Salvador Jiménez-Flores presents at SUU’s Art Insights
By Amanda DeBry
On Oct. 4 at 7:00 p.m. at the Southern Utah Museum of Art, SUU and SUMA are excited to welcome artist Salvador Jiménez-Flores to present on his artwork at Art Insights. This event is free and open to the public.
“Salvador is making work that is steeped in tradition and at the same time, the issues that he’s exploring are very contemporary both aesthetically and politically,” said Russell Wrankle, assistant professor of 3D/sculpture/foundations at SUU. “We need more voices like Salvador’s to be heard, and it’s an honor for us to have him on campus.”
Salvador Jiménez-Flores is an interdisciplinary artist born and raised in Jalisco, México. Since coming to the United States, Jiménez-Flores has contributed to the art scene by producing a mixture of socially-conscious installation, public art, and studio-based art. He has presented his work at the National Museum of Mexican Art, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts and Casa de la Cultura in Jalisco, amongst others. Jiménez-Flores recently completed a two-year residency at the Harvard Ceramics Program at Harvard University. He also served as the artist-in-residence for the City of Boston. Jiménez-Flores is a recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant and The New England Foundation for the Arts Grant and was awarded the Kohler Arts Industry Residency for 2019. He was recently appointed assistant professor in ceramics at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago.
“The content of my work is socio-political and is driven by my life experiences,” said Jiménez-Flores. “In my work, I explore the themes of colonization, migration (voluntary or involuntary), ‘the other,’ stereotypes, and cultural appropriation. I take an interdisciplinary approach with my work by choosing the media that will best fit the idea I am trying to convey. As an artist, I feel I have the responsibility to address the issues that affect my community, create awareness, and propose actions through my art. One of my core values in art making is to make the arts as accessible and inclusive as possible. I’m excited and honored to be a visiting artist at SUU and its community, to share my work and give the audience the opportunity to participate in this workshop.”
For more information, please visit suu.edu/pva/art.
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