Viviana Paredes
2021 Eureka Fellow
Viviana Paredes’ mixed-media glass sculptures and installations are steeped in rich cultural traditions. Widely exhibited in California, nationally, and throughout Mexico, her work has been featured in Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA; in the US/Mexico Border: Place, Imagination and Possibility exhibit at The Craft and Folk Art Museum in Los Angeles, CA; and as part of US/ Mexico Border exhibit at Maison Foil Wazemmes in Lille, France. Her work has been collected by Los Angeles, CA’s AltaMed Art Collection and is part of a multigenerational group exhibit, Construyendo Puentes Building Bridges: Chicano/Mexican Art from Los Angeles to Mexico. Her most recent solo show Alimentos: Glasswork by Viviana Paredes, was exhibited at the Triton Museum of Art in Santa Clara, California. She has been an Artist in Residence at San Francisco’s de Young Museum and at San Francisco Recology. She was recently awarded an Individual Artist Grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in sculpture from the California College of Arts and Crafts. *Artist biography at time of award.
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