Wikipedia Entry
Antonia Wright is a Cuban-American artist born in Miami, Florida. Through a multidisciplinary practice of video, performance, installation, sculpture, sound, and light, Wright responds to extremes of emotion, control, and violence as they relate to systems of power in society. Alpesh Kantilal Patel of Artforum wrote of her work, “the body is the true medium she explores.”
Artworks by Antonia Wright
Antonia Wright, State of Labor, 2022
artwork
Generative sound composition
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora and Miami-based artists
© Antonia Wright
Antonia Wright, I Scream, Therefore I Exist, 2011
artwork
Color video, with sound, 4 min.
Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora, Latin American and Latinx, and Miami-based artists
© Antonia Wright
Featured Exhibitions
exhibition
Antonia Wright: State of Labor
State of Labor is a generative sound art composition—a form of music or sound that creates itself from an initial set of musical elements defined by the composer and/or a system—that uses data sonification to protest the changing laws around access to safe and legal abortions.
exhibition
On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection
This exhibition explores the diverse cultural and emotional landscapes of recent Cuban art. It presents a selection of works by Contemporary Cuban artists donated to the museum by Jorge M. Pérez, the majority from a recent gift of over 170 pieces, as well as works previously gifted to PAMM in 2012, and several recent acquisitions.
