Selene Preciado
Selene Preciado is an art curator and expert in Latin American art who is based out of the Greater Los Angeles area.[1]
Biography
[edit]Selene Preciado was born in 1982 in Tijuana, Mexico.[2] She currently lives in Long Beach, California.[3]
Preciado focuses on Latin American art.[4][5] Preciado and Richard Montoya (the son of José Montoya) co-curated “José Montoya’s Abundant Harvest," a survey of over 2000 of Montoya's works on paper,[6] at the Fowler Museum at the University of California, Los Angeles.[7][8] She and Idurre Alonso co-curated the inaugural presentation “Customizing Language” at the Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, which examines the relationship between language and political power.[9][10][11] She and Alma Ruiz organized the Japanese art exhibition "Gas Giant" by Jacob Hashimoto at MOCA Pacific Design Center.[12][13] With Cecilia Fajardo-Hill, she co-curated XicanXperimental Body, a multidisciplinary exploration of Chicanx art from the 1970s through the present, organized by the Phoenix Art Museum. It will open at the Pérez Art Museum Miami in 2021.
Preciado works as a program assistant and spokesperson at the Getty Foundation. Preciado was a part of their $16 million 'Pacific Standard Time: LA / LA' initiative.[1][14] She has also been a curator at the Museum of Latin American Art and the San Diego Museum of Art.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "16 Female Curators Shaking Things Up - artnet News". artnet News. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ ARTEINFORMADO (2014-06-03). "Selene Preciado. Comisario | ARTEINFORMADO". ARTEINFORMADO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ ARTEINFORMADO (2013-05-20). "México ofrece un equipo comisarial jóven con algunos nombres destacados. Actualidad. may 2013 | ARTEINFORMADO" [Mexico offers a young curatorial team with some notable names]. ARTEINFORMADO (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ a b "La resistencia latina toma Los Ángeles" [Latino resistance takes Los Angeles]. El Universal (in Spanish). 2017-09-12. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Preciado, Selene; Art, Museum of Latin American (2011). Mex/L.A.: "Mexican" modernism(s) in Los Angeles, 1930-1985. Distributed Art Pub Incorporated. ISBN 9783775731331.
- ^ "Jose Montoya's drawings portray the life of Chicanos". The Sundial. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "Essay For An Ese: A Tribute to Chicano Artist José Montoya". KCET. 2016-06-28. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Miranda, Carolina A. (20 February 2016). "With swagger and style, Jose Montoya's drawings at the Fowler document Mexican American life". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "Unraveling and Customizing the Language of Power". Hyperallergic. 2016-02-09. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Miranda, Carolina A. (11 February 2016). "Datebook: An artist flea market, art of the noir and the iconic woodwork of Sam Maloof". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ Customizing Language: An Exhibition Curated by Idurre Alonso and Selene Preciado. Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (LACE). 2016.
- ^ Swenson, Eric Minh (2014-03-24). "Jacob Hashimoto's Gas Giant at MOCA Pacific Design Center (PHOTOS)". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "洛杉矶MOCA展出日裔艺术家装置艺术" [Los Angeles MOCA showcases Japanese artist installation art]. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
- ^ "A massive Latino and Latin American art exhibit is taking place throughout southern California". NBC News. Retrieved 2018-05-19.