BIO / ARTIST STATEMENT
Grimanesa Amorós is an interdisciplinary artist with diverse interests in the fields of
social history, scientific research and critical theory, which have greatly influenced her
work. She often makes use of sculpture, video, and lighting to create works that
illuminate our notions of personal identity and community. Amorós utilizes her art as an
agent for empowerment to involve viewers from all different backgrounds and
communities.
Amorós is the recipient of several grants, which include the National Endowment for the
Arts Visual Artist Fellowship (Washington, DC), The Travel Grant Fund for Artists, NEA
Arts International, (New York, NY), The Bronx Museum for the Arts: Aim Program
(Bronx, NY) and The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation “Participant Biennial
Competition” (New York NY). Awards also include the X Tumi USA Award (Miami, FL)
and artist residency fellowships by Art Omi (Columbia County, NY), Santa Fe Art
Institute (Santa Fe, NM), The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (Amherst, VA),
Artspace (Raleigh, NC) and Centrum Arts (Port Townsend, WA). Additionally, her works
have been selected for the Art in Embassies Program of the U.S. Department of State in
Ankara, Turkey (2001) and Lima, Peru (2003).
Amorós has exhibited in the United States, Europe and Latin America. Most recent solo
exhibitions and public work: Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art (Peekskill, NY),
aka Rittenhouse (Philadelphia, PA), Jamaica Center For The Arts & Learning (Queens,
NY), Varna Festival of Visual Arts, 5th edition (Bulgaria), Hostos Center for the Arts &
Culture (Bronx, NY), The Lee Building (New York, NY), Hudson River Healthcare Center
(Peekskill, NY), Artspace (Raleigh, NC), Hardcore Art Contemporary Space (Miami, FL),
and R&F Gallery (New York, NY). Most recent group exhibitions include: Slag Gallery
(New York, NY), Primo Piano LivinGallery (Leece, Italy), CIFO (Miami, FL), Artspace
(Raleigh, NC), Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, UBS Art Gallery (New York, NY),
The Museum of the Americas (Washington, DC), Athens Institute for Contemporary Art
(Athens, GA), SITE Santa Fe, Monothon 16 (Santa Fe, NM), and Free Manifesta
Biennial (Frankfurt, Germany).

She has participated in numerous film festivals and art fairs, such as the Shanghai Art
Fair (Shanghai, China), Art Scope (Basel, New York, Miami), DiVA (Paris, France),
LOOP Fair (Barcelona, Spain), Pulse Miami, Gallerie Anita Beckers, Art Forum Berlin,
Germany New Media Festival, Hardcore Art Contemporary Space, (Miami, FL) BAC ’07
(Barcelona, Spain), Sequences Athens Video Art Festival (Athens, Greece), Optica (La
Paz, Bolivia, Córdoba, Spain, and Gijon, Spain), Aqua Art Miami (Miami Beach, FL),
YEAR_06 Projects (London, UK) and has given many artist lectures. Amorós often
teaches papermaking workshops to children and adults. A number of her pieces are
permanently housed in public and private collections.