Carianna Arredondo

Lives and works in New York, NY, USA

Artist statement

Carianna Arredondo is currently a doctoral student at Teachers College, Columbia University in the Art & Art Education program. Her line of research focuses on community arts engagement--particularly how reciprocal learning is fostered between artists and communities through artist-in-residence programs. Carianna has several years of experience working in non-profit arts organizations, museums, artist-residency programs, and teaching at the college level. She currently works as a freelance art educator, alongside maintaining her professional practice as a mixed-media artist. Her body of work is a product of a process that negotiates language and material, guided by rituals that activate memories about identity, sexuality, and escapism. ARTIST STATEMENT After Anne Waldman I am a fast speaking woman, I am a forked tongue Woman, I am a woman with words, a woman of curves a curse. I’m a woman that cares too much, A woman that don’t give a damn, I am a hell fire woman, I’ll spit in your face I’ll lick your wounds, I am an animal, I’m a nail biting woman, I am spell bounding, too. Look into my eyes and you’ll see nothing but Truth, I am a woman of my word the words, and the world Did I mention? I am a fast speaking woman, Too quick and I’m gone outta here, I am a woman that leaves no breadcrumbs. I am my own legacy, I speak a history of cavities I speak with my swollen tongue, my bitten lips I’m thirsty, and I bring my own water. I drink, from a pool of electricity. Did I...

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