| EDUCATION |
| 2009 |
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MFA Washington University in St. Louis, MO - Graduated with Honors |
| 2007 |
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BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL - Emphasis in Art Education (certified K-12) |
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| GRANTS & AWARDS |
| 2017 |
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Knight Foundation Grant, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA (with Andria Morles) |
| 2016 |
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Knight Foundation Grant, Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA (with Andria Morles) |
| 2009 |
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Berlin Travel Grant, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, MO |
| 2007 |
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Laura and William Jens Scholarship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
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Miliken Scholarship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO |
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| SELECTED INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS |
| 2010 |
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Chilean Video Art Biennial - VVVienal Valparaíso - representing Guatemala |
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Fest Fem, Fábrica, Valparaíso, Chile |
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Offline Quillota, Plaza de Armas de Quillota, Valparaiso, Chile |
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Offline, Galería Tres Palacios, Valparaiso, Chile |
| 2009 |
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International Visual Poetry Festival, Venezuela |
| 2008 |
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Kulturprojekte Berlin, Germany - Fill In The _____ |
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| SELECTED EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES |
| 2017 |
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Free Streets, Philadelphia, PA - American Media Output: Found in Fairhill (with Andria Morales) |
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Hispanic Fiesta, Philadelphia, PA - American Media Output: Found in Fairhill (with Andria Morales) |
| 2014 |
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Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA- Yo Soy Oro(with Andria Morales) |
| 2013 |
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Bruno David Gallery, Media Room, St. Louis MO - Resurrection of Hun-Nal-Ye (with Andria Morales) |
| 2012 |
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Reliant Center, Houston TX - Welcome Water (with Andria Morales) |
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Painted Bride Art Center, PA- PAPELES: Are we what we sign? (with Andria Morales) |
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Puerto Rican Parade, Chicago, IL - The Fat Free Elotera |
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Bruno David Gallery, Blue-Red-White, St. Louis, MO (with Andria Morales) |
| 2011 |
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Gowanus Studio, Brookyln, NY- AMerican MEdia Output (with Andria Morales) |
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Jolie Laide, RICH-OO-UH'L, RICH-OO-UH'L, Philadelphia, PA - (with Andria Morales) |
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SOMArts, San Francisco, CA- Illuminations: Dia de los Muertos 2011 (with Andria Morales) |
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Gallery Aferro, Jersey City, NJ- AMerican MEdia Output (with Andria Morales) |
| 2011 |
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gaia, Jersey City, NJ - New News is Old News (with Andria Morales) |
| 2010 |
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Flomenhaft Gallery, New York, NY - Generation D: Identities |
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Saint Vincent Gallery, PA - Tzit Tzit: Fiber Art and Jewish Identity |
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Bruno David Gallery, Media Room, St. Louis MO- el es frida kahlo |
| 2009 |
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Ely Center for Contemporary Art. New Haven, CT - Cultural Heritage Artists Project (with Gonzalo Escobar) |
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Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana. San Jose, CA - Cultural Disjunction (with Rio Yañez) |
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CBC Exhibition Space, St. Louis, MO - Runneth Over____ |
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St. Charles Art Gallery. MO - SCC Multimedia Invitational
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Bruno David Gallery, Media Room, St. Louis, MO - you and your friends vol 1
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Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO - MFA Thesis Exhibition |
| 2008 |
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Fort Gondo, St. Louis, MO - D.O.A (with Carianne Noga)
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Third Degree Glass Factory. St. Louis, MO - Wall Ball
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Bruno David Gallery, Media Room, St. Louis, MO - Acciones Plásticas
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Latina Film Festival. Austin, TX - Señorita Cinema
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Des Lee Gallery. St. Louis, MO - MFA First Year Exhibition
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Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, MO - Overview_08 |
| 2007 |
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School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, IL- BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition |
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| SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| 2018 |
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Found in Fairhill, Taller Puertorriqueño, Mar. |
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Taller & AMO Collaborate for Operation Sunrise, Taller Puertorriqueño, Mar. |
| 2017 |
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Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art, by Ben Schachter, Dec. |
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Taller Puertorriqueño's New Facility Heralds The Start of A New Chapter for A Northern Philly Community, Knight Foundation by Chip Schwartz, Apr. |
| 2016 |
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Three-Way Street: Jews, Germans, and the Transnational, by Jay H Geller and Leslie Morris, Sept. 13 |
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Philadelphia Arts Groups Receive Knight Foundation Funding, Knight Foundation, Sept. |
| 2014 |
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Jewish Histories of the Holocaust: New Transnational Approaches, by Norman J.W. Goda, Sept |
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Celebration of Latin culture on Sunday could be only a start, The Philadelphia Inquirer by Samantha Melamed, Sept. |
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2nd Friday brings out West Philly beauties, opportunities and more! Artblog by Alyssa Greenberg, Sept. |
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Yo Soy Oro/ On view through Nov. 7th, Taller Puertorriqueño, Sept. |
| 2013 |
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Frida Kahlo, author: Gannit Ankori, London: Reaktion Books |
| 2013 |
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Conociéndote (Getting to Know You): Bridging the Audience Divide/ On view through October, Taller Puertorriqueño, Nov. |
| 2011 |
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Jewcy Art: Maya Escobar by Margarita Korol, Jewcy Magazine, Feb. |
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Miguel Del Valle Mural: Maya Escobar, Digital Artist, Creates Interactive Portrait by Will Guzzardi, Huffington Post, Feb. |
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Artist's del Valle Mural Channels Twitter by Alex Parker, Chicago Reader, Feb. |
| 2010 |
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Fringes – Jewish Art as an Israeli Periphery by David Sperber, book published by Bar-Ilan University Leiber Center for Jewish Art |
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NOLA GA Featured Artist: Maya Escobar by David Abitbol, Jewilicious Blog, Nov. |
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Maya Escobar at the Bruno David Gallery Bruno David Gallery, Video Interview by Felicia Chen
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Something About Women by Dawn Law, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Lifestyles Section
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Art exhibit at Saint Vincent explores iconography in Judaism by Justin Jacobs, The Jewish Chronicle
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Smart Latina vs Sexy Latina by Carrie Ferguson Weir, Tiki Tiki Blog. Jan.
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Orchard Street Exhibit Examines Community & Cultural Identity by Judy Birke, The New Haven Register
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Tzit Tzit: Fiber Art and Jewish Identity Exhibition Catalogue, essay by Ben Schachter, Saint Vincent Gallery
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| 2009 |
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Reliving Jewish History on Orchard Street. Karen Singer. New Haven Magazine. Dec. |
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Jewish Life on Orchard Street. by Matthue Roth and Maya Escobar, MyJewishLearning.com
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Orchard Street Shul Artists Cultural Heritage Project, WPKN 89.5 Radio Interview w/ Binnie Klein
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Orchard Street Shul Artists Cultural Heritage Project, Exhibition Catalogue
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Interview with Maya Escobar, Blogadera Blog
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MFA 2009 Exhibition Catalogue Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum
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Frida Kahlo at the synagogue: Maya Escobar and the young Jewish-American Creation. David Sperber. Ma’arav Israeli Arts and Culture Magazine. Mar 29. |
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Who I Am. PJ Edelman. Jewish In St. Louis. Mar 12. |
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Otot (Signs) - The Annual Cycle of Holidays and Contemporary Art by David Sperber, book published by Bar-Ilan University Leiber Center for Jewish Art
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Scripting Latinidad: Re/Defining Textual Selves and Worlds in the Age of MySpace by Jacqueline Hidalgo, Journal of Hispanic/ Latino Theology Claremont Graduate University. Feb 13.
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| 2008 |
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'Hope' Springs Anew for Washington University Grad Students. Margaret Gillerman. St. Louis Post Dispatch Nov. 29. |
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The Princess Diaries: In an Age of Ostentation the J.A.P is Back by Julia Appel, Bitch Magazine, Winter Issue
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Acciones Plásticas. (podcast) Eleena Lissar. Voices en Español. Apr 25. |
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100 Años de Frida, a! Diseño Magazine Mexico City, Mexico. Feb.
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| 2007 |
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El Es Frida Kahlo, Centenario Frida Kahlo Fridomanía Blog. May.
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Acomplejada Complexities and Complicity: Performance of Latina Subjectivity by Nicole Guerra (video)
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Living Dolls by Mark Fisher, Riverfront Times St. Louis, MO. Oct 18.
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Siempre Frida by Roger Omar, d[x]i Magazine Valencia, Spain. June.
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One Person, Multiple Realities by Juan Tornoe, Hispanic Trending Blog. May 31.
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Maya Escobar, Muñequita Supersemita by Adan Levy, Supersemita Cultura de Fusión y Vanguardia en Español. Apr.
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No Laughing Matter. Mel Weiss. Lilith Magazine. Mar 6. |
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Tzitzit for women? Dov Bear. Feb 22. |
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Can we please not revive that ugly stereotype? Kol Ra'ash Gadol. Jewschool. Feb 20. |
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The Anti-Feminist Feminist Jewish Latina. Jewcy. Jewcy. Beth Gotlieb. Feb 20. |
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| RESIDENCIES, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, ARTIST TALKS & PANELS |
| 2014 |
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Taller Puertorriqueño, Philadelphia, PA- AMerican MEdia Output(with Andria Morales) |
| 2012 |
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Through the Lens, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ ( lecture via skype with Andria Morales) |
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Your Creative Future, Sullivan High School Graduation, Chicago, IL (keynote speaker) |
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Half Jewish? The Heirs of Intermarriage - Colloquium 2012, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL (keynote speaker) |
| 2011 |
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Wonder Woman Residency, Jersey City, NJ (with Andria Morales) |
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Negotiating Latina Identity Through Performance Art on the Web, Popular Culture Association Conference, San Antonio Texas (artist lecture with Andria Morales) |
| 2010 |
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Chagall 2.0- What Constitutes Jewish Art? Jewish Federations General Assembly, New Orleans, LA (panelist) |
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Using the Arts to Challenge Racial Ideologies, Emerging Paradigms In Critical Mixed Race Studies, Depaul University, Chicago, IL (panelist)
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Mixed Race Art and Identity, Depaul University, Chicago, IL (guest lecturer)
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Performing Multiple Identities Online, Feminist Artists, Harold Washington College, Chicago, IL (lecture)
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Impact of The Internet and the digitalization of Images On Our Concept of Art, Philosophy Department Washington University in St. Louis, MO (lecture)
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| 2009 |
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CHAP Panel, John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT (panelist)
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Berlin’s Eruv Talk, KAM Isaiah Israel, Chicago, IL (lecture)
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Multiple Identities, George Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (lecture)
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Deconstructing Personal Identity, Jewish Outreach Institute, Philadelphia, PA (lecture)
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Berlin’s Eruv. Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (artist talk)
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Artist’s Online Activity, MFA Panel. Steinberg Hall, Washington University in St. Louis, MO (panelist)
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Berlin’s Eruv, Conney Conference on Jewish Identity: Performing Histories, Inscribing Jewishness, University of Wisconsin Madison (lecture)
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Negotiating Diaspora Identities Through New Media, Washington University, St. Louis, MO - with Eric Repice (artist talk)
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Using Social Media as An Artist, Bixby Hall, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (lecture) |
| 2008 |
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Life After Art School, Lewis Center, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (panelist) |
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Latina Identity, Anthropology Department, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (lecture) |
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Celebrating Jewish Women in the Arts, BatSheva: Jewish Women’s Group, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (lecture) |
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Notions of Cultural Identity and Displacement, Bixby Hall, Washington University, St. Louis, MO (panelist) |
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Jewish Multiracial Network, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center Falls Village, CT (artist in residence) |
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