Artpace, a San Antonio-based artist residency program, has opened the exhibitions of its Fall 2024 International-Artists-in-Residence.
Celia Eberle, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and Julianny Ariza Vólquez
This season’s artists, Celia Eberle, Consuelo Jimenez Underwood, and Julianny Ariza Vólquez, were selected by guest curator Dr. Beverly Adams. Ms. Adams is the Estrellita Brodsky Curator of Latin American Art at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), a position she has held since 2019. Prior to joining MoMA, Ms. Adams was the Curator of Latin American Art at the Blanton Museum of Art. She holds a PhD in Art History from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ms. Eberle, Ms. Underwood, and Ms. Ariza Vólquez have been in residence at Artpace since July 22. The work they created during their tenure debuted in the organization’s fall exhibitions earlier this month. Ms. Eberle’s exhibition She, is a reimagining of the story of Eve that incorporates themes related to artificial intelligence. Ms. Underwood’s exhibition Undocumented Tales of the Future: Now, explores border politics and ideas related to beauty and destruction. Ms. Ariza Vólquez’s exhibition Amas de Leche, examines female labor through the legacy of wet nurses. The exhibitions will be on view through January 19, 2025.
Learn more about each of the artists below, via biographies provided by Artpace.
Celia Eberle
Celia Eberle, a Piney Woods native of East Texas, earned her BFA with Honors from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1974. Her professional career began with the 1986 exhibition Women of the Big State, juried by Lisa Phillips. Ms. Eberle was active at the 500X Gallery in Dallas from 1987 to 1992 and has since held over 20 solo exhibitions. Her accolades include the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Individual Support Grant, the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant, and an M-AAA/NEA Fellowship. Recent notable shows include Waiting for Robot at the Nasher Sculpture Center in 2022 and Commanding Space: Women Sculptors of Texas at the Amon Carter Museum in 2017. Her work is in collections at the Dallas Museum of Art, San Antonio Museum of Art, and other institutions. Ms. Eberle’s art explores the constancy of human experience amid technological and societal change.
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood
Consuelo Jimenez Underwood was born in Sacramento, California, to a Chicana mother and a Huichol Indian father. She draws on her diverse heritage to shape her artistic vision. Her work, ranging from intricate tapestries to large-scale fiber and mixed media installations, explores themes of natural beauty and ecological issues along the US/Mexico border. With over 30 years of national and international exhibitions and lectures, her art is housed in major collections, including the Smithsonian, Museum of Art & Design, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. In 2022, she received the Latinx Artist Fellowship, and her contributions to feminist textile art are the focus of the book Consuelo Jimenez Underwood: Art, Weaving Vision.
Julianny Ariza Vólquez
Julianny Ariza Vólquez, a Dominican visual artist born in 1987, explores themes of exclusion in Dominican material memory through her sculptures, installations, and paintings. Her recent projects include Imaginaciones del mito, commissioned by the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico, and presentations at the Black Barcelona Festival in Spain. She has participated in art residencies in Spain, the U.S., Norway, and Germany, and has been recognized with awards from the Eduardo León Jimenes Art Contest and the National Biennial of Visual Arts. Ms. Ariza Vólquez is also a co-creator of the Dominican art publication Onto. Her work is featured in collections at major institutions like the Museum of Contemporary Art of Puerto Rico and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Santo Domingo and has been exhibited internationally in fairs and galleries across the U.S., Spain, and Germany.
