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Andria Bibiloni

Artist Statement

Today, perhaps more than ever, the images we encounter in the media tend to compete for significance with our daily experience. Whether we accept or reject these representations of people and culture, they file themselves away in our subconscious and affect the opinions we form about what we do not know. As a second generation Puerto Rican, I have supplemented my familial knowledge with information I have learned about my culture in movies, on television, and in neighborhoods that are not my own. In this body of work, my reality contends with stereotypical fabrications for importance and meaning. This is a study of the way that identities are constructed. Is the real me present in these familiar representations, partially connected, or completely invisible?


Curriculum Vitae


Education

2008
MFA Sculpture Tyler School of Art, Temple University

2004
BA Fine Arts
Cum Laude College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania

Teaching Experience

2007-2008
Graduate Assistant Tyler School of Art, Temple University
Department of Art and Art Education
3D Design/ 3D Structures

2004-2006
Upper School Art Teacher
Yearbook Co-Advisor The Haverford School, Haverford, PA
Multimedia, 2D Art II, AP 2D Art II


Grants, Fellowships & Awards

2008
MFA Grant Nomination Joan Mitchell Foundation

2007
Summer Studies Abroad Scholarship
Rome Art and Culture Program Temple University

2006-2007
Future Faculty Fellowship Temple University

2004
Presidents Award
for Undergraduate Research University of Pennsylvania
Fine Arts Major Senior Award University of Pennsylvania
School of Design


Selected Exhibitions (solo shows marked with *)

2008
68th Annual Juried Exhibition Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA

2007
From One State to Another
curated by Gregory Volk Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Every Artist is a Person Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA

Von Heiner Bis Mueller Labor K1 Project Space, Berlin, Germany

Badge of Honor ‘The Project’
directed by Pepón Osorio The Lighthouse Community Center, Philadelphia, PA

Powers of Ten The Barbershop, Philadelphia, PA

Selections
curated by Lorie Mertes Tyler Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA

2006
Disclosure* Centennial Hall Gallery, The Haverford School, Haverford, PA


Bibliography

Vernon Clark, “Prison Time: A Latino Lament,” The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 25, 2007, B1, B7


Publications

“Grandma, Grandpa, Mom, and Home,” Res: A Journal of Undergraduate Research, vol.1 no.1, 2004, 161-177.


Artist in Residence

2004
Lea Elementary School, Philadelphia, PA, Classroom Mural Project with 6th grade class based on the Children’s novel Esperanza Rising and Mexican Folk Art.


Technical Abilities

Mural Painting, Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, Flash, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Freehand, Final Cut, After Effects, Maya, MS Office, iLife, HTML.


Travel/ Foreign Languages Spoken

Puerto Rico, Italy, Spain. Summer study in Rome, 2007. Spanish spoken above proficiency.