User:AsIwant/sandbox

Early Life
Mariana Valencia Is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist from the United States of America. She is of of Guatemalan descent, and has spent her early life in Chicago during the 1980’s. She received her BA from Hampshire College in Amherst, MA in 2006. She is now based in New York City.

Career
Mariana Valencia was a Whitney Biennial artist (2019) and a Movement Research Global Practice Sharing artist (2016/2017) Her work has been commissioned by the Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Chocolate Factory Theater , The Whitney Museum , The Shed, and Performance Space New York. She is a founding member of the No Total reading group, and was the co-editor of Movement Research’s Critical Correspondence from 2016-2017. Mariana Valencia published two books, Bouquet and Album in 2019.

Awards:

 * LMCC Extended Life Grant (2020)
 * Bessie Award for Outstanding Breakout Choreographer (2018)
 * Jerome Travel and Study Grant (2014-2015)

Residencies:

 * AUNTS
 * Chez Bushwick
 * New York Live Arts
 * ISSUE Project Room
 * Brooklyn Arts Exchange
 * Gibney Dance Center
 * Movement Research
 * Portland Institute for Contemporary Art