In the Studio: Ana Tiscornia

Ana Tiscornia in conversation with Aimé Iglesias Lukin, Director and chief curator of Visual Arts.

Join us live on Instagram from your cell phone, or watch on YouTube after, for a series of remote visits to artists' studios to bring Americas Society's Visual Arts public programs to your home. Every other Wednesday, contemporary artists will dialogue with our Visual Arts department about their work and practice. Check out the series playlist.

About the artist:

Ana Tiscornia was born in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1951 and has resided in New York since 1991. She is Emeritus Professor, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury. Her work has been shown internationally in various solo shows, including Left, Right and Center at Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York 2020; Ana Tiscornia at OMI, Ghent, New York 2018, Colateral o Premeditado, Galeria Nora Fisch, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2017, Des - habitaciones, Galería del Paseo, Lima, Perú 2015; Obra Reciente, Galería Nora Fisch, Buenos Aires, Argentina 2013; El estado de las cosas, Museo Gurvich, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2013; and Paradoxes, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, Nueva York, USA, 2013. Additionally, Tiscornia has participated in group shows such as For Sale/En venta, Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid; Now and Later, Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston, 2020; The Props assist the House, Bel Ami Gallery, Los Angeles, 2019; and Between Them: An installation composed of drawings. Hosfelt Gallery. San Francisco, 2019; Latinoamerica: Volver al futuro, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Buenos Aires (MACBA), Argentina, 2018; Jesualdo: la palabra mágica. Museo Figari, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2017; Márgenes, Museo de Historia del Arte MUHAR, Uruguay, 2017; Block Parts, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, USA, 2016; Kraftwerk , Galería Nora Fisch, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2016; El optimismo imperecedero, Galería del Paseo, Lima, Perú, 2016; Mujeres en el arte. Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay, 2015; Symphonic Node to think with Thabiso Sekgala, Cyprus, 2015; There is no such thing as a good decision, Josee Bienvenu Gallery, New York, USA, 2014; Doing and Undergoing, Columbia University, New York, USA, 2013; and Serface, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, 2013. She rep resented Uruguay in the II and IX Bienal de La Habana, Cuba, and in the III Bienal de Lima, Perú, and participated in the Bienal del Fin del Mundo, Mar del Plata, Argentina. Tiscornia writes for several specialized art publications and is the author of the book, “Vicissitudes of the Visual Imaginary: Between Utopia and Fragmented Identity,” published by White Wine Press in collaboration with Distrito Cuatro.

Visit the Americas Society Visual Arts YouTube Channel for recordings of In the Studio Series and other previous events.

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More digital content from Visual Arts at Americas Society:

• Watch a video about Terence Gower: The Good Neighbour.
• Check out the current exhibition Terence Gower: The Good Neighbour.
• Read the exhibition catalogue for Joaquín Orellana: The Spine of Music.
• Read the exhibition catalogue for Feliciano Centurión: Abrigo.
• Watch the documentary Feliciano Centurión: Abrazo Íntimo al Natural, directed by Mon Ross (2016).
• Watch videos of recent events:
  • Reflections on Joaquín Orellana's Marimba Imaginaria
  • In Discussion: Presenting Biennial FEMSA XIV
  • Art at a Distance: Promoting Visual Arts during the Health Crisis
  • Curator's Perspective – Jacopo Crivelli Visconti
  • "I Am Reborn at Every Moment" – Contemporary Reflections on Feliciano Centurión and AIDS