Claudia Bitrán[1] (born 1986)[2] is a painter, video artist, and educator. She spent her formative years in Santiago, Chile, and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York.
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| Born | 1986  |
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| Occupation | Painter, video artist, university teacher |
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| Website | https://www.claudiabitran.com/ |
Early life and education
editBitrán spent her formative years in Santiago, Chile.[3] She earned her Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in Painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013, and she completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in 2009.[2]
Life and work
editBitrán's artistic practice primarily revolves around painting and video, often employing DIY aesthetics to portray the realms of social media and pop culture. Her work encompasses a wide range of painting techniques that transform source material into rich and layered surfaces, effectively recontextualizing the content of her videos.[2]
Bitrán has had solo exhibitions at the Centro Cultural Matucana 100 in Santiago (2023),[4] Signs and Symbols Gallery in New York (2022),[5] Cristin Tierney Gallery in New York (2022),[6][7] Walter Storms Galerie in Munich (2020),[8] Practice Gallery in Pennsylvania (2018),[9] and the Roswell Museum and Art Center in New Mexico (2017).[10]
Bitrán is the recipient of the Visual Arts Guggenheim Fellowship in 2023,[11] the FondArt Nacional Audiovisual in 2022,[12] the Emergency Grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2015,[13] and the Jerome Foundation Grant for Emerging Filmmakers in 2015.[14] She received 1st Prize in the Britney Spears Dance Challenge,[15] and a 1st Honorable Mention at the Bienal de Artes Mediales, Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile.[2]
Bitrán has completed residencies at Pioneer Works,[16] Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture,[17] Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program,[18] Smack Mellon Studio Program,[19] Outpost Projects,[20] and the Wassaic Projects.[21] She works as an educator in the painting departments of Pratt Institute[22] and Sarah Lawrence College[23]
Films about Bitran
edit- The F Word (2015) – directed by Robert Adanto; about various fourth-wave feminist artists[24][25]
References
edit- ^ "A 'Titanic' endeavor: Artist remakes hit film on a more intimate scale". Dallas News. 2021-06-22. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ a b c d "Claudia Bitrán - Overview". Cristin Tierney. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ Santibáñez, Montserrat (2024-04-09). "Claudia Bitrán, sin límites" [Claudia Bitrán, without limits]. L'Officiel Chile (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-04.
- ^ Montes, Carlos (2016-01-07). "Exposición Individual "Profundo" de Claudia Bitrán". El Ciudadano (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitran - White Shoes at 89 Greene". signs and symbols. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitrán Reflects on How We Consume Images in "Stereotypies"". Hypebeast. 2022-03-09. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ https://www.papermag.com/claudia-bitran-britney-spears#rebelltitem9
- ^ "claudia bitran | be drunk". Walter Storms Galerie (in German). Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitran: White Shoes | Practice Gallery". practicegallery.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitran: Titanic, A Deep Emotion | Roswell, NM". roswell-nm.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitrán". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation... Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Convocatorias Fondo Audiovisual". www.fondosdecultura.cl (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Emergency Grants: Recipients". www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Past Grantees | Jerome Foundation". www.jeromefdn.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "I impersonated Britney on TV 2011". CLAUDIA BITRAN. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitran". Claudia Bitran. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "2014 skowheganPERFORMS". Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. 2014-09-27. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitran: Titanic, A Deep Emotion | Roswell, NM". roswell-nm.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitran". Smack Mellon. 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "New Cuts and Burns Resident Claudia Bitran | outpostartistsresources.org". www.outpostartistsresources.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Open Studios". www.wassaicproject.org. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitran". Pratt Institute. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Claudia Bitrán (Visual and Studio Arts) | Faculty at Sarah Lawrence College". www.sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "14 Fourth-Wave Feminist Artists Kicking A** And Showing It Too". HuffPost UK. 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
- ^ "Instagram is a new gallery space for these US female artists". Dazed. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2023-11-02.