Rebecca Adorno
San Juan, PR,1985
Biography Details
Photographer, creator of installations, videographer and developer of sound art and new media. Obtained a bachelor’s in Art from Universidad de Puerto Rico in 2008 and a Masters from the School of Visual Arts in 2010. Her fortes are sound, installations and video art, also practices photography. Currently lives and works in New York. Although she considers herself a visual artist, she believes that when the viewer is given the opportunity to experience art through sound, a deeper connection between the work and the viewer is established.
Artist Statement
Mi trabajo surge como un enfoque basado en la investigación de mi experiencia en Ingeniería y Bellas Artes. Al recontextualizar datos científicos, tecnología y conceptos relacionados con la física del sonido, creo representaciones físicas de fenómenos intangibles mientras trazo paralelismos entre la estética de la belleza y la letalidad: signos y contenidos poéticos que surgen cuando eventos catastróficos, como el cambio climático, muestran destellos de la belleza sublime.
Fuente: www.rebeccaadorno.com
Formation
Education
2020
- Bio-enginnering, Mycology and Bioplastics workshops. GenSpace, Brooklyn, New York, United States
2019
- La práctica. Beta Local, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2010
- Masters of Visual Arts. School of Visual Arts, New York, United States
2008
- Bachelor of Arts. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2004
- Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering. Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Exhibitions
Solo Shows
2018
- Luminaria Onomatopeya, Espacio Diagonal, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2011
- La ciudad vacía, Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada
Group Shows
2019
- #Caribbean_Diaspora router Satellite Art Show, Miami, Florida, United States
- Blanco y negro, Espacio de la Galería Embajada, MECA Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Futuro Modular, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, United States
- Nada Tropical, Miscelánea Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
- Life on an Island: Cycles and Permutations, Governor’s Island, New York, United States
2018
- Household Animism Booth, MECA Art Fair, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Veil, Produce Model Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, Estados Unidos
- Balancing a Blade on diamond grass (Balancing a diamond on a blade of grass), El Lobi, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- PM/PostMaría, Embajada, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2013
- Colectiva 1, 2BLEÓ, Santurce, Puerto Rico
2011
- Instrumento para espacios vacios, Studio Anise, Soho, New York, United States
2010
- Instrument for Unsent Letters, Harvestworks, New York, United States
- Shake Outttttt 3: The Sea Giveth, The Sea Taketh Away, Marina 59, Far Rockaway, New York, United States
- Instrument for Unsent Letters. MFACA Thesis show, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, United States
2009
- PQ1213, La 15, San Juan Puerto Rico
- VIBA Festival, ThisIsNotAGalery, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- User Generated, School of Visual Arts Gallery, New York, United States
- First Video Art cycle, Galería 356, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2008
- With Discretion/Con Discreción, Site Specific Sound Installation, Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
- Sound Art Fair, La Respuesta, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Photoimagen, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- La incoherencia de lo coherente, CIRCA 2008, Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
2007
- Feria, =Desto, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Sin Gasolina, Área, lugar de proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
- Bastardos, Galería Petrus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- CIRCA 2007, Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Colectivo ANGORA, Zona Industrial, Caguas, Puerto Rico
2006
- Hazaña Sardónica, Área, lugar de proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
- 8track Audio Project, =Desto, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Awards, Distinctions and Achievements
2020
- Artistic Residence. The Artic Circle, High Artic
2019
- Artistic Residence. The Trust for Governor’s Island, Governor’s Island, New York, United States
2018
- Artistic Residence. Artist Alliance Inc and Embajada, The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural Center, New York, United States
2016
- Emmy nomination for Picture Editing for a Non Fiction Program National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Los Ángeles, California, United States
2011
- Artistic Residence. Eastern Bloc, Montreal, Canada
2010
- Award. Paula Rhodes Award, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States
2009
- Scholarship. Academic Excellence Scholarship, MFA Computer Art, School of Visual Arts, New York, United States
2008
- Artistic Residence. Área, lugar de proyectos, Caguas, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Books
Nogueras, Celina. "Frescos: 50 artistas puertorriqueños menores de 35". San Juan, PR: Muuaaa, 2010. pp. 350.
Newspapers
García Benítez, Mariana. “Nueve expresiones” Primera Hora (San Juan, PR), 2 de agosto de 2007, pp. 72-73.
Moreno Villareal, María. “Retrato del Pasado”. El Nuevo Día (San Juan, PR), 3 de octubre de 2008, pp.64-65.
Magazines
Glaser, Brian. “Hear Here”. Visual Arts Journal 17, no. 2, 2009, p.64.