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Siqueiros-Pollock Bi-National Painting Exhibition

Project Space

Thursday, March 01 – Friday, May 04, 2018

The Rubin Center presented winning pieces from the 2017 Siqueiros-Pollock Bi-National Painting Exhibition organized by El Centro Cívico S-Mart in Ciudad Juarez with the support of the Universidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez, The University of Texas at el Paso and Mantis Editors of Guadalajara.   A call for artists residing on the US – Mexico border was launched in summer of 2017, with two first place awards of $2,500 each awarded to one Mexican artist and one artist from the United States. Jurors for the 2017 Siqueiros-Pollock painting exhibition were Marisa Sage, Director, New Mexico State University Gallery and Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros, a renowned Mexican journalist and art critic.

The winners of the competition were:

  • Lxs Dos (Christian and Ramón Cardenas)
  • Staphany Garnica
  • Jael Gaytán
  • Elel Parra
  • Daniel Paredes
  • Zeke Peña

The exhibition was on display at Centro Civico SMART from October 27, 2017 - February 23, 2017 and in the Rubin Center Project Space from March 1- May 4, 2018. 

Jurors

Marisa Sage

Director

New Mexico State University Gallery

Santiago Espinosa de los Monteros

Renowned curator, museographer, and

art critic based in Mexico City