Alumni
Baxter St at CCNY has long been a catalyst for innovative creation within the artistic mediums of photography and video practices. Ranging from exhibitions, residency programs, and partnerships, our core mission is to support and activate a vibrant community deeply engaged in the art of lens-based contemporary practices. Take a look at the wide breadth of alumni that are a part of our wonderful and ever-expanding community.
ARTISTS
Yvonne Venegas
Project Space (2015)
ARTISTS
Yvonne Venegas
Project Space (2015)
Venegas and Venegas
Yvonne Venegas was born in Long Beach, Ca, and grew up in Tijuana, Mexico. Graduated from ICP in NY, she received her MFA from UC San Diego. She has shown her work individually and in group shows throughout the US, Mexico, Poland, Spain, France and Canada. Recent exhibitions have been at Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Los Angeles; Casa de America in Madrid, the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, and Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil in Mexico City. In 2010 she received the Magnum Expression Award and in 2015 the Sistema Nacional de Creadores Grant by the Mexican Cultural Fund, which supports her work for three years. She has published two monographs of her work Maria Elvia de Hank and Inedito, both by the editorial house RM. This year she received the support of the Bancomer Foundation to publish her third book titled Gestus which is an investigation into portraiture in Mexico City. Her work is part of public and private collections around the world including the San Francisco MOMA, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Alumnos 47, Televisa Foundation, Centro de la Imagen in Mexico City, Anna Gamazo de Abello, Kyosato Museum of Photography, Hunderschild Collection among others.
