Introducing our 2022 SECA Award Recipients: Binta Ayofemi, Maria Guzmán Capron, Marcel Pardo Ariza, Cathy Lu, and Gregory Rick. "From wildly different practices and perspectives, these artists all create work that is bold and intimate and opens us up to experiences of our shared existence beyond art,” says exhibition curator Andrea Nitsche-Krupp. “After living through a period where our city was closed off for so long...we are thrilled to reemerge with this dynamic group of artists and find ways to support their ideas + the new projects they would like to develop,” added exhibition curator Jovanna Venegas. Learn more about this year's winners: ⭐️ Binta Ayofemi (@bintaayofemi) is a multidisciplinary artist whose primary medium is the cities of Oakland and San Francisco, expressing Black and Indigenous presence, land and spatial practices, and modes of Black abstraction. ⭐️ Maria Guzmán Capron (@mariaguzmancapron) creates commanding icons in positions of tenderness, power, vulnerability, and movement with a dynamic patchwork of hand-sewn textiles and applied paint. ⭐️ Marcel Pardo Ariza (@marcelpardoa) is a visual artist who explores the relationship between kinship and queerness through constructed photographs, color sets, and site-specific installations. ⭐️ Cathy Lu (@_cathyclu_) is a ceramics-based artist who manipulates traditional Chinese art imagery and cultural references to deconstruct assumptions about Asian American identity and claims of authenticity. ⭐️ Gregory Rick (@gregoryrick2017) creates vibrant, large-scale paintings that depict scenes of conflict and struggle in high contrast, cartoon-like imagery. 🔜 The 2022 SECA Art Award Exhibition will open in December 2022. Learn more about SECA at the link in bio + stay tuned for more information to come. _ [Binta Ayofemi photo by Yalonda M. James; Maria Guzmán Capron photo by Seth Capron; Marcel Pardo Ariza photo by Salimatu Amabebe; Cathy Lu, Artist Working in Studio photo by Photography by Aaron Rosenstreich; Gregory Rick photo by Bret Amory] #SECA #BayAreaArtists #bayareaart #johanssonprojects #cathylu #sfmoma (at SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/CdLup-dFXrS/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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