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BUILDING BRIDGES ART EXCHANGE

AND THE UNIVERSITY OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

PRESENT

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SUMMER ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE

 

KAREN PERRY

JACOBO ALONSO

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OPEN HOUSE WITH THE ARTISTS

AUGUST 12TH, 12PM - 6 PM​

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Building Bridges Art Exchange welcomes our newest artists in residence, Karen Perry and Jacobo Alonso of Mexico to produce a new body of work in situ at BBAX Gallery. Visit us to view the artists in action!

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Karen Perry was born in Mexico City. She studied the Bachelor of Fine Arts at the National School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving "La Esmeralda" INBA, at the National Center of Arts in Mexico City, where she worked as a teacher in academic extension in Graphic Workshops Program from 2007 to 2009. From 2012 to 2016, she was a professor at the University of Baja California (Art Degree) and from 2016 to the present, she has been teaching at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Art and Design Degree). She is a grant holder of the Young Creators Grant, Sculpture, National Fund for Culture and Arts (FONCA) 2012-2013 and 2015-2016.

 

Jacobo Alonso was born in Mexico. He has a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Baja California, Mexico and is currently working as a professor at Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México campus Morelia. He is a grant holder of the Young Creators Grant, Sculpture, National Fund for Culture and Arts, FONCA 2016 - 2017. From 2014-2015, he studied at the University of Rennes 2, France and recently he held a residence at ARTELES Creative Center, Haukijärvi, Finland. He has participated in different exhibitions in Mexico, Finland, France, United States, England, Italy, Hungary and Germany. His work is part of the International Collection Bugatti - Segantini, Italy, and LUMEN Collection, Mexico. He lives and works in Michoacán, Mexico.

 OUR GRANTS 
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Support from the

National Performance

Network (NPN)

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Supported in part by a grant from the City of Santa Monica & Art of Recovery, an initiative of Santa Monica Cultural Affairs

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Support in part by a grant from the Los Angeles County

Department of Arts & Culture

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Support from the Getty Foundation through its Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship initiative.

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Support from the Consulate General of the Netherlands

in New York

OUR PARTNERS

QATAR VISUAL ARTS CENTER 

 

MINISTRY OF CULTURE, ARTS AND HERITAGE QATAR

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KATARA ART CENTER 

 

MOPLA

MUSEO DE LAS ARTES UNIVERSIDAD

DE GUADALAJARA

IFITRY RESIDENCY OF ARTISTS

UNIVERSITY OF ARTS BAJA CALIFORNIA

CULTURAL INSTITUTE

OF BAJA CALIFORNIA

CONTEMPORARY ART

PLATFORM - CHILE

ARTE AL LIMITE

CENTER OF THE 

ARTS ESTACION 

ANTOFAGASTA - CHILE

BICE BUGATTI

CLUB

CENTRE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN

ESSAOUIRA 

REDLINE

CONTEMPORARY 

ARTS CENTER

LA ART SHOW

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EXPRESSIONS OF ART

MAROC PREMIUM

FOUNDATION

THE BROAD

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KAI 10 ARTHENA FOUNDATION

INTERNATIONAL 

BIENNIAL

OF CASABLANCA

CENTER OF THE ARTS

ENSENADA, BC, MEXICO

SANTO TOMAS

CULTURAL ART CENTER

ART SCI CENTER UCLA

IASAS

VILLA AURORA +

THOMAS MANN HOUSE

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ARTS VIENNA

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OF POLAND

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INSTITUTE OF

LOS ANGELES

LUCIE FOUNDATION

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