Perspective: Juried VA Exhibition Juror Daisy Quezada

Perspective

The Visual Arts Department annually hosts a visiting Guest Juror to curate an exhibition of NMSA Visual Arts student work in the creation of a juried exhibition “Perspective”. The guest juror shares with students about their selection criteria, their artwork, and also their involvement in the art world. Invited jurors include gallerists, curators, artists, and educators that impact the state of the arts in New Mexico.

Students are able to explore media and concept of their choosing. Faculty and peers guide students towards the completion of a single or series submission that explores their personal self-expression and research of concept and design. This experience also introduces students to the role of curator in the art world and juries in the arts.

Daisy Quezada is this year’s juror for the annual Visual Art Department juried exhibition “Perspective”. Daisy Quezada is visual artist and educator based in Santa Fe, New Mexico and teaches ceramics at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe. Within her practice she creates ceramic works and installations that speak on themes of identity and place in relation social structures that cross between imposed borders. Her work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at: The Denver Art Museum (Denver,Colorado), Summerhall (Edinburg, Scotland), New Taipei City Yingge Ceramics Museum (New Taipei Taiwan), and Icheon Ceramics Festival (Icheon South Korea). As an extension of her practice Quezada has also worked alongside non-for-profit organization like El Otro Lado/The Other Side and Downtown Aurora Visual Arts that impact community at a local level by bring art to youth. In 2016 Quezada was one of the cofounders of Present Cartographers, a collective invested in creating a platform for artist working within the theme of immigration. Most recently the collective launched Terreno: Borderland Linguistics, a chapbook that holds writing and visual work by international artists.