Valerie Piraino
Valerie Piraino n'umunyabugeni w'umunyarwanda ariko utuye muri Amerika umenyerewe cyane mu gushushanya no gutaka ibishushanyo. [1]
Ubuzima bwo hambere[hindura | hindura inkomoko]
Yavutse muri 1981 i Kigali, mu Rwanda [2] akurira haba mu gihugu cye ndetse no muri Amerika. Ubuhanzi bwe bugaragaza indangamuntu y’amahanga kandi bukubiyemo insanganyamatsiko nko gusobanura ibintu byinshi biranga muri rusange, kurwanya ubukoloni (cyangwa kurwanya imperialism), diaspora ny'afurika. [1] [3] [4] Yahawe ibihembo birenga icumi bimwemerera imikoranire, kandi yagiye agaragara mu imurikagurisha rirenga mirongo itatu muri leta umunani za Amerika ndetse no mubindi bihugu bitatu.[5] [1]
Nyina wa Valerie, yari umuhanga mu kudoda mu Rwanda, yahuye na se w'umunyamerika, igihe yakoraga mu bikorwa byo gutabara no kwiteza imbere. Nyuma yo kuva mu bwana bwe akiri muto yagiye muri Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo, no mu bindi bihugu bitatu byo muri Afurika[6], Valerie, kimwe n'ababyeyi be, bimukiye muri Arizona. Nyuma, umuryango we wimukiye i Baltimore, MD, aho yize muri kaminuza ya Maryland Institute of Art . Igihe Valerie yigaga i Baltimore, yasubiye mu Rwanda, aho benshi mu ruhande rwa nyina bari biciwe muri Jenoside yakorewe abatutsi mu Rwanda[7]. Uru rugendo rwashishikarije umurimo we nk'umuhanzi uhuza ibihugu, harimo n'umushinga we. Mu 2005, Valerie yimukiye mu mujyi wa New York, ari naho yatangiriye MFA mu ishuri ry’ubuhanzi rya kaminuza ya Columbia . Yarangije muri MFA ye mu 2009 yahise yihutira guhanga umurimo we, kuri ubu akora nk'umwarimu w'igihe gito mu ishuri rya Parsons of Design[8].
Ibikorwa bigaragara n'imurikagurisha[hindura | hindura inkomoko]
Ikigaragara ni uko umurimo we uzwi cyane, ni urukurikirane rw'ibishusho bigizwe namapapayi yakoze ashushanyije ibice bya polystirene, hanyuma bigahisha imiterere y'ibumba ryirabura rya epoxy, irangi, resin, ibiti, ndetse rimwe na rimwe akoresha irangi rya zahabu kugirango anogereze igishushanyo. Mu kuganira ku kamaro k’amabara, umukara na zahabu, Valerie avuga ko umukara na zahabu byibutsa ubucukuzi bw’amabuye y’agaciro ndetse n’ibidukikije byabereye muri Afurika kubera ubukoloni. Amabara n'imiterere nabyo byerekana uruhu rw'abaturage bava muri Afurika bakoreshejwe mu mutungo kamere wabo. [4] [9]
Amapapayi ni imbuto zatoranijwe kugirango zihagararire imyumvire yo kurwanya ubukoloni kubwimpamvu ebyiri zingenzi. Iya mbere, Amapapayi yari ifunguro rya mugitondo mugihe yari umukobwa muto akiri muri Afurika. Icya kabiri, amapapayi, akomoka muri Karayibe, bagereranya nk'ubukoloni kuko "bakurikiza inzira y'ubutegetsi bwa gikoloni ". [3] Mu imurikagurisha ryarangiye muri Mutarama, 2017 ryiswe Dis Place mu Nzu Ndangamurage y’ubuhanzi bwa Diasporan , amapapayi yasaga nkaho yakomeretse, byerekana ihohoterwa rikorerwa abagore bo muri Afurika. [10] Mu gihe amapapayi ari bimwe mu bikorwa bya Valerie bizwi cyane, yakoze ibindi bishushanyo byinshi kandi yagiye mu imurikagurisha mu gihugu hose, ndetse anagaragara mu imurikagurisha mu bindi bihugu ku isi[11].
| Year | Exhibition Title | Institution/Gallery | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Collective Show | Participant Inc. | New York City, NY |
| Usable Pasts | Studio Museum in Harlem | New York City, NY | |
| 2011 | Fidelity | Meyerhoff Gallery, Maryland Institute College of Art | Baltimore, MD |
| The Third Party | Night Gallery | Los Angeles, CA | |
| 2012 | The Bearden Project | Studio Museum in Harlem | New York City, NY |
| Get it on the Record | Visceglia Gallery, Caldwell College | Caldwell, NJ | |
| Fore | Studio Museum in Harlem | New York City, NY | |
| 2013 | Present Future | Artissima | Turin, Italy |
| Reconstruction | Crosstown Arts | Memphis, TN | |
| Photoplay | Cindy Rucker Gallery | New York City, NY | |
| Body Language | Studio Museum in Harlem | New York City, NY | |
| Round 39: Looking Back, Moving Forward | Project Row Houses | Houston, TX | |
| 2014 | Lucky Draw | Sculpture Center | New York City, NY |
| "The House Seems All Upset" Contemporary Art Interventions on Critical Whiteness | Jade Addams Hull House Museum | Chicago, IL | |
| Retreat | Valerie Carberry Gallery | Chicago, IL | |
| The Bearden Project | Texas State University | San Marcos, TX | |
| 2015 | After Afropolitan | Weeksville Heritage Center | Brooklyn, NY |
| Africa's Out | Gladstone Gallery | New York City, NY | |
| Mirror Mirror | Kate Werble Gallery | New York City, NY | |
| Displace | MOCADA | Brooklyn, NY | |
| 2016 | SHE: Deconstructing Female Identity | ArtsWestchester | White Plains, NY |
| Collector's Club | Project Row Houses | Houston, TX | |
| CAMSTL Gala | Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis | St, Louis, MO | |
| Palatable | Studio Museum in Harlem | New York City, NY | |
| Event Horizon | Lesley Heller Workspace | New York City, NY | |
| Lucky Draw | Sculpture Center | New York City, NY | |
| Everyday Redefined | Corridor Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | |
| Whatever moves between us also moves the world in general | Murray Guy Gallery | New York City, NY | |
| Africans in America | Goodman Gallery | Johannesburg, South Africa | |
| 2017 | Elective Affinities: A Library | Hunter College Art Galleries | New York City, NY |
| Downtown 83 Aljira Benefit and Auction | Aljira Center for Contemporary Art | Newark, NJ | |
| A Fast, Moving Sky | The Third Line Gallery | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
| The Socrates Annual | Socrates Sculpture Park | New York City, NY |
Ibihembo yatsindiye[hindura | hindura inkomoko]
Valerie yakiriye ubusabane nibihembo mu myaka ye yose yo guhanga ibihangano.
| Umwaka | Izina ryigihembo / Ubusabane |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Jacques and Natasha Gelman Travel Award |
| 2009 | Studio Museum in Harlem, Artist-in-residence |
| 2011 | Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee |
| 2012 | Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant Nominee |
| 2013 | Project Row Houses, Visiting Artist |
| 2014 | Joan Mitchell Foundation, Emerging Teaching Artist Fellow |
| 2015 | Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Process Space |
| 2017 | Socrates Sculpture Park, Emerging Artist Fellowship |
| Offshore Residency | |
| Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award Nominee | |
| 2018 | Joan Mitchell Center, Artist-in-residence |
| The Wassaic Project, Editions Program |
Amashakiro[hindura | hindura inkomoko]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-07. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Archive copy". Archived from the original on 2017-05-18. Retrieved 2022-05-11.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 https://hudsonvalleyone.com/2017/05/28/two-kingston-artists-featured-in-dubai-exhibit/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://artswestchester.org/she-deconstructing-female-identity/she_exhibition_brochure/
- ↑ https://artfacts.net/artist/valerie-piraino/247415
- ↑ https://art.state.gov/valerie-piraino/
- ↑ https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-2004-05-18-0405180135-story.html
- ↑ https://www.joanmitchellfoundation.org/valerie-piraino
- ↑ https://gulfnews.com/culture/arts/in-a-constant-state-of-flux-1.2053611
- ↑ https://hyperallergic.com/260681/artists-of-the-african-diaspora-cast-off-the-legacy-of-displacement/
- ↑ https://socratessculpturepark.org/artist/valerie-piraino/