Michael Arcega
"Baby and the Nacirema"
@ The Luggage Store GalleryLexical Borrowing: Saw Horse by the Sea Shore- Understanding Manifest DestinyThe New Colossus (a translation)Nacireman Inventions: Cultural Phonemes

2012
Polymer clay and wire
Size varies per installationPiñata Mobile

2012
Paper materials, wheat paste, dum-dums, mylar, string, cables, steel, and mixed media. "Montalvo Historical Fabrication & Souvenirs"
@ Montalvo Art CenterIn Tents: Visualizing Language Generation and SociopoliticsLoping Honoring (a translation/ a correction)ConcealariumIn Gaud We TrustSPAM/MAPSSpork"Clubs"
@ deYoung MuseumSimulacrum Santuarium ng mnga Tao sa IslasWoven DolliesEternal SalivationMahogunnyManila Galleon Trade: Past describes PresentConquistadourkesPublic projects and proposals
UPDATES


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Currently in RESIDENCE:
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Al Riwaq Art Space, Adliya, Bahrain (May 2013)

Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, NE (Jan-Mar 2013)

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Recent EXHIBITIONS:
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Code-switching: Ya3ni, a conversation about things (Solo Exhibition), Al Riwaq Art Space, Bahrain. May 27 - June 27

Faux Real (Group Exhibition), Laguna Art Museum. June 2 - September 29

Baby and the Nacirema (Solo Exhibition), The Luggage Store Gallery. October 19 - November 17, 2012

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AWARD:
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2012 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship

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Recent REVIEWS/DISCUSSION:
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Yeapanis, Stacia, OtherPeoplesPixels Interview, Michael Arcega, OPPblog, May.

Quick, Genevieve, Michael Arcega: Baby and the Nacirema at the Luggage Store, Temporary Art Review, November.

Turner, Cherie Louise, Michael Arcega, Visual Art Source, October.