Description:
We Place Life at the Center / Situamos la vida en el centro directs dialogue and exchange among art, science, and environmental justice in the Americas. It stems from the work of Carolina Caycedo, whose art and activism engage with water rights, land stewardship, food sovereignty, and just energy transition.
Brief description:
Carolina Caycedo is a multidisciplinary artist based in Los Angeles. Her practice and research focus on the future of our shared resources, ecosocial transition, and bio-cultural diversity. Her art installations, performances, videos, sculptures, and artist's books examine complex social and environmental issues and contribute to the construction of environmental and historical memory. She has exhibited internationally and has developed publicly engaged projects in Los Angeles, Mexico City, Bogotá, San Juan, New York, London, and Paris, among others. Caycedo received a 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship and was the 2023-2024 Artist in Residence at the Getty Research Institute. She received an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California and a B.F.A. from Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá.