Francisca Benitez
Francisca Benitez is a multidisciplinary artist. Born in Chile in 1974, lives and works in New York since 1998. Her artistic practice explores relations between space, politics, and language, closely linked to the places where she lives and the communities she interacts with. Her work has been exhibited in biennials and international exhibitions, and in individual exhibitions in galleries and museums. She graduated as an architect from the University of Chile (1998) and Master in Fine Arts from Hunter College CUNY (2007).
SITElines.2016
much wider than a line articulated the interconnectedness of the Americas and various shared experiences such as the recognition of colonial legacies, expressions of the vernacular, the influence of Indigenous understandings, and our relationship to the land. The second installment in the SITElines biennial series focusing on contemporary art from the Americas featured 35 artists from 16 countries, and 11 new commissions organized by a team of five curators.
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