Edra Soto: Artist lecture and reception
@ University Galleries of Illinois State University
11 Uptown Circle Normal, IL 61761
Opening Wednesday, October 18th, from 4PM - 5:30PM
Join us at University Galleries for the 2023 Anne and Stephen Matter Artist Lecture by Edra Soto. This event is co-organized by the Wonsook Kim School of Art and University Galleries and sponsored by the Anne and Stephen Matter Artist Lecture Series.
Edra Soto is a Puerto Rican-born artist, curator, educator, and co-director of the outdoor project space, The Franklin. Growing up in Puerto Rico, and now immersed in her Chicago community, Soto’s work has evolved to raise questions about constructed social orders, diasporic identity, and the legacy of colonialism.
Soto has exhibited extensively at venues including Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago; Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City; and University Galleries of Illinois State University, among others. Recent presentations include the Chicago Architecture Biennial, O’Hare International Airport’s T5 Expansion Project, and Untitled and Art Basel Miami Beach. Soto has been awarded the Joan Mitchell Foundation Painters & Sculptors Grant; Illinois Arts Council Agency Fellowship; inaugural Foundwork Prize; Ree Kaneko Award; and the US LatinX Art Forum Fellowship, among others. Soto traveled and exhibited in Brazil, Puerto Rico, and Cuba as part of the MacArthur Foundation’s International Connections Fund. She has attended residency programs at Skowhegan, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, Headlands, Project Row Houses, and Art Omi, among others. Soto holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a bachelor’s degree from Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico.
Image info: Edra Soto portrait, photo credit: Steph Murray
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