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CLAUDIA PEÑA SALINAS
EDUCATION
2009 Masters of Fine, Arts Hunter College, New York, NY
2007 Study Abroad, Frank Mohr Institute, Groningen, NL
1999 Independent Study, NY Studio Program-AICAD, New York, NY
1999 Bachelors of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago,
Chicago, IL
RESIDENCIES
2011 SOMA, Mexico City, Mexico
2005 Contemporary Artist Center, North Adams, MA
AWARDS
2008 Leman Boksenbaum Scholarship for Study abroad, Hunter College
2007 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "Tide Pool" Sara Meltzer Gallery, NY, NY
2010 "Physical Center" Convent of St. Cecilia, Brooklyn, NY
2010 "The Self-Destructing Art Show" Flux Factory, Queens, NY
2010 "Great Fallings" Fabricolor Building, Paterson, NJ
2009 "101" 101, Brooklyn, NY
2008 "GULLIVER" MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College Times Gallery,
New York, NY
2007 "MAs Select MFA" Hunter College Times Gallery, New York, NY
2006 "International Globus Dislocator" Roebling Hall, Brooklyn, NY
2005 "Where do we Come From? What are we” Where are we Going?"
Champion Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
2001 "Cabinet" Gladys File, Zurich, CH
1999 "Esoteric" New York Studio Program, New York, NY
1997 "Cuentos" Gallery 2, Chicago, IL
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2006 "The S-Files" (Traveling), El Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico,
Santurce, PR
2005 "The S-Files" El Museo del Barrio, New York, NY
PERFORMANCES
2006 "Bureau of Anchovies and Waste Investigation (BAWI)"
Swiss Institute/Armory Show, New York, NY
Performance with Katia Bassanini curated by Gabrielle Giattino
2006 "Bureau of Anchovies and Waste Investigation (BAWI)" Canal Street, New York, NY Performance with Katia Bassanini and Esperanza Mayobre
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
2010 "Nur Du" Claudia Peña Salinas and Denise Schatz, Edition of 20,
New York, NY
2010 "&Review" Contributor Issue no.1: "Home," Portland, OR
2010 "&Review" Contributor Issue no.2: "Islands," Portland, OR
2010 "Middle of the Road" Robin Cameron and Denise Schatz Contributor
Edition of 500, New York, NY
2009 "Book of Plants" Ariel Dill and Denise Schatz, Contributor
Edition of 100, New York, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2005 "The Brooklyn Rail" "El Museo’s Bienal: The (s) Files/ Selected
Files" by Christopher Howard, Brooklyn, NY
2005 "New American Paintings" Volume #56, Boston, MA
2004 "Champion Fine Art" Exhibition Catalogue #10,Los Angeles, CA