Mariana Valencia (born 1984) is an American contemporary multidisciplinary artist. She was honoured as the "Outstanding Breakout Choreographer" at the 2018
Bessie Awards
The New York Dance and Performance Awards, also known as the Bessie Awards, are awarded annually for exceptional achievement by independent dance artists presenting their work in New York City. The broad categories of the awards are: choreography, ...
.
Early life
Valencia is of
Guatemalan descent, and was born and raised in Chicago during the 1980s. She received her BA from
Hampshire College in
Amherst Amherst may refer to:
People
* Amherst (surname), including a list of people with the name
* Earl Amherst of Arracan in the East Indies, a title in the British Peerage; formerly ''Baron Amherst''
* Baron Amherst of Hackney of the City of London, ...
, MA in 2006..
Career
Mariana Valencia was a
Whitney Biennial artist (2019)
and a
Movement Research Global Practice Sharing artist (2016/2017) Her work has been commissioned by the
Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Chocolate Factory Theater,
The Whitney Museum
The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), ...
,
and
Performance Space New York. She is a founding member of the No Total reading group, and was the co-editor of Movement Research’s Critical Correspondence from 2016-2017.
Mariana Valencia published two books, Bouquet and Album in 2019
Awards:
* LMCC Extended Life Grant (2020)
*
Bessie Award for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer (2018)
* Jerome Travel and Study Grant (2014-2015)
* The Foundation For Contemporary Arts Award to Artists Grant (2018)
Residencies:
* AUNTS
* Chez Bushwick
*
New York Live Arts
*
ISSUE Project Room
The ISSUE Project Room (often shortened to ISSUE) is a music venue in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2003 by Suzanne Fiol. Located in 110 Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn, the venue supports a wide variety of contemporary performance, sp ...
* Brooklyn Arts Exchange
* Gibney Dance Center
* Movement Research
*
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
* Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
References
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1984 births
Living people
American people of Guatemalan descent
Bessie Award winners
American women choreographers
American choreographers
Hampshire College alumni
Artists from Chicago
21st-century American women writers
Dancers from Illinois
Writers from Chicago