Nayda Collazo-Llorens, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, is a visual artist that works in various media, including drawing, video, installations, and site-specific works. She earned an MFA from New York University and a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work has been exhibited at El Museo del Barrio in New York, The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico and Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico in San Juan, Museo Universitario del Chopo in Mexico City, and The Dowse Art Museum in New Zealand. She is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Nayda Collazo-Llorens will investigate diasporic dislocations through a new installation with found maps. She aims to explore the potential of the archive and cartographic data as malleable materials able to be remapped and remixed to generate new connections.
