Nayda Collazo-Llorens

Nayda Collazo-LLorens produces work in various media, often depicting the way in which the mind processes information. Her videos and public interventions combine images, sounds and texts that are structured in a non-linear manner creating a mindscape where memory, language and issues of displacement and simultaneity play a central role. In the drawings and mixed media works, blots, lines, marks, numbers and textual elements are structured into various interconnected systems. The work invites the viewer to reflect on the complexities of the mind, language and the fragmented manner in which we perceive what is inside and around us.

Nayda Collazo-Llorens, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a visual artist based in both New York City and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received an MFA from New York University in 2002 and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art, Boston in 1990. Individual projects include: Voiceover, MediaNoche, New York, NY, 2008; Ellipsis, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008; Route/Journal at LMAKprojects (Williamsburg), Brooklyn, NY, 2007; Navigable Zones at Project 4, Washington DC, 2007; Mindscapes at Space Other, Boston, 2006; Roaming, CSV Cultural Center, NYC, 2006; and Configuraciones, Galería Raíces, San Juan, PR, 2005. Notable group shows include: 10th Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba, 2009; Puerto Rico: Human Geography, 21st-Century Photography and Video, OAS Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC, 2009; Beyond a Memorable Fancy, EFA Project Space, New York, NY; IX International Cuenca Biennial in Ecuador, 2007; 12th International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland, 2007; Artists’ Books: Transgression/Excess, Space Other, Boston, MA, 2007; None of the Above: Contemporary Works by Puerto Rican Artists, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, 2004, and Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, 2005; and Here & There: Six Artists from San Juan, at El Museo del Barrio, NY, 2001 and Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX, 2002. Her work has been reviewed in The New York Times, Art Net, Art US, Art Nexus, Art News and NY Arts, among others.

Nayda Collazo-Llorens utiliza distintos medios para representar la manera en que la mente procesa información. Sus vídeos e intervenciones públicas combinan imágenes, sonidos y textos que han sido estructurados de manera no lineal creando un paisaje mental donde la memoria, el lenguaje y temas de desplazamiento y simultaneidad juegan un papel central. En los dibujos y medios mixtos, manchas, líneas, marcas, números y elementos textuales son estructurados en distintos sistemas que se interconectan. La obra invita al espectador a reflexionar sobre las complejidades de la mente, el lenguaje y la manera fragmentada en que percibimos el mundo interior y exterior.

Nayda Collazo-Llorens, nacida en San Juan, Puerto Rico, es una artista visual radicada en la ciudad de Nueva York y Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Recibió un MFA de New York University en el 2002 y un BFA del Massachusetts College of Art, Boston en el 1990. Sus más recientes proyectos individuales incluyen: Voiceover, MediaNoche, New York, NY, 2008; Ellipsis, Future Tenant, Pittsburgh, PA, 2008; Route/Journal, LMAKprojects (Williamsburg), Brooklyn, NY, 2007; Navigable Zones, Project 4 Gallery, Washington, DC; Mindscapes, Space Other, Boston, 2006; Roaming, CSV Cultural Center, NY, 2006; y Configuraciones, Galería Raíces, San Juan, PR, 2005. Importantes exhibiciones colectivas incluyen: 10ma Bienal de la Habana, Habana, Cuba, 2009; Puerto Rico: Human Geography, 21st-Century Photography and Video, OAS Art Museum of the Americas, Washington DC, 2009; Beyond a Memorable Fancy, EFA Project Space, New York, NY; IX Bienal Internacional de Cuenca, Ecuador, 2007; 12th International Media Art Biennale, Wroclaw, Poland, 2007; Artists’ Books: Transgression/Excess, Space Other, Boston, MA, 2007; None of the Above: Contemporary Works by Puerto Rican Artists, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR, 2005 y en Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT, 2004; y Here & There: Six Artists from San Juan, Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, TX, 2002 y en El Museo del Barrio, NY, 2001. Recibió una beca del Urban Artist Initiative, New York, NY, 2006. Su trabajo ha sido reseñado en The New York Times, Art Net, Art US, Art Nexus, Art News y NY Arts, entre otros. Nayda Collazo-Llorens participará en la próxima edición de la Bienal de la Havana del 2009.

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