////updated Spring 2024
based in the Bronx, NY.
Education
PhD candidate in Performing and Media Arts. Cornell University- Ithaca, NY
Masters of Arts in Arts Politics, May 2021. New York University, Tisch- New York, NY
Bachelor’s of Fine Arts in Fine Arts, May 2014. Parsons The New School for Design- New York, NY
Associates in Fine Arts and Illustration, May 2012. Altos de Chavón, The School of Design- Dominican Republic
Fellowships, Residencies and Awards - Selection
Mellon Collaborative Studies in Architecture, Urbanism, and the Humanities, Cornell University|| Ithaca, NY. 2024
Research Fellowship, CUNY Dominican Studies Institute|| New York, NY. 2022-2023
Cornell Council for the Arts, Cornell University|| Ithaca, NY. 2022-2023
HEAR US Awards, NYU Tisch Research Grant|| New York, NY. 2020-2021
Van Lier Fellowship / Artist Residency, Smack Mellon|| Brooklyn, NY. 2019-2020
AIM Fellowship 39, The Bronx Museum of the Arts || Bronx, NY. Spring 2019
The Laundromat Project - Kelly Street Resident Artist|| Bronx, NY. Sept ‘18 -Aug ‘19
BronxArtSpace. Summer Residency || Bronx, NY. Summer ‘18
Red Bull House of Art. Resident Artist|| Detroit, MI . Jan ‘18 - Apr ‘18
Selection XXVI Concurso de Arte León Jimenes || Santiago, D.R. Oct ‘16 - Feb’17
Ace Hotel/Café con Leche Artist Residency.|| Pittsburgh, PA. August 2016
ProjectArt AIR. “Art & Social Practice”|| Cypress Hills, NY. April 2016
NYFA Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program: Mentee. ||New York, NY. ‘15
Altos de Chavon Bluhdorn Scholarship ||New York, NY. 2012-2014
Exhibitions - Selection
"Resguardades", Casa Copey || Santo Domingo, DR - '24
"Unbound", LookOUT Gallery, Michigan State University || Ann Arbor, MI - '24
"BotanicÁrte", Taller Boricua || New York, NY - '24
"Selective collection /Collective selection", Rivalry Projects || Buffalo, NY - '23
“Ojos Caribe (II)”, Casa Mella Russo, Design Week SDQ|| Santo Domingo, DR - ‘23
"Mi Orgullo", El Salon @ The White Room || Worcester, MA - '23
“Ojos Caribe”, Cinemateca Dominicana || Santo Domingo, DR - ‘22
“Far Away Yet So Close: A View of Contemporary Dominican Art”, Edgezones|| Miami, FL ‘22
“Sou/Venir”, 2022 Cornell Biennial || Ithaca, NY - ‘22
“Communal Medicine: Tending Abundance”, LaiSun Keane Gallery || Boston, MA - ‘22
“With one foot here, and another there”, ChaShama|| Manhattan, NY - ‘22
“Here from Afar”, Korea Art Forum|| Inwood Hill Park, NY - ‘22
“Bronx Calling: The Fifth AIM Biennial”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts|| Bronx, NY -’22
“Sobre/Mesa”, Clemente Soto East Gallery||Manhattan, NY -’21
“Cyber Healing”, The Latinx Project at NYU /Artsy Window|| Online Exhibition. -’20
“Nobody’s fashion week”, Flux Factory|| Online Exhibition. -’20
“Expect some discomfort”, Empty set Gallery|| Online Exhibition. -’20
“Solo con la cabeza no se puede recordar”, La Salita NYC|| Manhattan, NY. -’20
“Dear Democracy:...”, ChaShama|| Manhattan, NY. -’19
“Feelings of Home: Folk Culture and Memory”, Longwood|| Bronx, NY. ‘19
“By us, For Us”,BxArts Factory|| Bronx, NY. - 2019
“Persuasive Visions”, NoMAA and NYC Parks|| Inwood Hill Park, NY. - 2018
“Aquí y Ahora”, Red Bull House of Art|| Detroit, MI. - 2018
"Triggered" Casa Quien|| Santo Domingo, D.R. - 2017
Hashtag ATABEY - Fiesta Decolonial. Casa Quien|| Santo Domingo, D.R. - 2016
"XXVI Concurso de Arte León Jimenes"|| Santiago, D.R. - 2016
"Gloria" Casa Quien|| Santo Domingo, D.R. - 2016
"S/P" Casa Quien|| Santo Domingo, D.R.- 2016
“X” Casa Quien|| Santo Domingo, D.R. - 2015
“Altos @ Parsons: In Residence” 25 East Gallery|| New York, NY - 2015
Service - Selection
Committee Member. Committee on Women in the Arts, CAA || Current
Graduate Student Representative. Graduate Researchers in Media and Performing Arts, Cornell University|| 2023-2024
HEAR Us Mentor. New York University, Tisch ||2024-2025
Teaching - Selection
Instructor: Caribbean and Diasporic Contemporary Art. Cornell University || ‘23-’24
Instructor: The politics of Queer BIPOC artists. Cornell University || ‘22 - ‘23
Community Educator. Children’s Museum of Manhattan, NY || ‘18 - ‘21
Art Ready Mentor. Smack Mellon, NY || ‘20- ‘21
Visiting Artist. Mind-Builders - Community Folk Culture Program|| ‘20- ‘21
Graphic Design / Art History Teacher . Crotona International HS, Bronx NY || ‘18 - ‘20
Modern Art History Teacher. Oliver Scholars/ Dedalus Foundation, NY || ‘18
Gallery Guide and Educator at California African American Museum, LA|| ‘16 - ‘17
Teaching Artist Residency at El Museo del Barrio, NY || Jan ‘16 - Jun ‘16
Teaching Artist at Project Art, NY|| Sept ‘15-Jun ‘16
Teaching Artist / Muralist at Groundswell Mural, NY|| Oct ‘14 - Jun ‘16
Conferences, Panels and Workshops -Selection
Workshop: Escritura para Artistas Visuales. Radical Learning, Dominican Republic. March 2024
Panel: A Conversation About Intellectual and Speech Freedom in Public Places in Democratic Societies with Ruth C Pion and Gina Goico. Dominican Studies Institute, CUNY. November 2023
Panel: The Embodied and Cultural Politics of Love and/Beyond Life. Chaired by Paula Wisotzki, Loyola University Chicago. “Envisioning possibilities: Naming and archiving memories of love and care in the Dominican Republic”. American Studies Association Conference. November 2023
Keynote: May the symbolic lead to action: Art and activism. Annual Latinx Keynote Speaker and Art Exhibition “Voces de la gente”. Center for Intercultural Engagement, University of Delaware. October 2023
Panel: Aesthetic Intervention and Institutional Critique. Chaired by Jeffrey Hogrefe, Pratt Institute. “Reveliones Fugitivas en La Zona: Revealing rebellions and resistance in fleeting gestures.” The Association for the Study of Arts in the Present Conference. October 2023
Panel: “En la isla y la diáspora: Embodying resistance and challenging Dominican legislation. Moderated by Mariel Acosta, CUNY . May 2023
Panel: Decolonial Love. Moderated by Karina Edouard, Cornell University. “Who cares? Memories of love and care in the Dominican Republic and its Diaspora”. Decolonial Love: Learning to Redream Dangerously Again through Film, Art & Discussion. May 2023
Panel: Art, Performance, Public Scholarship. Moderated by María Cano, Hostos Community College. “Sou/Venir: A Tropical Experience”. Dominican Studies Association Conference December 2022 (online)
Workshop: LovingSUITS: Self-Soothe. Bronx Museum of the Arts. March 2022
Panel: Shared Dialogue, Shared Space. Franklin Furnace / Korea Art Forum. March 2022 (online)
Panel: Embodiments of Love and Diasporic Stories. Bronx Museum of the Arts. February 2022 (online)
Panel: Crafting Resistance: Artistic Renderings of the Dominican Imaginary. “Performance and Art as sites of resistance”. The Struggle for Freedom in La Española: Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of the First Slave Revolt in the Americas Conference December 2021 (online)
Panel: The Dominican imaginary: Arts and education as Decolonial resistance. Caribbean Studies Association Conference. May 2021 (online)
Workshop: Artivismo 101 “Political Formation Program” Escuela Politica RD. Santo Domingo, DR. November 2020 (online)
Panel: Cyber Healing: Digital space as a safe space. The Latinx Project at NYU/ Artsy Window. New York, NY. October 2020 (online)
Panel: Tool Book Project:Collaborative and Community engaged art. Center for Innovation, Research and Creativity in the Arts, UMBC. Baltimore, MD October 2020 (online)
Panel: Tool Book Project: Volume III - Work Book. The Block Gallery. New York, NY. October 2019
Panel: The Importance of Place -Dominican Writers Conference. New York, NY. May 2019
Workshop: Arte+Política: Transformación en la acción y lo simbólico. “Agents of Change Program” Friedrich Ebert Foundation. Santo Domingo, DR. November 2017
Workshop: Pelliza: Upcycle and Tradition. California African American Museum. Los Angeles, CA. June 2017
Workshop: Imagined Identities: Decolonizing Dominican Culture. CESA Conference 2015. York University, Toronto, ON. Canada. May 2015
Artist Talk: Casualidad y Joseo: From Chavón to Parsons. Altos de Chavón La Escuela de Diseño. La Romana, D.R. November 2015.
Artist Talk: Imagined Identities: Resisting Violence in the Caribbean. Stanford Center for Latin American Studies. Palo Alto, CA. May 2015
Performances-Selection
Interactive Performance: Mami, a viajar! ChaShama. New York, NY. June 2022
Interactive Performance: Mami, food so good! ChaShama. New York, NY. June 2019
Interactive Performance: “Purga” La Otra Isla. Performance as Repair - Colectivo SHE + The 8th Floor Gallery. New York, NY. October 2018
Interactive Performance: Pelliza: Weaving Narratives/Tejiendo Narrativas. Detroit, MI. March 2018
Interactive Performance: “Purga” International Performance Festival KM CERO. Santo Domingo, DR. November 2017
Action: Nada que Celebrar. Christopher Columbus Statue. Santo Domingo, DR. October 2017
Interactive Performances: Pelliza: Weaving Narratives/Tejiendo Narrativas - Cotidiana. Santo Domingo and Santiago DR. October 2016
Interactive Performance: Pelliza: Weaving Narratives/Tejiendo Narrativas. Santo Domingo, DR. November 2015
Interactive Performance: Mami Tour. Santo Domingo, DR. November 2015
Press + Written Pieces
Pájaros, lesbianas y Queers…¡A volar! Anthology - Edited by Yoseli Castillo & Alicia Santos. Dominican Writers. Summer 2024
Wallpapers - by Gina Goico Spanglish Voces
La Performance de Sororidad: Telares de los sueños en Republica Dominicana
Digital Space as a Safe Space - Artist talk with Artsy Window
Gina Goico on healing intergenerational trauma through art & touch - The Cosmic Conextion Podcast
Points of Vulnerability - Arcade Project -
Dominican Artists Organize “Vigil for Democracy” in Times Square, Joining Protests Worldwide-
Latino USA NPR: In Dominican Republic, Thousands Join “March of the Butterflies-
Tool Book Project Volume III: Work Book- Pelliza: Labor and Communities
Interview: End of Kelly Street Residency - The Laundromat Project
Nylon Mag: Three Artists Reveal How their Dominican Heritage Inspired their Art.
Remezcla, Culture List: 10 Young Artists Leading the New Wave of Dominican Art.
Voces Nuevas: Día de la No Violencia contra La Mujer.
Catalogue XXVI Concurso de Arte E. León Jimenes- July 2017