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OSCAR LEESER
MAYOR
TOMMY GONZALEZ
CITY MANAGER
NOVEMBER 2, 2015
CITY COUNCIL
PETER SVARZBEIN, DISTRICT 1
LARRY ROMERO, DISTRICT 2
EMMA ACOSTA, DISTRICT 3
CARL L. ROBINSON, DISTRICT 4
MICHIEL R. NOE, DISTRICT 5
CLAUDIA ORDAZ, DISTRICT 6
LILY LIMÓN, DISTRICT 7
CORTNEY CARLISLE NILAND, DISTRICT 8
NEWS RELEASE
Cross-border contemporary art showcase begins
at El Paso, Juárez art museums
EL PASO, Texas – Artists from 10 states and two nations will showcase their work at the IV Bienal Ciudad Juárez-El
Paso Biennial 2015. Presented by S-Mart, this is a collaboration between the El Paso Museum of Art and the Museo de
Arte de Ciudad Juárez (MACJ). The exhibition featuring more than 40 artists will open on Friday, November 6, 2015,
and run through February 7, 2016, at the El Paso Museum of Art and the Museo de Arte Ciudad Juárez.
“Each of the artists will show one work at the EPMA and a second work simultaneously at the MACJ,” said Tracey Jerome,
director of the City of El Paso’s Museums and Cultural Affairs Department. “While the Border Biennial is not restricted by
theme, many of the artists’ work examine personal, cultural, or political issues related directly to life on the US-Mexico
border.”
The Ciudad Juárez-El Paso Biennial is unique among contemporary art biennials, not only by offering two US-Mexico
venues for the presentation of the chosen artists’ works, but also by offering the sole juried exhibition in the world that is
devoted to artists living and working in a region extending two hundred miles north and south across the entire length of
the US-Mexico border. This venture’s importance was recognized in 2011 when the sister museums were awarded a USMexico Cross Border Innovation and Cooperation Award from the Woodrow Wilson Center Mexico Institute. This year’s
Border Biennial set a record for the number of submissions, which topped 150; the more than 40 artists selected for
inclusion will each show one work at the
This year’s participating artists are:
UNITED STATES
Ricky Armendariz – San Antonio, Texas
Kristin Bauer – Tempe, Arizona
Sarah Castillo – San Antonio, Texas
Esteban Delgado – San Antonio, Texas
Claudio Dicochea – San Antonio, Texas
Daniel Dominguez – El Paso, Texas
Juan de Dios Mora – San Antonio, Texas
Jessika Edgar – Las Cruces, New Mexico
Arturo Enriquez – El Paso, Texas
Nabil Gonzalez – El Paso, Texas
Rigoberto Gonzalez – Harlingen, Texas
Robert Jackson Harrington – Austin, Texas
MÉXICO
Karina Amaya – Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Roberto Armando Cárdenas – Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
/ Guadalajara, Jalisco
Suzanne Hesh – Tucson, Arizona
Monica Lozano – El Paso, Texas
Tony de los Reyes – Los Angeles, California
Beliz Iristay – San Diego, California
Qing Liu – San Antonio, Texas
Chris Macias – El Paso, Texas
Rebecca Mendez – Los Angeles, California
Alejandra Platt-Torres – Tucson, Arizona
Harriette Tsosie – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Federico Villalba – El Paso, Texas
Karla Zanelli – El Paso, Texas
Colectivo Estético – Monterrey, Nuevo León
David Garza – Monterrey, Nuevo León
Héctor Herrera – Ensenada, Baja California Norte
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OSCAR LEESER
MAYOR
TOMMY GONZALEZ
CITY MANAGER
Mayra Huerta – Tijuana, Baja California Norte
Héctor Jaramillo – Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Andrés Juárez Troncoso – Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Humberto Jiménez – Matamoros, Tamaulipas
Paola Rascón Tello – Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Isaac Rincón – Monterrey, Nuevo León
Alejandro Sánchez Rodríguez – Ciudad Juárez,
Chihuahua
Yasadori Sánchez Zavala – Sierras Santa Catarina,
Nuevo León
CITY COUNCIL
PETER SVARZBEIN, DISTRICT 1
LARRY ROMERO, DISTRICT 2
EMMA ACOSTA, DISTRICT 3
CARL L. ROBINSON, DISTRICT 4
MICHIEL R. NOE, DISTRICT 5
CLAUDIA ORDAZ, DISTRICT 6
LILY LIMÓN, DISTRICT 7
CORTNEY CARLISLE NILAND, DISTRICT 8
Abimel Villaseñor García – Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Ana del Aguila Malvaez – Tijuana, Baja California Norte
Sabrina Loghin Tiu – Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Rebeca Cordero Valdez – Coahuila, México
Abrajam Escalante – Nuevo León, México
Gerardo Méndez – Ensenada, Baja California Norte
Rocío Sáenz – Chihuahua, Chihuahua
Carlos Vielma – Saltillo, Coahuila
For more information about the IV Bienal Ciudad Juárez- El Paso Biennial 2015, call (915) 212-0300 or visit
ElPasoArtMuseum.org or Facebook.com/ElPasoMuseumofArt
Image Credits:
Jessika Edgar
Seated Woman, 2014
Ceramic, sprayed rubber, copper leaf, metal stool
44 7/8” x 60 5/8” x 60 5/8”
Courtesy of the Artist
David Garza
Broken Landscape I, 2014
Acrylic enamel on transparent Plexiglas, screws, nuts
37” x 55 1/8”
Courtesy of the Artist
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Lead Public Affairs Coordinator
(915) 212-1200
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