Lora
Alaniz – Artist Statement
Colloidal
Series
Human relationships
live in a colloidal state of subdivision, suspension, a continuous deterioration
and transformation. The actual foam material I am using comes from physically
unraveling the structural threads of the mattress my partner and I share.
The layers of material underneath the taut outer cover were transformed
into new sculptural forms that interact with one another. The material's
scientific structure lends itself to stand in metaphorically for our
relationship to one another--fluid.
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Education
2000
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Magnum Cum Laude, University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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2005
Artist/Instructor, ArtWORKS! Academy, Tucson Pima Arts Council,
AZ
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1999-2004
Fine Art and Technology Instructor, Aztlan Academy, Tucson,
AZ
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2000
Painting Instructor Assistant, The University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ
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1999-2001
Digital Photographer, Real Property Virtual Reality Tours,
Tucson, AZ
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1995-1997
Metalsmith Apprentice, Gavin Metalsmithing, San Antonio,
TX
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1997
Computer Information Specialist Intern, Library of Congress,
Washington, DC
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2006
Unexpected Developments, Curated by Tirza Latimer, PlaySpace,
San Francisco, CA
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2006
Beds and Bodies, Dinnerware Contemporary Art Gallery, Tucson,
AZ
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2005
Tirana International Film Festival, Tirana, Albania
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2005
She Objects, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2005
Videology, Volgograd Region Philharmonic Society, Volgograd,
Russia
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2005
European Art Digital Works, Famul Stuart School of Applied
Arts, Slovenia Tour
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2005
Buenos Aires International Short Film Festival, Buenos Aires,
Argentina
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2005
Luksuz Film Festival, Curated by Tom Gomizelj, Krsko, Slovenia
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2005
3rd Annual Reel Venus Film Festival, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater,
New York, NY
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2005
CAM 2005, 123 Gallery, Sunset Station, San Antonio, TX
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2005
Arizona Biennial ’05, Curated by Siri Engberg, Tucson
Museum of Art, AZ
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2005
Project 59, 59 Second Video Festival, New York, NY
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2005
TURNOFF, Acorn Gallery, Arroyo Arts Collective, Los Angeles,
CA
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2005
Adults Only Show, Icon Gallery & Studio, Phoenix, AZ
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2005
Island Art Film & Video Festival ‘05, Prenelle Gallery,
London, England
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2005
Creative City 2nd Annual Warehouse Arts Festival, Franklin
Docs, Tucson, AZ
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2004
Fotoseptembre (two person exhibition), El Sol Gallery, San Antonio,
TX
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2004
Plugged (video screening), Platform Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2003
Journal Through Chiapas (solo exhibition), Shane House Gallery,
Tucson, AZ
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2002
Green Apples and Day Beds (two-person exhibition), Shane House
Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2002
Casa Historia (video screening), San Cristóbal de la
Casas, Chiapas, Mexico
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2002
Mimesis 8: University of Arizona Printmakers Invitational,
410 Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2001
Artgasm, Hazmat Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson AZ
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2001
Mimesis 7: University of Arizona Printmakers Invitational,
Hazmat, Tucson, AZ
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2001
Dialogue, Joseph Gross Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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2001
Annual Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of
Art, Tucson, AZ
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2000
Sediment (installation), Showcase Gallery, The University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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1999
Justine’s Garden (two person exhibition), Porter Hall,
Tucson Botanical Gardens, AZ
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1999
Mimesis 6: University of Arizona Printmakers Invitational,
Hazmat/MOCA, Tucson AZ
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1999
Multiplicity, Rotunda Gallery, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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1999
Pushing the Envelope: National Postcard Print Exchange, Lionel
Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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1999
Community Collective, Datura Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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1999
The Edge, juried by Julia Sasse and Jana Minka, Joseph Gross
Gallery, University of Arizona
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1999
Mimesis 5: University of Arizona Printmakers Invitational,
Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ
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1998
Organic Splendor (solo exhibition), Wingspan Gallery, Tucson,
AZ
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1998
Journey (two person exhibition), Salon Q, Tucson, AZ
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1998
Beastmas, Curated by Diana Yackovitz, Salon Q, Tucson, AZ
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1998
Outoberfest, Curated by Rhonda Stone, Wingspan Art Wall, Tucson,
AZ
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1998
Mimesis 5: University of Arizona Printmakers Invitational,
Central Arts Collective, Tucson, AZ
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2005
Plugged Video Art Collective: Creative City 2nd Annual Warehouse
Arts Festival, Tucson, AZ
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2003
¡Si Se Puede! Youth Art Exhibit, Pima College Desert
Vista Community College, Tucson, AZ
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2003
Day of the Dead Altar Youth Project, Tucson Children’s
Museum, Tucson, AZ
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2000
Pushing the Envelope: National Postcard Print Exchange, Lionel
Rombach Gallery, Tucson, AZ
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1998
Mimesis 5: University of Arizona Printmakers Invitational,
Tucson, AZ
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2005
Tucson Pima Arts Council Mini Project Grant, Tucson, AZ
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2002
Educator Travel Award, Aztlán Academy, Tucson, AZ
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2000
Outstanding Studio Arts Senior Award, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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1999
Fine Arts Academic Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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1999
Fine Arts Academic Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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1999
Cultural Diversity Award, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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1999
Summer Research Institute Fellow, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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1996-1998
Academic Scholarship, Ellas, Latina Organization, San Antonio, TX
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1998
Non-resident Transfer Scholarship, The University of Arizona, Tucson,
AZ
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1997
Internship Award, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities,
Washington, DC
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1996
Student Fellowship, University of Texas, San Antonio, TX
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Sandra
Pianin, Lazy Limabean Film Magazine, Brooklyn, NY, July 25, 2005
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Dia
de los Muertos, Univision, Tucson, AZ, 2003
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Theresa
Redinger, Artgasm: Essays and Art, 2001.
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Mary
Bustamante, Inside our Schools [Photo Credit] Tucson Citizen, November
13, 2000, 6b.
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Persona:
Literature and Art Magazine Arizona: University of Arizona 1999.
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Tucson
Weekly, 1998.
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Rubyfruit
Journal, October, 1998 v.6:9.
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Wingspan
Monthly, October, 1998.
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Cuentos
de la Alma, Stories of the Soul: The South Tucson Oral History Project,
2002-2004.
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Mexico
City: Recording My Journey, coauthor Patricia Acerbi, 2001.
Memberships
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Plugged
Video Art Collective, Tucson, Arizona
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Experimenta,
St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia
Library
Media Collections
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Arizona
State University, Phoenix, Arizona
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Prenelle
Gallery, London, England
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1999
“Alternative Etching Solutions for Printmaking” Summer
Research Institute Conference, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
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1995
“Women Artists of Color and Culture” Texas Conference
for Women in the Arts, San Antonio, Texas
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