Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere

School of Art + Art History Visiting Artist Lecture Series on Art, Race and Social Justice

Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz is an interdisciplinary visual and performance artist. Her latest project, Pieta, was presented as part of the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery’s IDENTIFY: Performance as Portraiture series. She received a 2016 Franklin Furnace award for performance. Selected exhibitions include Project 35: Last Call, Garage Museum, Russia, The Florida Prize in Contemporary Art, Orlando, FL 2015, Manifesta 8, Spain 2010, American Chambers, Gyeongnam Art Museum, South Korea, Performa 05 biennial, Artist Space, NY; The S Files 05, Artist in the Marketplace 25, Bronx Museum of the Arts; The L Factor, Exit Art, New York.

She received her MFA from Rutgers University and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Culture. She teaches at the University of Central Florida.

This event is free and open to the public.
The Visiting Artist Lecture Series about Art, Race and Social Justice is sponsored by the Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere with support from the Rothman Endowment, and The Marston Visiting Artists Fund.
For more information, contact: Professor Coco Fusco, The UF Banks Preeminence Chair in Art.