives and works between New York and Ecuador. His work is influenced by the study he has made of his own identity, in relation to race, culture and gender. These themes are connected with migration and immigration, colonialism and the legacy that history has left in society.
Similarly, Karina explores the theme of corporeality (preeminently her own) and identity, along with the search for roots in her work, both in her performances and in her photographic collages, witnesses of her actions.
2.5 x 4m / 98.4 x 157 in
