www.elpasoartmuseum.orgBienal FrontBorder Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010 will open to the public at 12:00 pm on Saturday, November 20, 2010 and will show through February 13, 2011 in the Contemporary Gallery of the El Paso Museum of Art. This exhibition is free to the public.Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010Border Art Biennial – Bienal Fronteriza de Arte 2010 is the second juried exhibition to examine and highlight the often under represented, but vital art and artists from the states of the US/Mexico border. Artist from the states of Arizona, Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur, California, Chihuahua, Coahuila, New Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Sonora, Tamaulipas, and Texas were encourage to apply, of which 43 were selected. All works included will be reproduced in the accompanying exhibition catalog which will be available for purchase at the Museum Store. This exhibition is a collaborative effort between the El Paso Museum of Art, Museo de Arte INBA de Ciudad Juarez, Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, CONACULTA-INBA, the Mexican Consulate in El Paso, Texas, and the American Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua.2010 Jurors are Rita Gonzalez, Assistant Curator in the Department of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Itala Schmelz, Director at the Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City.Artist included in the exhibition:Itzel Aguilera, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MexicoJulie Anand and Damon Sauer, Phoenix, ArizonaTania Anchondo, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MexicoJesus Barraza, San Leandro, CaliforniaCamp Bosworth, Marfa, TexasMaureen Burdock, Santa Fe, New MexicoCamilo Cruz, Los Angeles, CaliforniaAlejandro Cartagena, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, MexicoVic De La Rosa, San Francisco, CaliforniaSergio De La Torre, San Francisco, CaliforniaLeticia Diaz Moreno, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MexicoJustin Gainan, Oakland, CaliforniaMatt Gainer, Toluca Lake, CaliforniaJoseph Gerges, La Mirada, CaliforniaEd Gomez, Long Beach, CaliforniaErendira Gonzalez, Tijuana, Baja California Norte, MexicoAlexandra Grant, Los Angeles, CaliforniaLuis Hernandez, Los Angeles, CaliforniaYvianna Hernandez, El Paso, TexasFarah Karapetian, Los Angeles, CaliforniaJulia Landois, San Antonio, TexasAnthony Lazorko, Mesilla, New MexicoNery Gabriel Lemus, Pasadena, CaliforniaPaho Mann, Dallas, TexasMayra Martell, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MexicoShane Mecklenburger, Dallas, TexasHector Mendoza, Oakland, CaliforniaDominic Miller, Phoenix, ArizonaJeffrey Miranda, Allen, TexasNoe Montes, Los Angeles, CaliforniaOscar Moya, El Paso, TexasMichelle Murillo, Dallas, TexasBrenda Perry, El Paso, TexasGregory Phillipy, Las Cruces, New MexicoKerianne Quick, Pasadena, CaliforniaTim Roberts, Fort Davis, TexasHumberto Saenz, Spring, TexasRocio Saenz, Chihuahua, Chihuahua, MexicoMarian Salinas, McAllen, TexasShawn Skabelund, Flagstaff, ArizonaDavid Taylor, Las Cruces, New MexicoRogelio Valenzuela Colomo, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, MexicoCathy Wysocki, Corrales, New MexicoParking is available at the Convention Center and Camino Real Hotel for a small fee. Limited metered parking is available on Main Street. Free parking is available at the City Hall Parking lot on Santa Fe Street.The El Paso Museum of Art will also host a series of Focus Talks with select artists featured in the exhibitionbeginning December 1, 2010 through February 9, 2011.Focus Talks will be at 12:15 pm and 1:15 pm and will last 30 minutes each.Please visit www.elpasoartmuseum.org for details.Tania Anchondo
Guero, 2009
Inkjet Print
Courtesy of the artist
Tania Anchondo
AburridaMetalic pigments on cotton paper.
20*28"
Courtesy of the artist