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SUMMARY:Planos planos: pinturas del folclor paranormal cachanilla
DESCRIPTION:Presented at Arista 1701 in Mexicali\, as part of Semana del Arte 101\, the MexiCali Biennial presents Planos planos: pinturas del folclor paranormal cachanilla (Flat Planes: Paintings of Mexicali Paranormal Folklore)\, an exhibition bringing together artists from Mexicali whose work engages with the Biennial’s current theme: PARA/normal Borders. \nWorking primarily through painting\, the exhibition examines local paranormal folklore through overlaps between everyday environments\, personal imaginaries\, philosophical inquiries\, invisible presences\, and border memories. The artists span different generations\, enriching a collective perspective on the cachanilla imaginary—‘cachanilla’ being the term used for people from Mexicali and their local identity. \nPARA/normal Borders is a nomadic series of exhibitions and programs that conceives the CaliBaja region as a liminal space where spirits\, ancestors\, and displaced identities move freely. \nParticipating artists: Pablo Castañeda\, Annia Monroy\, Heriberto Morales\, André Pereda\, Mahra Zamora \n\nMB Viewing Room \nCoinciding with Planos planos\, an MB Viewing Room will be open on the second floor of Arista 1701. The space features a selection of MexiCali Biennial publications available for purchase\, including MexiCali Biennial: Art\, Actions\, Exchanges Since 2006\, the first comprehensive account of the Biennial’s twenty-year history; ALIEN\, produced with Taller California and curator Armando Pulido\, with contributions by artists Ed Gómez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, Lorena Gómez Mostajo\, Omar Pimienta\, and Jessica Sevilla; and Border Patches\, an artist book by Biennial co-founder Luis G. Hernandez\, produced in collaboration with i21. \nAdditionally\, works by MexiCali Biennial artists Ed Gomez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, Fidel Hernandez\,  Bibiana Padilla\, and Adrian Pereda will be on display.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/planos-planos-pinturas-del-folclor-paranormal-cachanilla/
LOCATION:Arista 1701\, Colonia Nueva\, Mexicali\, Baja\, Mexico
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260321T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260411T170000
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SUMMARY:Rooted Voices
DESCRIPTION:Featuring artists from Whittier and surrounding communities\, Rooted Voices centers stories shaped by place\, how neighborhoods\, labor\, migration\, ritual\, and everyday encounters leave traces that linger across generations. The exhibition highlights how stories emerge through shared conditions and relationships\, through proximity\, care\, struggle\, and collaboration. \nRooted Voices is a student-curated exhibition made possible by Whittier College’s Poet StoryLab: Narrative\, Community\, and the Transformative Possibilities of Brown Storytelling. Through a special topics class\, students selected works that reflect the talents of local artists while connecting themes of PARA/normal Borders at the MXCL BNL LAB.  \nParticipating Artists:\nBrook A. Logan Arcega\, Emilia García\, Roman Luna\, Santos Nuñez\,\nRamón Ramírez\, and Jacqueline Valenzuela \nClosing Reception will be held on April 11\, 2026\nThe closing reception will include spoken word by Whittier College student Ember Hall and music by DJ Blythe Bizzczar. \nAbout Whittier College StoryLab\nWhittier College is one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the nation and is designated as both a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) and Minority-Serving Institution (MSI). Located in Whittier\, California\, the College is committed to academic excellence\, civic engagement\, and inclusive\, interdisciplinary scholarship. \nThe Whittier College StoryLab initiative\, supported by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation\, advances innovative experiential pedagogy and research that amplifies stories reflecting the complexity and expansiveness of “brown” identity in the United States. Led by faculty in Art and History\, the program centers storytelling\, intersectionality\, and public humanities as tools for cultural understanding and social engagement. \nStudent organizers:\nBrook A Logan Arcega\, Megan P Barayoga\, Clark Paul Ehman\, Yoselin Xiclaly Estrada\, Hector Alberto Gastelum\, Lilianna C Gorbea\, Ember Hall\, Mikayla I Hernandez\, Ethan C Luevano\, Cuauhtemoc Jude Luna\, Skye Mendoza\, Jessica Rios\, Joaquin A Sanchez\, Michelle G Sifuentes\, Victor Soria Jr.\, Andrea Toledo \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/whittier-community-exhibition/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260131T170000
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SUMMARY:Alien Excavations
DESCRIPTION:Alien Excavations is an exhibition built around the small-run artist book ALIEN\, unfolding through ephemeral source materials\, and interactive stations. \nPURCHASE ALIEN HERE. \nALIEN began as an idea “in space\,” emerging from the MexiCali Biennial’s PARA/normal Borders Lab as a speculative publishing project that both embodies and interrogates the concept of alienness within and beyond the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. Designed by Taller California with curator Armando Pulido the publication takes the form of a three-book architecture—interlocking yet separable volumes printed in offset\, glow-in-the-dark\, and Risograph processes. Artists Ed Gómez\, Luis G. Hernandez\, Lorena Gómez Mostajo\, Omar Pimienta\, and Jessica Sevilla each produced distinct image series that are pulled apart\, recombined\, and reorganized. In this way\, ALIEN functions as a curatorial archive: a modular documentation system where meaning is produced through assembly\, misalignment\, and reconfiguration. \nThe publication situates the term “alien” within overlapping historical registers: from the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798\, which codified the legal dehumanization of non-citizens\, to the science-fiction mythology of Alien (1979)\, which aestheticized fear of the unknown. Rather than treating “alienness” as extraterrestrial fantasy\, the artists excavate terrestrial histories embedded in Baja California and the American Southwest—resource extraction\, Indigenous knowledge systems\, ecological transformation\, and contemporary border enforcement. Through this lens\, ALIEN reframes the archive itself as haunted: a site where legal language\, pop culture\, and material landscapes converge to produce enduring structures of othering. \nALIEN will be available for purchase during the exhibition. \nArtist Reception January 31 at 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. \nTaller California is a small press & printing workshop located in the San Diego-Tijuana region. It publishes vibrant artist books that engage with the border as a sociopolitical place and as a liminal and creative space. It is committed to hybrid forms and multilingualism. Taller California’s collaborative and experimental ethos creates new modes of production and distribution of printed matter and books. Visit tallercalifornia.org for more info. \nThis publication was made possible through generous support\nfrom the American Council of Learned Societies.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/taller-california-paranormal-borders-book-exhibition/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251206T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260110T170000
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SUMMARY:Window Installation by Guillermo Estrada and Holiday Hours
DESCRIPTION:Beginning  December 6\, MexiCali Biennial artist-in-residence Guillermo Estrada\, will create a window installation at the MXCL BNL LAB. As part of Estrada’s current exhibition Almendroides\, Aliens & Indígenas\, the artist will create a graphic window “portal” as a parallax experience of the artwork\, while also referencing the liminality and impermanence of  borders. \nPlease note that the LAB will be closed from December 20 through January 9th for the holidays. We will be reopen January 10\, noon – 5 p.m. for the closing of Almendroides\, Aliens & Indígenas. The exhibition can be accessed through the street side window installation. \nThis artist-in-residency is part of the MexiCali Biennial and its research arm\, MXCL BNL LAB as an investigation toward the upcoming program PARA/normal Borders.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/window-installation-by-guillermo-estrada-and-holiday-hours/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251101T180000
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SUMMARY:Artist in Residence | Guillermo Estrada
DESCRIPTION:Almendroides\, Aliens & Indígenas delves into the universe of border-based artist Guillermo Estrada\, guided by his fictional character\, Rancho Shampoo. The exhibition explores the use of a substance called Almendroide—a biological “cookie” that holds a significant ceremonial role within this universe as a medium for connecting with other dimensions. The show examines notions of a person’s paranormal/residential/alien status\, the origins of a native person from a specific territory\, and how we engage with our personal narratives to bridge realities and dimensions. These ideas unfold through a range of artistic media\, including installations\, video\, drawings\, and sculpture. \nDuring his MFA studies at UC San Diego\, Estrada coined the concept of aliendigenismo\, a term combining “alien” and “indigenous.” It refers to “a way or channel used to move from one place to another.” From this idea\, the term aliendígena emerges to describe a person capable of crossing natural\, man-made\, spiritual\, cosmic\, and underworld barriers. Drawing from Gloria Anzaldúa’s concept of autohistoria\, Estrada presents this exhibition as a means of offering insight into the world of Rancho Shampoo. \nEstrada draws from his own lived experiences\, fictionalizing them to construct a universe that others can enter and inhabit. To understand his work\, one must recognize that three figures coexist within one person: Guillermo Estrada\, Memo Navajas\, and Rancho Shampoo. Their intertwined identities invite viewers to explore the boundaries between self and other\, territory and belonging\, story and dimension. \nThe bridge (boundary between the world you’ve just left and the one ahead) is both a barrier and a point of transformation. – Gloria E. Anzaldúa \nVisit guillermoestrada.com to learn more about the artist’s practice. \nA photo essay of this exhibition can be found HERE. \nSpecial events related to this exhibition: \nJanuary 10\, 2025 | Artist Talk with Guillermo Estrada & Rubén Ortiz-Torrez\nThis event was previously scheduled for Saturday\, November 15 \nDecember 6 – January 10\, 2025 | Front window activation by Guillermo Estrada at MXCL BNL LAB. \n*Note that the gallery will be closed from December 20 – January 9\, 2025 for the holidays. During this time\, the exhibition can be accessed through the street “portal” allowing viewers to become spectators to the artist’s installation through the front window. 
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/almendroids-alien-indigena/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251018T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T073433
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SUMMARY:ANGER IS AN ENERGY: The Punk Alchemy of Miyo & Usen Print Editions
DESCRIPTION:ANGER IS AN ENERGY: The Punk Alchemy of Miyo & Usen Print Editions explores the themes of knowledge/connection with the land\, collaboration\, and experimentation in the printmaking and collaborative print projects of artists Miyo Stevens-Gandara and Usen Gandara. Based in Whittier\, California\, these master printmakers are pillars of the printmaking community in Los Angeles.  \nKnown for their attention to quality\, generosity of research spirit\, and a delicacy of technique capable of printerly punk alchemy\, this exhibition celebrates their devotion to the craft\, and their commitment to the community of printmakers on LA’s Eastside and beyond. Through curated exhibitions\, publications and handmade print portfolios\, the artist team have documented and exhibited printmakers from Indiana to Puerto Rico to East Los Angeles. The finely-made print portfolios\, as such\, are an immutable and movable platform for knowing\, sharing and making the worlds we hold in common; connecting us all to the broader graphic universe. \nCURATORIAL OVERVIEW HERE \nANGER IS AN ENERGY features collaborative works by: \nPável Acevedo\, Kay Brown\, Ada Pullini Brown\, Leslie Dolin\, Alex Fridrich-Ward\, Usen Gandara\, Miyo Stevens-Gandara\, Luis Genaro Garcia\, J.Leigh Garcia\, Natalie M. Godinez\, Margaret Griffith\, Rogelio Gutierrez\, Jackie Hernandez\, Phung Huynh\, Dongeun Lee\, Kelvin Lopez\, Rosalie Lopez\, Sandra Low\, Poli Marichal\, Álvaro D. Márquez\, Kimiko Miyoshi\, Dalila Paola Mendez\, Wayne Perry\, Gisela Ramirez\, Sandy Rodriguez\, Victor Rosas\, Marianne Sadowski\, Dewey Tafoya\, Alex Fridrich-Ward\, Christian Salcedo Ward\, Andi Xoch\, and Joan Zamora \nLive screen printing event opening night! Bring a donation and a shirt or tote to for printing! MORE INFO HERE \nANGER IS AN ENERGY is curated by JV Decemvirale. \nCLICK FOR PRESS RELEASE
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/usen-gandara-miyo-stevens-gandara/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250719T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250830T170000
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SUMMARY:María José Crespo: Screen Memories
DESCRIPTION:Screen Memories\, a solo exhibition by María José Crespo\, is an immersive\, research-driven installation that explores Tijuana as a haunted city saturated with sensorial excess\, systemic violence\, and poetic resonance. This project proposes a counter-infrastructure through a speculative data center where ghosts\, understood as social figures\, lead us into fractured temporalities and hidden memory circuits. This “data center” stages a confrontation between institutional records\, found archives\, sensorial traces\, and fictional artifacts\, challenging the ways we construct and access history in a border town defined by control\, surveillance\, and erasure. \nScreen Memories is curated by Rosela del Bosque as part of the MexiCali Biennial’s PARA/normal Borders Lab. \nLEARN MORE
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/maria-jose-crespo-screen-memories/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250531T120000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250705T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T073433
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SUMMARY:Adrián Pereda Vidal | Sonic Meditations: Synthesizing the Supernatural
DESCRIPTION:The MexiCali Biennial presents Sonic Meditations: Synthesizing the Supernatural\, Adrián Pereda Vidal’s ephemeral sound exhibition at the MXCL BNL LAB for the PARA/normal Borders program. The artist has created three distinct soundworks which will play simultaneously to inhabit the LAB. The installation invites visitors to immerse themselves in a paranormal state of contemplation as they explore the layered soundscape from shifting physical perspectives in the gallery. Sonic Meditations explores the idea that paranormal experiences – such as an inexplicable bump in the night or a sudden silence – are epiphenomena: perceptible traces of something that exists just beyond our world. Synthesized graphics projected on the gallery wall will generate in response to the modulations of the soundworks\, producing a visual epiphenomenon of this sonic presence. The artist will inaugurate the exhibition with a live performance on opening day. \nSonic Meditations: Synthesizing the Supernatural is curated by Sam-Romo White for the MexiCali Biennial’s current research project\, the PARA/normal Borders Lab at the MXCL BNL LAB. \nPRESS RELEASE \nMXCL BNL LAB is open Saturdays from 12 noon – 5 PM\, by chance\, or by appointment.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/adrian-pereda-vidal-sonic-meditation-synthesizing-the-supernatural/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250322T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250517T170000
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SUMMARY:Alma Entre Dos Mundos
DESCRIPTION:The MexiCali Biennial is pleased to announce Alma Entre Dos Mundos as part of the PARA/normal Borders program at the MXCL BNL LAB. Bringing together the work of Amina Cruz and Aldo Cervantes\, the exhibition examines the U.S.-Mexico border as a porous site between spiritual realms. Working across Los Angeles and San Diego/Tecate\, respectively\, Cruz and Cervantes utilize the photographic medium to investigate the omnipresent feeling of being caught between the worlds of the United States and Mexico. The artists capture built\, communal\, and natural landscapes to reflect on the intimate processes of healing and mourning both within their personal communities and shared spiritual connections along the borderlands. The exhibition’s title borrows the words of Chicana cultural theorist Gloria Anzaldúa as an homage to her critical investigations on the entangled colonial\, gendered\, and spiritual legacies of the U.S.-Mexico border.  \nThis exhibition is curated by Armando Pulido. \nCLICK FOR PRESS RELEASE.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/cruz-cervantes/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250311T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250322T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T073433
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SUMMARY:MXCL BNL LAB Whittier Closed for Install
DESCRIPTION:Closed through March 22. Join us then for ALMA ENTRE DOS MUNDOS: Aldo Cervantes & Amina Cruz.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/mxcl-bnl-lab-whittier-closed-for-install/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250125T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250308T170000
DTSTAMP:20260430T073433
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SUMMARY:Ed Gomez: Sacred Disruption
DESCRIPTION:WHITTIER – Sacred Disruption is a solo exhibition by MexiCali Biennial co-founder and director Ed Gomez at MXCL BNL LAB Whittier as part of the PARA/normal Borders Lab. Curated by Armando Pulido. \nFor nearly 25 years\, Ed Gomez – artist\, curator\, educator\, and co-founder of the MexiCali Biennial – has interrogated power structures with every proverbial hat he wears. Ed Gomez: Sacred Disruption traces this cyclical critique through the languages of painting\, sculpture\, and design within the artist’s practice. The exhibition brings together work from across the artist’s practice\, particularly highlighting the ways he has used space exploration\, extraterrestrial presence\, and apocalyptic myths to make sense of political realities involving surveillance\, policing\, and control in the United States. \nBefore assuming his current role as Associate Professor of Studio Art at California State University\, San Bernardino\, Gomez worked several jobs as an art preparator and handler for various museums and private organizations. Combined with his firm dedication to the aesthetic production from the borderlands\, Gomez is uniquely positioned to critique and disrupt the intricacies of art history\, classroom education\, law enforcement\, and even cultural conspiracy. Ed Gomez: Sacred Disruption thus brings us into the mind of the muti-faceted artist\, culminating in recent explorations of the sacred and universal as a potential path into the unknown.   \nCLICK HERE FOR PRESS KIT
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/ed-gomez/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241218T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250125T180000
DTSTAMP:20260430T073433
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SUMMARY:Closed for Install
DESCRIPTION:Join us on January 25th for a new exhibition!
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/closed-for-install-2/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241207T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241207T210000
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SUMMARY:OFF THE WALL Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:WHITTIER – Please join us for an “OFF THE WALL” fundraising event. Collect works from accomplished artists living and working in California and Mexico. This is a great opportunity to begin or expand your art collection and support the cultural production of the borderlands. All works will be priced at or below $500!! Join us for drinks and small bites at the MXCL BNL LAB in Uptown Whittier. Main event will take place on Saturday\, December 7th from 6 – 9 p.m. where you can purchase works “off the wall”. Remaining works will be available Saturday\, December 14th from 12 – 5 p.m. \nCLICK FOR FULL PRESS KIT \nParticipating Artists: \nFrancis Almendárez\, Fred Alvarado\, Carlos Beltran Arechiga\, Raul Baltazar\, Gómez Bueno\, William Camargo\, Enrique Castrejon\, Emily C-D\, Tamara Cedré\, Michelle Chong\, xavier cázares cortéz\, Victoria Delgadillo\, Deliuz\, Guillermo Estrada\, Edgar Fabián Frías\, Isidro Pérez García\, Melora Garcia\, Ed Gomez\, Frankie Gutierrez\, Luis Hernandez\, Katie Herzog\, Cynthia Hooper\, Kristi Lippire\, Maya Mackrandilal\, Nancy Popp\, Enid Baxter Ryce\, Paulina Sanchez\, Mariangeles Soto-Diaz\, Sergio Teran\, Matt Wardell\, Diane Williams\, Marcus Zúñiga…and more!!
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/off-the-wall-fundraiser/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:CLOSED for Install
DESCRIPTION:MXCL BNL LAB – Whittier is CLOSED for install and will reopen on December 7th\, 6 – 9 pm. for OFF THE WALL fundraiser event.
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/closed-for-install/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Events,Exhibitions
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SUMMARY:Isidro Pérez García: Por Debajo de la Mesa: Terreno Familiar | Under the Table: Familiar Terrain
DESCRIPTION:The MexiCali Biennial is pleased to announce the inaugural exhibition and official opening of the MXCL BNL LAB (MexiCali Biennial Lab). Join us for Isidro Pérez García‘s solo exhibition Por Debajo de la Mesa: Terreno Familiar | Under the Table: Familiar Terrain which revisits the communal project previously showcased at the borderlands for Land of Milk & Honey. Centered around a large scale table and chairs\, the artist explores his familial connection to the way of life in the biocultural archives of plants – such as tule and maguey – that are shared across borders. This cross-border weaving collaboration con tule was created in collaboration with Don Irineo Rivera Honorato and family (maestros artesanos)\, Los Invisibles de Santa Ana (Santa Ana\, CA)\, Colectivo ProArte (Michoacán\, MX)\, and Plan Acalli (Xochimilco\, MX). Learn more about the artist HERE. \nFULL PRESS KIT \n\nThe MXCL BNL LAB embarks on a two-year special initiative\, the PARA/normal Borders Lab\, which will allow a deep dive into concepts surrounding the upcoming 2026 MexiCali Biennial. With outposts in Calexico\, CA and Whittier\, CA this special initiative will focus on the borderlands through the cultural production of the Californias. \nThe lab invites artists\, culture bearers\, humanities experts and local participants to engage in conversations through a series of exhibitions\, salon style gatherings\, oral histories\, and community workshops\, with the aim to collect a better understanding of our “borders” both real and metaphorical. Learn more HERE. \n 
URL:https://mexicalibiennial.org/event/isidro-perez-garcia-por-debajo-de-la-mesa-terreno-familiar-under-the-table-familiar-terrain/
LOCATION:MXCL BNL LAB\, 6545 Greenleaf Ave\, Whittier\, CA\, 90601
CATEGORIES:Exhibitions
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