Celeste De Luna
Celeste De Luna is a printmaker artist known for her works depicting themes of motherhood, globalization, and migration. She aims for her art to validate Latino culture and serve as contributor to the dialogue about art, culture and politics.[1] Her work integrates personal and collective experiences in the material, spiritual, and supernatural world.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
Celeste De Luna was born in Aurora, Illinois, 40 miles southwest Chicago where her parents met. She lived there until she was eight years old, when she moved to the Valle.[3] She now currently lives in Brownsville and San Antonio, Texas,[1] where she works out of her home studio, Metztli Press. De Luna is a self-taught printmaker who works with a variety of art forms such as woodcut prints, fabric prints, installations, and press prints.[2] Her work seeks to highlight the complexities and challenges of living near the borderlands of Mexico and the Unites States of America. However, some of the struggles she has had in conveying her messages are that sometimes nobody cares about her work, but herself and close relatives; so she believes as an artist, most of the joy comes from the process of making the art, which includes the experience.[3]
She explores the geopolitical outlooks of post-911 militarization within her surroundings, environment, and society.[4][5] This is portrayed boldly in her pieces Our Lady of the Checkpoint and Chupacabra at Boca Chica Beach. Her use of barbed wire fences, drones, border walls, numerous surveillance cameras, and her play with fantastical creatures as an outlook of anti-colonial sentiments, allow viewers to understand the experiences of women, children, and families.[1]
In addition to her artwork, Celeste De Luna is an accomplished home cook, cultural advocate, and professor – she teaches Mexican-American studies for Northwest Vista College.[2]
Notable works of art, exhibitions, projects, and collections[edit]
- “Necrocitizen” print was featured on the cover book Fencing in Democracy by Miguel Diaz-Barriga and Margaret Dorsey, published by Duke Press 2020
- Co-founder of Las Imaginistas, a social engaged art collective
- A June 2020 Vermont Studio artist in residence
- Las Imaginistas: recipients of 2017 ArtPlace America Creative Placemaking Grant and 2018 A Blade of Grass Fellows.[6]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Celeste De Luna". Chicana/Latina Studies. 2020-07-17. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Artist's Statement/Bio". Celeste De Luna. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Trevino, Gabriel (January 28, 2009). "The Art of Brownsville Interviews Celeste De Luna". brownsvilleart.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Celeste De Luna Art | Esperanza Peace and Justice Center". esperanzacenter.org. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
- ↑ "About the Artist: Celeste de Luna". Diálogo. 21 (2): 99–100. 2018. doi:10.1353/dlg.2018.0032. ISSN 2471-1039.
- ↑ Halio, Grace (2018-04-06). "A Blade of Grass Announces 2018 Fellows for Socially Engaged Art". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 2021-12-12. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- Celeste De Luna, City of San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture, https://events.getcreativesanantonio.com/artist/celeste-de-luna/
- Day of the Dead, San Antonio, https://dayofthedeadsa.com/celeste-de-luna/
- Santa Fe Art Institute, Alumni: Celeste De Luna, https://sfai.org/alumni/celeste-de-luna/
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