Julia CSekö
Brazilian /American Visual Artist
Csekö’s work gravitates around conversations and eXxperiments grounded on a paradigm shift from competitive to collaborative practices in social actions and interactions.
Keynote Speaker at the GDIP 2023 International Art and Design Forum in Guangzhou, China.
BIO
Born in Colorado to Brazilian parents on self-exile during the Brazilian military dictatorship, Csekö grew up in Rio, Brazil. She received an MFA from the SMFA at Tufts in 2013. Csekö has received the SMFA Travelling Fellowship, the Collective Futures Grant, a Be The Change Award, local cultural council grants from the towns of Randolph and Newton, and is the current Artist-in-Residence at the Boston Center for the Arts and the City of Salem Public Artist in Residence. As well as public commissions, her work is held in collections such as Tufts Permanent Collection, Emerson College, MAM Rio, Morris and Belkin Gallery, CC São Paulo, and private collections. In 2018 Csekö was invited as an AiR at the A4A MassMoCA.
Her passion for organizing dates back to her BFA at the Federal University of Rio UFRJ, when Csekö participated in negotiations demanding an increase from 0.3 to 1% of Brazilian national funds be allocated to arts and culture. She was also a member of a committee in conversation with representatives of the Brazilian Ministry of Culture.
Join the Public Artist in Residence on Artists’ Row (PAiR) for the 2024 season. Julia Csekö will present the participatory public art installation Transcending Borders - Immigrant Experiences and Dreams between June and September. She will also hold regular open studio hours from May to December. The Artist Row studio will be a community gathering point for sharing and celebrating immigration stories. Additionally, Csekö will curate storytelling events and family-friendly workshops throughout the year.
The residency will culminate with an exhibition at Salem Old Town Hall in January 2025.
May to December 2024
24 New Derby St, Salem MA, 01970
Hours: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday or by appointment
announcements
May 17th
551 Tremont St, Boston 02116
November 2024
Julia Csekö, AG13 (MFA), will travel to Rio, Brazil, engaging with sites of personal, cultural, and historical relevance to her multidisciplinary practice, ranging from the Federal University of Rio to the warehouses of the Carnaval industry, The Museum of the Republic, The Museum of Contemporary Art, The Sugar Loaf, and a downtown police station. She will gather photographic, video, and written documentation examining a returning versus touristic gaze.
ExXhibitions and events
MASSArt auction
April 13th
fire in the Basement
March 8th to March 24th
Piano Craft Gallery, 793 Tremont St, Boston, 02118
danforth museum community conversations
Saturday, April 20
Portuguese 2-3 PM, English 3-4 PM
Foundry Open Mic
Saturday, March 29th 6- 8 PM
101 Rogers St., Cambridge, MA 02142
Press
Framingham Public Access TV
We had a very lively discussion in our studio with Mary Erickson from the Danforth Art Museum and Julia Csekö, a multidisciplinary artist. Julia will be featuring her work at the Museum on Saturday, April 20th from 2-4 p.m. You can watch their discussion at: accessfram.tv/vod
The Museum is hosting Community Conversations Through Art, which is a new three-part series where diverse artists are invited into the Museum to share selected pieces of their work with the audience as they talk about their art and process, and their involvement in their community. Discussions will be available in both Portuguese and in English.
Hannah arendt Limited Edition Print
I am honored to announce that Bard College Hannah Arendt Center has commissioned a Speaking Truth to Power limited edition print featuring words by Hannah Arendt from the Origins of Totalitarianism.
15x15 in Limited Edition Print
Paulo freire LIMITED EDITION print
15x22.5 in Limited Edition Print
From the Speaking Truth to Power series featuring words by Brazilian educator and thinker Paulo Freire.
Each purchase made helps support my practice!
Original drawings compose this unique limited edition collection of print-to-order products. Each drawing is fun, with a dark sense of humor, savoring Love in all its manifestations, good and bad, the absolute delights, the perfect traps, and the catastrophic mistakes.
I've carefully tested these products, and I am delighted to say I am completely satisfied with the print and manufacturing quality.
