GINA APARICIO

GINA APARICIO was born and raised in the urban jungles of Los Angeles.  She is the first in her family to graduate from the University.  Gina is a self identified queer Xicana Indigena artist, teacher, and community organizer. 

 

Gina is known for her anthropomorphic ceramic sculptures. These sculptures combine symbols from indigenous mythologies and worldviews  juxtaposing them with the contemporary . As a contemporary artist, she explores several media including ceramics, printmaking, sculpture and performance to give voice to the urban Xicana experience. Her work explores the issues and intersections of race, class, gender, sexuality, spirituality, colonialism, and imperialism.

 

Gina was awarded both the Wilson Auzenne Graduate Fellowship and the Jim Boone Endowed Art Scholarship in 2013 while in Graduate School at Florida State University. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and community spaces locally and nationally including:  Manetti Shrem Museum, American Museum for Ceramic Art, Self Help Graphics and Art, Baltimore  Clayworks, Plaza Cultural Arts Center, Yerba Buena Cultural Arts Center, Tropico de Nopal, Working Method Contemporary, Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts and Women’s Caucus for the Arts.

 

Gina has traveled and studied ceramics nationally. She received her Masters of Fine Arts from  Florida State University in 2014. She has participated in several workshops by distinguished ceramic artists through the California Summer Arts Institute. She has been published in Spectator and Feminist Studies journals, Ceramics Monthly, and Mujeres de Maiz Flor y Canto ‘Zine’ publications.

 

She currently lives and works in Carrollton Georgia where she is an Adjunct Instructor.

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