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About Joiri Minaya
Joiri Minaya is a New York-based interdisciplinary artist who works in photography, digital media, film, performance, sculpture, textiles and painting. Born in New York and raised in the Dominican Republic, Minaya describes her multiculturally-informed work as ‘a reassertion of Self, an exercise of unlearning, decolonizing, and exorcizing imposed histories.’ Minaya has recently been part of exhibitions and screenings at the Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, as well as international exhibitions like the Prospect 6 New Orleans Triennial, the Cooper Hewitt Triennial and the Sharjah Biennial 15. She is a recent recipient of the Latinx Artist Fellowship, NYSCA / NYFA Artist Fellowship, Jerome Hill Fellowship, Artadia award and has been an artist in residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program, Light Work, Socrates Sculpture Park and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.
About Dessane Lopez Cassell
Dessane Lopez Cassell is a New York-based editor, writer and curator. Her work spans film and visual art and their intersections, with a particular interest in race and gender. Cassell’s writing has been published in various magazines, journals, and books, including The Los Angeles Times, The Criterion Collection, Hyperallergic and Film Comment. She has curated exhibitions and screenings at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, The Museum of Modern Art, Metrograph/Abrons Arts Center, The Studio Museum in Harlem and Anthology Film Archives. Cassell is a former programmer for BlackStar Film Festival and former Editor-in-Chief of BlackStar’s journal, Seen.
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