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
Clemente Castor
Guest Curatorial Program (2019)
ARTISTS
Clemente Castor
Guest Curatorial Program (2019)
Lamentable tierra / Sorrow Land
Clemente Castor (b. Mexico City) is a multidisciplinary artist who works with installation, cinema, and drawing. His work straddles his interests in religious syncretism, foundational myths, youth culture, and the reinvention of popular fictions. Throughout his work, the idea of the image as a system of representation and its functionality as a political tool takes root. Castor studied Latin American literature at the Iberoamericana University and is a recipient of a grant from the National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA) of Mexico. Currently he is studying for an MFA in contemporary art at SOMA, Mexico. Castor has directed multiple short films and the feature film ‘Prince of Peace,’ all of which have been screened in national and international film festivals in Tijuana, Colombia, Bosnia, Vienna, Argentina, Houston, and France among others. Castor is the recipient of multiple awards and has exhibited his installation work in various independent spaces and contemporary art museums such as Biquini Wax EPS, Queretaro Contemporary Art Museum, and SOMA.
