Collage Exquisite Corpses
With Artist in Residence, Quinn Antonio Briceño
August 15, 2023 | 9:30AM-12PM
204 S Austin St Rockport, TX
Free for Members - Members Only
$40 Supply Fee
Workshop Description
Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse) is a collaborative drawing approach used by artists to create extraordinarily unexpected drawings. Collage will be incorporated into these creative and unconventional images. Don't miss this interactive opportunity!
About the Instructor
Quinn Antonio Briceño is a Nicaraguan-American artist residing in St. Louis, Missouri. He graduated with a bachelors in fine art in 2017 from the San Francisco Art Institute, and a masters in fine art in 2022 at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Art. He won the Ann Metzger National Biennial in 2019, was a finalist for the AXA Art Prize in 2021 and has been featured in All the Art Summer 2019, Friend of the Artist issue 10, St. Louis Magazine, Design St. Louis, and New American Paintings No. 155 Midwest issue, 165 MFA issue, and 167 Midwest issue.
Artist Statement:
I am a guisado, a stew, a savory blend of ingredients from two worlds: One of Nicaragua, and the other of the United States. My whole life, my identity has been questioned by those around me and it continues for me as an artist. Growing up in two countries separated by thousands of miles and by differences in language and culture, I have always felt that I had to choose to fully embrace one and discard the other.
In my work, I choose both. ¿Por qué no los dos? Blending Americana with Latinx, my work reflects those two worlds and creates a new space where those who feel they must discard a part of themselves can belong. This new space produces an entirely new gaze from the viewer, one that trades isolation for acceptance, inclusion, appreciation, and empowerment.
Alongside painting, I am very invested in the traditions of collage because it allows me to take society’s scraps of discarded material and my own personal history to create a new environment: one that celebrates who I am, and by extension, who my subjects are. My work examines both my struggle with identity and shows how I came to be the person I am today. Yo soy Nicaragüense. Yo soy Estadounidense. It is my own personal histories and experiences that are the ingredients that create the guisado that is my artwork, and by focusing on those who are marginalized and forgotten, I hopefully create for them another seat at the table.
REGISTER FOR CLASS
August 15th, 2023
9:30AM – 12PM
Free for members - Members Only
Must pre-register
$40 Supply Fee