Celia Álvarez Muñoz
Celia Álvarez Muñoz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Celia Limón Álvarez 1937 (age 86–87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | North Texas State University |
| Style | photography conceptual art |
Celia Álvarez Muñoz (born 1937) is a Chicana mixed-media conceptual artist and photographer based in Arlington, Texas.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Álvarez Muñoz was born in El Paso, Texas to Enriqueta Limón Alvarez and Francisco Pompa Alvarez.[1][2] She grew up in the Chihuahuita historical neighborhood of El Paso.[3] Prior to becoming an artist, Álvarez Muñoz worked as a fashion illustrator and an elementary school art educator.[4] She decided to commit to creating art in the 1970s, by 1977 she enrolled in graduate school to study art.[1][5] She earned her Masters of Fine Arts at North Texas State University, Denton.[6]
Drawing on her experiences living near the US-Mexico border, Álvarez Muñoz's work addresses the tension between linguistic, cultural, and political worlds.[5] She often incorporates themes of family and "communal memories" in her work.[7] She uses text and images in her work to explore the ambiguous signs and signifiers where cultures meet, and to communicate stories of American history, culture, and society.[8] She has exhibited her work in museums and galleries in the U.S. and abroad, and is included in the collection of the Museum of New Mexico.[9] Her work has been written about by art historians, Lucy Lippard, Benito Huerta, and others.[10][11][12] In Roberto Tejada's monograph on Muñoz, he includes a teaching guide (Vol. 3) using principles from her work in the teaching of multicultural art, and border issues.
Selected solo exhibitions[edit]
- 1988 – The Lannan Museum, Lake Worth, Florida[4]
- 1989 – New Langton Arts, San Francisco[4]
- 1989 – Bridge Center for Contemporary Art, El Paso, Texas[4]
- 1994 – "A Brand New Ball Game", Capp Street Project, San Francisco[13]
- 1991– "Concentrations 26: Celia Alvarez Munoz, Abriendo Tierra/Breaking Ground", Dallas Museum of Art[4][14]
Selected group exhibitions[edit]
Álvarez Muñoz has exhibited at;
- 1991 – Whitney Biennial of American Art, New York City[4]
- 1992 – Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
- 2002 – "Stories Your Mother Never Told You" (traveling retrospective), Blue Star ArtSpace, El Paso Museum of Art, and Mexic-Arte Museum[15]
- 2006–2007 – "Frontera 450+", Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas[16]
- 2009 – "Chicana Badgirls: Las Hociconas", 516 ARTS, Albuquerque, New Mexico[17]
- 2009 – "Rastros y Crónicas: Mujerez de Juarez", National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago, Illinois[18]
- 2012 – "Artifactual Realities", Station Museum of Contemporary Art, Houston, Texas[19]
- 2014 – "Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA)[20]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Oral history interview with Celia Alvarez Muñoz, 2004 Feb. 7-28". Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Celia Álvarez Muñoz | Hammer Museum". hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
- ^ "TWC Alumna, 'Artivist' Earns Lifetime Achievement Award". UTEP. 13 (2): 51. Fall 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f FREUDENHEIM, SUSAN (March 3, 1991). "ART : Cultural Concepts : Celia Munoz draws on her childhood and heritage to tell stories in challenging, conceptual multimedia works". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ a b A Ver teacher's guide: Celia Alvarez Muñoz (PDF). UCLA Chicano Studies Research Press & Regents of the University of California. 2010-01-01.
- ^ "Celia Alvarez Muñoz (American, 1937- )". Museum of New Mexico-Museum of Fine Arts. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ Desert Modern and Beyond: El Paso Art 1960-2012. El Paso, Texas: El Paso Museum of Art. 2012. p. 32. ISBN 9780978538354.
- ^ Tejada, Roberto (2009). Celia Alvarez Muñoz. University of Minnesota Press. ISBN 978-0-89551-112-6. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Celia Alvarez Muñoz". Idea Photographic: After Modernism. Museum of New Mexico. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Huerta, Benito (Fall 1999). "Celia Alvarez Muñoz". Art Lies: 59–62. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Lippard, Lucy (1990). Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural Forum. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 978-1-56584-573-2. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Lippard, Lucy (1996). Listening to Roswell's Heartbeat: Celia Muñoz's Herencia. New Mexico: Roswell Museum and Art Center.
- ^ "Celia Alvarez Munoz - Capp Street Project Archive". libraries.cca.edu. Archived from the original on 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Concentrations 26: Celia Alvarez Munoz, Abriendo Tierra/Breaking Ground". Texas History. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ^ Clark, Judi. "Celia Alvarez Muñoz: Stories Your Mother Never Told You - Lannan Foundation". www.lannan.org. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Frontera 450+". Station Museum. Archived from the original on 2016-03-15. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Chicana Badgirls: Las Hociconas". 516 ARTS. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ "Rastros Y Crónicas: Mujeres De Juárez". Hispago.com (in Spanish). 2009-10-17. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ^ Campana, Joseph (2012-04-06). "Photographs merge truth and illusion in Station Museum's Artifactual Realities". CultureMap Houston. CultureMap LLC. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
- ^ "Unbound: Contemporary Art After Frida Kahlo". Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA). 2014. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
Further reading[edit]
- Roberto Tejada, Celia Alvarez Muñoz, University of Minnesota Press, 2009. ISBN 978-0-89551-112-6
External links[edit]
- "Oral history interview with Celia Alvarez Muñoz, 2004 Feb. 7-28". aaa.si.edu. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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- 1937 births
- Living people
- Artists from El Paso, Texas
- People from Arlington, Texas
- American artists of Mexican descent
- American conceptual artists
- American women conceptual artists
- University of North Texas alumni
- 20th-century American artists
- 20th-century American women photographers
- 20th-century American photographers
- 21st-century American women photographers
- 21st-century American photographers