Mexicali Biennial
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. Working primarily through painting, the exhibition examines […]
Let's celebrate as we launch MexiCali Biennial's release of its landmark publication, MexiCali Biennial: Art, Actions, Exchanges Since 2006 and 20th anniversary exhibition Here & There, Then & Now. The Book Launch and opening reception will take place at the MXCL BNL LAB, the organization's research arm located in Uptown Whittier, CA. We'll be joined by […]
The MexiCali Biennial celebrates twenty years of artistic experimentation, cross-border collaboration, and cultural exchange with the exhibition Here & There, Then & Now and the release of the landmark publication MexiCali Biennial: Art, Actions, Exchanges Since 2006. Presented at the MXCL BNL LAB in Whittier, the exhibition reflects on two decades of binational programming that […]
Brown Futurity: How to Create an Archive is a hands-on workshop designed to address persistent gaps in knowledge around artist-led and community-based archives. While institutions have historically shaped what is preserved and remembered, many artists and communities continue to face barriers in documenting and sustaining their own histories. This workshop responds to that gap by […]
Join us for a Zapotec language panel. Acompáñanos a un panel sobre la lengua zapoteca. Dille’ xhon: Inheriting our Mothers’ Language (English) Dille’ xhon: Da’ busuiku’an xna’llo (Zapotec) Dille’ xhon: Herencia de nuestras madres (Español) This panel features a community-engaged research project, Dille’ xhon: Un programa Extraescolar Zoochileño (Dille’ xhon: A Zoochileño Afterschool Program), rooted […]
Join us for an afternoon of performances that revisit key moments from past MexiCali Biennial programs. RE+actions brings together three Biennial alumni to re-engage a previous performance as part of the current exhibition, HERE & THERE, THEN & NOW. This exhibition brings together archival materials alongside select artworks, re-presented in a chronological showcase. RE+actions invited […]
The MexiCali Biennial presents a miniature symposium dedicated to highlighting scholars’, curators’, and artists’ contributions to the retrospective catalog, MexiCali Biennial: Art, Actions, Exchanges Since 2006. This symposium consists of two panels: the first explores the past, present, and future of the MexiCali Biennial and border art as a discipline; the second is a discussion […]