Adriana Vélez
Adriana Velez is a Puerto Rican art historian, researcher, and writer. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts with a concentration in Art History and Museum Studies from the University of Maryland Baltimore County in 2022. Currently, she works as a freelance writer and is part of GBCA’s Urban Arts Leadership 2023 cohort.
Stories by Adriana Vélez
I started with La Ciguapa because I'm really interested in femininity and the concept of the womanly body in space, my body in space, my body in different places, especially as it relates to immigration.
From maternal domestic labor and caregiving to childlike wonder, four visually distinct practices evoke a range of visceral associations.
Rebecca Marimutu’s "Portraits (Contact)," Rebecca Strzelec’s "365 Grams," and Rosa Leff and Kelly Walker’s "A Fine Pairing"—at Goucher College, Baltimore Jewelry Center, and Creative Alliance, respectively—made me reflect on my relationship to myself, womanhood, and the women who shaped me.
The artist collective—composed of Mollye Bendell, Christopher Kojzar, and JLS Gangwisch—uses technology and storytelling for a compelling and well-rounded examination of institutional history