Sandra de la Loza
Sandra de la Loza (born 1968) is an American artist living and working in Los Angeles. She is the founder and only official member[1] of the Pocho Research Society of Erased and Invisible History (2001), a collaborative project working with artists, activist, and historians to investigate place and memory through public interventions.[2]
Education[edit]
Sandra studied Latin American history and culture at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (UNAM), and earned a B.A. in Chicano Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed her M.F.A. at California State University, Long Beach in 2004.[3]
Selected works[edit]
As part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in Los Angeles 1945-1980 the Los Angeles County Museum of Art presented Mural Remix: Sandra de la Loza, a project examining forgotten Chicano murals produced during the 1970s through experimental video documentation.[4]
Awards[edit]
In 2013, Sandra was awarded the California Community Foundation, Mid-Career Artist Grant, Artist in Residence Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs and in 2012 she was awarded the Art Matters Grant. Sandra was the Project Research Fellow (2009-2011) Chicano Studies Research Center, University of California, Los Angeles as part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, The Getty Foundation.[5]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Ontiveros, Mario (2008). Phantom Sightings Art After the Chicano Movement. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-520-25563-0.
- ^ de la Loza, Sandra (2011). The Pocho Research Society Field Guide to L.A. Los Angeles: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-89551-146-1.
- ^ Sternad, Jennifer Flores. "featured artists Sandra de la Loza". LatinArt.com Interview of Sandra de la Loza. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Mural Remix: Sandra de la Loza". LACMA.org. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
- ^ "Sandra de la Loza Biography". CCF Fellowship for Visual Artists. Retrieved 8 March 2015.
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