Glendalys Medina

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My practice is inspired by how humans learn, create order out of chaos, and make sense of the world; how previous knowledge is essential for learning and perceiving; how the ambiguity of the world increases our reliance on that previous knowledge; how we project that knowledge when we don’t understand; and how we see with our brains recognizing patterns of information. I create work that amplifies marginalized voices and deconstructs and reconstructs images, language, and systems to incite a change in cognitive structures that occur as a result of an experience. I am interested in creating moments when previous knowledge gets upgraded and new perspectives are formed to establish cultural inclusivity. My work exhibits Taíno (Indigenous Caribbeans) culture, Hip- hop and Latinx culture and music. It explores personal development as an empowering tool to re-identify societal and personal value structures to gain cultural equity in a transcultural global society.

Glendalys Medina is a conceptual interdisciplinary visual artist born in Puerto Rico and raised in the Bronx. Medina received an MFA from Hunter College and has presented artwork internationally at such notable venues as PAMM, Artspace, Participant Inc., Performa 19, Artists Space, The Bronx Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, and The Museum of Contemporary Art in Vigo, Spain, among others. Medina was a recipient of a Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant (2020), a Jerome Hill Foundation Fellowship (2019), the Rome Prize in Visual Arts (2013), an NYFA Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Art (2012), and the Bronx Museum Artist in the Marketplace residency (2010), among others. Medina is currently a professor at SVA’s MFA Fine Arts program and lives and works in New York.