Agustina Markez

Bio/CV: Agustina Markez is an Argentine immigrant artist, currently based in Providence, RI. She received a Bachelor of Science in Visual Arts and a Bachelor of Art in Art History at SUNY Purchase. She is currently an MFA Sculpture candidate at Rhode Island School of Design. Her works in installation, sculpture, video, film and performance examine the way technology, constructed environments and her home can merge.

Artist Statement: Agustina’s work in sculpture, installation, video, experimental film and performance,examines the way technology, constructed environments and home can merge. She is interested in creating her own space/dream that also addresses the political and cultural spaces that we function in. Her work explores the line between the real and unreal. She forces together “real” spaces (homes, institutions, natural environments, public spaces) and individuals who function in these spaces with digital environments. Her work runs parallel to her personal experience as an immigrant artist. She explores her Argentine identity in relation to American culture, thinking about the American dream, the American gaze, displacement and the passage of time.

Selected Exhibitions: 2022
I'd Rather Go Blind, Gelman Gallery RISD Museum, Providence, RI (curated by Ebony L. Haynes) Fresh Faces, Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, MA
2021
Usable Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Tangled Power Solo Thesis Exhibition, 1019A SUNY Purchase College, Purchase, Unmute Yourself Senior Thesis, Richard Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
Pink Ladies, Forum Art Space, Purchase, NY
2020
Seeing Through Uncertainty, Richard Dolly Maass Gallery, Purchase, NY
Common Threads, Purchase College Art + Design, online show
From Our Family to Yours, Forum Art Space, Purchase, NY
2019
Pop-up Show, Forum Art Space,Purchase, NY
Green Sprouts, Forum Art Space, Purchase, NY
2018
Spooky Art, Forum Art Space, Purchase, NY
Pop-up Show, Forum Art Space, Purchase, NY

Education: 2023 M.F.A. Sculpture, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI (projected) 2021 B.S. Visual Arts, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY B.A. Art History, Purchase College, State University of New York, Purchase, NY

Social: @agustinamarkezstudio