Michael Anthony García
Recorded October 1, 2020
+ ART + Multidisciplinary artist & independent curator Michael Anthony García, claiming both Mexican and US citizenship, while based in Austin, Texas, predominantly focuses his practice around photography/ video, sculpture/ installation & performance.
Much of his work explores his layers of identity, how they shape him, and affect his perception of/ by the world, in a political expression of Latinx Futurism founded in emotion, and utopian projection.
He is a founding member of Los Outsiders collective & has curated large-scale exhibitions of international artists, in & out of the US. He participated in the 2011 Texas Biennial & has won awards both for his curatorial & 3D work. He co-hosts an intersectional conversation podcast named El Puente and is publisher for POCa Madre Magazine. García has premiered work for The Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Experimental Action Performance Art Biennale in Houston, The Contemporary Austin, SoundSpace at The Blanton Museum of Art, Mexic-Arte Museum, El Museo de la Ciudad de México, and ThreeWalls in Chicago.
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