Zulma Aguiar, Born Salinas, California, 1975
EDUCATION 2001 BA Communications, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla
2007 MFA Integrated Electronic Arts, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York WORK
2020 “Letters to Trump” single-channel video documentation of Venice Beach performance intervention – Work in Progress
2020 “Ride Karaoke” single-channel video documenting a video performance in an Uber – Instagram @RideKaraoke
2005 “Turnstyle!” (6;00 and 3;00) two-channel video installation loops on DVD’s mini
2007 Humanitarian Water (3;00) mini-DV 2006 Casheamelo (1;19) mini-DV
2006“Turnstyle,” Lifesize Sculptural Interactive Video Installation, Max MSP/Jitter, MakingThings Teleo, Fabricated Lifesize turnstile doo
2005 “Juarez Mothers Fight Femicide,” (8;00) mini-DV 1999 Bodies & Boundaries an Encounter at the Border, (8;00) DV-CAM
ONGOING PROJECTS
2018 The Brown Hand – Photo & Video Series & Performance
2016 Soldadera Performance Artist – http://www.NaoBustamante.com
2009 CANASTA Interactive art piece based on how Mexican residents purchase food
2008 TURNSTYLE developing new video and researching open source solution to Max MSP Jitter patch
2007 “Freedman’s Village” Public Art installation, Arlington National Cemetery formerly the property of African American Freed Syphax Family
2006-2014 Video Blog: chicanafeliz.com
2005-2007 Women of Juarez: elnorteproductions.com
1995-Ongoing Artist Website: zulma.org
GRANTS, COMMISSIONS & RESIDENCIES
2007 AT&T 5,000 towards Parents and Allies for Student’s Success at Arlington NAACP
2005 Full Fellow, Humanities & Social Sciences, RPI, Troy, NY arts.rpi.edu 2004 Full Fellow, Humanities & Social Sciences, RPI, Troy, NY
2004 Research Assistant, Experimental Media & Performance Art Center
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 “Turnstyle,” MediaNoche, New York City
GROUP SHOWS, ART FAIRS & FESTIVALS
2007 “Edmonston” curated by Mike L. for the City of Edmonston Maryland celebrating Hispanic Heritage
2007 “Ofrenda” curated byArt Outlet
2007 “5th Annual San Diego Women’s Film Festival” CASHEAMELO
2007 “National Museum of Women in the Arts’ 20th Anniversary Festival of Women’s Film & Media Arts”
2007 “Metamorphosis Group Art Show” Arlington, Virginia
2006 “Empty-Set-Go,” represented Turnstyle, RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2006 “V-DAY: UNTIL THE VIOLENCE STOPS: NYC Festival: It’s hard out here for a girl” Brooklyn Museum, New York City
2006 ” Eye AM: Women Behind the Lens,” Manhattan Neighborhood Network (MNN), Vicky Kerezi
2006 “Film Night in the Heights,” Heights Entertainment, Washington Heights, New York City
2006 “J. Paul Taylor Symposium on Social Justice: Focus on the Women of Juarez,” New Mexico State University. Las Cruces, New Mexico
2005 “O.P.P.,Obsess, Profess, and Process” RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2005 “M.a.F.i.A.,” RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2005 “Self Portraits,” RPI Advanced Drawing Class, “Corn Goddess”
2004 “SNOWNO,” RPI Integrated Electronic Arts: Troy, New York
2001 “Digital vs. Analog Photography,” Binational Association of Schools of Communication of the Californias
2001 “Bodies & Boundaries: An Encounter at the Border” – San Diego/Tijuana Borderhack Festival 2.0
1999 “Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano de La Habana” a winner from the
WEB EVENTS
2007 “Networked Performance” by Jo-Anne Greene from Turbulence.org
2006 “Vloggercon,” Video Streaming and IRC participation. San Francisco, California
2006 “AB-TIME,” a Pauline Oliveros Dance Performance with Marseille, France and Vancouver, Canad
2006 “The Great Wall of Chinga”, Tomas J. Benitez & Shervin Shahbazi
LECTURES, PANELS
2009 Grossmont College, Victor Ochoa, co-founder of Border Arts Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo, Chicana Art Lecture
2007 “The Making of a Turnstyle,” artist lecture, Media Noche New Media Art Gallery, New York City
2006 “Public Art,” visiting artist, University of Colorado, Denver, Assistant Professor, Ann
2006 “Photoshop imaging,” guest lecturer, CUNY, Staten Island, Assistant Professor, Valerie Tevere
2006 “Granito de Arena & JMFF,” guest lecturer, Times-Up!
2006 “Women of Juarez,” guest lecturer, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
2006 “Juarez Mothers,” guest lecturer, Federation of Ideas, Albany, New York
2006 “International Day of Women, Ciudad Juárez,” guest lecturer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
2001 “San Diego Indymedia” panelist, Binational Association of Schools of Communication of the Californias
1999 “Mexican American Web Art,” Binational Association of Schools of Communication of the Californias REVIEWS,
INTERVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS
2020 “Remembering Kobe Bryant” BBCOS, British Broadcast Corporation
2007 “Bordertown vs. JMFF,” Der Spiegel, Daniela Gerson
2007 “Juarez Mothers Fight Femicide” The Riz Khan Show, Al-Jazeera English, Fethi Abraha
2006 “Turnstyle,” KBOO, Portland Oregon, Eduardo Tierre
2006 “Juarez Femicide,” KBOO, Portland Oregon, Eduardo Tierre O]
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